Newsletter December 2013 Volume 5 Number 2 Ira M. Sheskin Editor, University of Miami

Professor and Chair, Department of Geography and Director, Jewish Demography Project of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies

Bill Berman: A Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

ill Berman, a longtime benefactor of the social scientific study of Jewry, ASSJ, Contemporary B Jewry, the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, the Berman Jewish DataBank, the Berman Foundation Dissertation Fellowships, and AJS has been honored by Section 2: Business, Corporate, and Philanthropic Leadership (Private Sector) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (www.amacad.org). The following appeared in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Program.

The Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation, Southfield, Michigan, Founder and Trustee.

Helped build America through the housing construction industry. Partner in Bert L. Smokier & Company, a real estate development and building enterprise, from 1946 through 1975, serving also as President. President of the Dreyfus Development Corporation from 1969 to 1972 and past Chairman of the Michigan State Housing Finance Authority and the Skillman Foundation. Established the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation. While serving as President of the Council of Jewish Federations, co-founded the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), and subsequently the 2000-2001 NJPS. In 1986, founded the Mandell L. Berman Institute North American Jewish Data Bank (NAJDB ). His concern for the youngest members of the Jewish world and the international community led him to establish the Fund for Research on Children with Disabilities at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute in Israel in 1999. Supported the Mandell L. Berman Center at University of Michigan Hillel; since 1997, Berman Fellowships have enabled committed individuals to receive training for careers as campus Jewish professionals. In addition to involvement with the Jewish Theological Seminary and Brandeis University, is Cofounder of the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) and serves on the Board of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the United Israel Appeal. Served on the Board of the Jewish Agency and the Board of World Zionist Education Authority. First Chairman of the Skillman Foundation, past President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation, and past board member of the United Way and various community arts organizations. Founder of the Berman Humane Animal Shelter in Westland, Michigan. „ 2 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Table of Contents Bill Berman ...... 1 Positions Available...... 26 Sarah Bunin Benor ...... 2 The ASSJ ...... 27 Pew Research Center Issues Major ASSJ Book Series ...... 28 Study of American Jews ...... 3 Contemporary Jewry ...... 28 ASSJ President’s Column ...... 5 The Jewish Journal of Sociology ..... 30 Welcome New Members...... 7 Berman Jewish DataBank ...... 31 Donors in Honor of Harriet Hartman .... 7 Berman Jewish Policy Archive...... 32 Jonathan Sarna, AJS President ...... 7 Members in the News...... 33 The American Jewish Year Book ...... 8 Australian Association of Jewish Studies 34 News from Members...... 9 Network for Research Dissertations and Theses ...... 20 in Jewish Education ...... 35 ASSJ Sklare Award ...... 21 Shawn Landres ...... 36 ASSJ Berman Award ...... 21 2013 ASR ...... 37 2013 Sklare Award: Morton Weinfeld . . 22 Book Flyers...... 38 2013 Berman Award: Rela Geffen .... 25 BJPA Guide to AJS...... 40

Sarah Bunin Benor

SSJ prides itself on the diversity of disciplines represented by A our members. A quick look at ASSJ membership records reveals more than thirty disciplines listed by our members. One of our sociolinguists, Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor, achieved unusual distinction this past year. She was named the second-place winner in the Sami Rohr Award for Jewish Literature for her book, Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism. The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature award recognizes "the unique role of contemporary writers in the transmission and examination of the Jewish experience," and rewards emerging writers who will make notable contributions to Jewish literature in the future. She was also included in the Forward 50 list of influential Jews.

Sarah Bunin Benor is Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at Hebrew Union College (Los Angeles) where she is serving as interim director of the Louchheim School for Judaic Studies, HUC-JIR's undergraduate Jewish studies program at the University of Southern California. At USC, she is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Linguistics Department and teaches a popular course on "Language, Race, and Identity." Sarah Bunin Benor also participated on the advisory panel of the Pew study, and she is currently working on several projects on language and identity, including Black Jews, changes in American Jews' language over the past century, and the use of Hebrew at American Jewish overnight summer camps. She edits the Journal of Jewish Languages, which she co-founded with Ofra Tirosh-Becker. „ 3 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Pew Research Center Issues Major Study of American Jews www.pewforum.org

n October 1, 2013, the Pew Research Center issued “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” the first O major national study of American Jews since NJPS 2000-01 and the first such study completed outside the Jewish community. To say it caused waves throughout the Jewish world would be an understatement. Many members of ASSJ were called upon to comment on the results. I have attempted to list everything written by our members. Please forgive me for any omissions and I will be happy to list these in the July 2014 issue.

Sarah Benor: http://www.jewishjournal.com/cover_story/article/pew_study_finds_a_vibrant_jewish_community http://forward.com/articles/184984/increasing-diversity-means-there-is-no-such-thing

Steven Cohen: http://forward.com/articles/184986/american-jewry-loses-middle-as-orthodox-and-unaffi http://www.ou.org/life/community/just-common-intermarriage-america/#. http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Jewish-declines-don’t-invalidate-current- efforts-331521

Alan Cooperman and Greg Smith: http://forward.com/articles/185615/pew-stands-by-sweeping-findings-on-jewishamerica/

Sergio DellaPergola: http://forward.com/articles/184983/bigger-population-estimate-means-wider-definition

Shira Fishman: http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/did-we-get-it-wrong-reframing-the-pew-discussion

Sylvia Barack Fishman http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york-news/are-young-jews-actually-more-connected- believed

Henry Green Viewpoint (Channel 2, WPBT, Public TV in Miami) http://wpbt2.typepad.com/viewpoint/

Samuel Heilman: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.550893

Bethamie Horowitz: http://forward.com/articles/185542/and-now-for-some-good-news-about-the-pew-survey

Ari Kelman: www.stanford.edu/group/edjs/cgi-bin/wordpress/2013/10/04/the-hegemony-of-religion

Barry Kosmin: Connecticut Jewish Ledger-Nov 13, 2013 4 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

Deborah Dash Moore: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/UMICH/judaic/Home/News/Newsletter/File_for_web.11.05.13.pdf

Jonathan Sarna: http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=twI6LmN7IzF&b=6725377&c t=13393463

Ted Sasson: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/151506/young-jews-opt-in http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/147231/american-jewish-attachment-to-israel-resilient

Len Saxe: http://forward.com/articles/184985/pew-findings-reject-bleak-narrative-of-jewish-decl

Randal Schnoor: http://www.cjnews.com/node/115873

Ira Sheskin Viewpoint (Channel 2, WPBT, Public TV in Miami): http://wpbt2.typepad.com/viewpoint/ „

5 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 ASSJ President’s Column

hile relatively small in number, our association and our W profession have been extraordinarily productive of a remarkably rich and diverse discourse on contemporary Jewish life. In areas directly attributable to the ASSJ, we can proudly take note of the following activities and events taking place just over the past year (2013):

! Contemporary Jewry, Issues 1-2 and 3 ! 14 sessions (and 40+ papers) at the upcoming meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies, in addition to a special session on the Pew Research Center's, "Portrait of Jewish Americans." ! The ASSJ Newsletter ! The conference on Birthright/Taglit at The Hebrew University (ASSJ was a co-sponsor) ! The conference on Jewish educational tourism at Oranim College ! Sessions organized at various academic conferences throughout the year ! The ASSJ Book Series ! The Marshall Sklare Award ! The Bill Berman Award ! The ASSJ listserv

We owe thanks to …

! Arnie Dashefsky for organizing ASSJ sessions at other societies' meetings ! Harriet Hartman for the ASSJ Book Series (and lots of good advice to her successor) ! Samuel Heilman for editing Contemporary Jewry ! Lilach Lev-Ari for organizing the conference on Jewish educational tourism ! Sergio Della Pergola for co-editing Contemporary Jewry's Special Issue: Jewish Demography in the United States, and, while I'm in the neighborhood, for conducting the elections for the Marshall Sklare Award and the ASSJ Board members ! Len Saxe for co-editing the Contemporary Jewry's Special Issue: Jewish Demography in the United States, and for heading up the organizing of the Birthright conference ! Randal Schnoor for managing the Berman Award and assisting with the Sklare Award ! Ira Sheskin for the ASSJ Newsletter ! Shelly Tenenbaum for heading the AJS Social Science Division ! Deborah Grant for her work as Managing Editor for Contemporary Jewry

And while we're in the gratitude mode, I want to recognize the work of Matt Boxer for his numerous contributions throughout the year, including tending to our website, and to Bruce Phillips for handling our finances, membership renewals and related matters. In addition to those already, I'd like to recognize the other members of the ASSJ Board who have contributed to our thinking and discussions, both at our annual meeting and on our several conference calls: Lila Corwin Berman (who completed her service), Jonathan Boyd, Barry Chiswick, David Graham, Moshe Kornfield, Judit Liwerant, and Riv-Ellen Prell. We congratulate Shawn Landres on his recent election to the Board. 6 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

I do apologize if I've missed any ASSJ-related contributions worthy of recognition.

On the subject of discourse …

By any reasonable reckoning, over the decades, the social scientific study of Jewry has grown and flourished and become more vital. I am thinking about such palpable indicators as ! The growing number of scholars, their productivity and recognition. ! The expansion of the Jewish applied social research industry along with the many researchers who conduct the research, as well as the communal agencies and philanthropic foundations that have come to support - and now demand - that research. ! Such institutional developments as (in chronological order) the Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics at the A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry (the Hebrew University), the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies (Brandeis University), the Berman Jewish DataBank (University of Connecticut and JFNA), the Berman Jewish Policy Archive (NYU Wagner), the (rescued) American Jewish Year Book, and the newly inaugurated Jewish Survey Question Bank (NYU Wagner).

And, to all this, must be added the astounding expansion in the presence of Jewish social scientists and their studies and ideas in the press, be it mainstream media, the blogosphere, or the Jewish press, be it in the US, Israel or around the world. The Pew Research Center's recently completed survey of American Jews provides an extraordinary opportunity for social scientific discourse on American Jewry to further penetrate and influence the thinking of policy makers and practitioners. We have the opportunity to engage in the production and dissemination of creative thinking and imaginative policy analysis. We can produce a rich discourse that is both spirited and inspiring, instructive and influential. We can point with pride to the compelling online discussions among colleagues and peers on the ASSJ listserv among so many colleagues who disagreed so respectfully and energetically.

We are bound to disagree and challenge one another, as well we should. We may discern different facts, evolve different inferences, and draw out different policy implications. Undoubtedly a mixture of intellectual backgrounds, ideological inclinations, social contexts and personalities will work to produce areas of consensus as well as points of contestation.

Throughout our discourse and debates, be they about Pew or the full range of social scientific study of American Jewry, we would do well to remember that we can act so as to maximize the quality of our thinking, the colleagueship of our relations, the impact of instruction, and the potency of our prescriptions. We can achieve all these desired and desirable outcomes if we tend to human relationships, foster collaboration, and differ amicably and respectfully. I would say that never before has our profession been so well-positioned to make not only a contribution to thinking, but also a contribution to action. Let us not spoil this unique opportunity. „ 7 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Welcome New Members!

Janet Aronson Shira Fishman Michael Reibel Rachel S. Bernstein Raquel Magidin de Kramer Celia Rothenberg Matthew Brown David Manchester Ariel Stein Eric Caplan Genevieve Okara Nathan Vaughan Ezequiel Erdei

Donors in Honor of Harriet Hartman Judit Liwerant Bruce A. Phillips Steven M. Cohen

Jonathan Sarna, ASSJ Member, to Be AJS President, 2013-2015

r. Jonathan Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of D American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Chief Historian of the new National Museum of American Jewish History.

Dubbed by the Forward newspaper in 2004 as one of America's fifty most influential American Jews, he was Chief Historian for the 350th commemoration of the American Jewish community, and is recognized as a leading commentator on American Jewish history, religion and life. In 2009, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Born in Philadelphia, and raised in New York and Boston, Dr. Sarna attended Brandeis University, the Boston Hebrew College, Merkaz HaRav Kook in Jerusalem, and Yale University, where he obtained his doctorate in 1979.

From 1979-1990, Dr. Sarna taught at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, where he rose to become Professor of American Jewish history and Director of the Center for the Study of the American Jewish Experience. He has also taught at Yale University, the University of Cincinnati, and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Dr. Sarna came back to Brandeis in 1990 to teach American Jewish history. He served two terms as chair of that department and one term as director of Brandeis' Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program. He now chairs the Academic Advisory and Editorial Board of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati.

Dr. Sarna has written, edited, or co-edited more than thirty books, including the When General Grant Expelled the Jews. He is best known for the acclaimed American Judaism: A History. Winner of the Jewish Book Council's "Jewish Book of the Year Award" in 2004, it has been praised as being "the single best description of American Judaism during its 350 years on American soil." „ 8 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 The American Jewish Year Book 2013

rom 1899-2008, the American Jewish Year Book (AJYB), “The Annual Record of the North F American Jewish Communities” was published by the Jewish Publication Society and the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Starting in 2012, AJYB is published by Springer.

Publication is supported by the Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut, the UM College of Arts and Sciences, UConn’s Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, and the Berman Foundation. ASSJ and the Berman Jewish Data Bank have been supportive of this effort. AJYB is edited by Arnold Dashefsky of the University of Connecticut and Ira Sheskin of the University of Miami.

