The ''American Jewish Year Book'' (AJYB) has been published since 1899. Publication was initiated by the

Jewish Publication Society The Jewish Publication Society (JPS), originally known as the Jewish Publication Society of America, is the oldest nonprofit, nondenominational publisher of Jewish works in English. Founded in Philadelphia in 1888, by reform Rabbi Joseph Krausko ...

(JPS). In 1908, the

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(AJC) assumed responsibility for compilation and editing while JPS remained the publisher. From 1950 through 1993, the two organizations were co-publishers, and from 1994 to 2008 AJC became the sole publisher. From 2012 to the present, Springer has published the ''Year Book'' as an academic publication. The book is published in cooperation with th
Berman Jewish DataBank
and th
Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

History

The ''American Jewish Year Book'' is "The Annual Record of American Jewish Civilization." The ''Year Book'' is a major resource for academic researchers, as well as researchers and practitioners at Jewish institutions and organizations, the media (both Jewish and secular), educated leaders and lay persons, and libraries,s. For decades, the ''American Jewish Year Book'' has been an important place for leading academics to publish long review chapters on topics of interest to the North American Jewish community. Jonathan D. Sarna, and Jonathan J. Golden, "The Twentieth Century Through American Jewish Eyes: A History of the" American Jewish Year Book", 1899-1999." ''The American Jewish Year Book'' 100 (2000): 3-102
online
/ref> Previous editors included:

Cyrus Adler Cyrus Adler (September 13, 1863 – April 7, 1940) was an American educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar. Early years Adler was born to merchant and planter Samuel Adler and Sarah Sulzberger in Van Buren, Arkansas on September 13, 186 ...

, Maurice Basseches,

Herman Bernstein Herman Bernstein ( yi, הערמאַן בערנשטײן, September 21, 1876 – August 31, 1935) was an American journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, Jewish activist, and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Albania and ...

, Morris Fine,

Herbert Friedenwald Herbert Friedenwald (September 20, 1870 – April 28, 1944) was a Jewish-American librarian and historian. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Friedenw ...

, H.G. Friedman, Lawrence Grossman, Milton Himmelfarb,

Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was an Australian folklorist, translator, literary critic, social scientist, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. Jacobs ...

, Martha Jelenko, Julius B. Maller, Samson D. Oppenheim,

Harry Schneiderman Harry Schneiderman (January 23, 1885 – September 1, 1975) was a Polish-born Jewish-American communal administrator and editor. Life Schneiderman was born on January 23, 1885, in Sawin, Poland, the son of Samuel Schneiderman and Deborah Rothman ...

, Ruth R. Seldin, David Singer, Jacob Sloan,

Maurice Spector Maurice Spector (March 19, 1898 – August 1, 1968) was a Canadian politician who served as the chairman of the Communist Party of Canada and the editor of its newspaper, '' The Worker'', for much of the 1920s. He was an early follower of Leon Tro ...

, and

Henrietta Szold Henrietta Szold ( , ; December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was a U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine d ...

. Publication of the ''American Jewish Year Book'' by the AJC ceased with the 2008 volume, a victim of both the economic slowdown of 2008 and changes in the publishing industry. The ''American Jewish Year Book'' started publishing again in 2012, in both hard copy and on the Internet, as a

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publication. Monetary and institutional support are being provided by the Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, i ...

, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...

, the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami, the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut, and the Mandell L. "Bill" and Madeleine Berman Foundation. The new ''Year Book'' is edited by

Arnold Dashefsky Arnold Dashefsky, born in 1942, is a professor at the University of Connecticut who has written several books on the topics relating to Jewish ethnicity, culture, ideologies, among others. Dashefsky is currently director of the North American J ...

of the University of Connecticut and Ira Sheskin of the University of Miami.

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