National Jewish Organizations
National Jewish Organizations
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National Jewish Organizations Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky
United States Jewish organizations are presented in the following categories: Jewish Denominational Organizations Jewish Clergy-Related Organizations Rabbinical/Cantorial Schools Jewish Community Coordinating Organizations Jewish Community Professional Organizations Jewish Education Organizations Informal Jewish Education Organizations Jewish Outreach Organizations Israel-Related Humanitarian Organizations Israel-Related Political Organizations Organizations Supporting Specific Israeli Institutions Other Israel-Related Organizations Jewish Holocaust Organizations Jewish Community Relations Organizations Jewish Philanthropy-Promoting Organizations Jewish Philanthropic Foundations Overseas Aid Organizations Sephardic Organizations Russian/FSU Organizations Other Jewish National Origin Organizations I. Sheskin Department of Geography and Regional Studies, The Jewish Demography Project at The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA e-mail: [email protected] A. Dashefsky (*) Department of Sociology, The Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA e-mail: [email protected] A. Dashefsky and I. Sheskin (eds.), American Jewish Year Book 2013: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities, American Jewish Year Book 113, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-01658-0_10, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
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Yiddish Organizations Jewish LGBT or GLBT Organizations Jewish Cultural Organizations Jewish History/Heritage Organizations Social Welfare Organizations Jewish Legal Organizations Jewish Medical Organizations Jewish Organizations for People with Disabilities or Special Needs Jewish Funeral and End of Life Organizations Jewish Media Organizations Jewish Environmental Organizations Jewish Fraternities/Sororities Jewish Sports Organizations Other Jewish Organizations Canadian Jewish Organizations Notes: 1. We have attempted to place each organization in the category that appears most appropriate for it, although many organizations could easily fit in multiple categories. 2. Academic organizations dedicated to the study of North American Jewry are found in Chap. 21. 3. The inclusion of an organization does not imply that the editors share the viewpoints espoused by that organization.
Jewish Denominational Organizations National Council of Synagogues (NCS) (formerly the Synagogue Council of America (1926) (1999). NCS is a partnership of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements in Judaism dealing with interreligious affairs on a national level. The NCS believes that religious bodies need to talk to one another, dialogue with each other, and share ideas, insights and values if religions are to play a role in building a better society. It collectively represents over 2,500 rabbis and 1,500 synagogues. Since its creation, the NCS has been a significant voice and increasi
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