{"product_id":"9783319348735","title":"American Jewish Year Book: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAmerican Jewish Year Book: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDashefsky, Arnold; Sheskin, Ira\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, in its 113\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish community, examining Jewish education, New York Jewry, national and Jewish communal affairs, and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with its lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals, and academic resources as well as Jewish honorees, obituaries, and major recent events. It should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers, and the press, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jewish Year Book\u003c\/i\u003e has remained and continues to serve, even in the Internet age, as the leading reference work on contemporary Jewish life. This year’s volume, with its special reports on Jewish education and  the New York community and its updates on Jewish population statistics, Jewish institutions, and the major Jewish figures who passed in the year past, continues this splendid tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela S. Nadell, Chair, Department of History, American University and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCo-editor, Making Women’s Histories: Beyond National Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The 2013 volume of the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jewish Year Book\u003c\/i\u003e impressively demonstrates that Arnold Dashefsky and Ira Sheskin have restored this important resource in all its former glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce A. Phillips, Professor of Sociology and Jewish Communal Service, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving a current \u003ci\u003eAmericanJewish Year Book\u003c\/i\u003e on my shelf is like having a panel of experts on American Jewish life at the ready, prepared to give me thoughtful, accurate answers and observations on the key issues, trends and statistics that define our continental Jewish community today. Well into its second century, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jewish Year Book\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be an essential resource for serious leaders, practitioners and students who seek to ground their work in solid research and up-to-date data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacob Solomon, Greater Miami Jewish Federation President and CEO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-08-27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319348735\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-01658-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 872\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266454278284,"sku":"9783319348735","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319348735.jpg?v=1770821483","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319348735","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}