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המכון ליהדות זמננו - האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Structure and Activity Spring 2003 אביב תשס”ג. W hat is the Avraham Harman I nstitute of C ontemporary J ewry ?.
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המכון ליהדות זמננו - האוניברסיטה העברית בירושליםHarman Institute of Contemporary JewryThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem Structure and Activity Spring 2003 אביב תשס”ג
Whatis the Avraham HarmanInstituteof ContemporaryJewry? • ICJ was founded in 1959 by Prof. Moshe Davis • as a HU graduate and research center • devoted to multi-disciplinary study • of Jewish communities the world over • and their cultural and social phenomena • in the 20th and 21st century.
Structure of the ICJ reflects multi-faceted goals and activities
Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies Jewish Themes in Contemporary Literature Jewish Demography and Statistics Sociological and Political Study of Contemporary Jewry Thematic Divisions
Jews in North America Jews in Latin America, Spain and Portugal Jews in Asia and Africa Jews in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Jewish Communities in the British Commonwealth Regional Divisions
ICJ special collectionssupport research activities • Oral History Division collection of taped interviews • Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive • Jewish Demography Documentation Center • Bibliography of ICJ publications
ICJ Center for Computerized Research Servicesimplements and supports computer activities at the Institute • Computerization of ICJ collections catalogs • Computerized access to publications of the Institute and its researchers • Website generation and maintenance • Instruction in uses of computers in CJ research • PC support
ICJ Annuals and Journals • Studies in Contemporary Jewry (English annual) • Yahadut Zemanenu (Hebrew annual with Haifa University) • Jewish Population Studies • Jews in Eastern Europe
We hope you have enjoyed this brief look at ICJ and its activities (http://icj.huji.ac.il/ And will visit our site frequently virtually at http://icj.huji.ac.il/ and in person THE END