@article{1443543,
      recid = {1443543},
      author = {Dashefsky, Arnold, and Sheskin, Ira M.,},
      title = {American Jewish year book 2020 : the annual record of the  North American Jewish communities since 1899 /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxiv, 796 pages) :},
      abstract = {The American Jewish Year Book, which spans three different  centuries, is the annual record of the North American  Jewish communities and provides insight into their major  trends. Part I of the current volume contains the lead  article: Chapter 1, "Pastrami, Verklempt, and Tshoot-spa:  Non-Jews' Use of Jewish Language in the US" by Sarah Bunin  Benor. Following this chapter are three on domestic and  international events, which analyze the year's events as  they affect American Jewish communal and political affairs.  Three chapters analyze the demography and geography of the  US, Canada, and world Jewish populations. Part II provides  lists of Jewish institutions, including federations,  community centers, social service agencies, national  organizations, synagogues, Hillels, camps, museums, and  Israeli consulates. The final chapters present national and  local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; academic  resources, including Jewish Studies programs, books,  journals, articles, websites, and research libraries; and  lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees,  and obituaries. While written mostly by academics, this  volume conveys an accessible style, making it of interest  to public officials, professional and lay leaders in the  Jewish community, as well as the general public and  academic researchers. The American Jewish Year Book has  been a key resource for social scientists exploring  comparative and historical data on Jewish population  patterns. No less important, the Year Book serves  organization leaders and policy makers as the source for  valuable data on Jewish communities and as a basis for  planning. Serious evidence-based articles regularly appear  in the Year Book that focus on analyses and reviews of  critical issues facing American Jews and their communities  which are indispensable for scholars and community leaders.  Calvin Goldscheider, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and  Ungerleider Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies, Brown  University They have done it again. The American Jewish  Year Book has produced yet another edition to add to its  distinguished tradition of providing facts, figures and  analyses of contemporary life in North America. Its  well-researched and easily accessible essays offer the most  up to date scrutiny of topics and challenges of importance  to American Jewish life; to the American scene of which it  is a part and to world Jewry. Whether one is an academic or  professional member of the Jewish community (or just an  interested reader of all things Jewish), there is not  another more impressive and informative reading than the  American Jewish Year Book. Debra Renee Kaufman, Professor  Emerita and Matthews Distinguished University Professor,  Northeastern University .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1443543},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78706-6},
}