Carmel U. Chiswick Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at
Chicago Phone: (312) 996-8721 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-mail cchis@uic.edu
Economics of Judaism: Non-Academic Resume
Scholar Programs and Adult Education:
Synagogue Programs
Beth Hillel Congregation B'nai Emunah, Wilmette IL, January-February 2009,
"Judaism in a Time-Scarce Environment" (with Barry R. Chiswick).
Beth Hillel Congregation B'nai Emunah, Wilmette IL, January 2009,
"The Buck Starts Here: What's Ahead for Businsess & the Economy in the U.S. and Israel"
(with Joseph Weber).
Beth Hillel Congregation B'nai Emunah, Wilmette IL, June 2005.
"Identifying Jewish Intermarriages: A Statistician's Approach."
Beth Hillel Congregation (Family Retreat), Camp Chi, Wisconsin, May 2004.
"Choices We Make as American Jews: An Economist's Perspective"
West Suburban Temple Har Zion (Wolke Lecture), River Forest IL, March 2003.
"Choices We Make as American Jews: An Economist’s Perspective"
Congregation Kol Emeth, Skokie, IL, February 2003. "Counting Jews: The
Controversy over the National Jewish Population Survey 2000"
Congregation B'nai Tikvah (scholar-in-residence), Deerfield, IL, November
1993. "Economics and the American Jewish Community"
Dawn Schuman Institute for Jewish Learning (adult education classes)
Congregation Kol Emeth, Skokie IL, Spring, 2000 Changing Patterns of Contemporary
Jewish Life in the New Millenium
Congregation Ezras Israel, Fall 1998. The Price of Being Jewish: American
Judaism from an Economic Perspective
Beth Hillel Congregation, Spring 1997. Dollars and Sense: An Economist's
Guide to Jewish Practice in America.
Other Adult Education Programs
Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs Midwest Region Retreat, Lake Geneva, WI,
December 2008.
"Focus on American Jewry." The Buck Starts Here: Economic Issues Impacting our
Country and Our Men's Clubs (with Joseph Weber).
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (Nishma: A Day of Learning
on Judaism and Social Justice), Chicago IL, November 2004.
Jews as an American Immigrant Group -- or Not
Paideia (The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden), March 2003
The
Economics of Judaism
Madison Lehrhaus, Madison, WI, Oct. 1997. An Economist’s Perspective
on Modern Jewish Identity and Behavior
Jewish Communal Institutions
The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, Jerusalem, Israel,
August 5, 2009.
"Economics of American Judaism" (with Barry R. Chiswick)
Midwestern Hillels Lay Leadership Institute 2005, Evanston, IL
March 6, 2005.
"The Changing Demographics of Jewish College Students"
The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, Jerusalem, Israel,
December 29, 2004.
"Economics, Religion, and the Market for Ideas: Innovation and
Tradition in Judaism."
American Jewish Committee, Midwest Region, February 2003, Winter 1999,
and November 1998.
"Issues Related to NJPS 2000-2001"
"Scarce Assets/Urgent Needs" (lecture series with Barry R. Chiswick)
"The Next Jewish Population Survey: What Now?"
Solomon Schechter Day School, Northbrook, IL, January 2001, 2003, and
2005.
"American Jewry After 350 Years - A Socioeconomic Stocktaking"
(Torathon '05)
"The 2000-2001 Survey of American Jewry" (Torathon ’03)
"The Economics of American Judaism" (Torathon ’00)
United Jewish Communities General Assembly 2000, Chicago, November 2000.
"Israel and American Jewry…An Economic Perspective"
WZO Joint Authority for Jewish Zionist Education (Israeli representatives
to American Jewish communities) May 1996.
"Economics of American Judaism"
Meetings of Jewish Organizations
North Shore Hadassah Youth Aliyah Luncheon, October 2000. "Economics of
Judaism"
Na’amat/Ilana Chapter, Skokie IL, April 2000; and March 1997
"The Jewish Census"
"An Economic View of Changing Zionism"
Labor Zionist Alliance/Tavor Chapter, Skokie IL, December 1999.
"Stand Up and Be Counted…What the Forward Won’t Tell You About the
National Jewish Population Survey"
Labor Zionist Alliance Midwest Seminar, Lincolnwood IL, October 1999.
"Labor Zionism in a Developed Israeli Economy" (with Barry R. Chiswick)
National Council of Jewish Women, S. Cook Chapter, February 1999
"Judaism in America and Israel: An Economist’s Perspective"
Congregation Beth Hillel Chavurah, April 1999.
"Judaism in America and Israel: An Economist’s Perspective"
Amit Women "Mother in Israel" luncheon, February 1993
"Economics of Jewish Life Styles: Men, Women, and the Community"
Other Speaking Engagements
Kvutzat Yovel, Migdal HaEmek, Israel, August 2003.
"Counting Diaspora Jewry: Recent Survey Issues"
Kvutzat Yovel, Jerusalem, Israel, August 2001.
"Economics of Judaism in Israel and the United States"
Judges Lunch Group, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, September 2000.
"Economics of Religion"
Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group, UIC Hillel, November 2002.
"Women and the Economics of Judaism: The Choices We Make"
UIC Hillel, February 2003.
"Israel: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times"
UIC Campus Forum, January 2001.
"Religious Studies in a Secular University"
UIC Hillel (3rd Tuesday Faculty Lunches), September 1998.
"Jewish Marriage and Continuity: An Economist’s Perspective"
Women and Religion panel discussion, UIC Campus Programs, October
1998.
"Women and Judaism"
Expanding Horizons, Bernard Horowich JCC, Chicago, August 1998
"The Jewish Immigrant Experience: An Economist’s View"
Hillel Faculty Luncheon Program, University of Chicago, November 1997.
"The Economics of Judaism in America"
Interview on Morning Edition, National Public Radio, October 10,
2001.