The Jewish Communities of the World - Institute of Jewish Affairs/World Jewish Congress - Edited by Antony Lerman.
The Jewish Communities of the World
The Definitive Reference Work on Global Jewish Life and Culture Across Nearly One Hundred Nations
The Definitive Reference Work on Global Jewish Life and Culture Across Nearly One Hundred Nations
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Jewish Communities of the World
- Author / Editor: Antony Lerman (Compiled by the Institute of Jewish Affairs in association with the World Jewish Congress)
- Publisher: André Deutsch Ltd, London
- Publication Date: 1 January 1971
- ISBN-10: 0233961445
- ISBN-13: 9780233961446
- Edition Details: Third Revised Edition. Standard Hardcover Release.
- Binding: Original publisher’s premium cloth-covered boards, spine elegantly lettered, housed in the original illustrated dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 127 pages. Formatted as an expansive global demographic directory.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Cloth Boards: The cloth-covered boards are in magnificent, well-preserved architectural condition, remaining exceptionally flat, square, and rigid. The spine remains completely flawless, unbroken, uncreased, and entirely free of structural lean.
- Interior: The internal text block is completely tight, firm, and robustly bound. Every individual page is clean, immaculate, crisp, and bright white. Entirely free of highlighting, user margin annotations, library stamps, or previous owner signatures.
- Preservation: Beautifully protected and presented in an archival-grade, removable cellophane cover to insulate the binding from dust and handling wear.
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The Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Condition: A highly collectible, vibrant original jacket showing only the most microscopic, superficial hints of storage shelf-wear along the upper edges. It is completely unclipped, rich in tone, and entirely free of prominent sun-fading, large chips, or deep tape repairs.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1971 by André Deutsch, this Third Revised Edition of The Jewish Communities of the World stands as a vital milestone sociological directory and an authoritative demographic snapshot of the global Jewish diaspora during a critical juncture of the late twentieth century.
Published in 1971 by André Deutsch, this Third Revised Edition of The Jewish Communities of the World stands as a vital milestone sociological directory and an authoritative demographic snapshot of the global Jewish diaspora during a critical juncture of the late twentieth century.
Meticulously compiled from the extensive archives of the Institute of Jewish Affairs and information drawn from the global World Jewish Congress network, the reference work maps out detailed profiles of Jewish life across 98 national communities. The volume provides invaluable structural insights into each nation's community composition, legal and political status, and organizational networks. It systematically charts the post-war landscape of international Jewry, examining religious infrastructure, educational institutions, press publications, cultural activities, and communal welfare bodies. Melding highly precise institutional research with an accessible presentation of data, this scarce first printing serves as an investment-grade cornerstone acquisition for serious collectors of modern demographic history, global sociology, international affairs, and critical twentieth-century Judaica reference literature.
Author Profile: Antony Lerman & The Institute of Jewish Affairs
Antony Lerman is a highly distinguished British researcher, author, and specialist in modern Jewish history, international relations, and human rights who served as the prominent director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs (IJA) and later founded the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR). The Institute of Jewish Affairs, working in close corporate coordination with the World Jewish Congress (WJC), functioned as the leading research body tracking the rebuilding of European Jewish communities, assisting Holocaust survivors, and documenting global demographic movements in the post-war era, ensuring that vital institutional data was accurately preserved for future academic evaluation.
Antony Lerman is a highly distinguished British researcher, author, and specialist in modern Jewish history, international relations, and human rights who served as the prominent director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs (IJA) and later founded the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR). The Institute of Jewish Affairs, working in close corporate coordination with the World Jewish Congress (WJC), functioned as the leading research body tracking the rebuilding of European Jewish communities, assisting Holocaust survivors, and documenting global demographic movements in the post-war era, ensuring that vital institutional data was accurately preserved for future academic evaluation.
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