American Jewish Year Book 2021

Across three centuries, AJYB has provided insight into major trends. Part I of the current volume contains two chapters on Jewish Americans in 2020 by the Pew Research Center, including reactions from 16 prominent social scientists. Subsequent chapters analyze the development of Holocaust consciousness in America, recent domestic and international events as they affect the American Jewish community, and 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, camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. The final chapters present lists of Jewish periodicals and broadcast media, Jewish Studies programs, books, journals, articles, websites, research libraries, and academic conferences and lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries. This volume employs an accessible style, making it of interest to public officials, Jewish professional and lay leaders, as well as the general public and academic researchers. For more than 120 years the American Jewish Year Book has served as an indispensable resource for scholars, clergy, and lay leaders, providing crucial, detailed insights into demographic shifts and sociological trends in the North American Jewish community. The latest edition continues to fulfill these important needs with essential articles on the landmark Pew Report and the impact of the Holocaust in the American Jewish community and American in general. This is a must-have volume for any serious student of the contemporary Jewish world.

Jeffrey Shoulson, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Professor of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and English, Director Emeritus Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, University of Connecticut

The American Jewish Year Book is a critical snapshot of Jews and Jewish Studies in the United States in a particular year, and a valuable resource for scholars studying the changes in Jewish communities and Jewish Studies in the United States (and beyond!) over time. The AJYB highlights major publications and data that are consistently used in research, and its scholarly essays contextualize the information in an easily readable context. The lists of important institutions and organizations are invaluable for someone interested in the broader Jewish experience (or, at the most practical, a Jewish organization in their neighborhood!).

Michelle Margolis Chesner, Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies, Columbia University

Annual reference work spanning three different centuries, from 1899 to the present Includes published sources for estimates of US, Canadian and international Jewish population sources Provides access to review articles and population statistics written by prominent authors

Auteur
Arnold Dashefsky, Ph.D. served as the inaugural holder of the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, where he is now emeritus. He is the co-author or editor of fourteen books, including Americans Abroad, Charitable Choices, Ethnic Identification Among American Jews, and others, as well as numerous scholarly articles. A former associate head of the sociology department, he was the founding director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, located in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, and is the director emeritus and current senior academic consultant of the Berman Jewish DataBank.

Ira M. Sheskin, Ph.D. is the director of the Jewish Demography Project of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami and professor of geography at the same institution. He has completed more than 50 major Jewish community studies for Jewish Federations throughout the country and was a member of the National Technical Advisory Committee of the Jewish Federations of North America from 1988 to 2003, which completed both the 1990 and 2000-01 National Jewish Population Surveys. His publications include books entitled Survey Research for Geographers, How Jewish Communities Differ, and Comparisons of Jewish Communities: A Compendium of Tables and Bar Charts.

Contenu
Chapter 1. Overview of Jewish Americans in 2020 ." Becka A. Alper and Alan Cooperman (Pew Research Center) . - Chapter 2. Forum on the New Pew Survey, Jewish Americans in 2020 . Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin, and Amy Lawton, with Judit Bokser-Liwerant, Sergio DellaPergola, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Harriet Hartman, Samuel Heilman, Debra Kaufman, Ariela Keysar, Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz, Bruce Phillips, Jonathan D. Sarna, Leonard Saxe, Michelle Shain, Emily Sigalow, and Jennifer Thompson.- Chapter 3. America and the Holocaust: Reflections on Three Quarters of a Century and the Development of Holocaust Consciousness in American Society. Michael Berenbaum.- Chapter 4. American Jews and the Domestic Arena (July 2020-July 2021): Not Like All Other Years. Sylvia Barack Fishman.- Chapter 5. American Jews and the International Arena (August 2020 July 2021). Mitchell Bard.- Chapter 6. United States Jewish Population, 2021. Ira M. Sheskin and ArnoldDashefsky.- Chapter 7. Canadian Jewish Population, 2021. Robert Brym.- Chapter 8. World Jewish Population, 2021. Sergio DellaPergola.- Chapter 9. Local Jewish Organizations. Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, and Sarah Markowitz.- Chapter 10. Jewish Museums and Holocaust Museums, Memorials, and Monuments. Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, and Sarah Markowitz.- Chapter 11. Jewish Overnight Camps. Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, and Sarah Markowitz.- Chapter 12. National Jewish Organizations. Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, and Sarah Markowitz.- Chapter 13. Jewish Press. Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, and Sarah Markowitz.- Chapter 14. Academic Resources. Arnold Dashefsky, IraM.Sheskin,Amy Lawton, Sarah Markowitz, and Kimberly Soby.- Chapter 15. Transitions: Major Events, Honorees, and Obituaries. IraM.Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky,Helen Chernikoff, Amy Lawton, and Sarah Markowitz.