American Jewish Data Bank
- 405 Babbidge Rd Unit 1205
- Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut
- 06269-1205
- Phone: (860) 486-2271
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Description
The North American Jewish Data Bank is the central repository of social scientific studies of North American Jewry. The Data Bank's primary functions are to (1) acquire, (2) archive, and (3) disseminate demographic and other quantitative studies of the North American Jewish population, both contemporary and historical, as well as to (4) encourage utilization of the Data Bank holdings. Our goal is to aid in the understanding of the Jewish community, and to improve the quality and usability of research conducted about North American Jewry. The NAJDB was established in 1986 by the Council of Jewish Federations (CJF), now United Jewish Communities, and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Development of the Data Bank arose from CJF's long-term involvement in demographic research and the interest by CUNY faculty in applied research concerning the Jewish community. CJF, the association of Jewish Federations in the United States and Canada, had sponsored the 1971 National Jewish Population Study. In addition, Federations in over 60 Jewish communities across North America conducted local demographic studies during the 1960s and 1970s. Population data acquired in these studies helped Federations better serve their constituencies and aided scholars of contemporary Jewry, journalists, religious leaders and others interested in the socio-demographics of North American Jewry. By the early 1980s, population research and other quantitative social research had...