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Jewish Leadership in the UK for the 21st Century: Values, Relationships and Intergenerational Renewal
Date: 2023
Topics: Jewish Leadership, Jewish Organisations, Jewish Community, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Interviews, Youth Movements, Youth, Young Adults / Emerging Adulthood
Abstract: In 2022, UJIA, in partnership with the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) and thanks to funding from the Pears Foundation, engaged Rosov Consulting to design and conduct a study to explore Jewish leadership in the UK to inform UJIA's and JLC's strategic planning. This research project had three primary goals. The first was to develop a conceptual model of Jewish leadership in the UK and a map of the community's existing leadership supports to show who is currently serving as Jewish leaders and what has shaped and empowered them. The second was to identify the challenges Jewish leaders presently face, the issues they are likely to encounter, and their readiness to do so, and provide recommendations for how UJIA and JLC might better prepare and support these leaders now and for what lies ahead. The third goal of this project was to present these findings to community stakeholders to spark reflections and generate meaning that would assist UJIA and JLC in their approach to developing leaders and leadership structures to ensure a future thriving Jewish community.
30 Лет Большой Алии: Статистический Анализ Перемен (третье Издание)
Translated Title: "30 Years of the Great Aliya: A Statistical Analysis of Changes (Third edition)
Author(s): Konstantinov, Viacheslav
Date: 2017
Topics: Demography, Aliyah, Immigration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Настоящая книга представляет собой продолжение двух предыдущих изданий: "20 лет Большой алии" (2013) и “Четверть века Большой алии” (2017) и посвящена дальнейшим изменениям, которые претерпела еврейская русскоязычная община в Израиле. Наш анализ охватывает период с начала 1990-х годов до настоящего времени, и включает динамику общей численности репатриантов по республикам исхода, их расселение по городам и регионам Израиля, демографические аспекты, владение ивритом и англий-ским языком, компьютерную грамотность, армейскую/национальную службу, образова-ние (как взрослого населения, так и детей и молодежи). Особое внимание уделяется профессиональному трудоустройству репатриантов, и в частности, специалистов с выс-шим образованием. Рассматриваются также изменения в экономическом положении ре-патриантов, их состояние здоровья, а также общая удовлетворенность жизнью в Изра-иле, отношение к различным общественным институтам и уровень религиозности. По сравнению с предыдущим изданием, данные уточнены в соответствии с новыми источ-никами и с учетом тенденций последних лет.

Данные по репатриантам сопоставляются со всем еврейским населением Израиля, а по возможности – с еврейскими иммигрантами из бывшего СССР в США и Германии.
Книга предназначена для демографов, социологов, специалистов, занятых проблемами интеграции репатриантов в различных сферах и всех интересующихся данной пробле-мой.
The Circumcision Crisis: Challenges for European and World Jewry
Author(s): Maimon, Dov; Ellis, Nadia
Date: 2012
Topics: Circumcision / Brit Milah, Main Topic: Other, Law
Abstract: A new report by the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) concludes that an immediate, coordinated Jewish – including Israeli – response is needed to thwart the possible implications of recent attempts to ban circumcision and limit other Jewish practices in Western Europe. JPPI characterizes the German court’s decision against circumcision as a “historic ruling” that might threaten the future thriving of Jewish communities across the continent. JPPI recommends that Jewish leaders and communities avoid a timid response to the current crisis. “In a world that is becoming juridically globalized, and in which every legal precedent counts,” the authors of the new report write, “we must consider whether Jewish and Israeli policy makers should begin to coordinate a comprehensive professional response.”

The report explains the drivers and trends likely to affect the lives of the 1.3 million Jews living in Europe today. While recent moves against religious practices have apparently been directed mainly against Muslims, the new and vigorous opposition to particularist religious rituals also affects the religious practices and, hence, the status of Judaism. The authors urge Jewish leaders around the world to promptly attend to the dilemmas presented in the report, and devise a coherent, coordinated policy on this pressing matter.
Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes : Jewish identity and communal reconstruction in Austria and Germany
Author(s): Cohen-Weisz, Susanne
Date: 2010
Topics: Jewish Revival, Jewish Identity, Jewish Community, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Post-War Reconstruction
Kosher and Halal Slaughtering Before the Court of Justice: A Case of Religious Intolerance?
Author(s): Harpaz, Guy; Reich, Arie
Date: 2021
Topics: Kashrut, Law, European Union, Shechita / Ritual Slaughter, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: In December 2020 the Court of Justice of the EU approved the legality of a decree, adopted by the Flemish Region in Belgium, which introduced an outright ban on slaughtering of animals by means of traditional Jewish and Muslim rites. The Court, which did not adopt the opinion of Advocate General Hogan, effectively nullified an express derogation for ritual slaughtering found in the EU’s regulation on slaughtering. This article will critically examine the Judgment, arguing that it has not only misinterpreted EU regulations, but also compromised the rights of European minorities to religious freedom under the Charter on the basis of questionable and inconsistent arguments of animal welfare.
Наше наследство: синагоги снг в прошлом и настоящем
Translated Title: Our legacy: synagogues of the cis in the past and present
Author(s): Бейзер, Михаэль
Date: 2002
Topics: Jewish Heritage, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Synagogues, Restitution and Reparations, Post-1989
Abstract: Книга посвящена судьбе синагогальных зданий на территории СНГ на протяжении прошедшего столетия. Первая ее часть охватывает период от начала ХХ века до распада СССР; вторая - рассказ о том, как в постсоветское время часть конфискованных государством синагог возвращается еврейским общинам и обретает вторую жизнь. Автор вводит читателя в круг проблем, связанных с этим процессом, и останавливается на роли Джойнта в деле реституции и ремонта синагог. Книга богато иллюстрирована фотографиями, в основном из коллекции Джойнта; большая часть из них публикуется впервые. В приложении приведен список действующих сегодня синагог СНГ. Одна из предыдущих книг Бейзера - "Евреи Ленинграда, 1917 - 1939: национальная жизнь и советизация" (1999) - удостоилась Анциферовской премии 2000 г. за лучшую зарубежную книгу о Санкт-Петербурге.
The Paideia European-Jewish Leadership Program: Graduate Views of Program Contributions and Impacts
Author(s): Katz, Esther; Korazim, Malka
Date: 2012
Topics: Evaluation, Jewish Education, Main Topic: Education
Abstract: Paideia - the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden was created in 2000 as an academic and applied institute of excellence, with the mandate of working for the rebuilding of Jewish life and culture in Europe, and educating for active minority citizenship. It does this through offering an intensive one-year educational program in Jewish Studies directed at future leaders of Jewish life and inter-cultural work. Each year 20-25 participants attend the program, from both Jewish and non-Jewish backgrounds and a variety of European countries. In addition to the one-year Jewish Studies Program, Paideia has also developed activities for its graduates including alumni conferences, educational weekends and Project-Incubator, a two-week summer program to support projects and social innovation across Europe. Project-Incubator was introduced as a follow-up program for alumni, but has expanded its target group beyond graduates. Since its introduction in 2006, the program has developed over 100 different projects. After several years of activity, Paideia decided to conduct an evaluation study to provide a systematic overview of the program's contributions and achievements, and identify unmet needs. The evaluation comprised a follow-up study of all graduates from 2002-2009. This reportpresents the findings of that study. The study findings showed that graduates view the Paideia program as very successful and feel that it contributed to them to a great extent. It was found that all graduates continue to be involved in Jewish activities in their countries of residence. Most report that the program has had an important impact on their professional-life career, on their pursuit of Jewish Studies and on their involvement in Jewish community activities.
Annual estimates of Jewish population in Russia and Ukraine (Dataset)
Author(s): Tolts, Mark
Date: 2020
Topics: Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Estimated numbers of Jewish population in Russia and Ukraine, 1990/1992-2020
Re-emergence of a Jewish Diasporistic Identity in Europe
Date: 2017
Topics: Diaspora, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Globalisation
Jewish Studies in the FSU: From Scholarship to Social, Cultural and Educational Construction, Regeneration and Growth
Author(s): Parizhsky, Simon
Editor(s): Wygoda, Shmuel; Sorek, Israel
Date: 2009
Topics: Education, Education: Adult Education, Jewish Education, Jewish Studies, Jewish Schools, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Education, Universities / Higher Education, Jewish Organisations
Antisemitism and Its Opponents in the Russian Press: From Perestroika until the Present.
