Studies of Jews in Society

ASSJ's Book Series
Studies of Jews in Society focuses on the social scientific analysis of contemporary Jews.

Published by University of Nebraska Press in 2015-16 and by Springer Nature since 2018, Studies of Jews in Society takes a broad perspective on social science to include anthropology, communications, demography, economics, education, ethnography, geography, history, politics, population, social psychology, and sociology. Books may rely on quantitative methods, qualitative methods, or both.

The series is directed to social scientists and general scholars in Jewish studies as well as those generally interested in religion and ethnicity; academics who teach Jewish studies; undergraduates and graduate students in Jewish studies, sociologists interested in religion and ethnicity; and communal professionals and lay leaders who work in Jewish organizations and individuals. The style, while rigorous scientifically, is accessible to a general audience.

For more information about publishing in the series, contact Book Series Editor Chaim I. Waxman or Springer Publishing Editor Andrew Prashanth.

Books in the series:

  • US Jews: Reflections on Identity and Demography by Sergio DellaPergola (2024)
  • Jewish Options: Pluralistic Identities in 21st Century America by Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin & J. Alan Winter (2024)
  • The Jewish Family in Global Perspective, edited by Harriet Hartman (2024)
  • The Future of Judaism in America edited by Jerome A. Chanes & Mark Silk (2023)
  • Illuminating the Path to Vibrant Jewish Communities by Jacob B. Ukeles (2022)
  • Israel and the Diaspora: Jewish Connectivity in a Changing World edited by Robert A. Kenedy, Uzi Rebhun & Carl S. Ehrlich (2022)
  • Jews at Work, edited by Barry Chiswick (2020)
  • Jewish Population and Identity edited by Sergio DellaPergola & Uzi Rebhun (2018)
  • JewAsian by Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt (2016)
  • South African Jews in Israel by Rebeca Raijman (2016)
  • Falafel Nation, Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel by Yael Raviv (2015)
  • Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel by Fran Markowitz, Stephen Sharot, Moshe Shokeid, and Alex Weingrod (2015)