American Jewish Year Book 2018 : The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities Since 1899 /

The American Jewish Year Book, now in its 118th year, is the annual record of the North American Jewish communities and provides insight into their major trends. The first two chapters of Part I include a special forum on "Contemporary American Jewry: Grounds for Optimism or Pessimism?" wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Dashefsky, Arnold (Editor), Sheskin, Ira M. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Series:	American Jewish Year Book, 118
Subjects:	Ethnicity. Judaism. Human geography. Ethnicity Studies. Human Geography. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. The Quality of American Jewish Life" Steven M. Cohen and Charles S. Liebman
Chapter 2. Forum on Contemporary American Jewry: Grounds for Optimism or Pessimism?
Chapter 3. Anti-Semitism in Contemporary America" Tom W. Smith and Benjamin Schapiro
Chapter 4. American Jews and the Domestic Arena (April 2017 - July 2018)" Steven Windmueller
Chapter 5. "American Jews and the International Arena (April 2017 - July 2018)" Mitchell Bard
Chapter 6. "United States Jewish Population, 2018" Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky
Chapter 7. "Canadian Jewish Population, 2018" Charles Shahar
Chapter 8. "World Jewish Population, 2018" Sergio DellaPergola
Chapter 9. "Jewish Institutions: Jewish Federations; Jewish Community Centers; Jewish Human Service Agencies
Chapter 10. "National Jewish Organization" Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, and Sarah Markowitz
Chapter 11. "Jewish Museums and Holocaust Museums, Memorials, and Monuments" Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, and Sarah Markowitz
Chapter 12. "Jewish Press: National Jewish Periodicals and Broadcast Media; Local Jewish Periodicals"
Chapter 13. Academic Resources: Programs in Jewish Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Israel Studies, Professorships of Israel Studies, and Jewish Social Work; Major Books on the North American Jewish Communities; Academic Journals in or about the North American Jewish Communities; Scholarly Articles on the Study of the North American Jewish Communities; Websites and Organizations for Research on North American Jewish Communities; Major Judaic Research and Holocaust Research Libraries
Chapter 14. "Transitions: Major Events, Honorees, and Obituaries".