Previous editors include: Cyrus Adler, Maurice Basseches, Herman Bernstein, Morris Fine, Herbert Friedenwald, H.G. Friedman, Lawrence Grossman, Milton Himmelfarb, Joseph Jacobs, Martha Jelenko, Julius B. Maller, Samson D. Oppenheim, Harry Schneiderman, Ruth R. Selden, David Singer, Jacob Sloan, Maurice Spector, and Henrietta Szold.

For the 2013 volume due in December 2013, Part I consists of 6 major articles: “Jewish Education in a New Century: An Ecosystem in Transition” by Jonathan Woocher and Meredith Woocher; “New York Jewry” by Steven M. Cohen, Jacob B. Ukeles, and Ron Miller; “National Affairs,” by Ethan Felson; “Jewish Communal Affairs,” by Lawrence Grossman; “Jewish Population in the United States, 2013,” by Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky; and “World Jewish Population, 2013,” by Sergio DellaPergola.

Parts II-III contain a listing of resources in the Jewish community, including Jewish Federations, Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Family Services, national Jewish organizations, Jewish overnight camps, Jewish museums, Holocaust museums, memorials, and monuments, national Jewish periodicals and broadcast media, and local Jewish periodicals.

Part IV contains resources for academicians, including lists of Jewish Studies programs, Holocaust and Genocide Studies programs, Jewish Social Work programs, major books, academic journals, and scholarly articles on the North American Jewish Communities, websites and Jewish organizations for research on North American Jewish communities, and major Judaic and Holocaust research libraries.

Part V includes a list of major events in the North American Jewish Community in the past year, a list of persons honored by the Jewish and general communities in the past year, and a list of important North American Jews who died in the past year. „ 9 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 News from Members

Sergio DellaPergola The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Awards: The 2013 Landau Prize for distinguished achievement in research in the field of Demography and migration. The Prize is annually awarded by Mifa'al Hapayis - the National Lottery - to ten Israelis in the humanities and social sciences, the Jerusalem, AMILAT-Magnes, 2013, 73-100. experimental sciences and medicine, the arts • Jewish Demography: Discipline, Definitions, and performing arts. Data, Investigators, Interpretations, in D. P. Bell (ed.), The Bloomsbury Companion to Publications: Jewish Studies. London, Bloomsbury, 2013, • The Demography, in: R. Weinstein (ed.) 282-316. Italy - Jewish Communities in the East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Forthcoming publications: Jerusalem, Ben Zvi Institute (Hebrew), 2012, (with J. F. May and A. C. Lynch) Israel's 27-38. Demography: A Unique History. Washington, • Italy, in L. Staetsky and J. Boyd (eds.) Population Reference Bureau, 2013. Perceptions and Experiences of Antisemitism • Jewish Demography - Fundamentals of the among Jews in selected EU Member States: Research Field, in U. Rebhun (ed.) Studies in Background study report. London, IPSOS Contemporary Jewry, 26. New York, Oxford MORI-JPR, 2012, 21-24. University Press, 2013. • World Jewish Population 2012, in A. • (with I. M. Sheskin) Global Dispersion of Dashefsky and I. Sheskin (eds.) American Jews: Determinants and Consequences, in S. Jewish Year Book, 109-112. Dordrecht, B. Brunn (ed.) The Changing World Religion Springer, 2012, 213-283. Map. Dordrecht, Springer, 2013. • (with L. Saxe) Introduction: Special Issue on • Diversity and Convergence: Contemporary Jewish Demography in the United States, Jewish Demography and Identification, Contemporary Jewry, 33, 1-2, 2013, 1-6. International Conference How Much Pluralism • How Many Jews in the U.S.: the Can Judaism Sustain? University of Zurich, Demographic Perspective, Contemporary Faculty of Theology, and Basel University, Jewry, 33, 1-2, 2013, 15-42. 2013. • Demographic Trends, National Identities and • Chi sono gli Italkím? La via italiana al Borders in Israel and the Palestinian Territory. Sionismo e a Israele, in L'Italia in Israele: Il Jewish Studies at the CEU, VII, 2009-2011. contributo deglli ebrei italiani alla nascita e allo Budapest, Jewish Studies Project, Central sviluppo dello Stato d'Israele. Gerusalemme, European University, 2013, 37-62. Mishkenot Sha'ananim, La Rassegna Mensile • National Uniqueness and Transnational d'Israel, 2013. Parallelism: Reflections on the Comparative • World Jewish Population 2013, in A. Study of Jewish Communities in Latin Dashefsky and I. Sheskin (eds.) American America, in M. Bejarano, F. Goldberg and E. Jewish Year Book, 113. Dordrecht, Springer, Zadoff (ed.) Judaica Latinamericana - 2013. Estudios Históricos, Sociales y Literarios, VII. 10 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

• Reflections on the Multinational Geography Jerusalem, Ben Zvi Institute, 2012. of Jews after World War II, in: F. Ouzan and • The American Jewish Year Book is Back, M. Gerstenfeld (eds.), Displacement, Association of Jewish Studies, Annual Migration and Integration: A Comparative Conference, Chicago, 2012. Approach to Jewish Migrants and Refugees in • Jewish Demography 19th - 20th Centuries. the Post-War period. Leiden and Boston, Brill, Jerusalem, Yad Vashem, 2013. 2013. • (with U. Rebhun) Population Projections of • Jewish Diaspora, in International Young Diaspora Jews (Aged 18-26), Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral 2010-2025. Presented to Taglit. Jerusalem, Sciences. Kidlington, Elsevier, 2013. The Hebrew University, 2013. • Jewish Peoplehood: Hard, Soft and • L'antisemitismo in Italia: Premesse Interactive Markers, in E. Ben Rafael, Y. storico-culturali e l'indagine Unione Gorni, J. Liwerant (eds.) Seventh Klal Yisrael Europea-FRA 2012. Jerusalem, Hevrat International Symposium. Leiden and Boston, Yehude Italia, 2013. Brill, 2013. • Jewish Demography in the 21st Century. • View from a different planet: Fertility Toronto, University of Toronto, Program of attitudes, performances and policies among Jewish Studies, 2013. Jewish Israelis, in S. Fishman (ed.) Love, • The Great Israeli Predicament: Why Marriage and Jewish Families Today: Demography Should be Taken Seriously. Paradoxes of the Gender Revolution. Washington, DC, The Woodrow Wilson Waltham, Brandeis University Press, 2013. Center, 2013. • Measuring Jewish Populations, in T. M. • Jews from the Former Soviet Union in Israel Johnson, B. J. Grim, G. Bellofatto (eds.) and in the US: Demography, Migration, and Yearbook of International Religious Absorption, Israel Sociological Association Demography. Dordrecht, Springer, 2013. Annual Conference, Ruppin Academic Center, 2013. Selected Presentations: • Demografia in Israele: Un modello • ¿Quantos somos hoy? Y sobre todo: ¿Quien socio-economico in crescita e la stagnazione y como somos hoy? 12th Latin American dei Paesi Mediterranei. Jerusalem, Notre Encuentro of the American Joint Distribution Dame, The European Catholic University, Committee, Quito, Ecuador, 2012. 2013. • La Peuplitude juive: grandes tendances au • Jewish Demography in Europe: Resilience 21ème siècle. Paris, Consistoire Central and Malaise, The Place of European Jewry in Israélite de France, 2013. the Global • Cubans and Jewish Other Latin Community, Americans in Yarnton, Israel: A Oxford Center Comparative for Hebrew Note. and Jewish Jerusalem, Studies, 2012. The Hebrew • The Jews in University, Italy: The International Long-term Conference Perspective. Cuba Myth 11 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 and Reality: Culture, History, Politics, 2013. Rela Mintz Geffen • Zionism and the Jewish World: The Gratz College Demographic Angle. Jerusalem, Israel Democracy Institute, 2013. Presentation: • Young Adults Worldwide: Context and • “The Cost of Living Jewishly: A Matter of Projections 2010-2025. International Money or Values?” at the 26th Annual Conference on Taglit, Jerusalem, 2013. Klutznick-Harris Symposium in Omaha, • The Tomorrow of the 20%: Jewish Nebraska. The theme of the symposium was Communities outside Israel and the United "Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Tradition" States. Jerusalem, Tomorrow, The Israeli October 27-28, 2013. Presidential Conference, 2013. • Studying Jewish Demography: What Did We Other: Learn these last 50 Years, Jerusalem, 16th • She served as one of the judges in the Sami World Congress of Jewish Studies, 2013. Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and is a judge • Jewish Demography Challenges and in the National Jewish Book Awards. Both Opportunities. Oxford Center for Hebrew and awards are under the aegis of the Jewish Jewish Studies, 1st European Think Lab, Book Council.. Yarnton, 2013. • Jews and Antisemitism in Europe Today: New Findings from the European Union FRA Survey. Jerusalem, The Hebrew University, Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, 2013.

Other activities: • Member of Yad Vashem Committee on the Righteous of the Nations. • Member of advisory committee, FRA survey of antisemitism in 9 European Union countries, 2012. • Member of advisory committee, Pew survey of Jewish Americans, 2013.

Shira Fishman Brandeis University Steve Gold Michigan State University Publication: • (with S., Shain, M. & Saxe, L. (2013). What Book Chapter: happens on the bus? How community impacts • “Reflections on Ethnographic Childhoods” Jewish engagement on Taglit-Birthright Israel. pp. 175-184 in Family and Work in Everyday In L. Remennick (Series Ed.), Sociological Ethnography. Editors: Tamara Mose Brown Papers: Vol 17. Formal and Informal Jewish and Joanna Dreby. Philadelphia: Temple Education: Lessons and Challenges in Israel University Press, 2013. and in the Diaspora. Israel: Bar-Ilan Book Reviews: University. • The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism edited by Rebecca Kobrin, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 12 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

2012. American Jewish History, Volume 97, Nancy Isserman Number 4, October 2013, pp. 453-456. Temple University • The Renewal of the Kibbutz: From Reform to Transformation, by Raymond Russell, Presentation: Robert Hanneman, and Shlomo Getz. • (with Shaul Kelner and Benjamin Nathans) Rutgers, 2013. in Choice, October 2013. will deliver the Murray Friedman Memorial • Life Beyond the Lobby: Indian American Lecture: Soviet Jewry Activists & Civic Motel Owners and the American Dream by Engagement Thursday, March 6, 4 pm, at the Pawan Dhingra. Stanford CA: Stanford National Museum of American Jewish History. University Press 2012, Sociological Form 28: (A symposium about the grassroots activists 3 (September) 2013:644-646. in Philadelphia who fueled the movement to • Qualitative Methods in Migration Studies: A free Soviet Jewry and what these narratives of Critical Realist Perspective by Theodoros activism tell us about Jewish civic Iosifides. Farnham UK and Burlington, VT.: engagement. Co-sponsored with the Ashgate, 2011 Contemporary Sociology, 42: American Jewish Committee Philadelphia, 396-398, May 2013 and the National Museum of American Jewish History. Presentations: • “Enhanced Agency for Recent Jewish Ariela Keysar Migrants to the US” International Migration Trinity College, Public Policy and Law Section Roundtables, American Sociological Association Meeting, New York, August 10 Publications; 2013 • The Emergence of Three Distinct • “Undocumented Immigrants and Self Worldviews Among American College Employment in The Informal Economy,” Mini Students, The New England Journal of Higher Conference on International Migration, Education, October 15, 2013. American Sociological Association, • "The Demography of Judaism Outside the International Migration Section, CUNY Synagogue," Annual Conference, Association Graduate Center, August 9, 2013. for Jewish Studies, Boston, Dec 16, 2013.