Author(s): Friedgut, Theodore
Date: 1994
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism, Media, Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals
Antisemitism in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: A Marginal or Central Issue?
Author(s): Volovici, Leon
Date: 1994
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Far right, Politics, Surveys
Abstract: Surveys on present trends of post-Communist antisemitism in Eastern Europe reveal contradictory images of the weight and significance of current anti-Jewish manifestations and rhetoric. An evaluation of the main themes of the present antisemitic discourse points to the predominance of irrational myths -- the“Jewish (or Israeli) conspiracy” and world-wide “Jewish power.” In addition, the public debate on the Holocaust and collectiveresponsibility for crimes against the local Jewish population has had a significant impact on public discourse. Questions of national identity, a tendency towards historical distortion and mystification, and the propagandistic accusation of “Jewish guilt” for the former repressive communist regimes form another area of contention which leads to anti-Jewish manifestations.The reproduction and spread of antisemitic motifs is found mainly in political discourse. In order to understand whether antisemitic political groups are central or marginal, it is necessary to consider the degree of their acceptance or support bymainstream political forces, direct or insidious forms of legitimation for them, as well as the force of the antisemitic tradition,and the amplitude of public or official reactions against either the vulgar or the sophisticated expressions of antisemitism
Antisemitism of the Ukrainian Radical Nationalists: Ideology and Policy
Author(s): Dymerskaya-Tsigelman, Luidmilla; Finberg, Leonid
Date: 1999
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Far right, Nationalism
Antisemitic Prejudices in Contemporary Hungary
Author(s): Kovács, András
Date: 1999
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism
Between Denial and "Comparative Trivialization": Holocaust Negationism in Post-Communist East Central Europe
Author(s): Shafir, Michael
Date: 2002
Topics: Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Holocaust Denial, Holocaust Commemoration, Holocaust
Coming to Terms with the "Dark Past": The Polish Debate about the Jedwabne Massacre
Author(s): Michlic, Joanna Beata
Date: 2002
Topics: Antisemitism, Holocaust, Holocaust Commemoration, Holocaust Education, Nationalism, National Identity, Memory, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial
Abstract: The debate about Jan Tomasz Gross’s Neighbors (2000) in which the author gave a detailed description of the collective murder of the Jewish community of Jedwabne by its ethnic Polish neighbors on July 10, 1941, has been the most important and longest-lasting in post-communist Poland. The publication of Neighbors raised important issues such as the rewriting of the history of Polish-Jewish relations during the Second World War, of modern national history, and the reevaluation of the collective self-image of Poles themselves as having been solely victims. The article places the discussion within the context of two approaches to the collective past—first, the self-critical approach that challenges the old, biased representation of Polish-Jewish relations and the Polish self-image
as victims; and second, the defensive approach that seeks to maintain the older representations of Polish-Jewish relations and the Polish self-image. A general description of the debate is presented, followed by an analysis of
its various stages and dynamics. The conduct of the investigation by the Institute of National Memory (IPN) into the Jedwabne massacre and the official commemoration on the sixtieth anniversary of the crime are two crucial events that demonstrate that important segments of the Polish political and cultural elite are capable of overcoming its dark past. At the same time, reactions of the right-wing nationalist political and cultural elites and their supporters reveal that the defensive approach continues to exert influence in public life. Only time will tell if this latter phenomenon
will become marginal.
