Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) is a cross-disciplinary organization of individuals whose research concerns the Jewish people throughout the world founded in 1971.

Purpose
The ASSJ comprises primarily academics, but also policy analysts, communal professionals, and activists whose research concerns the Jewish people throughout the world. Social scientific disciplines represented include sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, demography, contemporary history, social work, political science, economics, and Jewish education. Members work throughout the world but primarily in North America, Israel, and Europe.

The ASSJ encourages and facilitates contact among researchers, supports the dissemination of research, and assists in the cultivation of younger scholars.

Past presidents

 * Mervin F. Verbit (1971-1973)
 * Marshall Sklare (1973-1975)
 * Samuel Klausner (1975-1977)
 * Celia Heller (1977-1979)
 * Chaim Waxman (1979-1981)
 * Harold Himmelfarb (1981-1983)
 * Egon Mayer (1983-1988)
 * Rela Mintz Geffen (1988-1990)
 * Arnold Dashefsky (1990-1996)
 * Allen Glicksman (1996-2000)
 * Sherry Israel (2000-2005)
 * Harriet Hartman (2005-2012)
 * Steven M. Cohen (2012-2016)
 * Leonard Saxe (2016-2020)
 * Judit Bokser Liwerant (2020-)

Past vice presidents

 * Harriet Hartman
 * Shaul Kelner (2005-2008)
 * Sylvia Barack Fishman (2008-2012)
 * Sergio DellaPergola (2012-2016)
 * Sarah Benor (2016-2018)
 * Judit Bokser Liwerant (2018-2020)
 * Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz (2020-)

Past treasurers

 * Carmel Chiswick
 * Gail Glicksman
 * Bruce Phillips (2012-2015)
 * Leonard Saxe (2015-2016)
 * Matthew Boxer (2016-2021)

Past secretaries

 * Uzi Rebhun
 * Benjamin Phillips (2008-2010)
 * Theodore Sasson (2010-2012)
 * Matthew Boxer (2012-2016)
 * Jennifer Thompson (2016-2020)
 * Bruce Phillips (2020-)

Past at-large members of the board

 * Tobin Belzer
 * Lila Corwin Berman
 * Mijal Bitton
 * Paul Burstein
 * Barry Chiswick
 * Steven M. Cohen
 * Arnold Dashefsky
 * Bethamie Horowitz
 * Ari Kelman
 * Ariela Keysar
 * Helen Kim
 * Moshe Kornfeld
 * Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz
 * Shawn Landres
 * Lilach Lev Ari
 * Laura Limonic
 * Keren McGinity
 * Bruce Phillips
 * Riv-Ellen Prell
 * Uzi Rebhun
 * Sherry Rosen
 * Leonard Saxe
 * Randal Schnoor
 * Ira Sheskin
 * Jennifer Thompson

Past student representatives to the board

 * Mijal Bitton
 * Matthew Boxer
 * Shaul Kelner
 * Moshe Kornfeld
 * Meredith Woocher
 * Amir Segal

Publication
The organization publishes a journal, Contemporary Jewry, several times a year with research articles that draw on a range of social scientific fields and methodologies.

The Marshall Sklare Award
The Marshall Sklare Award is an annual honor of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ). The ASSJ seeks to recognize "a senior scholar who has made a significant scholarly contribution to the social scientific study of Jewry." In most cases, the recipient has given a scholarly address. In recent years, the honored scholar has presented the address at the annual meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies. The award is named after sociologist Marshall Sklare.