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Uses of Local Jewish Community Study Data for Addressing National Concerns
This paper argues that local Jewish community studies have much to contribute, not only at the local level, but also to the national discussion of American Jewry. Local communities have invested significant resources executing local Jewish community studies because the results contribute much to the understanding of, and planning for, individual communities. In an era when no national study has been completed for more than a decade, researchers should make more use of the significant number of extant local Jewish community studies. Examples are provided of the utilization of local Jewish community study data in the examination of national issues
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The Jewish Vote
This is the slide presentation accompanying Prof. Ira M. Sheskin's presentation in June 2012 (updated in October 2012) to the American Jewish Press Association's annual conference. It covers: Size and Geographic Distribution of the US Jewish Population and Implications for the Jewish Vote, A Few Key Demographic Indicators, Political Party, Political Views, Voter Registration, Politically Active, Obama's Policies: Impact on Jewish Vote? Adapted from the source document
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How Jewish communities differ variations in the findings of local Jewish population studies
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"Urban Travel Demand, A Behavioral Analysis" by Thomas A. Domencich and Daniel McFadden (Book Review)
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The Evaluation and Application of Survey Research in the Arab World by Mark A. Tessler, Monte Palmer, Tawfic E. Farah, and Barbara Lethem Ibrahim (Book Review)
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The Dixie diaspora the "loss" of the small Southern Jewish community
Southeastern Geographer. Athens, GA Dixie Diaspora; an Anthology of Southern Jewish History. Edited by Mark K. Bauman. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 200
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