A Demographic Study of the Omaha Jewish Community

A Demographic Study of the Omaha Jewish Community
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1987
Genre: Jews
ISBN:

Survey conducted by the Planning and Evaluation Committee of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. The data summarized the number of Jews in Omaha, their age distribution, the number and location of family units by zip code, the number and location of children by zip code, the number of single adults and single-parent families, and the number and location of senior citizens by zip code.

Community and Polity

Community and Polity
Author: Daniel Judah Elazar
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780827605657

An update and revision of the original 1976 edition. This study presents a two-fold discussion: a basic survey of the structure and functions of the American Jewish community, and a suggestion as to how that community should be understood as a body politic, a collective unit that is not a state but is no less real from a political perspective.

American Jewish Year Book 2017

American Jewish Year Book 2017
Author: Arnold Dashefsky
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 846
Release: 2018-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319706632

The American Jewish Year Book, now in its 117th year, is the annual record of the North American Jewish communities and provides insight into their major trends. The first chapter of Part I is an examination of how American Jews fit into the US religious landscape, based on Pew Research Center studies. The second chapter examines intermarriage. Chapters on “The Domestic Arena” and “The International Arena” analyze the year’s events as they affect American Jewish communal and political affairs. Three chapters analyze the demography and geography of the US, Canada, and world Jewish populations. Part II provides lists of Jewish institutions, including federations, community centers, social service agencies, national organizations, synagogues, Hillels, day schools, camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. The final chapters present national and local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; academic resources, including Jewish Studies programs, books, journals, articles, websites, and research libraries; and lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries.

Perspectives In Jewish Population Research

Perspectives In Jewish Population Research
Author: Stephen M Cohen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2019-07-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000244377

Addressing methodological and substantive research problems common to local Jewish population studies, the contributorsto this book present the most recent research findings on suchproblems as how to design studies that will make a contributionto social science knowledge as well as have a strong impacton the planning process; methods of sampling that will optimizethe trade-offs between costs and accuracy; how to develop acomparative framework so that results from individual communitiesmay be fruitfully understood in a larger context; and whichquestions should be asked in surveys and how. Detailed essaysdiscuss every step of the research process. The book includesa compendium of findings from several recent. population studiesas well as an annotated inventory of questionnaire items, allof which should prove useful to researchers and communitiesplanning to undertake Jewish population studies.