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Elderly Jews: An Increasing Priority for the American Jewish Community?

Elderly Jews: An Increasing Priority for the American Jewish Community?

July 14, 2010 | Prof. Ira M. Sheskin
The American Jewish community is rapidly aging. The absolute number of elderly Jews more than doubled from 1957 to 2000, reaching more than a million persons. Data are presented on Jewish elderly from both the 2000-01 National Jewish Population Survey and local Jewish community studies that are useful to Jewish community planners in prioritizing services for the Jewish elderly in an environment of both increasing numbers of elderly and increasing needs in other areas of Jewish communal concern.
The Unfolding Economic Crisis: Its Devastating Implications for American Jewry

The Unfolding Economic Crisis: Its Devastating Implications for American Jewry

July 15, 2009 | Dr. Steven Windmueller
The full impact of the current economic crisis may not be felt for years. In the midst of it, core institutions are being fundamentally reshaped and individual lifestyles reconstructed. These economic challenges threaten the existing infrastructure of the American Jewish community, leading to a new order of institutions and leaders.
The Intellectual Assault on Israel and Pro-Israel Advocacy: How the American Jewish Community Should React

The Intellectual Assault on Israel and Pro-Israel Advocacy: How the American Jewish Community Should React

October 14, 2007 | Steven Bayme
American support for Israel historically has rested on four main pillars: the high esteem Jews enjoy within American society; the strong base of Christianity within American culture; the kinship Americans have for a fellow democracy; and, especially since 9/11, the common foes that confront both America and Israel. None of these pillars may be taken for granted; nor are they necessarily unequivocal.
Transformations in the Composition of American Jewish Households

Transformations in the Composition of American Jewish Households

January 15, 2006 | Sylvia Barack Fishman
The New Geo-Demographics of American Jewry

The New Geo-Demographics of American Jewry

July 15, 1993 | Daniel J. Elazar
The Conversion of American Jewry

The Conversion of American Jewry

August 1, 1991 | Samuel Z. Klausner
Some Paradoxes in American Jewish Life

Some Paradoxes in American Jewish Life

March 15, 1988 | Gerald Bubis
American Jewry’s Purported Dilemna

American Jewry’s Purported Dilemna

January 16, 1979 | Daniel J. Elazar