American Jewish Year Book 2014 The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dashefsky, Arnold (Editor), Sheskin, Ira (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: American Jewish Year Book, 114
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion and sociology.; Demography.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Religion.; Human Geography.

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 popula...

Table of 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.