Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) is a cross-disciplinary organization of individuals whose research concerns the Jewish people throughout the world founded in 1971.^[1]

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Purpose

The ASSJ comprises primarily academics, but also policy analysts, communal professionals, and activists whose research concerns the Jewish people throughout the world. Social scientific disciplines represented include sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, demography, contemporary history, social work, political science, economics, and Jewish education. Members work throughout the world but primarily in North America, Israel, and Europe.^[2]

The ASSJ encourages and facilitates contact among researchers, supports the dissemination of research, and assists in the cultivation of younger scholars.^[2]

Past presidents

Mervin F. Verbit (1971-1973)^[3]
Marshall Sklare (1973-1975)
Samuel Klausner (1975-1977)
Celia Heller (1977-1979)
Chaim Waxman (1979-1981)
Harold Himmelfarb (1981-1983)
Egon Mayer (1983-1988)
Rela Mintz Geffen (1988-1990)
Arnold Dashefsky (1990-1996)
Allen Glicksman (1996-2000)
Sherry Israel (2000-2005)
Harriet Hartman^[4] (2005-2012)
Steven M. Cohen^[5] (2012-2016)
Leonard Saxe (2016-2020)
Judit Bokser Liwerant (2020-)

Past vice presidents

Harriet Hartman
Shaul Kelner (2005-2008)
Sylvia Barack Fishman (2008-2012)
Sergio DellaPergola (2012-2016)
Sarah Benor (2016-2018)
Judit Bokser Liwerant (2018-2020)
Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz (2020-)

Past treasurers

Carmel Chiswick
Gail Glicksman
Bruce Phillips (2012-2015)
Leonard Saxe (2015-2016)
Matthew Boxer (2016-2021)

Past secretaries

Uzi Rebhun
Benjamin Phillips (2008-2010)
Theodore Sasson (2010-2012)
Matthew Boxer (2012-2016)
Jennifer Thompson (2016-2020)
Bruce Phillips (2020-)

Past at-large members of the board

Tobin Belzer
Lila Corwin Berman
Mijal Bitton
Paul Burstein
Barry Chiswick
Steven M. Cohen
Arnold Dashefsky
Bethamie Horowitz
Ari Kelman
Ariela Keysar
Helen Kim
Moshe Kornfeld
Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz
Shawn Landres
Lilach Lev Ari
Laura Limonic
Keren McGinity
Bruce Phillips
Riv-Ellen Prell
Uzi Rebhun
Sherry Rosen
Leonard Saxe
Randal Schnoor
Ira Sheskin
Jennifer Thompson

Past student representatives to the board

Mijal Bitton
Matthew Boxer
Shaul Kelner
Moshe Kornfeld
Meredith Woocher
Amir Segal

Publication

The organization publishes a journal, Contemporary Jewry, several times a year with research articles that draw on a range of social scientific fields and methodologies.^[2]

The Marshall Sklare Award

The Marshall Sklare Award is an annual honor of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of 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 after sociologist Marshall Sklare.

References

^ Arnold Dashefsky; Ira M. Sheskin (2 July 2020). American Jewish Year Book 2019: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities Since 1899. Springer Nature. p. 716. ISBN 978-3-030-40371-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry". Retrieved 24 December 2010.
^ "Content Pages of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Science". Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
^ "Volume 1 Number 1 ASSJ Newsletter" (PDF). www.contemporaryjewry.org.
^ "Join/Renew - Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry".

External links

ASSJ website
ASSJ full-text publications on the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner
Contemporary Jewry full text articles on the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner

This page was last edited on 12 February 2024, at 21:57