Title American Jewish year book 2014 : the annual record of the North American Jewish communities / Arnold Dashefsky, Ira Sheskin, editors

Published Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource Series American Jewish year book ; volume 114 American Jewish year book ; volume 114 Contents Chapter 1: Forum on Pew Survey, Alan Cooperman -- Chapter 2: Gender in American Jewish Life; Sylvia Barack Fishman -- Chapter 3: National Affairs; Ethan Felson -- Chapter 4: Jewish Communal Affairs; Larry Grossman -- Chapter 5: Jewish Population in the United States, 2014; Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky -- Chapter 6: Jewish Population of Canada, 2014; Randall Schnoor -- Chapter 7: Synagogues in the United States, 2014; Jonathan Ament -- Chapter 8: World Jewish Population, 2014; Sergio DellaPergola -- Chapter 9: Jewish Organizational Directory; Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky -- Chapter 10: Jewish Press; Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky -- Chapter 11: Academic Resources; Arnold Dashefsky and Ira Sheskin -- Chapter 12: Major Events, Honorees, and Obituaries; Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky Summary This book, in its 114th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities, examining the recently completed Pew Report (A Portrait of Jewish Americans), gender in American Jewish life, national and Jewish communal affairs, and the US, Canadian, and world Jewish populations.℗ℓ It also acts as an important resource with an atlas of Jewish communities, lists of Jewish institutions, Jewish periodicals, and academic resources as well as Jewish honorees, obituaries, and major recent events.℗ℓ It should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers, and the press, among others. If you have enough budget for one book depicting American Jewish Life, order the American Jewish Year Book.℗ℓ This is the ℓ́ℓgo toℓ́ℓ reference book for anyone who wishes to explore and understand more about life in the American Jewish community today. Rela Mintz Geffen, President Emerita, Baltimore Hebrew University; Professor Emerita of Sociology, Gratz College The American Jewish Year Book is an essential resource for anyone who works professionally or as a volunteer in the North American Jewish community today.℗ℓ It provides important and accessible articles about the latest developments in the Jewish community.℗ℓ The Year Bookℓ́ℓs successful re-emergence under Dashefsky and Sheskin is great news all around! Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz, Senior Director, Research and Analysis, The Jewish Federations of North America ℗ℓ℗ℓ℗ℓ The new American Jewish Year Book is both the ℓ́ℓvolume of recordℓ́ℓ for the American Jewish community and an essential resource for everyone engaged in Jewish communal life.℗ℓ Its review articles are dependably authoritative, and its lists and bibliographies come in handy throughout the year.℗ℓ Impossible to live without it! Jonathan D. Sarna, President, Association for Jewish Studies; Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Profess Analysis demografie demography sociale wetenschappen social sciences religie religion cultuur culture sociale geografie social geography Social Sciences (General) Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed November 24, 2014) Subject Jews -- United States -- Directories Jews -- United States -- Periodicals Population & demography. Human geography. Religion & beliefs. REFERENCE -- Bibliographies & Indexes. Jews United States Genre/Form directories. periodicals. Directories Periodicals Directories. Periodicals. Répertoires. Périodiques. Form Electronic book Author Dashefsky, Arnold, editors. Sheskin, Ira M., 1950- editors. ISBN 9783319096230 3319096230 3319096222 9783319096223

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