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Jewish Education and Identity among London Jews
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena; Miller, Steve
Date: 1994
Topics: Jewish Education, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Education
British Synagogue Membership in 1996
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena; Cohen, Frances
Date: 1997
Topics: Synagogue Membership, Synagogues, Statistics, Main Topic: Other
British Synagogue Membership in 1990
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena; Cohen, Frances
Date: 1991
Topics: Synagogue Membership, Synagogues, Statistics, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: This listing is the third prepared by the Community Research Unit of the Board of Deputies
following compilations for 1977 and 1983. The figures presented relate to mid-1990. To
the best of our knowledge all congregations in the United Kingdom are included: we would
be pleased to be told of any unwittingly omitted. In order to compare data across
synagogue groupings and between areas, our analytical base (which is described fully
in the Appendix) is such that data presented here for individual synagogues may differ
from membership figures published by synagogal bodies. This is particularly the case
where synagogues count husbands and wives as two individual members: we have
considered them as one household membership.
Scottish Jewry in the 2001 Census
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena
Date: 2008
Topics: Censuses, Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: The decennial census of Scotland in 2001, like that of England and Wales, was the
twentieth taken. They constituted a landmark because, as an historical first, they
both included questions on religion, albeit voluntary questions. This voluntary status
was in itself unique, since the very essence of a census, compared to other surveys, is
that all questions are compulsory for everyone. The Scottish census was more
sophisticated than that of England and Wales in that it asked not only ‘'What religion,
religious denomination, or body do you belong to'1
but extended this to enquire into
religion of upbringing by asking ‘What religion, religious denomination, or body were
you brought up in?’.
Jewish day schools in Britain 1992/3 to 2003/4
Author(s): Hart, Rona; Schmool, Marlena; Cohen, Frances
Date: 2007
Topics: Demography, Jewish Schools, Statistics, Main Topic: Education
Abstract: In recent decades, Jewish education in Britain has undergone considerable changes both in organization and content. The central change has been the growth of the Jewish day school and the subsequent decline of synagogue classes (Hebrew school). This major structural transformation is likely to have long-term implications for the Jewish community. These developments have taken place against a backdrop of demographic decline and geographic concentration of the Jewish community.
The inconsistency between the demographic decrease and the expansion of Jewish day schools is the focus of this study, which describes and analyzes these developments in Jewish education and examines the origins of these trends and the factors affecting them.
Synagogue Marriages in Britain in the 1980s
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena
Date: 1991
Topics: Statistics, Marriage, Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract:

Religious or Ethnic Self-identification over the Telephone: A Pilot Study of Manchester Jewry
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena
Date: 1991
Topics: Jewish Identity, Surveys, Methodology, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract:
Estimates of the British Jewish Population 1984-88
Author(s): Haberman, Steven; Schmool, Marlena
Date: 1995
Topics: Demography, Censuses, Geography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: During the 20th century, estimates of the British Jewish population have been obtained by applying appropriate death-rates to communal mortality data. This death-rate method has become increasingly sophisticated with respect to the death-rates used. The exercise reported here covers more than 22 000 deaths recorded in the community over the 5-year period. These indicate a Jewish female:male death ratio about 3% higher than that of England and Wales. An estimate of 308 000 is suggested for the community, in which deaths-related data are augmented by information about births within the community.
Jewish Women in Britain
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena
Editor(s): Epstein, Helen
Date: 1999
Topics: Jewish Women, Jewish Leadership, Jewish Organisations, Synagogue Membership, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract:

In giving an overview of Jewish women in Great Britain I intend to touch on three areas: Jewish organizations; participation in synagogue life; and the position of Jewish women's research in Britain. The main sources for the data I quote are the regular compilations of synagogue membership and estimates of population which the Board of Deputies Community Research Unit has conducted regularly the past thirty years; and two recent large scale-studies: The Review of Women in the Jewish Community in 1993 for the Chief Rabbi's Commission on Women; and The Survey of Social Attitudes of British Jews conducted by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research in 1995.
British Jewry and its Attitudes to Intermarriage
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena
Editor(s): Reinharz, Shulamit; DellaPergola, Sergio
Date: 2009
Topics: Intermarriage, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Continuity, Demography
Abstract: The author briefly sketches the history of the British Jewish community and outlines its communal organizational structure and population demographics. For data on intermarriage and attitudes towards intermarriage, which show a fall off in synagogue marriage and a corresponding increase in the rise of intermarriage, the author brings the results of the 1995 Institute for Jewish Policy Research survey of the Social and Political Attitudes of British Jews and the 1994 Survey of Women in the Jewish Community. Nevertheless, the ten years following these studies have seen changes whose effects on intermarriage remain to be studied, including an increase in Jewish educational infrastructure, significant political developments in Israeli politics, and increased anti-Israel activity on British campuses.
Jews in Britain: A snapshot from the 2001 Census
Author(s): Graham, David; Schmool, Marlena; Waterman, Stanley
Date: 2007
Topics: Censuses, Demography, Intermarriage, Statistics, Ageing and the Elderly, Housing, Education, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: In May 2007 JPR launched Jews in Britain: A Snapshot from the 2001 Census, which was given extensive coverage in the national and international media and the Jewish press. It laid bare the complexity of the Jewish population and demolished several popular myths: ‘the Jewish nuclear family, the homogenous Jewish household, the Jewish housewife, the married Jewish couple or the universally successful and prosperous citizen.’

