Steven Windmueller

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Steven Windmueller is an American scholar and Jewish communal professional. He is a professor emeritus at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, CA where he teaches courses on contemporary political issues and American Jewish affairs. [1] He is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, [2] and a board member of the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles [3] [4]

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Windmueller is an author in the field of Jewish political studies, having written more than 100 articles, books and essays on such topics as anti-Semitism, American Jewish political behavior, Jewish institutional trends, Jewish power and the Middle East. [5] He is a contributing author to eJewish Philanthropy, [6] the Jewish Week [7] and the Jewish Journal, [8] and has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, [9] the Jewish Daily Forward, [10] CNN, PBS and NBC.

Career

Windmueller received a doctorate in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973, and then launched his professional career on staff of the American Jewish Committee. He served twelve years as the executive director of the Jewish Federation in Albany, New York (1973-1985), and ten years as the executive director of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation's Community Relations Committee (1985-1995). [11] In 1995, he joined the faculty of the Hebrew Union College. He would direct its School of Jewish Communal Service (now the School of Jewish Nonprofit Management) from 1995-2005, before becoming dean of the Los Angeles campus in 2006, a position he held until 2010. [1] In 2009, HUC President David Ellenson appointed Windmueller to the Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Chair in Jewish Communal Service, one of only twelve endowed HUC faculty positions. [12]

During his career, he has consulted with government officials and political candidates; has represented the Jewish community on various international missions; and has contributed a number of articles and essays to the growing field of Jewish political studies. [13]

In 1999, Windmueller received a grant from the John Randolph Haynes Foundation to undertake the first major study of Jewish-Latino relations in Los Angeles. [13] Key elements of this research have appeared in various publications, including the book California Jews (Brandeis, 2003). [13] His Pew-funded [14] research on the major national Jewish community relations agencies appeared in a 2002 publication, Jewish Polity and American Civil Society: Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Square (Rowman and Littlefield), [15] and in 2004, he produced a textbook on the practice of Jewish community relations, titled You Shall Not Stand Idly By (American Jewish Committee). [13] [16] In December 2003, Windmueller released several studies on Jewish voting patterns, including the article Are American Jews Becoming Republican? Insights into Jewish Political Behavior, [17] which was published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. [13] In early 2005, Windmueller collaborated with Professor Gerald Bubis in producing the first study on the formation of the UJC (United Jewish Communities), titled Predictability to Chaos?? How American Jewish Leaders Reinvented their National Jewish Communal System. [13] His work in 2007 on The Second American Jewish Revolution has appeared in several different publications; [18] this research was followed by a 2008 article called A Jewish Perspective on the Global Economic Revolution, [19] which was published by the University of Southern California's Casden Institute, in its Annual Review (Volume 6). [13] That same year, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs released his study on Jewish Communities of the West. [13] [20] In May 2014, he released his book The Quest for Power: A Study in Jewish Political Behavior and Practice, which explores the political culture of Judaism from biblical times to the contemporary era. [21] A few years ago, Windmueller launched The Wind Report, [22] an interactive website and online repository for his extensive writings on Jewish public affairs and global social trends.

Selected publications and edited works

Books

Other publications

Personal life

Windmueller is married to Michelle Pearlman Windmueller. [30]

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  2. ↑ "Key People". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
  3. ↑ Daily, The Chautauquan (June 29, 2014). "Windmueller to lead EJLCC programs".
  4. ↑ "Lakewood Woman Shares Christmas Traditions". post-journal.com.
  5. ↑ "Publications". Windreport.
  6. ↑ "Search Results for "Steven Windmueller"". eJewish Philanthropy.
  7. ↑ "Steven Windmueller's blog | the Jewish Week". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  8. ↑ "The Wind Report | Jewish Journal". Archived from the original on 2012-01-08.
  9. ↑ "Jews, Latinos Uncovering Their Heritage". Los Angeles Times. January 27, 2006.
  10. ↑ "Search". The Forward.
  11. ↑ "About". Windreport.
  12. ↑ "Dr. Steven F. Windmueller Presented with the Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Chair in Jewish Communal Service". Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "The Pew "Portrait of American Jews": Findings and Implications". Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.
  15. ↑ "Cjcs.net". www.cjcs.net.
  16. ↑ "Steven Windmueller's new book, "You Shall Not Stand Idly By"". Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.
  17. ↑ "Are American Jews Becoming Republican? Insights into Jewish Political Behavior". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
  18. ↑ "Jcsana.org" (PDF). www.jcsana.org.
  19. ↑ "The Wind Report.com » A Jewish Perspective on the Global Economic Revolution in a Post-Holocaust World". Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  20. ↑ "The Jewish Communities of the Western United States". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
  21. 1 2 "Announcing Dr. Steven Windmueller's Newest Publication: "The Quest for Power: A Study in Jewish Political Behavior and Practice"". Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.
  22. ↑ "Home". Windreport.
  23. ↑ http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=7oJILSPwFfJSG&b=8479733&ct=12481453 [ dead link ]
  24. ↑ "From Predictability to Chaos? How Jewish Leaders Reinvented Their National Communal System by Gerald B. Bubis & Steven Windmueller". www.jcpa.org.
  25. ↑ "Newly Released – In This Time and In This Place: American Jewry 3.0". eJewish Philanthropy. January 22, 2014.
  26. ↑ "The Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  27. ↑ Zuckerman, Bruce (2008). The Impact of the Holocaust in America. ISBN   9781557535344.
  28. ↑ "H-California: Reviews | H-Net". networks.h-net.org.
  29. ↑ "Jewish-Latino Interactions in the United States". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
  30. ↑ "Meet Steven Windmueller". Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management. Los Angeles: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
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