The Politics of Ressentiment: Israel, Jews and the German Media
Author(s): Wistrich, Robert
Date: 2004
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Attitudes to Israel, Anti-Zionism, Media
Abstract: Contemporary expressions of Judeophobia—in Germany, as elsewhere in Europe—contain a potentially explosive mix of traditional and newer forms of antisemitism. Since 9/11, and especially in the wake of the Iraq war, anti-Americanism has been a potent factor in envenoming hostile attitudes to Israel and the Jews—as alleged architects of the war, and “aggressors” in the Middle East. Conspiracy theories, with an antisemitic subtext, have flourished on the Left and in the mainstream media, as well as on the far Right. One-sided representations of the Middle East conflict, downplaying Palestinian terrorism, the threat posed by radical Islam and the genocidal antisemitism rampant in the Muslim and Arab media—while highlighting Israeli counter-violence as gratuitous sadism—have contributed to fostering anti-Jewish feelings. “AntiSharonism” has been widely used as a cover to present Israel as a
“criminal” state in its essence.

Such commentaries reinforce long-standing and widespread antiJewish stereotypes, revealed by surveys of German public opinion over the years—especially those related to Jewish money, power, and exploitative “abuse” of the Holocaust. Much of contemporary German antisemitism can best be understood as a form of ressentiment against constant reminders of the Nazi past and the desire to reverse the roles, to turn Israelis/Jews into “perpetrators”
and Germans into “victims.”
Antisemitism in French Schools: Turmoil of a Republic
Author(s): Bensoussan, George
Date: 2004
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Muslim, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Schools: Non-Jewish, Secularity, Schools: Seconday / High Schools, Schools: Primary / Elementary, Teachers
Abstract: Antisemitism in French schools and universities has reached a worrying level. Its more spectacular manifestations are an increasing physical and verbal violence against Jewish pupils, as well as an unbearable pressure exerted upon teachers who try to lecture about the Shoah and the Second World War.

The phenomenon is deeply-rooted and not essentially limited to the Israeli-Arab conflict. Antisemitism in French schools is symptomatic of a social and identity crisis which may endanger the Republic and its fundamental values.
The Other as Mirror: Spanish Newspapers and Anti-Jewish Mythology (1997–2006)
Author(s): Weisz, Martina L.
Date: 2012
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Discourse, Anti-Zionism, Israel Criticism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals
The Danger of antisemitism in Central and Eastern Europe in the wake of 1989-1990
Editor(s): Bauer, Yehuda
Date: 1991
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Post-1989
Abstract: Papers delivered at a conference in Jerusalem, October 1990.

Contents:
Kulka, Otto Dov: History and Historical Prognoses (9-11);
Bauer, Yehuda: The Danger of Antisemitism in Today's Central Europe (13-24);
Benz, Wolfgang: Antisemitism in East and West Germany: Will It Increase after Reunification? (25-33);
Stern, Frank: The "Jewish Question" in the "German Question" 1945-1990: Reflections in the Light of November 9th (35- 51);
Deak, Istvan: The Danger of Antisemitism in Hungary (53-61);
Vago, Raphael: Antisemitism in the New Romania (63-74);
Gutman, Yisrael: Polish Antisemitism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Will Things Ever Change? (75-81);
Nosenko, Vladimir: The Upsurge of Antisemitism in the Soviet Union in the Years of Perestroika: Background and Causes (83-93);
Avineri, Shlomo: The Return to History and Its Consequences for the Jewish Communities in Eastern Europe (95-101);
Bauer, Yehuda: In Conclusion (103-106)
A Half Century of Jewish Emigration from the Former Soviet Union
Author(s): Tolts, Mark
Date: 2019
Topics: Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Demography, Emigration, Aliyah, Russian-Speaking Jews
Jewish Communal Service in Romania and Poland 1986-2006: Partnership, Challenges, and Transitions
Author(s): Feine, Zvi
Date: 2019
Topics: Main Topic: Other, Jewish Revival, Care and Welfare, Community Development, Charity / Tzedakah, Fundraising and Philanthropy, Jewish Organisations
Abstract: Dr. Zvi Feine served the Jewish communities of Romania and Poland as country director for the Joint Distribution Community during those two countries respective transitions from Communist rule. This memoir of his work under the constraints of communism, through the violent December 1989 revolution in Romania and the more peaceful transition in Poland, and in the aftermath of transition to democracy describes the challenges of effective communal service in turbulent times. The mission of the JDC was to support and partner with the Jewish communities that remained after the devastation of the Holocaust, sustaining the Jews of Eastern Europe with material and communal assistance. Dr. Feine relates poignant and harrowing memories of working under the constant surveillance of the Securitate secret service agency and dealing with the aftermath of the revolution and the resistance to change, all the while navigating a complex and delicate web of history, religious and cultural mores, personalities, ideals, and hopes. Illustrated here are numerous principles of communal work, including the importance of understanding the cultural context, resource and leadership development, and the crucial role that lay leaders can play. Communal workers in the Jewish community and beyond will benefit from Dr. Feine's accumulated wisdom over a lifetime of community service in positions all over the globe.
