Religion 214: The Jews In America

Review Sheet

Terms, Names and Ideas

Jacob Schiff
Halakhah
Anti-Defamation League
Isaac Meyer Wise
Henry Ford
United Jewish Communities
Sephardi Period
Mordecai Manual Noah
German Period
yekke
Eastern Immigration Period
shul
Forverts
Lower East Side
landsmanschaften
dumbbell tenement
Louis B. Mayer
Louis Brandeis
Modern Period
Mohel
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
Mikveh
Reform
Conservative
Orthodox
Reconstructionist

Ideas

American Jewish demography
What is the difference between Sephardi and Ashkenazi?
Jewish Labor movement
Assimilation strategies
Jewish philanthropy -- Federation structure
Jewish socialization patterns
Jewish education
Political issues, domestic and national
yiddishkeit

Sample essay: Provide a general demographic overview of contemporary American Judaism. Describe the traditional demographic features of the Jews, as well as the special demographic factors needed for describing an American ethnic/religious group.