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Why European Jewish Demography? A foundation paper

Author(s): Staetsky, L. Daniel; DellaPergola, Sergio

Date: 2019

Topics: Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Policy, Statistics, Intermarriage, Migration

Abstract: This paper is the first output of the new European Jewish Demography Unit, set up by JPR in January 2019 with the generous support of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, to undertake demographic research about Jewish populations across Europe. Demography provides answers to questions such as how many Jews exist in the world? Or in Europe? Or in any particular country of Europe? And where will European Jewry go from here? The objective of the Unit is to create demographic profiles of European Jewish populations at a country level, documenting their size, structure, composition, patterns of Jewish identity, factors of growth and decline and past and projected trajectories over time. The foundational paper demonstrates the practical sides and uses of demography, with the focus on its use by the Jewish community. The paper is written in three parts. Part 1 describes what Jewish demography is, as a subject area, and its purpose and value, with specific reference to Jews in Europe. Part 2 explores some of the critiques of demography from the past and present and responds to these by outlining how the data should be used and have been used for highly constructive purposes. Part 3 outlines what the European Jewish Demography Unit will do, and the methods and approach it will take.

A Census of Jewish Schools in the Former Soviet Union for 1993/94 School Year

Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio; Bassan, Esther; Rebhun, Uzi; Sagi, Dalia

Date: 1997

Topics: Jewish Schools, Statistics, Main Topic: Education

Identity à la Carte: Research on Jewish identities, participation and affiliation in five Eastern European countries

Author(s): Kovács, András; Ildiko, Barna; DellaPergola, Sergio; Kosmin, Barry

Date: 2011

Topics: Affiliation and Belonging, Antisemitism, Intermarriage, Israel Attachment, Jewish Literacy, Surveys, Jewish Identity, Religious Observance and Practice, Main Topic: Identity and Community

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This report describes the process and results of a research study on Jewish identity and community participation in Central and Eastern Europe. In particular, it identifies trends among Jewish adults in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania. This two-year and wide-reaching study, examined views on religious observance, Jewish identity, anti-Semitism, Israel, Jewish knowledge, and organizational affiliation among 1,270 Jews, ages 18-60.

The Demographic Context of the Soviet Aliya

Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio

Date: 1991

Topics: Aliyah, Immigration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration

La popolazione ebraica in Italia nel contesto ebraico globale

Translated Title: The Jewish population in Italy in the global Jewish context

Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio

Editor(s): Vivanti, Corrado

Date: 1997

Topics: Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration

Jews in the European Community: Sociodemographic Trends and Challenges

Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio

Editor(s): Singer, David

Date: 1993

Topics: International Relations, Security, Jewish Organisations, European Union, Main Topic: Demography and Migration

Abstract: At the start of 1993, the European continent was emitting ambivalent and troubling political signals. Ramifications of major geopolitical changes were not fully understood or absorbed and sparked a massive wave of international migrations. These developments accounted for growing social turmoil and outbursts of xenophobia. As such, the status of Jewish communities within the framework of the European Community (EC) aroused anxiety. This article reviews the major sociodemographic processes that currently characterize the Jewish population with the EC. Basic historical background is provided, and brief attention is paid to a few issues of broader significance for the present and future of Western European Jewry.

World and Regional Jewish Population Projections - Russian Republic, 1994-2019 (Interim Report)

Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio; Tolts, Mark; Rebhun, Uzi

Date: 1996

Topics: Demography, Jewish Future, Main Topic: Demography and Migration

Abstract:

This report presents first results of a new series of demographic projections of the Jewish population in the Russian Republic, the largest component of the Former Soviet Union (FSU). The projection extends over a period of 25 years, between the mid-1990s and approaching the year 2020, and portrays different scenarios reflecting the most likely developments to be expected in conformity with a variety of assumptions.

From Old and New Directions: Perceptions and experiences of antisemitism among Jews in Italy

Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio; Staetsky, Daniel L.

Date: 2015

Topics: Antisemitism, Jewish Perceptions of Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism

Abstract: The study demonstrates significant concern among Jews in Italy about antisemitism in their country, with clear indications that many perceive it to be a growing problem, particularly online. At the same time, most Italian Jews feel well integrated into Italian society, antisemitic violence is rare, and only a minority feels sufficiently unsafe to be considering their future in the country.

The report,also highlights the particular nature of antisemitism in the country. It indicates that today it is more commonly grounded in political ideologies – from both the left and right – than in religious extremism, suggesting that it is driven both by old style right-wing nationalism, and newer forms of left-wing antipathy informed by a spill-over of incidents in Israel and the Middle East.

The data in the report were gathered and analysed by researchers at JPR, as part of a major study commissioned by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in 2012. The general findings from that study were published in a landmark report in late 2013, but have been analysed afresh in this follow-up study, the second in a series of JPR reports about antisemitism in different European Member States.

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