North American Jewish Data Bank
The North American Jewish Data Bank is a repository of social scientific studies of the Jews of North America.
Faith: Judaism
American Jewish Yearbook
The American Jewish Yearbook offers information and analysis about the American Jewish community, Jewish demography, Jewish history and Jewish life worldwide from 1899 to the present. It is produced annually by the American Jewish Committee. Data from 1899-2008 is available for free online. More recent editions are available for purchase.
Jewish Reconstructionist Movement
The Jewish Reconstructionist Movement, previously the Jewish Reconstructionalist Federation, contains hundreds of resources based on the values, beliefs and history of Reconstructionist Judaism. It is operated by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Council. Email through the Reconstructionist Judaism website.
Union of Orthodox Rabbis
The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, or the Agudath Harabonim, is an association of Haredi rabbis. It was once a part of the Orthodox Union but split away in 1901. The association does not have a website.
Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad-Lubavitch is one of the largest Hasidic groups within the Orthodox branch of Judaism. It is based in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, and its followers are students of a line of seven rabbis, the last of which was Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, who died in 1994. Outside of New York and Israel, Chabad […]
Robert Eisen
Robert Eisen is a religion professor at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and director of its Judaic studies program. He has served as a consultant on matters of religion and international conflict and is especially interested in bettering relations between the West and the Islamic world. Eisen helped arrange an unprecedented meeting in 2005 […]
“Jews and Muslims”
Read an article by Ira Rifkin posted on MyJewishLearning about the relationship between Jews and Muslims.
“Religious Groups’ Official Positions on Capital Punishment”
Read a roundup of the positions of various religious groups and denominations on capital punishment, posted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Malka Drucker
Rabbi Malka Drucker of Santa Fe, N.M., is the author of White Fire: A Portrait of Women Spiritual Leaders in America.