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

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Are You “Pewish”? Multiple Assessments of the Landmark Pew Survey....Pages 3-8
Executive Summary....Pages 9-22
Rhetoric About the Diverse Jewish Community....Pages 23-26
The Shrinking Jewish Middle....Pages 27-31
End of Jewish/Non-Jewish Dichotomy? Evidence from the 2013 Pew Survey....Pages 33-39
The 2013 Pew Report Through a Gender Lens....Pages 41-45
The Americanness of American Jews....Pages 47-49
Assimilation Anxieties and the Case of American Jews....Pages 51-55
A Policy of Surveys....Pages 57-59
It’s the Best of Times: It’s the Worst of Times....Pages 61-65
Jews Who Count: Putting Pew in Historical Perspective....Pages 67-70
Pew’s Portrait of American Jewry: A Reassessment of the Assimilation Narrative....Pages 71-81
Response: Pew Research Center....Pages 83-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Gender in American Jewish Life....Pages 91-131
National Affairs: January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014....Pages 133-164
Jewish Communal Affairs: April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014....Pages 165-213
Jewish Population in the United States, 2014....Pages 215-283
The Demography of Canadian Jewry, the “Census” of 2011: Challenges and Results....Pages 285-299
World Jewish Population, 2014....Pages 301-393
Front Matter....Pages 395-395
Jewish Institutions: Jewish Federations, Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Social Service Agencies, National Jewish Organizations, Synagogues, College Hillels, Jewish Day Schools, Jewish Overnight Camps, Jewish Museums, Holocaust Museums, Memorials and Monuments....Pages 397-740
Front Matter....Pages 395-395
Jewish Press: National Jewish Periodicals, Broadcast Media, Local Jewish Periodicals....Pages 741-767
Academic Resources: Jewish Studies Programs, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs, Jewish Social Work Programs, Major Books, Scholarly Articles, Websites and Jewish Organizations, Judaic and Holocaust Research Libraries....Pages 769-854
Transitions: Major Events, Persons Honored, Obituaries....Pages 855-919