The Anglican Church, Jews and British Multiculturalism
Author(s): Brearley, Margaret
Date: 2017
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Muslim, Islamic Fundamentalism, Jewish - Christian Relations, Interfaith Dialogue, Palestinian Solidarity, Multiculturalism
Secularism, Feminism, and Antisemitism: The Islamic Veil in France
Author(s): Las, Nelly
Date: 2017
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Antisemitism: Muslim, Secularity, Islamophobia, Islam, Islamic Fundamentalism, Gender, Feminism
From Blood Libel to Boycott: Changing Faces of British Antisemitism
Author(s): Wistrich, Robert
Date: 2017
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Antisemitism: New Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
Demographic Trends Among the Jews in the Three Slavic Republics of the Former USSR: A Comparative Analysis
Author(s): Tolts, Mark
Editor(s): Schmelz, U O; DellaPergola, Sergio; Even, Judith
Date: 1997
Topics: Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Demography
Abstract: This article presents voluminous demographic information on the Jews in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belorussia which was collected by Soviet population censuses and vital statistics: detailed structure by age and sex in 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989 (Tables 1A – 3A on pp. 171-173), and annual numbers of births and deaths for the period since 1958 (Tables 4A – 5A on pp. 174-175).
Евреи в постсоветских странах: самосознание и образование
Translated Title: Post-Soviet Jewry: Identity and Education
Editor(s): Эпштейн, Алек Д
Date: 2008
Topics: Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Identity, Jewish Education
Reconsidering the Development of Academic Jewish and Israel Studies in Russian
Author(s): Epstein, Alek D.
Editor(s): Khanin, Ze'ev; Epstein, Alek D.; Chernin, Velvl
Date: 2008
Topics: Main Topic: Education, Jewish Education, Israel Education, Jewish Studies, Universities / Higher Education
Constructing the National Identity: Jewish Education in Russia Twenty Years after the End of the Cold War
Editor(s): Khanin, Ze'ev; Epstein, Alek D.; Chernin, Velvl
Date: 2008
Topics: Main Topic: Education, Jewish Education, Jewish Schools
The Jews in the Three Post-Soviet Slavic Countries: Selected Population Trends
Author(s): Tolts, Mark
Editor(s): Moskovitch, Wolf; Finberg, Leonid
Date: 2008
Topics: Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Demography, Education, Ageing and the Elderly, Censuses
Abstract: The data of the recent post-Soviet censuses show that the sizable educational difference among the three Slavic countries persisted after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. According to the 2002 Russian census, 61.1 percent of the Jews aged 20 and over had attained higher education; for Russian Jews this percentage was higher by 1.2 and 1.5 times than for those in Ukraine and Belarus, respectively. Among younger Jews who remained in the Russian Federation I found a decrease in educational attainments as compared with older cohorts. The highest educational attainments were of Jews who received their degrees mostly in the Soviet period. Sizable differences were also found in the levels of aging and education within the Jewries of these countries.
