World renowned for its collection of Islamic art, the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait also houses an important collection of ancient art. Splendors of the Ancient East presents a selection of ancient artefacts from the al-Sabah Collection, most of them reproduced for the first time. This selection is united by the personal vision of Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah and his wife, Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah. This vision is informed by a love of the beauty of these objects and an interest in the material culture of this region, from which grew some of the distinctive forms and design vocabulary of Islamic art. Covering a time span of some 4,000 years, from the Bronze Age up to the dawn of the Islamic era, this book celebrates some of the beautiful objects created in the Near East and beyond including Central and South Asia.

A method for measuring migration and occupational mobility in the community.

Conservative Jewry in the United States: A Sociodemographic Profile is the third in a series of publications emanating from the North American Study of Conservative Synagogues and Their Members. The larger study included three freshly commissioned surveys of congregational practices and programs, the behavior and beliefs of members, and the attitudes and practices of recent bar and bat mitzvah celebrants. All three of these surveys were conducted in 1995-1996. In addition, two ethnographers each study a pair of Conservative synagogues to learn more about the cultures of congregations. From the Foreward by Jack Wertheimer.

An analysis of American Jewish mobility demonstrating high level patterns that affect the continuity of the national Jewish community. Based on data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the authors outline the numbers and distribution of mobility patterns, their impacts on regions and metropolitan areas, the socioeconomic factors involv