Template:Organized Jewish Life in the United States/doc

Purpose
Articles that have this template installed populate. This template focuses on how American Jews engage with the Jewish community in the United States and how they "do Jewish".

Given the sheer numbers of Jewish organizations in the United States, this template is not intended as a replacement to, or competitor with, the AJYB. (See AJYB Archives for more information.), but is instead more focused on major entities with which American Jews are likely to interact.

The template is designed as an aid to those seeking to understand the spectrum of major Jewish entities in the United States and the ways they are interconnected. As an interpretive guide, the template is not merely a rote listing, but offers nuance and an inherent sense of relative status among the entities. This can take into account:
 * year of establishment, particularly in the United States
 * membership/readership/audience numbers, both historical and current
 * impact, both as measured by scholars and in popular thought and press
 * similar roots among entities
 * status of parent/umbrella/other interconnected bodies
 * geographic links.