Demographic Trends among the Jews of the Former Soviet Union
Author(s): Tolts, Mark
Date: 2003
Topics: Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Demography, Aliyah, Emigration, Censuses
Abstract: This analysis has revealed the important role of the negative vital balance in Jewish demographic decline in the Russian Federation and the FSU as a whole (see Tables 5 and 6). At the same time, the birth dynamics show that the Jews and their relatives who emigrated to Israel escaped the dramatic fertility reduction which was characteristic of the FSU population as a whole and the Jews in particula
Jewish Presence in Absence The Aftermath of the Holocaust in Poland, 1944–2010
Editor(s): Tych, Feliks; Adamczyk-Garbowska, Monika
Date: 2014
Topics: Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Antisemitism, Holocaust, Holocaust Survivors, Holocaust Survivors: Children of, Holocaust Commemoration, Memory, Memorial, Post-War Reconstruction, Post-1989, Jewish Renewal, Post-War Jewish History
Abstract: This book discusses the Jewish world and Polish-Jewish relations in postwar Poland. The articles reflect the crucial stages of Jewish life in postwar Poland – losses, hopes, rebirth, rebuilding lives, and the situation of Jews in Poland today. This book provides a picture of current Polish historiography of the Holocaust, based on sources and studies rarely used before.
Четверть века Большой алии: статистический анализ перемен (второе издание)
Translated Title: A Quarter Century of the Great Aliya: A Statistical Analysis of Changes (second edition)
Author(s): Konstantinov, Viacheslav
Date: 2017
Topics: Demography, Aliyah, Immigration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Настоящая книга представляет собой второе издание (исправленное и дополненное) книги автора "20 лет Большой алии: статистический анализ перемен", вышедшей в 2013 году, которая, в свою очередь, явилась логическим продолжением предыдущей книги автора “Еврейское население бывшего СССР в ХХ веке (социально- демографический анализ)”. Если первая книга автора была посвящена развитию со- ветского еврейства в стране исхода, то нынешняя – тем изменениям, которые претер- пела еврейская русскоязычная община в Израиле, где сейчас проживает ее бóльшая часть. Наш анализ охватывает период с начала 1990-х годов до настоящего времени, и включает динамику общей численности репатриантов по республикам исхода, их расселение по городам и регионам Израиля, демографические аспекты, образование (как взрослого населения, так и детей и молодежи), владение ивритом и английским языком, компьютерную грамотность, армейскую/национальную службу. Особое внима- ние уделяется профессиональному трудоустройству репатриантов, и в частности, специалистов с высшим образованием. Рассматриваются также изменения в эконо- мическом положении репатриантов, их состояние здоровья, а также общая удовлетво- ренность жизнью в Израиле, национальное самосознание, традиции и ценности. По сравнению с предыдущим изданием, данные уточнены в соответствии с новыми ис- точниками и с учетом тенденций последних лет. Данные по репатриантам сопоставляются со всем еврейским населением Израиля, а по возможности – с еврейскими иммигрантами из бывшего СССР в США и Германии. Книга предназначена для демографов, социологов, специалистов, занятых проблема- ми интеграции репатриантов в различных сферах и всех интересующихся данной про- блемой.
Yiddish Folklore in Czernowitz Today (Recordings of 2004-2009)
Author(s): Kaspina, Maria
Editor(s): Moskovitch, Wolf
Date: 2010
Topics: Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Jewish Heritage, Memory, Folklore, Oral History and Biography, Yiddish
Abstract:
Demographic Trends Among the Jews in the Three Post-Soviet Slavic Republics
Author(s): Tolts, Mark
Date: 2005
Topics: Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Demography, Censuses, Fertility
Abstract: To understand the post-Soviet Jewish population trends in the three post-Soviet Slavic Republics of the former Soviet Union (FSU) we have prepared new estimates of numerical dynamics. We shall study the aging of the Jewish population in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus based on the results of the first post-Soviet censuses. Based on the results of the 2002 Russian census and special processing of birth certificates of that year we shall analyze the changing marriage pattern of the Jews and their recent fertility decline.
