Conference on Jewish Social Studies explained

The Conference on Jewish Social Studies was established in 1933 as the Conference on Jewish Relations by Salo W. Baron and Morris Raphael Cohen.^[1] Baron was chairman from 1933 till 1988.^[2] The immediate issue was facing rapidly spreading Nazi world propaganda with its fabrications and falsehoods. In addition, it aimed to get a fuller picture about Jewish population, economics, and various aspects of Jewish life.

In 1936, Albert Einstein presided over the conference.^[3]

Among the sponsored projects by the conference was the quarterly journal Jewish Social Studies, which began being published regularly from January 1939.^[4]

In 1955 the conference obtained its present title.^[5] It was active till 1988. Its journal continues and is currently published by Indiana University Press.^{[6] [7]})

Notes and References

1. Book: Konvitz, Milton R. . Nine American Jewish Thinkers . . 978-1-4128-2977-9 . 23.
2. Book: Edelheit, Abraham . History Of The Holocaust: A Handbook And Dictionary . 2018-10-08 . . 978-0-429-96228-8 . 361.
3. Book: Gallas, Elisabeth . A Mortuary of Books: The Rescue of Jewish Culture after the Holocaust . 2019-04-30 . . 978-1-4798-0987-5 . 76.
4. Web site: Conference on Jewish Social Studies . 2021-01-13. www.encyclopedia.com.
5. Book: Valman, Nadia . The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures . Roth . Laurence . 2017-07-14 . Routledge . 978-1-135-04854-9.
6. Web site: Jewish Social Studies . 2021-01-13 . lib.ugent.be.
7. Web site: Jewish Social Studies on JSTOR . 2021-01-03 . www.jstor.org.