Samuel Heilman Presentations: Queens College and Graduate Center, City • "Vision, Innovation and Implementation," University of New York discussant, Study Day: Jewish Educational Tourism: Multiple Origins, Paths, and Publication: Destinations, Oranim Academic College, • What's in a Name? The Dilemma of Title and Israel, July 25, 2013 Geography for Contemporary Hasidism, • "American Jewish Secularism in the 21st Jewish History: Volume 27, Issue 2 (2013), century," presenter (with Barry A. Kosmin 221-240. and Jesse Tisch), The 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 2013. • "Secularism and the Status of Women," lecture, October 30, 2013, HUC, Los Angeles. • "The Demography of Secular Judaism," lecture, November 1, 2013, Pitzer College • "The Role of Religion in the Everyday Lives of Young People," presenter, Annual 13 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

Conference of the Society for the Scientific College Student Survey, Trinity College, Study of Religion, Boston, November 8, 2013. Hartford, 2013. • "Are We Seeing the Emergence of Three Distinctive Worldviews?" presenter, (with Presentations: Barry A. Kosmin), Annual Conference of the • "The Jewish Secularization thesis and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, revival of Jewish secularism" World Union of Boston, November 9, 2013. Jewish Studies Conference, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, July 28, 2013. • Session Chair, American Jewish Secularism in the Twenty-first century" World Union of Jewish Studies Conference, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel July 28, 2013. • "The Rising Secular Generation," SANE Conference, University of New Haven, October 18, 2013. • "The Rising Secular-Skeptic Generation," Plenary speaker, Center for Inquiry, Secular Summit Conference, Tacoma, WA, October 25, 2013. Barry A. Kosmin • "Enumerating Unbelief among Secular Trinity University, Institute for the Study of Students," Center for Inquiry, Secular Summit Secularism in Society & Culture Conference, Tacoma, WA, October 26, 2013. • "Religious, Spiritual and Secular Young Publications: People: Are we seeing the Emergence of • "The Unexpected Rise of Secularity in the Three Distinctive Worldviews?" Public lecture, United States 1990-2008," Ethique, Politique, Department of Religion, University of Alberta, Religions, Garnier, Paris, 2013, 1, No.2, Canada, October 29, 2013. 143-162. • "Can We Talk about Pew? The Pew • (with Ariela Keysar & Umesh Gidwani, Research Center's Portrait of American Jews," "Traditionalism, professional identity and the The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, attitudes of academics and physicians in India November 5, 2013. toward alternative medicine," Asian Journal of • (with Ariela Keysar) "What's the Trend? The Science and Technology, 2013, Vol. 4, No. 4, Worldviews and Opinions of American College 22-26 Students in 2013"SSSR Annual Meeting, • (with Ryan Cragun "Cheating or Leveling Boston, MA, November 9, 2013. the Playing Field? Rethinking How We Ask Questions about Religion in the U.S.," Free Keren McGinity Inquiry, Vol. 33, No. 4, 25-30. Brandeis University • (with Frank L. Pasquale) "Atheism and the Secularization Thesis," in Stephen Bullivant Publications: & Michael Ruse, eds., The Oxford Handbook Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and of Atheism, Oxford University Press, 2013, Fatherhood (The Modern Jewish Experience), pp.451-467. Indiana University Press (forthcoming August, (With Ariela Keysar), Religious, Spiritual and 2014). See flyer elsewhere in this Newsletter. Secular: The emergence of three distinct worldviews among American college students, A Report based on the ARIS 2013 National 14 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

Bruce Phillips Hebrew Union College

Presentations: • Paper on the geography of intermarriage at the WCJS in Jerusalem. It was a shorter version of a chapter I am publishing in The World Religion Map edited by Stan Brunn that will appear in 2014. • I gave a paper on religion in Southern California at the SSSR in Boston. • At AJS, I am giving a paper on "Reviving The New Urban History for the Study of American Jewry" • At the URJ biennial I am giving a presentation on research I am doing on adult children of intermarriage.

Jonathan Sarna Brandeis University

Publications: • Co-editor of the newly published volume, SISTERHOOD, a centennial history of the Women of Reform Judaism, published by HUC Press. • His article on the Pew Study was published in Hadassah Magazine (November 2013). • "Lewis Feuer and the Study of American Randal F. Schnoor Jewish History" Society 50 (2013), 352-355. Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, York • On December 15, he will become the 18th University president of the Association for Jewish Studies. Presentations : • "Challenges to Canadian Jewish Theodore Sasson Demography from the Revised Canadian Middlebury College Census of 2011" with Morton Weinfeld. Presented at World Congress of Jewish Publication: Studies. Jerusalem, Israel, July 29, 2013. • The New American Zionism (December • "Jewish Day School in the Lives of Families: 2013 by NYU Press. An Ontario Case Study" Presented at Conference: Judaïsme et éducation: institutions, curriculum et practiques novatrices. Hotel Gouverneur Place Dupuis, Montréal, QC, October 3, 2013. • "Counting Jews in Canada" with Morton Weinfeld. Presented at McGill University, Sociology Department, Montreal, QC, 2013. 15 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

contents for these and previous volumes are available at www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/agr introductory essays by the editors and individual chapters may also be downloaded.

Michelle Shain Brandeis University

Publication: • Shain, M., Fishman, S., Wright, G., Hecht, S., & Saxe, L. (2013). DIY Judaism: How Contemporary Young Adults Express Their Jewish Identity. The Jewish Journal of Sociology, 55(1), 3-25. Ira Sheskin University of Miami, Geography and Director Marcia Texler Segal of the Jewish Demography Project of the Sue Indiana University Southeast and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies Publication: The Advances in Gender Research series Publications: published by Emerald, Ltd in the UK is edited • (with Arnold Dashefsky. (Editors) The by Marcia Texler Segal along with Vasilikie American Jewish Year Book, 2013 (2013) Demos. Gendered Perspectives on Conflict (Dordrecht: Springer). 871 + xv pp. and Violence, Parts A&B (AGR 18) explores a www.springer.com/series/11193?changeHe broad range of issues related to our ways of ader. understanding violence academically, legally • (with Arnold Dashefsky. “Jewish Population and personally. Of particular interest to ASSJ in the United States, 2013,” in Arnold members in Part A (2013) is "Belonging to the Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin. (Editors) The Jewish Nation: Life Stories of Israeli Female American Jewish Year Book, 2013, Volume Combat Soldiers" by Channa Zaccai from the 113 (2013) (Dordrecht: Springer) pp. 201-277. Netherlands. Part B (early 2014) features "Is • "Geography, Demography, and the Jewish Religiosity Associated with Less Child Abuse? Vote," In American Politics and the Jewish A Community Study of Ultra-Orthodox and Community, The Casden Institute for the Secular Jewish Women" by Marjorie Feinson Study of the Jewish Role in American Life from Israel, and, by U.S.-based Andrea Annual Review, Volume 11 edited by Dan Dauber, "Not All Nazis are Men: Women's Schnur and Bruce Zuckerman (West Underestimated Potential for Violence in Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press) German Neo-Nazism. Continuation of the (2013). Past or Novel Phenomenon?" Tables of 16 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Presentation: • Invited keynote presentation for "Life and "The Changing Intraurban Spatial Distribution Liberation: Alternate Religious Approaches to of American Jews," Association for Jewish Gender and Eros" panel at the 2013 Jain Studies, Boston (2013). Conference: Women's Perspectives in the Dharma Traditions (and Beyond), Claremont, CA, 2013: "Sexual boundaries and assimilation: Rethinking Jewish identity." • First Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics: "The Ethics of Wealth and Work." Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue, Encino, CA, 2013.

Grant: The Valley Alliance of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles awarded a grant for my Mapping the Jewish Valley project. (See www.mappingthejewishvalley.com.) I'm Jennifer A. Thompson directing undergraduates in my Jewish studies California State University, Northridge courses in ethnographic research on Jewish institutions in the San Fernando and Conejo Publications: Valleys for an online map for public use. I'll be •"'He wouldn't know anything': Rethinking presenting on this project in the Digital Media women's religious leadership." Journal of the Workshop at AJS: "Mapping Jewish American Academy of Religion, September resources: Engaging students and the 2013, 81(3):644-668. community in Jewish studies research and • Jewish On Their Own Terms: How service-learning." Intermarried Couples Are Changing American Judaism. Forthcoming, January 2014. Rutgers Chaim I. Waxman University Press. Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University

Presentations: Publications: • Upcoming, at AJS: • "Orthodox Judaism in Transition - An "Good and bad Oxymoron?" Report of the Oxford Centre for Jews in American Hebrew and Jewish Studies: Academic Year Jewish discourse 2012-2013, December 2013. and experience." • "Tribute to a Gaon in a Spiritual Wasteland" • Paper in inaugural ("Yad Le-Gaon Bishemama Ruhani") panel of the Religion [Hebrew], "Shabbat" Literary Supplement, and Food group, Makor Rishon, 29 Elul 5773/Sept. 4, 2013. annual meeting of • (with Uzi Rebhun and Nadia Beider), the American "American Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian Academy of Peace Process: A Study of Diaspora in Religion, Baltimore, International Affairs," Research Report MD, 2013: "Growing submitted to Harry S. Truman Research vegetables and Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, market share in the American religious September 2013. marketplace." 17 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Presentations: Matthew Boxer • "Religious/Denominational Patterns of Brandeis University American Jewry in the Beginning of the 21st Century: Is American Jewry Experiencing an Publications: 'Explosive' Growth of Hasidic and Other • (2013). Revisiting "The non-linear impact of Orthodox Communities?" Paper presented at schooling": A first step toward a necessary the 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies, corrective. Sociological Papers, 17. Currently Jerusalem, July 29, 2013. available online at: • Chair, Session on "Where is the Chabad http://www.socpapers.org/sp2013/sp2013-4. Movement Going," 16th World Congress of pdf. Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 2013. • (with Aronson, J. K., Davidson, J., & Aitan, E. (2013). The 2013 Greater Buffalo Jewish Arnold Dashefsky Community Study. Waltham, MA: Maurice and University of Connecticut Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University. Publications: • (with Ira Sheskin (editors). American Jewish Presentations: Year Book, Vol. 113 (Dordrecht: Springer) Annette Koren and I presented a paper • (with Ira Sheskin) "Jewish Population in the entitled "Learning About Israel on Campus: United States, 2013," in Arnold Dashefsky Student Response to Courses About Israel" at and Ira Sheskin (editors), American Jewish the Association for Israel Studies Conference Year Book, Vol. 113 (Dordrecht: Springer). at UCLA in June. • (with Bernard Lazerwitz). "Philanthropic • At AIS, I presented a paper entitled "Young Decisions of American Jews: The Influence of American Jews and Israel: The Relationship's Religious Identity on Charitable Choices," pp. Trajectory." 182-202 in Religion in Philanthropic Organizations: Family, Friend, Foe? Thomas Judit Bokser Liwerant J. Davis, ed. (Bloomington: Indiana University Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Press, 2013). Adapted from Charitable on Sabbatical, Distinguished Visiting Choices: Philanthropic Decisions of Donors in Professor at The Hebrew University of the American Jewish Community, by Arnold Jerusalem Dashefsky and Bernard Lazerwitz (Lexington Books, 2009). Publications: • Encounters, Dilemmas and Projects. The Presentation: Jewish National Movement (Sp.) Encuentros, • "Sociology of Anti-Semitism." Informal dilemas y proyectos en la historia. session at American Sociological Association, Modernidad y Movimiento Nacional Judío, New York (August 2013). Istor, CIDE, México, 2013. • Discrimination and Religious Minorities. The National Survey on Discrimination in Mexico (Sp.) Discriminación y minorías religiosas: a propósito de las Encuestas Nacionales sobre la Discriminación en México,” Revista México Social, CEIDAS, México, 2013 • Diasporas and Transnationalism: new Approaches to Latin American Jews Today, with Leonardo Senkman, Judaica 18 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Latinoamericana, Jerusalem, Magness Press, • Social Sciences and Knowledge. Analyzing Vol. VII, 2013. Options of Change and Possible Course of • Thinking "Múltiples Modernities" from Latin Actions (Sp.) Ciencias sociales y America's Perspectives: Complexity, conocimiento. Analizando Opciones de Periphery and Diversity, in Multiple Cambio y Posibles Cursos de Acción, Editorial Modernities in the Contemporary Scene. del Número 218, Nueva Época, Revista Michael Sussman y Gerhard Preyer (Ed.), Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, (forthcoming). Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, • Expanding Latin American Jewish Life in UNAM, September- December 2013, pp. 9- Times of Transnationalism. A mosaic of 20. experiences in the United States, in • Between Promised Lands? (Sp) México, Festrischrift in honor of Sergio DellaPergola, Revista CDI, December, 2013. (forthcoming). • Globalization and Transnationalism: Facing New Realities, Narratives and Conceptual Challenges, Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris, (forthcoming) • The Multiple Facets of Klal Yisrael: National, Regional and Global Configurations. A Latin American perspective, in Eliezer Ben Rafael, Judit Bokser Liwerant and Yosef Gorny (Eds.) Reconsidering Israel-Diaspora Relations, 2014. • Antisemitism Today. Continuity, Recurrence or Changing Patterns?, in Steven Baum (Ed.) North American Antisemitism, Brill Editorial House, (submitted). • On Challenges, Disciplinary Knowledge and Convergences. The Mexican Journal of Political and Social Science (Sp) De desafíos, saberes y convergencias. La Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales), Editorial del Número 217, Nueva Época, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, January- April, 2013, pp. 9-28. • Mexico and Latin America. Social Research Editorial: Bridging universalism and particularism (Sp) Director-Editor of the Mexican Journal of México y América Latina. La investigación Political and Social Sciences, New Epoch. social como puente entre lo universal y lo particular), Editorial del Número 218, Nueva Presentations: Época, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias • New Analytical Angles. Transnationalism Políticas y Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias and its Theories. International Colloquium of Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, May- August de International Relations. Theory and Research, 2013, pp 9- 23. UNAM, April 15-19, 2013. UNAM 19 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 • Globalization and Transnationalism: facing • Between Mexico and Israel, A conversation new realities, narratives and conceptual with Anita Shapira and Enrique Krauze. challenges, International Conference Pensee International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Global, Madison des Sciences de L'Homme, December 2, 2013. París, May 15-17, 2013. • From Modernity to Multiple Modernities. S. • Voices, Reflections and Dialogues in the N. Eisenstadt's Theoretical Contributions. Educational Community, 2° International Colloquium on Social Sciences. Modernity Congress of Jewish Education. Universidad and Judaism, University of Guadalajara, Hebraica, México, May, 26-27, 2013. December 3-5, 2013. • Widening the Public Sphere: new actors for • Citizenship, Democracy and Globalization. a new social contract. XXXI International Conference on Citizenship and Social Congress of the Latin American Studies Movements, Latin American Faculty of Social Association (LASA), Washington, May Sciences, U. de G., Conapred., December 29-June 1, 2013. 2013. • Expanding Frontiers and Affirming • Between Promised Lands? Belonging and Belongings. Youth Travel to Israel. A Latin Multiple Identities. Colloquium of History. The American Perspective, Conference at Oranim Jewish Presence in Mexico, Guadalajara School, Israel, July 2013. University, International Book Fair, December • The Tomorrow of the 20%: Jewish 2013. „ Communities Outside Israel and the United States. The Latin American Experience. Facing Tomorrow, Israeli Presidential Conference, Jerusalem, June 18-20, 2013. • Latin American Jewish Life: New Paths of Interaction and New Worlds of Identities, World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, July 2013. • Citizenship, Democracy and Culture for Peace. International Colloquium, UNESCO Chair, CDHDF, ACNUR, CEI, CDI, UNAM, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, UPN, UNICEF, September 2013, • Security and Civility. New Dialectics of Social Life. XXI International Conference. Comunidades Seguras. Cultura de la prevención para construir entornos más seguros. Asociación Nacional de Consejos de Participación Cívica, A.C., Mérida, Yucatán, México, October 21- 23, 2013. • Democracy and Discriminatory Processes. The National Council to Prevent Discrimination, Mexico, October 7-8, 2013. • From Discipline to Multidiscipline. Social Science Research Today. Seminar on Social Sciences, Colegio de a Frontera Norte, October 2013. 20 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Dissertations and Theses in Progress or Recently Completed

his new section is designed so that others who might want to email advice or references to T some of our young scholars are aware of the dissertations and theses in progress or that have been recently completed.