Out of the Ashes. The Vicissitudes of the New German Jewry
Author(s): Bodemann, Y. Michal
Date: 1997
Topics: Main Topic: Other
Open Gates: The Story Behind the Mass Immigration to Israel from the Soviet Union and Its Successor States
Author(s): Gurevitz, Baruch
Date: 1996
Topics: Aliyah, Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Soviet Jewry, Russian Emigration
Antisemitism in FSU - 2014
Author(s): Likhachev, Vyacheslav
Date: 2015
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Monitoring, Main Topic: Antisemitism
The Cultural Dimension of Jewish European Identity
Author(s): Maimon, Dov
Date: 2013
Topics: Jewish Identity, Jewish Culture, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Jewish Future
European Jewry – Signals and Noise: Is there a point of negative inflection?
Author(s): Maimon, Dov
Date: 2013
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Aliyah, Emigration, Jewish Future
Abstract: Recent negative economic, political, and anti-Semitic developments in Europe, question the future thriving of Jewish life on the old continent.

According to a large-scale survey on Jewish people’s experiences and perceptions of anti-Semitism commissioned by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), in three of the nine states surveyed (namely Belgium, France and Hungary), between 40-50% of respondents said they had considered emigrating from their country of residence because they did not feel safe there. Moreover, some 200-300 Jewish families of French origin have recently immigrated to Montreal, and at least 120 families to London.

Beyond the Aliyah of 50,000 French Jews since 1990 (10% of French Jewry), new-immigrant associations claim there are some 20-30,000 additional French Jews who live part of the year in Israel but for convenience – and in order to avoid Israeli bureaucracy – prefer not to take Israeli citizenship.

Despite the trends outlined above, benefiting from relatively high social, professional, and economic personal status, most European Jews will in all likelihood remain in Europe.
An Integrative Measurement of European Anti-Semitism
Author(s): Maimon, Dov; Popper, Steven
Date: 2015
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Monitoring, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Attitude Surveys
Abstract: One of the most disturbing recent trends in the Jewish world and in the consciousness of the global Jewish community has been the resurgence of anti-Semitism. The outbreak is far from pandemic. Yet, the trend clearly must be monitored and courses of action should be explored, both at the Jewish community level as well as that of the Jewish people as a whole, to understand how best to curb the contagion or limit its effects.

The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) developed an integrative measurement that takes into account some relevant variables for a wide and comprehensive picture.
20 лет Большой алии: статистический анализ перемен.
Translated Title: 20 Years of the Great Aliya: A Statistical Analysis of Changes
Author(s): Konstantinov, Viacheslav
Date: 2013
Topics: Demography, Aliyah, Immigration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Настоящая книга представляет собой логическое продолжение предыдущей книги ав-тора “Еврейское население бывшего СССР в ХХ веке (социально-демографический анализ)”. Если предыдущее исследование было посвящено развитию советского ев-рейства в стране исхода, то нынешнее – тем изменениям, которые претерпела еврей-ская русскоязычная община в Израиле, где сейчас проживает ее бóльшая часть. Наш анализ охватывает период с начала 1990-х годов до настоящего времени, и включает динамику общей численности репатриантов по республикам исхода, их расселение по городам и регионам Израиля, демографические аспекты, образование (как взрослого населения, так и детей и молодежи), владение ивритом и английским языком, компь-ютерную грамотность, армейскую/национальную службу. Особое внимание уделяется профессиональному трудоустройству репатриантов, и в частности, специалистов с высшим образованием. Рассматриваются также изменения в экономическом положе-нии репатриантов, их состояние здоровья, а также общая удовлетворенность жизнью в Израиле, национальное самосознание, традиции и ценности. Данные по репатриантам сопоставляются со всем еврейским населением Израиля, а по возможности – с еврей-скими иммигрантами из бывшего СССР в США и Германии.
Книга предназначена для демографов, социологов, специалистов, занятых проблема-ми интеграции репатриантов в различных сферах и всех интересующихся данной про-блемой. Многие статистические материалы, представленные в книге, публикуются впервые.
Еврейское население бывшего СССР в ХХ веке: (социально-демографический анализ).
