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Title
American Jewish year book 2014 [electronic resource] : the annual record of the North American Jewish communities / Arnold Dashefsky, Ira Sheskin, editors.
ISBN
9783319096230 electronic book
3319096230 electronic book
9783319096223
Published
Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2015]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-09623-0 doi
Call Number
E184.3
Dewey Decimal Classification
016.97304924
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
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed November 24, 2014).
Series
American Jewish year book ; volume 114.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319096223
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.