Janet Aronson I am working on a doctoral dissertation in social policy with the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University entitled Leveraging social networks to create social change: Ripple effects of Taglit-Birthright Israel on parents of participants. Len Saxe is my dissertation chair.

Matthew Boxer "Jewish Identity on All Frontiers: The Effect of Jewish Community Size on Jewish Identity." PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Ziona Bar-el A breached "contract": Married couples facing the conflict of one spouse becoming observant, MA Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, 2013, Hebrew)

Iris Cohen "Feed the Body and Nourish the Soul": Religion, Morality and Emotions in Israeli Food Assistance Organizations." PhD dissertation (under the supervision of Ilana Silber, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University.

Atar Shai Cohen Nonreligious parenthood-religious parenthood: The influence of religiosity on emotion work in the family. (MA Thesis. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University. 2013, Hebrew).

Ori Ganan Living together: Conflict between secular and haredi Jews in a secular neighborhood in Israel, MA Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, 2012, Hebrew).

Ronit Forst-Grauberd The impact of the educational experience visit in Israel on the attitudes of German visitors toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, MA Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, 2012, Hebrew).

Michelle Shain "The Drivers of Fertility Among American Jews" and uses data from the National Survey of Family Growth the document the fertility patterns of American Jewish women of childbearing age (number, timing and contexts of births) and explore the drivers of those patterns.„

. 21 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 ASSJ Sklare Award

he Marshall Sklare Award is an annual honor of the Association for the Scientific Study of T Jewry (ASSJ). The ASSJ seeks to recognize "a senior scholar who has made a significant scholarly contribution to the social scientific study of Jewry." In most cases, the recipient has given a scholarly address. In recent years, the honored scholar has presented the address at the annual meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies. The award is named in memory of the "founding father of American Jewish sociology" Marshall Sklare (1912-1992), who had been Klutznick Family Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Sociology at Brandeis University.

Sklare Award Winners 1992 Sidney Goldstein (Brown, demography) 1993 Seymour Martin Lipset (Hoover Institute and George Mason University, sociology) 1994 Celia Heller (NYU, history) 1995 Daniel Elazar (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Temple University, and Bar Ilan University, political science) 1996 Samuel Klausner (University of Pennsylvania, sociology) 1997 Walter Zenner (SUNY at Albany, anthropology) 1998 Bernard Reisman (Brandeis, communal service) 1999 Sergio DellaPergola (Hebrew University, demography) 2000 Charles Liebman (Bar Ilan, political science) 2001 Calvin Goldscheider (Brown, sociology and demography) 2002 Jonathan Sarna (Brandeis, history) 2003 Samuel Heilman (CUNY, sociology) 2004 Egon Mayer (Brooklyn College, sociology) 2005 Elihu Katz (University of Pennsylvania and Hebrew University, communications) 2006 Deborah Dash Moore (University of Michigan, history) 2007 Barry Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago, economics) 2008 Paul Ritterband (Haifa University, sociology) 2009 Charles Kadushin (Brandeis, sociology) 2010 Steven M. Cohen (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) 2011 Riv-Ellen Prell (University of Minnesota, anthropology) 2012 Leonard Saxe (Brandeis University, social psychology) 2013 Morton Weinfeld (McGill University, Sociology) „

ASSJ Berman Award he Mandell L. Berman Service Award is given periodically to a civic or business leader or an T academic for a career of distinguished commitment to the social scientific study of Jews either through service or financial support of such research. Named for a great philanthropist and supporter of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry and various other research entities, the Berman Service Award recognizes the work of leaders in many sectors of the Jewish community whose efforts have advanced the social science of Jewry.

Berman Award Winners 2010 Mandell “Bill” Berman Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 Irene and Eddie Kaplan (Washington, DC) 2012 Arnold Dashefsky (University of Connecticut, Storrs, Sociology) 2013 Rela Mintz Geffen, Gratz College „ 22 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 2013 Sklare Award Winner: Morton Weinfeld

very year, the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry E presents the Marshall Sklare Award to recognize a senior scholar who has made a significant contribution to the social scientific study of Jewry. Honorees are selected for conceptual/theoretical, methodological, public policy, and pedagogical contributions to the field. This year's honoree has excelled in each of these areas. We are proud to honor Morton Weinfeld, Professor of Sociology and Chair in Canadian Ethnic Studies at McGill University.

Following his doctorate from Harvard, where his advisor was Nathan Glazer, Morton Weinfeld began his career at McGill University in 1977. He has held the Chair in Canadian Ethnic Studies for over ten years. In addition, he has been Chair of the Sociology Department for nine years.

Mort is regarded as the founder of Canadian Jewish sociology, much as Sklare was the founder of American Jewish sociology, and has served as the leading scholar on the subject for more than 30 years. His landmark book Like Everyone Else but Different: The paradoxical success of Canadian Jews was selected as one of the 100 books described in the volume One Hundred Great Jewish Books, by Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman, Bluebridge, 2011. Through his expertise and connections in the fields of race relations and immigration studies he has significantly increased the visibility and respectability of the field of Jewish Studies to a wide academic audience, in Canada, the United States, and beyond. As Canada's most recognizable name in the field, he is the 'go-to' person for issues of policy from the Canadian government and Jewish communal bodies.

Mort has pursued a dual track career. He has been a highly recognized scholar both in the area of (Canadian) Jewish sociology, and in the general area of Canadian studies, ethnic and race relations, immigration, etc. In a sense, much of his scholarly work on a wide variety of Jewish topics is at the same time a set of case studies of issues of interest to these general fields. In this way, he has been able to serve as leader in the field in North America and beyond in placing Jewish concerns in the context of broader theoretical debates, thus illuminating the field of Jewish Studies to a much wider academic audience. This duality can be seen in his vast array of publications. In total, Mort has published (authored, co-authored, co-edited) 11 books, 31 articles in reviewed journals, 44 book chapters, and 18 book reviews. He has collaborated in his publications with 26 different people, a good proportion of whom are PhD students and young scholars he has mentored. As a reflection of Mort's commitment to multi-disciplinary studies, of the 26 collaborators, we find demographers, political scientists, historians, psychologists, psychoanalysts, nurses, social workers, and of course sociologists.

Conceptual/Theoretical Contributions: Mort launched the field of the social scientific study of Canadian Jewry. As the authority in this field for more than thirty years, Mort has been consulted, referenced and quoted by scores of researchers, students, policy analysts, and the like. His numerous publications appear regularly in course syllabi in a range of courses in Canadian Jewish 23 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Studies (particularly his 2001 seminal work in the field: Like Everyone else but Different: The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews). His mastery of this field has not only helped develop a corpus of knowledge about Canadian Jewish life, but also has stimulated an important comparative focus. The basic question which drives much of Mort's work has been whether the different features of Canadian and American Jewish life derive from general features of the Canadian social and political environment (so-called multicultural mosaic vs. melting pot) or from wider demographic differences in the two groups themselves. For example, since Canadian Jews are far more likely to be foreign born, or one generation closer to the old country, it may be that observed differences will narrow over time so that the generational profile of the two countries might converge.

Mort began teaching a course on the Sociology of Jews in North America at McGill University in 1977. This was the first such course in Canada, still one of the few in North America. It examines Canadian Jewish life as well as offering comparisons with American Jewry. It has had an estimated annual enrollment of 80-90 students. In 2012-2013, it had an enrollment of 110. In total he has taught an estimated 2,800 undergraduate students in this course alone.

The publication of The Canadian Jewish Mosaic in 1981, a volume of essays, reinvigorated this field after the 1939 publication of Canada's Jews by Louis Rosenberg. (Mort persuaded McGill-Queen's Press to re-publish that classic Rosenberg work in 1993). For several years in the 1980s, Mort was the editor of the Canadian Jewish intellectual periodical Viewpoints. He followed this with the co-edited volume The Jews in Canada, in two editions (1993 and 2010) and, as mentioned, his own volume, Like Everyone else but Different: The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews (2001). Throughout his career he has continued to write articles or chapters on Canadian/Quebec Jewish life (some have appeared in French).

Methodological Contributions: Heeding the admonition of Seymour Martin Lipset, Mort's major contribution has been his emphasis on comparative work at all times. His philosophy has remained consistent throughout his career. In addition to fruitful comparisons between different Jewish populations, he has always insisted to his students that "the best way to study the Jews is to study the non-Jews."

To cite just a few key examples, he systematically compared Jewish and Ukrainian polities in his study Old Wounds. His volume edited with Daniel Elazar, Still Moving, continues this comparative focus on the study of different Jewish diasporic or immigrant communities, notably in Canada, the United States, and Israel. In his volume Like Everyone Else but Different, he used a triple comparative approach. He compared Canadian Jews to other Canadian minority groups, to other Jewish communities in the Diaspora, while also comparing Jews from different parts of Canada. His current research examines the issue of competing identities and conflicting loyalties among Canadian and British Jews. He systematically compares these two Jewish groups in terms of how their national identities intersect with their Jewishness. 24 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Public Policy Contributions: In addition to forging this important linkage between Jewish Studies and other academic disciplines, Mort has been the pre-eminent Canadian scholar of the Jews in bridging the gap between academic and policy fields. This policy work stretching over thirty years has encompassed both Canadian government policy as well as Jewish community policy planning. It would not be an exaggeration to say that outside of the academy, Mort is our discipline's most recognized name in Canada. He has served as a policy advisor over many years to Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal bodies dealing with issues around ethnic relations. As just one example among very many, he served for four years as a member of the Canadian Multiculturalism Advisory Council, a national body which advised the Canadian Minister in charge of multiculturalism on relevant policy issues. He has served as a consultant and produced a myriad of community reports for communal Jewish bodies. Most recently he served as member of advisory panel to UIA Canada on Canadian Jewish demography, 2009-2010.

As part of his expertise in the sociology of the Jews and ethnic relations, Mort has established himself as well-known public intellectual. He has written 20 op-ed articles in major Canadian newspapers and opinion journals. For three years he was a monthly panelist on CBC's (Canada's national radio) Morningside political panel. For nine years, he was a monthly columnist for the Canadian Jewish News, Canada's leading Canadian Jewish periodical. He has also published in the Forward and the newsletter of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

He has produced a series of studies, policy reports, and consultancies, over thirty years, dealing with many aspects of Jewish life, both in Canada and in the United States.

Educational/Pedagogical Contributions: Over 36 years at McGill University Mort has exposed approximately 2,800 students, about 75% of these Jewish, to the field of the social scientific study of Jewry. He has served as a mentor for countless young students and scholars. Many have gone on to careers in Jewish communal service, or Jewish Studies in Canada and the US.