Translated Title: Jewish Population of the Former Soviet Union in 20th Century (Socio-Demographic Analysis)
Author(s): Konstantinov, Viacheslav
Date: 2007
Topics: Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Настоящая книга представляет собой попытку обобщающего исследования
социально-демографического развития еврейского населения бывшего СССР
за истекшее столетие, включая динамику численности и расселения по
республикам и городам, этноязыковой состав, половозрастную и семейную
структуру, рождаемость и смертность, уровень образования,
профессиональную структуру, участие в советской политической системе и
эмиграцию в другие страны. В частности, рассматривается влияние
Катастрофы, как на общую численность еврейского населения, так и на его
социально-экономическую структуру. Большое внимание в книге уделяется
представительству евреев среди студентов, специалистов и научных
работников бывшего СССР.
Книга предназначена для демографов, социологов, историков и всех
интересующихся данной проблемой. Многие статистические материалы,
представленные в книге, публикуются впервые.
From Bare Survival to European Jewish Vision: Jewish Life and Identity in Vienna
Author(s): Cohen-Weisz, Susanne
Date: 2007
Topics: Jewish Community, Main Topic: Identity and Community
The Jewish Community in Turkey
Editor(s): Geltman, Barry; Tal, Rami
Date: 2016
Topics: Antisemitism, Jewish Community, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Anti-Semitism in the Post-Soviet States
Author(s): Gidwitz, Betsy
Date: 2003
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Politics
Abstract:

The author discusses the level, nature and characteristics of antisemitism currently extant in the former Soviet Union -- specifically Russia and Ukraine, the only post-Soviet states with substantial Jewish populations. The author reviews phenomena including acts of violence committed against Jews (and perceived Jews), violence against other ethnic groups, government antisemitism, fascism, radical political parties, Church antisemitism, and the fragility of Jewish institutions.
The Burden and Joy of Commemoration: The commemoration of Jews and Judaism in the public space in Vienna and Prague
Author(s): Cohen, Yemima Ayala
Date: 2011
Topics: Jewish Community, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial
Jewish Philanthropy in Europe: Challenges and Changes - Exploring the Italian case in context
Author(s): Levi D'Ancona, Luisa
Date: 2011
Topics: Fundraising and Philanthropy, Jewish Organisations, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: This paper presents preliminary findings of a work-in-progress on contemporary
European Jewish philanthropy. The purpose of the paper is to show that EuropeanJewish
philanthropy exists and how it is changing. It discusses both donations within
Europe and towards Israel, focusing on the case study of Italy within the broader
European context. As it represents a first attempt to study European- and ItalianJewish
philanthropy, this exploratory work shows how much more research is needed
in the field. An important aspect that emerges from this research and which has a
strong impact on the scope of the paper itself is the absence of real transparency in the
field of fundraising in Italian Jewish institutions, both within Italy and towards Israel.
The paper therefore suggests that it may become part of a more systematic project for
enhancing transparency in Jewish philanthropic organizations to create a more
competitive and clear environment for growth and impact.
After discussing the factors that make European-Jewish philanthropy invisible as
compared to US-Jewish giving, the paper maps out pan-European Jewish agencies
and initiatives and focuses on new trends of European-Jewish giving. One of the most
significant challenges to a study of European-Jewish philanthropy is its heterogeneity,
forcing research to focus on one country at a time. As no research has hereto focused
on Italian-Jewish giving, the paper focuses on the Italian case and presents the results
of the first survey on Italian-Jewish philanthropy focused on both institutions and
private donors. Within the limits of available data, it presents mostly qualitative
findings on trends of donations within Italian-Jewish organizations, on profiles of
Italian-Jewish donors and the changing dynamics of modalities of giving. Findings on
Italy are then compared with UK- and French-Jewish giving—as these represent the
countries with the largest Jewish populations in Western Europe. This comparison
shows how Italian-Jewish philanthropy is at the beginning of processes of change that
are already well underway in other European countries. The paper concludes with
recommendations on directions for further research, in addition to policies of better
transparency
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.
Jewish Identification in Contemporary Spain: A European Case Study
Author(s): Cytto, Oren
Date: 2007
Topics: Jewish History, Jewish Community, Jewish Identity, Ethnicity, Main Topic: Identity and Community