Dr. Ira M. Sheskin

Ira M. Sheskin, Ph.D., is the Director of the Jewish Demography Project of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami and, a Professor of Geography and Regional Studies at the same institution.

Dr. Sheskin has completed 42 major Jewish community studies for Jewish Federations throughout the country. In the past six years, he has completed studies for West Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, Detroit, Las Vegas, Middlesex County (NJ), San Antonio, Allentown (PA), Portland, Maine, and New Haven (CT).

He has also been a consultant to numerous synagogues, Jewish day schools, Jewish agencies and Jewish Community Centers throughout the country. In total, he has completed over 110 studies for over 80 Jewish organizations and commercial entities.

Dr. Sheskin was a member of the National Technical Advisory Committee of United Jewish Communities from 1988 to 2003. This committee completed both the 1990 and 2000-01 National Jewish Population Surveys. He also serves on the board of the North American Jewish Data Bank.

His publications include books entitled Survey Research for Geographers and How Jewish Communities Differ. He is the author of numerous articles on Jewish demography, including the annual article on Jewish demography which appeared in the American Jewish Year Book and is now published on www.jewishdatabank.org.


Dr. Ira M. Sheskin
Professor
University of Miami
Department of Geography and Regional Studies
217 Ferre Building
Coral Gables, FL 33124

Director
Jewish Demography Project
Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies
University of Miami

Graduate Program Director
Department of Geography and Regional Studies

Undergraduate Advisor
The George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies

Home Address
4133 Trenton Avenue
Cooper City, FL 33026

Contact Numbers
(305) 284-6693 (UM Office)
(954) 435-7070 (Home Office)
(954) 435-5566 (Fax)
(954) 558-2933 (Cell)
isheskin@miami.edu