Over the years he has delivered many dozens of lectures at Jewish cultural venues in North America, related to adult education. He has also spoken at many such venues for Jewish communal service workers at conferences and workshops

I believe I speak for the colleagues who joined me in nominating Morton Weinfeld for the Marshall Sklare Award this year when I say that we believe that Mort's outstanding record of scholarship, impact on public policy, mentorship of young scholars and practitioners, and service to the field distinguish him as an extraordinary candidate. As mentioned, he single-handedly launched and serves as the leader in the field of the sociology of the Jews of Canada (the third largest Jewish community in the world) and is our discipline's most recognizable name in Canada for the bridging of the gap between the academic and policy fields. We are delighted to be able to celebrate with him as he receives the 2013 Marshall Sklare Award. „

Randal F. Schnoor, Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, York University. 25 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 2013 Berman Award Winner: Rela Geffen

r. Rela Geffen is currently a Fellow at the Jerusalem D Center for Public Affairs and the Center for Jewish Community Studies. She is also Professor Emirita at Towson University and Baltimore Hebrew University. Over her career, Rela has exhibited the highest standards of service – to the profession of the social scientific study of Jewry and to using her skills and insights to help shape Jewish communal life through research, service, and teaching. Her contributions to ASSJ, to the Conservative movement, and most especially to the millions of women who try to balance home, work, and a commitment to Jewish continuity, all speak to Rela's desire to turn good research into good practice and policy. In doing so she also becomes a leading example of how those who conduct research on American Jewry can influence the future shape of the community. Through her efforts to shape institutions, raise policy questions in Jewish policy and planning institutions and train the next generation of Jewish communal professionals, Rela's impact on contemporary Jewry goes far beyond many others in the academic community. She has accomplished this by taking roles both in academic settings (such as Baltimore Hebrew College) as well as in communal settings (such as educational coordinator for the National Ramah Commission) and writing often for the Journal of Jewish Communal Service, publications of B’nai Brith and similar groups along with publications in academic journals. At the same time, her friendly manner, modesty and kindness, things recognized by many of her students and colleagues make her a welcome addition to a wide range of boards, commissions, and study groups.

Rela received her B.S. and M.A. from Columbia University, her B.R.E. from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and her Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She has taught at 11 different institutions of higher learning, most notably Gratz College where she taught from 1975 to 2001. She has held several senior positions in academic administration including Dean for Academic Affairs at Gratz College and President of Baltimore Hebrew University. She has served as a Research Fellow at several institutions including the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. She has a long list of publications as well as many honors and awards.

Rela's commitment to building professional organizations can best be seen in her service to ASSJ. She has served in every possible position – board member, treasurer, editor of Contemporary Jewry, Vice President, and President. By helping to build and shape the professional organization of social scientists working on topics of interest to the Jewish community, Rela worked to create and sustain a cadre of researchers who would work with communal institutions to support their efforts. As a Board member, Vice President, and Program Chair for the Association for Jewish Studies she represented the social sciences to a wider audience of scholars in all areas of Jewish studies. Her background in classical, as well as modern Jewish life, allowed her to move freely among different constituencies in the wider academic Jewish studies community.

Of all the ways Rela has influenced the future of the Jewish community, none may be more important than her role as teacher. I was able to witness this firsthand when I had the opportunity to speak in her class on the sociology of the American Jewish community and the Jewish family at 26 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Gratz College. These classes, given in the evening, were full of students who had already spent the entire day in class and in placements around the Jewish community (many were pursuing a MSW at Penn as well as a master's in Jewish communal service). A class that ran from 7-9:30 in the evening was a recipe for a room full of sleeping students. Instead, I always found the students wide awake and eager. Rela was not only an excellent teacher but she listened to the students - these were the next generation of communal professionals and so the issues they faced – in class, in their placements and in their personal lives were all things that Rela took into account as she prepared them for their vocations. They were also introduced to the value of good research in developing effective policies and programs. Rela was much more than teacher to these students – she was their mentor, preparing them in ways that went far beyond the specific topic of the class. In turn, these students were able to move forward in their careers much better prepared because of her.

I will end on a personal note. When I was a graduate student attending one of my first AJS meetings, I only knew a few people here and didn't have a good sense of how I might fit into this field. It turned out that I sat next to Rela, someone I had met but didn't know, on the plane ride back. This was in the 1970's, and I still remember that plane ride. She was so open, so interested in what I was doing and helpful, that after speaking with her I knew I could build a career in this field. I am only one of many who has so benefitted from her wisdom, caring, and mentoring. „

Avi Glicksman, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging

The Sklare and Berman Awards Will Be Presented during the Marshall Sklare Memorial Lecture (Sunday, December 15 at 4:15 to 6:15) (Backbay A) ASSJ Awards Reception, December 16, 6:15-7:15 (Independence West)

Positions Available

he Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar Ilan University invites applications for a T tenure-track position at the rank of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the fields of social stratification and quantitative methods. The position is to commence October 1, 2014. Candidates are expected to demonstrate strong research and publication potential. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree, and postdoctoral experience is advantageous.

Applicants should submit: 1. A letter of application that includes a description of current and future research plans as well as teaching interests and possibilities; 2. A curriculum vitae listing work experience and publications; and 3. Examples of published work or dissertation chapters.

After an initial screening, we will request potential candidates to submit names of references. Applicants are requested to submit their candidacy (via e-mail or regular mail) by December 31, 2013. Please send material to the Department Chair: Professor Ephraim Tabory, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, 52900 Ramat Gan, Israel ([email protected]). The position is subject to final budgetary approval by the university. „ 27 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 The ASSJ

he Association for the Social Scientific Board members T Study of Jewry is a cross-disciplinary Barry Chiswick, George Washington organization whose research concerns the University Jewish people throughout the world. Shawn Landres, Jumpstart The ASSJ encourages and facilitates Riv-Ellen Prell, University of Minnesota contact among researchers, supports the Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University dissemination of research, and assists in the Randal Schnoor, York University cultivation of younger scholars. The organization's journal, Contemporary Contemporary Jewry editor Jewry, is issued three times per year. All Samuel Heilman, Queens College and social science disciplines are represented, Graduate Center, City University of New York including anthropology, demography, economics, geography, history, Jewish education, political science, social psychology, Newsletter editor social work, and sociology. Ira Sheskin, University of Miami Our members are primarily academics, but also policy analysts, communal professionals Immediate Past President and activists, and are engaged in a wide Harriet Hartman, Rowan University range of scholarly activity, applied research, and the links between them. www.assj.org „ Israeli representative Lilach Lev-Ari, Oranim Academic College ASSJ Executive Board President European representative Steven M. Cohen, HUC-JIR Jonathan Boyd, Institute for Jewish Policy Research Vice-president Sergio DellaPergola, The Hebrew University Latin American representative of Jerusalem Judit Liwerant, National Autonomous University of Mexico Treasurer Bruce Phillips, HUC-JIR, University of Australia-New Zealand Southern California representative David Graham, University of Sydney, Australia Secretary Matthew Boxer, Brandeis University Student representative Moshe Kornfeld, University of Michigan „ 28 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 ASSJ Book Series

he first book of the series will appear within the year, and several others are currently in T preparation. Send all proposals to Harriet Hartman, Series editor.

The editorial board includes:

Regine Azria, L'Ecole des Haute Etudes en Science Sociales, France Steven M. Cohen, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Calvin Goldscheider, Brown University, USA Judith Bokser Liwerant, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Samuel Heilman, Queens College NY, USA Debra Kaufman, Northeastern University, USA Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College, USA Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University, USA Diane Wolf, University of California at Davis „

Contemporary Jewry

ontemporary Jewry, the journal of the ASSJ, serves as the single source for the social C scientific consideration of world Jewry, its institutions, trends, character, and concerns. In its pages can be found work by leading scholars and important new researchers from around the world. While much relevant scholarship about Jewry is published in general social science journals, as well as more narrowly focused periodicals, no other single scholarly journal focuses primarily on the social scientific study of Jewry.

Over 450 articles have been published in the 33 volumes (50 issues) of Contemporary Jewry since its inception in 1975. The distinguished editorial board reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of the journal. www.springer.com/humanities/religious+studies/journal/12397

Table of Contents for Contemporary Jewry, Volume 33, Issue 3 (October 2013).

! Editor's Introduction, Samuel Heilman ! Bonds of Silence: Parents and Children Cope with Dissonant Levels of Religiosity by Ephraim Tabory and Shlomit Hazan-Stern ! Hizuk—The Gender Track: Religious Invigoration and Women Motivators in Israel by Nissim Leon and Aliza Lavie ! A Jewish State? Controversial Conversions and the Dispute Over Israel’s Jewish Character by Netanel Fisher !Innocuous Ignorance?: Perceptions of the American Jewish Population Size by Daniel Herda 29 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Editor-in-Chief: Samuel Heilman, Queens College and Graduate Center, City University of New York Managing Editor: Deborah Grant, Brandeis University

Editorial Board: Harriet Hartman, Rowan University Richard Alba, CUNY Graduate Center William Helmreich, CUNY City College David Assaf, Tel Aviv University Charles Kadushin, Brandeis University Joelle Bahloul, Indiana University Debra Kaufman, Northeastern University Sara Bunin Benor, Hebrew Union College, LA Shaul Kelner, Vanderbilt University Yoram Bilu, Hebrew University Ariela Keysar, Trinity College Paul Burstein, University of Washington Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, NYU Barry R. Chiswick, George Washington Barry Kosmin, Trinity College University Deborah Dash Moore, University of Carmel Chiswick, George Washington Michigan University Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College, LA Steven M. Cohen, Hebrew Union College, NY Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University Arnold Dashefsky, University of Connecticut, Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University Storrs Theodore Sasson, Middlebury College Sergio DellaPergola, Hebrew University Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University Adam Ferziger, Bar-Ilan University William Shaffir, McMaster University Menachem Friedman, Bar-Ilan University Jeffrey Shandler, Rutgers University Rela Mintz Geffen, Gratz College Ira Sheskin, University of Miami Zvi Gitelman, University of Michigan Chaim I. Waxman, Professor Emeritus Allen Avi Glicksman, Philadelphia from Rutgers University Corporation for Aging Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University Calvin Goldscheider, Brown University Yaacov Yadgar, Bar-Ilan University „ Deborah Grant, Brandeis University 30 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 The Jewish Journal of Sociology

he Jewish Journal of Sociology was sponsored by the Cultural Department of the World T Jewish Congress from its inception in 1959 until the end of 1980. Thereafter, from the first issue of 1981 (volume 23, no. 1), the Journal has been sponsored by Maurice Freedman Research Trust Limited. It has as its main purpose the encouragement of research in the sociology of the Jews. The objects of the Journal remain as stated in the Editorial of the first issue in 1959: ‘This Journal has been brought into being in order to provide an international vehicle for serious writing on Jewish social affairs. Academically we address ourselves not only to sociologists, but to social scientists in general, to historians, to philosophers, and to students of comparative religion.

The founding Editor of the Jewish Journal of Sociology was Morris Ginsberg, and the founding Managing Editor was Maurice Freedman. Morris Ginsberg, who had been Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, died in 1970. Maurice Freedman, who had been Professor of Social Anthropology at The London School of Economics and later at the University of Oxford, succeeded to the title of Editor in 1971, when Dr Judith Freedman (who had been Assistant Editor since 1963) became Managing Editor. Maurice Freedman died in 1975; from then until her death in December 2009 the Journal was edited by Dr Judith Freedman.

Vol 55, No 1 (2013) Table of Contents

! Editorial Introduction by Keith Kahn-Harris ! DIY Judaism: How Contemporary Jewish Young Adults Express their Jewish Identity PDF Restricted Access by Michelle Shain, Shira Fishman, Graham Wright, Shahar Hecht, and Leonard Saxe. ! The Dance with Tradition: Two Generations of the Independent Minyan in America by Shirah Weinberg Hecht. ! Education for Jewish Peoplehood in Australia by David Mittelberg. ! In the Islands of the Sea: Geography in the Religious History of the Jews of Britain by Benjamin James Elton. ! Jews in the British Isles in 1851: Occupations by Petra Laidlaw. ! Internalized Homophobia and Distress among Participants in Support Groups for Homosexuals: Secular versus Ultra-Orthodox Participants by Liat Kulik. ! The Elections to the 19th Knesset, 2013: Some Thoughts by Stanley Waterman. www.jewishjournalofsociology.org/index.php/jjs/index „ 31 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

he Berman Jewish DataBank premiered in July as a project of The Jewish Federations of North T America (JFNA) after nearly a decade of success and expansion as the North American Jewish Data Bank at the University of Connecticut. The Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation generously provided an endowment to move the DataBank permanently to JFNA and fund it in perpetuity, and the new name honors the foundation's support.

In transitioning the DataBank, JFNA established a partnership with the Berman Jewish Policy Archive (BJPA) at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and re-affirmed its partnership with the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut. The DataBank's newly redesigned website shares online search and other functionality with BJPA that enable users to access both collections from either website. The UConn Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life provides ongoing academic support, guidance and connections to the DataBank.

The DataBank is currently focusing on expanding its collection, adding new studies of North American Jews, its traditional domain, and beginning the process of acquiring studies from Jewish communities elsewhere in the world. The DataBank also continues to develop new resources for users and to sponsor panels at academic conferences, including the Association for the Sociology of Religion in August and the upcoming Association for Jewish Studies in Boston.

Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz, the JFNA Senior Director of Research, is serving as the Director of the Berman Jewish DataBank. Ron Miller is continuing his long and very productive association with the DataBank as Senior Research Consultant, and Arnold Dashefsky, who was the Director of the North American Jewish Data Bank during its tenure at UConn, is Director Emeritus and Senior Academic Consultant. Hilla Israeli, JFNA's Research Manager, has also taken on work for the DataBank. An advisory committee is being formed that will help DataBank staff in making policy and management decisions.

DataBank users can contact the DataBank at [email protected] and can sign up for the DataBank's email list on the bottom of every page of the DataBank website. „ 32 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2

he Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner (www.bjpa.org) offers a vast digital T collection of policy-relevant research and analysis on Jewish life to the public, free of charge, with holdings of over 18,000 publications spanning from 1900 until today. BJPA's powerful search functionality allows students, researchers, educators, professionals, and others to access the most relevant content with ease. Prominent within the archive is the entire collection of two journals: The Journal of Jewish Communal Service and Sh'ma: a Journal of Jewish Ideas. Many documents from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) are also archived, including materials from the American Jewish Year Book. BJPA hosts large collections of material by Daniel Elazar z"l, Leonard Fein, and Charles Liebman z"l.

