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S. Although this concern has remained, nowadays, the agenda of such agencies features a wider range of issues, especially the relationship between the American Jewish community and Israel, as well as that with other Jewish communities all over the world (Chanes: Advocacy Organizations). The Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) and the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) are national bodies dealing with Jewish education (Ibid.: Educational and Cultural Organizations).
Social services have always been one of the strengths of the American Jewish community. Central to the Jewish community, the first federation was established in 1895 and functioned thanks to its volunteers who managed to link philanthropic institutions and Jewish social services in a very efficient fund-raising effort. The growth of the community also brought about the development of the federations which have achieved considerable power and influence within the Jewish community. Today, federations around the country raise more than $700 million per year. National agencies, Jewish boards of education and so on also benefit from this money and they are requested not to engage in any independent fund-raising activities.
Understanding America is directly linked to understanding its mosaic of ethnic, religious and racial groups living and working together. One of the most important groups is the Jewish community which has made enormous contributions to the development and evolution of...
As shown in a 2000 survey on the twelve ethnic-religious groups, Jews ranked second only to settlers from England as far as their positive contribution to making America (Smith: 2). The particularity of the Jewish community is the result of the interaction between the informal environment, i.e. family, and the formal, i.e. The rabbi and synagogue, as well as the community's tie to Israel, and its educational, political and social values.
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2006 Annual Survey of Jewish-American Opinion. American Jewish Community. http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=846741&ct=3152877
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Religious Affiliations 2000. Association of Religion Data Archives. http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/US_2000.asp
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