Over 120 pages long, the report covers a wide range of subjects, including the nature of Jewish partnerships, intermarriage, living standards, social inequality, ethnicity, educational standards and many other demographic issues. ‘Our understanding of the British Jewish population has been revolutionized’, concluded the authors of JPR's comprehensive analysis of the data on Jews derived from answers to the first ever voluntary question on religion in the 2001 Census. ‘The results have been truly fascinating and mould-breaking.’ A debate has now been started which, JPR hopes, will provoke an extensive and much-needed examination into the nature of the Jewish community in Britain and its future needs.
Social and political attitudes of British Jews
Author(s): Miller, Stephen; Schmool, Marlena; Lerman, Antony
Date: 1996
Topics: Social Attitudes, Politics, Surveys, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: Assumptions about the attitudes and opinions of British Jews influence policy formation on key issues affecting Jewish life. Yet prior to the publication of this survey in 1996, on most issues - from internal communal problems, to social and political matters - there was no reliable information on Jewish attitudes. Policy planning suffered as a result. To fill this crucial information gap, the JPR commissioned a survey of social and political attitudes of British Jews, the first of its kind. The aim was to produce a profile of the community defined in the broadest possible terms. Uniquely, the survey focused on the interface between Jewish identity and the social and political attitudes of Jews.
Population and Education in the British Jewish Community
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena
Date: 2003
Topics: Main Topic: Other
Women in the Jewish Community: Survey Report
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena; Miller, Stephen
Date: 1994
Topics: Finance, Poverty, Jewish Organisations, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Care and Welfare, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: Report giving detailed findings if a postal survey of 1350 British Jewish women. It includes detailed analyses of their characteristics and their attitudes. The survey was conducted as part of the wider Women in the Jewish Community task force, chaired by Roslaind Preston. Although commissioned by the Chief Rabbi, the survey and the report encompassed the entire Jewish community.
The ethnic question on the British census: A Jewish perspective
Author(s): Schmool, Marlena
Date: 1998
Topics: Demography, Censuses, Ethnicity, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Discusses how Jews orientate themselves as an ethnicity (or not) in the context of ethnic affiliation questions on the British census
Jewish Education at the Crossroads
Author(s): Cohen, Frances; Hart, Rona; Schmool, Marlena
Date: 2001
Topics: Jewish Education, Jewish Schools, Chedarim / Supplementary Schools, Demography, Main Topic: Education, Nursery Schools
Abstract: Reports on data collected since 1992 from Jewish nurseries, schools and chedarim in the UK. Discusses trends in Jewish education in the UK. Emphasises 'the contradiction between demographic decrease and full-time educational expansion'
British Synagogue Membership in 2001
Author(s): Cohen, Frances; Schmool, Marlena
Date: 2002
Topics: Synagogues, Synagogue Membership, Denominations, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: Provides data on synagogue membership in the UK up to early 2001. The figures are based on records by national synagogue umbrella bodies and by individual synagogues. The report covers the entire religious spectrum. 
A Profile of British Jewry: Patterns and Trends at the Turn of the Century
Author(s): Cohen, Frances; Schmool, Marlena
Date: 1998
Topics: Demography, Jewish Education, Employment, Religious Observance and Practice, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: This comprehensive report offers a turn-of-the-century update on the fundamental British Jewry in the Eighties. Encompassing a vast range of aspects of the British Jewish community, this publication aspires to answer the majority of demographic and sociological questions one may have regarding British Jewry. It maps out population surveys, religious behavior, Jewish and secular education, employment of British Jews and relations with Israel. All this is done with sensitivity to the different Jewish camps in Britain, and changes that have occurred in recent decades. 
The Relaxation of Community?
Author(s): Cohen, Frances; Hart, Rona; Schmool, Marlena
Date: 2003
Topics: Finance, Poverty, Jewish Organisations, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Care and Welfare, Jewish Community, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: Discusses the situation of small Jewish communities in the United Kingdom at the end of the 20th century. 'Small Jewish communities' are defined as towns and cities that have had less than 1500 Jews since 1959. Looks at reducation of services in these communities.