BJPA also hosts the Jewish Survey Question Bank (JSQB) at www.jewishquestions.bjpa.org, a database of survey questions used in Jewish social research, program evaluations, community studies, and other Jewish communal surveys. Open access to the questions used in this research will increase both quality and comparability of future studies, allowing and encouraging researchers to make use of each other's work.

BJPA produces monthly Reader's Guides on topics such as Aging & Elders; Environmental Issues; Economic Justice; Synagogues & Kehillot; Secular Jews; and more. Sign up for our mailing list at www.bjpa.org, and register for a free user account. Registration is not required to use the archive, but registered users can create a "Bookshelf" of BJPA materials to be saved and shared, or to gather bibliographical information easily, as well as save customized user preferences and upload documents for submission to the archive. We further invite you to submit materials for inclusion on BJPA to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bjparchive and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bjparchive. „ 33 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Members in the News

For press coverage of the Pew Study, see above.

Sarah Benor http://forward.com/articles/181479/frum-guide-to-talking-like-an-ffb-bt-or-an-fft/

Steven M. Cohen and Rabbi Kerry Olitzky http://www.jta.org/2013/11/29/news-opinion/opinion/op-ed-conversion-shouldnt

Rela Mintz Geffen • What Does It Mean to Retire? In the Jewish Exponent http://www.jewishexponent.com/what-does-it-mean-to-retire

Samuel Heilman • Published three op-ed pieces in Ha’aretz, including “Losing our faith in religion” on October 17, 2013 http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.553050 • www.jta.org/2013/09/11/news-opinion/united-states/new-hope-for-struggling-jewish-day-schools- christian-students#.UjczysD1KXw.email • http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/republicans-and-democrats-simplifying- israels-political-spectrum 12/24/2012 • http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/israeli-election-analysis-bibi-lapid-and- bennet-nucleus 01/25/2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/nyregion/hasidic-jews-turn-up-pressure-on-city-to- accommodate-their-traditions.html

Barry Kosmin • Trinity Survey: College Kids Liberal On Social Issues, Worried About.., Hartford Courant • College students divided on God, spirituality, USA TODAY

Bruce Phillips http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/us/second-act-for-the-temple-of-the- stars.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Ira M. Sheskin • "In the US, A Strong Jewish Presence," The Jerusalem Post (August 6, 2013). • JLTV on To Life, L'Chaim on Israel and the Middle East (2013). • http://chabadsociologist.wordpress.com/tag/ira-sheskin/ (The Chabad Sociologist)

Jennifer A. Thompson My mapping project was the subject of a story in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal: http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/getting_the_lay_of _the_land „ 34 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Australian Association of Jewish Studies The 26th AAJS Conference, 9-10 February 2014 The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, CBD, Adelaide, South Australia Jews, Judaism and Hybridity (www.aajs.org.au)

rom its very beginning, the people of Israel has been characterized as 'a people that dwells F alone' and one that 'is not reckoned among the nations' (Numbers 23:9). Indeed, the ancient Israelite religion was different from all other religions in that it worshiped one God, believing him to be the source of all creation and professing that he could not possess any physical manifestation.

However, looking at the history of Israel and at its spiritual development, one can see that, both practically and conceptually, the Jewish people maintained close reciprocal relationships with other groups and ideas, resulting in fascinating and multifaceted cross-fertilizations and multiple causations. The theme of AAJS Adelaide, Jews, Judaism and Hybridity, aims to explore Jewish cross-fertilization, synthesis, and syncretism from any perspective.

Extensive study of the Jewish faith, method of scriptural interpretation, Jewish identity, society, literature, art, philosophy and language throughout history, demonstrates that they were all heavily influenced by diverse cultures and religions, and by no means can they be satisfactorily explained as being the outcome of their Jewish or Hebrew classical origins alone. Judaism and Hybridity aims to explore the intriguing Jewish phenomenon from various angles, stressing the unique combination of sources that enabled its endless creativity and its seemingly miraculous renaissance after undergoing major crises.

While being 'hybrid' is typically perceived as an inferior quality, papers may debate whether it is a universal trait that ought to be acknowledged, embraced, and celebrated. As John Donne wisely wrote, 'no man is an island.' Every cultural phenomenon is necessarily related to multifaceted human experiences. Thousands of years ago, Judaism introduced monotheistic faith into human society, thus changing history for years to come. Papers could propose or reject the idea that whilst monotheism is important, it has also taken its toll, leading philosophers and scientists to believe mistakenly that there is one cause for each phenomenon rather than many. Papers could demonstrate or deny the hybridic nature of the Jewish experience and indeed of the monotheistic religion itself, and open up a novel perspective on society, religion and culture in general.

Jews, Judaism and Hybridity is taking place on 9-11 February 2014 at the University of Adelaide, North Terrace # Pulteney St, Adelaide City Centre, Australia Australis (Latin for South Australia), a somewhat hidden gem where the hills meet the ocean.

The University of Adelaide was established in 1874 and is the third oldest university in Australia. So far we have only had 5.01 (sic) Nobel laureates and 104 Rhodes scholars but more are in the pipeline.

There has been a very strong response to this theme, with 55 papers accepted. In addition, there will be four major panels on 'Aboriginal People and Jews: 75th Anniversary of William Cooper's 35 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Protest Against the Nazis'; the Adelaide Jewish Community; The Abraham Institute: Following the Path of Tikun Olam'; and 'Jews and China'. An exhibition entitled 'Compassion Rather Than Tolerance: Remember the Holocaust - Art and the Holocaust, developed by Dr Andrew Steiner will also be on display.

The February 2015 annual conference of the AAJS will be held in Sydney with the theme of 'Neighbours' - the CFP will be issued in early 2015. The AAJS conferences are multi-disciplinary and themes are chosen which bridge the whole range of the Jewish experience from the biblical period to the present. These conferences provide a great opportunity for American and other overseas scholars to visit Australia within the framework of an international Jewish Studies conference. „

The Network for Research in Jewish Education 28th Annual Conference American Jewish University Los Angeles, CA June 8-10, 2014 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

RJE invites proposals for presentations and sessions at its annual conference, to be hosted N by the American Jewish University (AJU) on June 8-10, 2014.

Proposals are welcome from all those interested and involved in research in Jewish education, broadly understood to encompass quantitative and qualitative research (ethnography, case studies, narrative inquiry, surveys, philosophical, conceptual, theoretical, historical, etc.) on topics of relevance to Jewish education (subject matter, curriculum, teaching and learning, administration, policy, financing, teacher preparation, sociology, culture, identity, etc.) in any setting (schools, synagogues, camps, higher education, adult education, informal learning contexts, popular culture, etc.). Comparative studies are especially encouraged.

The conference will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners in Jewish education to present and discuss current research. Proposals based on previously published work will not be accepted. The program will include presentations of basic and applied research, in addition to practice-based research. Practitioners are encouraged to present projects of action research, self-study, or related forms of inquiry. Collaborations between practitioners and academic researchers are welcome, as are collaborations between those within the field of Jewish education and colleagues from other fields.

To submit: Proposals will be considered for four different formats: Papers, Spotlight Sessions, Roundtables, and Consultations. For the extended Call for Proposals, including more on each of these formats, criteria of evaluation, and directions on how to submit, please visit www.nrje.org. Proposals must be received by January 6, 2014.

Contact: For inquiries related to the conference program, please contact the Program Chair, Dr. Jon A. Levisohn, [email protected].

For general inquiries about the Network for Research in Jewish Education please contact Executive Coordinator Beth Lutzker-Levick, [email protected]. „ 36 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Shawn Landres - Our New Board Member

s co-founder & CEO of Jumpstart, a philanthropic research & design laboratory that the A Jerusalem Post says has "changed the global conversation about Jewish innovation," Shawn helps community leaders expand what they know, adapt how they think, and redefine what is possible. He lives in Santa Monica with his wife Zuzana Riemer Landres and two young daughters.

Shawn holds degrees from Columbia University (BA cum laude, religion), the University of Oxford (MSt with distinction, social anthropology), and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned a PhD in religious studies. Shawn has co-edited four books on topics as diverse as the practice of ethnography; the interreligious impact of the film The Passion of the Christ; the intersection of religion, violence, memory, and place; and a campaign biography of Bill Clinton. He is the co-author of a number of a number of research reports that may be familiar to ASSJ members, including Emergent Jewish communities and their participants: Preliminary findings from the 2007 National Spiritual Communities Study, The innovation ecosystem: emergence of a new Jewish landscape, The 2010 Survey of New Jewish Initiatives in Europe: Key Findings, The Jewish innovation economy: an emerging market for knowledge and social capital, and the recent Connected to Give series on religion and charitable giving.

Shawn is completing his term on the Program Committee for the American Academy of Religion, the world's largest learned society and professional association for teaching, research, and the public understanding of religion; and he continues to serve on the Sh'ma Advisory Committee. He holds advanced certification from 21/64 as a consultant/trainer in multigenerational family philanthropy and is certified as a facilitator by the Center for Leadership Initiatives.

Shawn has nearly two decades of experience in academic and third sector leadership, network building, and organizational development, including projects funded by the U.S. State Department and the British government. His interest in social entrepreneurship dates back to his 1993 service as a White House Intern in the Clinton Administration's Reinventing Government initiative. He currently serves as a Los Angeles County Commissioner on the Quality and Productivity Commission, whose mission is to provide advice, innovative ideas, assistance and support to the County's elected officials, managers, and employees to promote the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of County public services. He also is an advisor and outside director for a number of startup social enterprises.

Shawn's leadership in faith-based social innovation has earned wide recognition within and beyond the organized Jewish community, including national and international media. Just a year after Jumpstart's launch, the Forward named Shawn to its list of the 50 most influential American Jewish leaders, calling him "an essential thinker in explaining the new Jewish spirituality and culture." Jewcy named him to the "Big Jewcy 100" in 2011. In 2012, Shawn received a Ted Comet Exemplar Award, given once every four years by the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America and the World Council of Jewish Communal Service for "outstanding leadership & furthering international cooperation benefitting the Jewish people." The same year, the White House featured Shawn as a "spotlight innovator" and speaker at its Faith-based Social Innovators Conference. In 2013, the Liberty Hill Foundation awarded him its NextGen Leadership Award, given each year to an inspirational leader who invests time and raises funds to advance social justice in Los Angeles. Shawn was an inaugural (2009) Ariane de Rothschild Fellow (Social Entrepreneurship & 37 The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Vol. 5 Num. 2 Cross-Cultural Network) and an International Nahum Goldmann Fellow (2010, 2012); and he is a member of the ROI Community of Young Jewish Innovators, the Selah Leadership Network, and the New Leaders Project (where he serves on the Steering Committee).

Previously Shawn served as Director of Research for Synagogue 3000, where he managed the launch of the S3K Synagogue Studies Institute, launched the widely read S3K Reports series and Synablog, and conceived S3K's Jewish Emergent Initiative. He has taught at UC Santa Barbara, the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University), Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; and he has held visiting research appointments at UC Los Angeles's Center for Jewish Studies, the University of Judaism's Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical & Religious Implications of the Holocaust, and the Institute for Jewish & Community Research/Be'chol Lashon. Shawn was founding chair of the Tikkun (social justice) pillar on IKAR's Leadership Council, a founding member of the Selah Network's national leadership team, served on the Steering Committee for AJC ACCESS Los Angeles, and advised NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change. Last year he completed six years on the advisory board of Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (which he chaired) and the board of directors of Keshet, where he remains an advisor. „

Session at the 2013 Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR)

t a session is co-sponsored by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry and the A Berman Jewish DataBank entitled Title: Jewish Experiences outside the Mainstream

From right to left: Harriet Hartman (Rowan University), Shirah Hecht (Gratz College), Ronit Stahl (University of Michigan), Arnold Dashefsky (University of Connecticut),

Other participants included Ira Sheskin (University of Miami). „ From Indiana University Press arrying Jewish Men, Intermarriage, ut Mand Fatherhood Keren R. McGinity O hen American Jewish men intermarry, goes the common assumption, they and their families are “lost” to the Jewish religion. In this provocative book, Keren R. McGinity shows that it is not necessarily so. She looks at intermarriage and parenthood through the eyes of a post-World War II cohort of midwestern Jewish men. McGinity discovers what intermarriage has meant to them and their families. She finds that these husbands strive to bring up their children as JewishW without losing their heritage. Marrying Out argues that the “gendered ethnicity” of intermarried Jewish men, growing out of their religious and cultural heritage, enables them to raise their children in Judaism as effectively as intermarried Jewish women.

