Contemporary Jewry

Aims & Scope

Contemporary Jewry serves as the single source for the social scientific consideration of world Jewry, its institutions, trends, character, and concerns.

In its pages can be found work by leading scholars and important new researchers from North America, Europe, Australasia and Israel.

While much relevant scholarship about Jewry is published in general social science journals, as well as more narrowly focused periodicals, no single scholarly journal focuses primarily on the social scientific study of Jewry.

Over 500 articles have been published in Contemporary Jewry since its inception.

Each issue includes original research articles across a variety of social-science disciplines, including anthropology, demography, economics, education, ethnography, social history, politics, population, social psychology, and sociology.

We are open to submissions of shorter research notes, and, on occasion, will publish important work that had originally appeared in Hebrew or other languages.

Special issues have focused on such topics as the National Jewish Population Survey, Jewish community surveys, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Women in the Holocaust, economic frameworks for understanding Jewry, and Jewry in Israel.

Individual articles have treated a range of topics, from Jewish identity in Syria and the Ukraine to New Zealand and Israel; from an analysis of rabbis’ salaries to a historical study of Jewish women physicians in Central Europe; from survey research to ethnography to historical analysis.

Each year Contemporary Jewry includes the Marshall Sklare Award lecture, delivered at the Association of Jewish Studies conference in co-sponsorship with the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, the founding association of the journal, by distinguished scholars chosen to receive the award because of their contributions to the field of the social scientific study of Jewry.

The distinguished editorial board reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of the journal.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Migration Patterns to and from Israel

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Yinon

• Refraiming the study of contemporary American Jewish Identity

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Bethamie

• National Jewish population survey 2000–01: A guide for the perplexed

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Charles, Benjamin T., Leonard

• Trends in American Jewish Attachment to Israel: An Assessment of the “Distancing” Hypothesis

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Theodore, Charles, Leonard

• Estimating and Understanding the Jewish Population in the United States: A Program of Research

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Leonard, Elizabeth

• How Many Jews in the United States? The Demographic Perspective

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Sergio

• Thinking About Distancing from Israel

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Steven M., Ari Y.

• The Relationship of Jewish Community Contexts and Jewish Identity: A 22-Community Study

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Harriet, Ira M.

• Connections and journeys: Shifting identities among American jews

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Bethamie

• Actual, Intended, and Appropriate Family Size Among Jews in Israel

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Sergio