American Jewish Year Book 2016

Part I. Forum on the Pew Survey, A Portrait of American Orthodox Jews: A Further Analysis of the 2013 Survey of U.S. Jews

1. Orthodox Judaism in the US: Retrospect and Prospect
Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin

2. A Portrait of American Orthodox Jews: A Further Analysis of the 2013 Survey of US Jews

3. The Looming Orthodox Ascendancy: Policy Implications
Steven Bayme

4. The Orthodox Paradox: Numbers, Confidence, and Anxiety
Mijal Bitton

5. Jews: The Ever Dying, Ever Renewing, People
Lynn Davidman

6. Pew’s “Statistical Narrative” of Orthodox Separateness: Limitations and Alternatives
Adam S. Ferziger

7. Don’t Underestimate the Hybridity of America’s Orthodox Jews
Sylvia Barack Fishman

8. What I Learned from the Pew Report on Orthodox Jews in America
Samuel C. Heilman

9. Re-imaging/Imagining Pew’s Portrait of Orthodoxy
Debra R. Kaufman

10. Missing from the Pew Report: Attention to Gender
Elana Maryles Sztokman

11. Insights and Questions from the Pew Report on America’s Orthodox Jews
Chaim I. Waxman

12. Response: Pew Research Center
Alan Cooperman, Gregory A. Smith, Becka A. Alper

Part II. Review Articles

13. The Jewish Family
Harriet Hartman

14. American Jews and the International Arena (April 1, 2015–April 15, 2016): US–Israel Relations in a Crisis, a Hiccup, or a Healthy Alliance?
Mitchell Bard

15. United States Jewish Population, 2016
Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky

16. Canadian Jewish Population, 2016
Charles Shahar

17. World Jewish Population, 2016
Sergio DellaPergola

Part III. Jewish Lists

18. Jewish Institutions
Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky

19. Jewish Press
Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky

20. Academic Resources
Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin, Pamela J. Weathers

21. Transitions: Major Events, Honorees, and Obituaries
Ira M. Sheskin, Arnold Dashefsky, Pamela J. Weathers

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology, general, Judaism, Human Geography