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Judaism in Transition

How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition

By Carmel U. Chiswick

n Judaism in Transition, Carmel U. climate. She shows how tradeoffs, often Chiswick considers how economic made on an individual and deeply per- Iincentives affect the ways that main- sonal basis, have produced the version of stream American Jews have navigated Jewishness that predominates in America the sometimes conflicting demands of today. Along the way, Chiswick explores everyday life and religious observance. salient and sometimes controversial top- Arguing that economics is a blind spot in ics that have molded the American Jew- our understanding of religious practice, ish experience—from intermarriage to Chiswick blends her autobiographical immigration and from egalitarianism to experiences with economic analysis to connections with Israel. illustrate the cost of Jewish participation, t once a portrait of American both financially and in terms of time and Jewish culture and a work that labor. Aoutlines how economic thinking he history of American Jews affects religion more generally, Judaism in is almost always told as a suc- Transition shows how changes in our eco- Tcess story in the secular world, nomic environment will affect the Jewish but Chiswick recasts this story as one of community for decades to come. innovation to create a distinct Jewish sub- culture within the American economic Visit us at www.sup.org Carmel U. Chiswick is Research Professor of Economics at George Washington University. A founding member of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture and a former officer of the Association for the Social-Scientific Study of Jewry, she has writ- ten extensively on the economics of religion and has been a consultant to organizations in the United States and Israel.

"Nobody but Carmel Chiswick could write this book. It has the mark of maturity and was obviously written by someone who has spent a lifetime thinking about economics and religion, and who has witnessed firsthand the changes that have taken place in the Jewish community over the years."—Larry Iannaconne, Director, Center for the Economic Study of Religion, Chapman University

"Judaism in Transition is a richly informed and cogently written narrative of the American Jewish experience, focusing on the compromises that are necessary for life in modern society. The analysis is deeply informed by the author's professional identity as an economist and personal identity as a Jew."—R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago

"In appealing and accessible language, Carmel Chiswick explains the economic drivers that influence our religious obser- vance. While she writes from a Jewish perspective, adherents of all faiths will find much in this book that elucidates the impact economics has, and will continue to have, on our American faith communities."—Emily Soloff, National Associate Director, Department of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations, American Jewish Committee

"Carmel Chiswick's new book offers a refreshing and innovative reading of the contemporary Jewish experience at a time of great confusion about its changing nature. Her original and rigorous method as an economist combines with the broad horizons of a humanist concerned with resilience and destiny of the Jewish people."—Sergio DellaPergola, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Combining her perspective as economist with her lifelong involvement in the American Jewish community, Professor Chiswick offers a singular analysis of the impact of economic forces on American Jewish life. This book is an important read for Jewish professionals, those concerned with the future of American Jewry, and readers seeking an introduction to the American Jewish community at the beginning of the 21st Century."—Rabbi Allan Kensky, Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah and former Provost of the Jewish Theological Seminary

"With an open mind that presents a fresh look at the familiar, Carmel Chiswick analyzes the impact of the American eco- nomic context on Judaism in the 20th and 21st centuries. Her application of the concepts and methodology of economics to the study of religion will be startling and enlightening to social scientists and other students of religion."—Rela Mintz Geffen, Professor of Sociology, Gratz College and President Emerita of the Baltimore Hebrew University

Stanford University Press

AJS Resource Guide 2013 December 15—17, Boston, MA

BJPA readings for conference sessions of special interest to ASSJ members

Sunday, Dec 15, 2;00 pm Changing Configurations: New Understandings of the American Jewish Family

Choosing to Say “I Do”: Understanding Marital Decisions Among Jewish Young Adults | Daniel Parmer (Brandeis)

Boundaries of Identity: Jewish Families in an Era of Transnational, Transracial, and Open Adoption Jennifer Sartori (Northwestern), Jayne K Guberman (Adoption and Jewish Identity Project)

Gay and Lesbian Couples Raising Jewish Kids: Assimilation and its Discontents | Jonathan Krasner (HUC-JIR)

Relationships between emerging adult children and their parents in the American Jewish community | Janet Krasner Aronson (Brandeis)

Chair: Rachel Gordan (U. Toronto)

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BJPA Publications by: Daniel Parmer [Panelist] Jonathan Krasner [Panelist]

Jewish Diversity and Its Implications for Jewish Peoplehood: Obstacle or Opportunity Jacob B. Ukeles, Ron Miller, Steven M. Cohen Peoplehood Papers, Apr 2013

Marital Status, Secular Education, and Employment Status (Section 8 of Comparisons of Jewish Communities) | Ira M. Sheskin JFNA, DataBank, Nov 2012

Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011--Section 5--Jewish Families and Jewish Education Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011--Section 7--Diverse Jewish Communities Steven M. Cohen, Ron Miller, Jacob B. Ukeles . UJA-Federation of NY, June 2012

Transformations in the Composition of American Jewish Households | Sylvia Barack Fishman. AJC, JCPA, 2010

Browse BJPA for: Family | Marriage | Diversity | LGBT Issues | Parenthood

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Sunday, Dec 15, 4:15 pm Marshall Sklare Memorial Lecture Sponsored by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

If Israel and Canada were at war, who gets my support? | Morton Weinfeld (McGill)

Discussants: Judit Bokser Liwerant (National University, Mexico; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Hebrew U. Jerusalem) Paul Burstein (U. Washington) Barry A Kosmin (Trinity College)

Chair: Steven M. Cohen (BJPA & HUC-JIR)

______BJPA Readings______

BJPA Publications by: Steven M. Cohen [Chair] Morton Weinfeld [Honoree]

Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Marshall Sklare

The Integration of Jewish Immigrants in Montreal: Models and Dilemmas of Ethnic Match | Morton Weinfeld [Honoree]. JCPA, 1995

Jews and Ukrainians in Canada: A Comparative Study of Diaspora-Homeland Relations | Morton Weinfeld [Honoree], Harold Troper. JCPA, 1990

The Political-Demographic Environment of Canadian Jewry | Morton Weinfeld [Honoree], Jewish Population Studies (Papers in Jewish Demography), 1989

Who Calls the Shots? An inquiry into the effect of Jewish and Arab lobbies on Canadian Middle East policy Brent Sasley. Literary Review of Canada, May 2011

Canadian Jewry: A Diaspora Community in Transition | David H. Goldberg. JAFI, Sept 1996

Browse BJPA for: War | International Relations | Israel Attachment

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Monday, Dec 16, 8:30 am Interrogating Methods, Exploring Findings Inside and Outside the Synagogue: The National Jewish Population Map Contemporary Religious Lives Joshua Comenetz (Population Mapping, LLC) Degrees of Separation: Navigating the Boundaries of Contemporary Ways of Knowing in the Study of Jewish Identity: A Research Agenda Lubavitch | Schneur Zalman Newfield (NYU) Debra Renee Kaufman (Northeastern), Harriet Hartman (Rowan) Doing Judaism, Undoing Gender? Head Coverings & Prayer Shawls in Jewish Israelis and Arabic: Some Surprising Political Implications French Mixed-Seating Synagogues | Beatrice de Gasquet (Paris Diderot) Charles Kadushin (Brandeis) Newly Jewish without Conversion: Jews by Personal Choice New Estimates of the United States’ Jewish Population Based on the Steven M. Cohen (BJPA & HUC-JIR) 2013 Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. Jews | Conrad Hackett (Pew) The Demography of Judaism Outside the Synagogue Chair: Randal F. Schnoor (York) Ariela Keysar (Trinity College) ______BJPA Readings______Chair: Shelly Tenenbaum (Clark) BJPA Publications by: ______BJPA Readings______

Debra Kaufman [Panelist] Charles Kadushin [Panelist] BJPA Publications by: Steven M. Cohen [Panelist] Harriet Hartman [Panelist] Randal F. Schnoor [Chair] Ariela Keysar [Panelist] Shelly Tenenbaum [Chair]

Jewish Map of the United States (2011) | Joshua Comenetz [Panelist]. American Jewish Identity Survey: An Exploration in the Demography Berman Jewish DataBank and Outlook of a People | Egon Mayer, Barry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar [Panelist]. CUNY, 2001 Decentering the Study of Jewish Identity: Opening the Dialogue with Other Religious Groups | Debra Kaufman [Panelist], Harriet Hartman The Jews of France at the Turn of the Third Millenium: Identity and [Panelist]. Association for the Sociology of Religion, 2006 Values | Erik Cohen. Rappaport Center, 2009

Browse BJPA for: Methodology | Demography | Identity Browse BJPA for: Hasidism | France | Conversion | Secularism

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Monday, Dec 16, 11:00 am Episodic Jewish Culture

“It was Kinda Like Birthright, but Not Evil”: Episodic Yiddish Culture and the Varieties of Postvernacular Experience in the United States Joshua Benjamin Friedman (U. Michigan)

“The New Mecca of Tikkun Olam”: Service Tourism to New Orleans | Moshe Kornfeld (U. Michigan)

“Imagine Your Family’s Thanksgivings After You are Gone”: Episodic Jewishness in Secular Ethical Argument—the Case of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals | Daniel Rochelson Mintz (Loyola)

Respondent: Vanessa Ochs (U. Virginia)

Chair: Shaul Kelner (Vanderbilt)

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BJPA Publications by: Vanessa Ochs [Panelist] Shaul Kelner [Chair]

Reconceptualizing Religious Change: Ethno-Apostasy and Change in Religion among American Jews Shaul Kelner [Panelist], Benjamin Phillips. Association for the Sociology of Religion, 2006

Yiddish: The Living Language of the Jewish People | Rokhl Kafrissen. Contact, 2008

Yiddish/Jewish Cultures: A Graduate Student Conference | Shiri Goren, Hannah Pressman, Lara Rabinovitch. AJS, 2006

Breaking for Change: How Jewish Service-learning Influences the Alternative Break Experience Brandie Good, Lyn E. Swackhamer, Shelley H. Billig. Repair the World, Mar 2013

BJPA Reader's Guide: Secular Jews & Secular Judaism (Dec 2012)

Browse BJPA for: Yiddish | Service Learning | Holidays | Secularism

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Monday, Dec 16, 2:15 pm The Madness of Our Method: Challenges in Social Science Research on the Jewish Community

Do Methods Matter: An Empirical Review of Studies of Contemporary Jewish Life | Leonard Saxe (Brandeis)

Spending Less to Learn More: Using National Data Sets to Study American Jews | Michelle Shain (Brandeis)

Methods for National Surveys of U.S. Jews | Benjamin Phillips (Abt SRBI), Greg Smith (Pew)

Chair: Paul Burstein (U. of Washington)

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BJPA Publications by: Leonard Saxe [Panelist] Michelle Shain [Panelist] Benjamin Phillips [Panelist]

Pew Findings Reject Bleak Narrative of Jewish Decline | Leonard Saxe [Panelist]. Forward, Oct 2013

American Jewish Population Estimates: 2012 | Elizabeth Tighe, Leonard Saxe [Panelist], Raquel Magidin de Kramer, Daniel Parmer. CMJS, Sept 2013

Estimating the Jewish Population of the United States: 2000-2010 Elizabeth Tighe, Leonard Saxe [Panelist], Charles Kadushin. CMJS, Dec 2011

Numbering the Jews: Evaluating and Improving Surveys of American Jews, Volume 1 Benjamin Phillips [Panelist]. Brandeis, Feb 2007

Reconsidering the Size and Characteristics of the American Jewish Population Charles Kadushin, Leonard Saxe [Panelist], Benjamin Phillips [Panelist], Elizabeth Tighe. SSRI, Jan 2007

Browse BJPA for: Methodology | Demography

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Monday, Dec 16, 2:15 pm Urbanism, Urban Jews and Jewish Identity

Millennial Jewish Urban Activists in Historical Context: A View from Detroit | Lila Corwin Berman (Temple)

Philadelphia’s Jewish Community Loses Its Centre | Rakhmiel Peltz (Drexel)

The Changing Intraurban Spatial Distribution of American Jews | Ira Sheskin (U. Miami)

Chair: Stuart Schoenfeld (York)

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BJPA Publications by: Stuart Schoenfeld [Panelist] Ira M. Sheskin [Panelist]

The Usefulness of Local Jewish Community Studies in Examining the American Jewish Future | Ira M. Sheskin [Panelist]. AJC, JCPA, 2010

On the Grid | Lila Corwin Berman [Panelist]. Sh’ma, 2008

Geographic Differences among American Jews | Ira M. Sheskin [Panelist]. UJC, 2004

How Jewish Communities Differ: Variations in the Findings of Local Jewish Population Studies | Ira M. Sheskin [Panelist]. DataBank, 2001

The Transmission of Jewish Identity Among Families in a Non-Jewish Neighborhood | Stuart Schoenfeld [Panelist]. ASSJ, 1983

New York City, the Jews, and "The Urban Experience" | Eli Lederhendler. Studies in Contemporary Jewry, 1999

Issues in the Study of the Urban and Regional Distribution of Jews in the United States | Gary A. Tobin. Jewish Population Studies, 1989

Methodological Approach to the Study of Urban Ecology of the Jews in the Diaspora | Roberto Bachi. Jewish Population Studies, 1985

Browse BJPA for: Cities & Suburbs | Residential Patterns

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Monday, Dec 16, 4:30 pm Community and Family Connections

Beyond the day school walls: What happens to the Jewish lives of families once children graduate day school? Alex Pomson (Rosov Consulting), Randall F. Schnoor (York)

The State of Jewish American Social Connectedness: A Deeply and Densely Connected Community | Samuel J. Abrams (Sarah Lawrence, NYU)

Community Size: The Unnoted Variable | Amy L. Sales (Brandeis), Matthew E. Boxer (Brandeis)

Effects of Family Size on Adolescents’ Social-Emotional Functioning in the Orthodox Community | Gabor Kerekes (YU)

Chair: Sarah Bunin Benor (HUC-JIR)

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BJPA Publications by: Sam Abrams [Panelist] Sarah Bunin Benor [Panelist]

Alex Pomson [Panelist] Randal F. Schnoor [Panelist] Amy L. Sales [Panelist]

School for Parents: What Parents Want and What They Get from Their Children's Jewish Day Schools | Alex Pomson [Panelist]. Family Matters, 2007

Day School Parents and their Children's Schools | Alex Pomson [Panelist]. ASSJ, 2004

Family Size Expectations of Young American Jewish Adults | Calvin Goldscheider, Frances K. Goldscheider. Jewish Population Studies, 1985

Estimating the Size of Jewish Communities Using Random Telephone Surveys | David P. Varady, Samuel J., Jr. Mantal. JJCS, 1981

Why Contemporary American Jews Want Small Families: An Interreligious Comparison of College Graduates Steven M. Cohen, Paul Ritterband. Modern Jewish Fertility, Jan 1981

Browse BJPA for Family

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Tuesday, Dec 17, 9:00 am New Innovations in Jewish Spirituality: A Scholarly Assessment

Jewish Meditation: A New Religious Hybrid or Ancient Jewish Form? | Emily Sigalow (Brandeis)

Teaching Devequt Through Embodiment in ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal | Chava Weissler (Lehigh)

Cosmology as Psychology: Ritual Invention, Therapeutic Culture, and Hasidic Modernism | Michael Karlin (Emory)

Yoga, Transformation and Testimony: The Modern Yoga Journey of an Auschwitz Survivor | Cathryn Keller (Smithsonian)

Chair: Jody Myers (Cal State-Northridge)

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BJPA Publications by: Jody Myers [Panelist] Chava Weissler [Panelist]

Disciples, Rebbes, and Jewish Renewal | Chava Weissler [Panelist]. Sh’ma, Dec 2006

On the Cument Renaissance in Jewish Spirituality | Jody Myers [Panelist]. Sh’ma, Nov 2000

Igniting Souls: Creating Meaningful Communal Worship Through Spiritual Experimentation | Samantha Orshan Kahn. HUC-JIR, Feb 2011

The 2008 National Survey on Spirituality and Politics | Steven M. Cohen. DataBank, BJPA, 2008

Aleph Statement of Principles | 2008 Meditation, the Ultimate Openness | Mindy Ribner. Sh’ma, Sept 1991

Why is Moishe Standing on his Head? Yoga and Judaism | Phillip Mandelkom. Response, 1976

Yoga as a Way to Kavannah | Levi Kalman. Sh’ma, May 1974

Browse BJPA for Spirituality

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Tuesday, Dec 17, 11:30 am—2:00 pm The Pew Study: Special Session with Researchers from the Pew Research Center

Alan Cooperman & Dr. Greg Smith

For paid-up ASSJ members only. Lunch provided courtesy of the Pew Research Center. Advanced reservations required. Contact Prof. Steven M. Cohen, [email protected]

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Full Report More Information Denominational Switching Population Calculator

VIDEOS: Just How Common is Intermarriage in America? (OU) Steven M. Cohen on the Pew Study (HUC-JIR)

AUDIO: Briefing on the Pew Study, "A Portrait of Jewish Americans," with Drs. Steven M. Cohen and Sarah Bunin Benor (HUC-JIR)

Pew Survey About Jewish America Got It All Wrong | J.J. Goldberg, Forward Pew’s Response | Alan Cooperman, Greg Smith

The Problem With the Pew Study | Marvin Schick, Tablet Increasing Diversity Means There Is No Such Thing as a Typical Jew | Sarah Bunin Benor

Bigger Population Estimate Means Wider Definition of Jewishness | Sergio DellaPergola, Forward

And Now for Some Good News About the Pew Survey | Bethamie Horowitz American Jewish Attachment to Israel Resilient | Ted Sasson

Are Young Jews Actually More Connected Than Believed? | Sylvia B. Fishman Pew Findings Reject Bleak Narrative of Jewish Decline | Leonard Saxe More Population Studies:

American Jewish Population Estimates: 2012 | E. Tighe, L. Saxe, R. M. de Kramer, D. Parmer World Jewish Population, 2013 | Sergio DellaPergola

Jewish Population in the United States, 2012 | Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 | Cohen, Ukeles, Miller

More Population Studies (Berman Jewish DataBank): NJPS 2001 NJPS 1990 NJPS 1971

American Religious Identification Survey 2008 (ARIS) and the American Jewish Identity Survey 2008 (AJIS) | Kosmin, Keysar

U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Pew Research Forum [2007] | Lugo Survey of Heritage and Religious Identification [2001] | Tobin, Groenman

National Survey of Religion and Ethnicity (NSRE) 2000-01 NSRE 1990 American Jewish Identity Survey 2001 | Mayer, Kosmin, Keysar

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Tuesday, Dec 17, 11:15 am Moving Beyond the Analytic Ghetto: Contextualizing Research into Day Schools and Their Teachers through Comparative Analysis

Pedagogies of Formation in Teacher Education: A Comparative Study | Sharon Feiman-Nemser (Brandeis)

Cultivating Teachers for American Jewish and Catholic schools | Eran Tamir (Brandeis)

The Limits of "Identity": Why Agency Matters in Studying Lives over Time | Bethamie Horowitz (NYU)

Respondent: Diana Turk (Brandeis) Chair: Alex Pomson (Hebrew U.)

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BJPA Publications by: Sharon Feiman-Nemser [Panelist] Bethamie Horowitz [Panelist] Alex Pomson [Chair]

The DeLeT Alumni Survey: A Comprehensive Report on the Journey of Beginning Jewish Day School Teachers Eran Tamir [Panelist], Sharon Feiman Nemser [Panelist], Rebecca S. Sasson, Jacob Cytryn. Mandel Center (Brandeis), May 2010

From In-Service Training to Professional Development: Alternative Paradigms In Israel for Diaspora Educators Lisa D. Grant, Alex Pomson [Chair]. JAFI, 2003

Teachers are at the Core of Schools | Sharon Feiman Nemser [Panelist]. Sh’ma, Mar 2002

Teaching Teachers | Alex Pomson [Chair], Michael Brown, Sydney Eisen. York U., 2000

Different Faiths, Common Challenge: Maintaining the Affordability of a Faith-Based Education Rachel N. Chasky, Erik Goldschmidt , Dan Perla. Changing Our World, Oct 2013

Starting at the Beginning: Basic Pedagogic Skills for Novice Religious School Teachers | Diane Zimmerman. CAJE, 2006

Browse BJPA for: Day Schools | Educators

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Tuesday, Dec 17, 2:00 pm Jewish Things/Jewish Place

Exchanging Symbolic and Bodily Capital: Israeli and American Jews at the Y in NYC | Dina Roginsky (Yale)

Odessa: A Jewish City Today? | Marina V Sapritsky (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Wearing Your Religion on Your Sleeve, or Your Lapel, or Your Shirt Pocket: American Judaism on Presidential Campaign Buttons Eric Michael Mazur (Virginia Wesleyan College)

Fashioning Her Body: Experiences of the Sacred in the Embodied Lives of Jewish Lesbians | Amy K. Milligan (Elizabethtown College)

Chair: Chava Weissler (Lehigh)

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BJPA Publications by Chava Weissler [Chair]

Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 — Diverse Jewish Communities | Steven M. Cohen, Ron Miller, Jacob B. Ukeles. UJA-Federation of NY, Jun 2012

Sh'ma January 2012: The Jewish Electorate BJPA Reader’s Guide: Jewish Politics (Sept 2012)

First and Second Generation Israeli Emigrants and Their Perceptions Regarding Destination Local Jewish Communities: North America and Europe Compared | Lilach Lev Ari. World Council of Israelis Abroad, Jan 2011

Charting the New Maps: Reflections on Jewish Lesbian and Gay Life Cycle Celebrations Leila Gal Berner. The Reconstructionist, Spring 2000

Rebuilding Jewish Life in the Former Soviet Union (FSU): a Communal and Professional Challenge | Alan Cohen. JJCS, Dec 1997

Browse BJPA for: JCCs | Political Behavior | LGBT Issues | Israeli Jews

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Tuesday, Dec 17, 2:00 pm Jewish Food, Migration, and Movement

“New Israel Cuisine” and the Cosmopolitan | Ari Ariel (Bryn Mawr)

From Knishes, Bagels, and Herring to Mole, Tamales, and Tacos: The Changing Landscape of New York City Jewish Restaurant Culture Jennifer Schiff Berg (NYU)

Economic Supervision and Jewish Food Consumption Patterns during Mandatory Palestine and Israel's Early Years | Nimrod Hagiladi

"Coming Here Makes me a Better Person": African Refugees and the Decaying Israeli Middle Class | Liora Gvion (Kibbutzim College of Education)

Chair: Hasia R. Diner (NYU)

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BJPA Publications by Hasia Diner [Chair]

Food and Cultural Change | Hasia Diner [Chair], CLAL, Feb 2003

Israel Confronts Strangers In Its Midst | Leonard Fein. Forward, 2012

The New Jewish Food Movement and the Jewish Consumer | Andrea Lieber. AJS, Fall 2011

Migrant Workers in Israel, and Rights | Roy Wagner. Sh’ma, Apr 2007

Rethinking Latino-Jewish Relations in Los Angeles | Steven F. Windmueller. JCPA, June 1999

The Folk Culture of Jewish Immigrant Communities: Research Paradigms and Directions | Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. The Jews of North America, 1987

Browse BJPA for: Food | Migration | Residential Mobility | Refugees | Jewish-Hispanic Relations

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Tuesday, Dec 17, 4:15 pm Jewish Memory and the Public Sphere: The Politics of Collective Memory and National Identity in the Aftermath of Violence

Addressing an Imagined Community: Holocaust Memorials in the United States | Natasha Goldman (Bowdoin)

Rediscovering Jewish Heritage and Mapping Jewish Spaces in Belarus | Magdalena Waligorska (U. Bremen)

Jewish Memory/Argentine Truth: On the Boundaries of Violence and Belonging in Contemporary Argentina | Natasha Zaretsky (Rutgers)

Chair: Yael Zerubavel (Rutgers)

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BJPA Publications by Yael Zerubavel [Chair]

Argentina: Facing the Crisis | JDC, Sept 2011

A Secular Return to the Bible? Reflections on Israeli Society, National Memory, and the Politics of the Past | Yael Zerubavel [Chair], AJS, Spring 2011

Revisiting and Remembering: Family Photographs and Holocaust Commemoration, Towers, Halls, and Cases | Laura Levitt. AJS 2010

Jewish Elderly Victims in the Former Soviet Union: Ongoing Needs and Comparison to Conditions in Europe, Israel, and the United States Leonard Saxe, Fern Chertok, Elizabeth Tighe. CMJS, SSRI, Dec 2007

Coming to Miami: the Domestic Impact of the Crisis in Argentina | Bruce J. Yudewitz. JJCS, Mar 2003

Toward An Inventory Of Jewish Cultural Assets In The Former Soviet Union (FSU) And Eastern Europe: Key Contacts Jacob B. Ukeles, Zvi Gitelman, Laura Meislin, Seymour Pomrenze. Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, Ukeles Associates, Feb 1999

Browse BJPA for: Communal Memory | Violence | Shoah

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Tuesday, Dec 17, 4:15 pm “Intra- and Inter-Group Comparisons Among U.S. Jews: Intermarriage, Philanthropic, Urban and Health Experiences”

Jewish Giving Circles in Comparative Perspective | Evelyn Dean-Olmsted (Southern Illinois U. Edwardsville), Sarah Bunin Benor (HUC-JIR)

Reviving the "The New Urban History" for the Study of American Jewry: An Experiment | Bruce A. Phillips (HUC-JIR)

We Used to Say “Zei Gezunt!”: Do American Jews Still Exhibit Distinctive Health Behaviors? Gail Glicksman (RRC), Allen Glicksman (Philadelphia Corporation for Aging)

Respondent: Arnold Dashefsky (UConn)

Chair: Rela Mintz Geffen (Gratz)

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BJPA Publications by: Sarah Bunin Benor [Panelist] Arnold Dashefsky [Respondent] Allen Glicksman [Panelist]

Rela Mintz Geffen [Chair] Bruce Phillips [Panelist]

The Past as Prologue: Aging Jewishly in Philadelphia | Allen Glicksman [Panelist]. JJCS, 2002

Regional Differences Among American Jews | Bruce A. Phillips [Panelist]. Jewish Population Studies, 1989

Los Angeles Jewry: A Demographic Portrait | Bruce A. Phillips [Panelist]. AJYB 1986

Connected to Give: Key Findings | Jim Gerstein, Steven M. Cohen, Shawn Landres. Jumpstart, 2013

Comparisons of Jewish Communities: Health Limitations | Ira M. Sheskin. JFNA, DataBank, Nov 2012

Browse BJPA for: Intermarriage | Fundraising & Philanthropy | History | Health & Healing | Cities & Suburbs

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