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Most of Steven’s writings can be found in connection with these three publications:

Books

You Shall Not Stand Idly By: A Jewish Community Relations Workbook, 2004, American Jewish Committee, NY.

(Co-authored with Gerald Bubis) (2005)

(2014)

(2014)

(2021)

• America at 250: How Jews Reinvented Themselves and This Nation. As we observe this national celebration, we have a unique opportunity to unpack the many roles and contributions of America’s Jews.
• Why Here, Why Now: Unpacking the New Antisemitism
  In light of post-modernism, the rise of progress politics, the focus on intersectionality and critical race theory, what is happening to the politics on the left? With the presence on the political right of Christian Nationalism, populism, white extremism and replacement theory, what might we anticipate when confronting the growth of racist and antisemitic behavior in America?
• Jewish Political Behavior: The Mid-Terms and What This Election May Mean for America’s Jews and for our Democracy. As both the Israeli and American elections are taking place this fall, Steven Windmueller will be exploring what the outcomes from these political contests may mean for America, Israel and the Jewish community.
• Unchartered: 21st Century American Judaism, What’s New and What It May Mean. Based on this forthcoming new volume, co-edited by Dr. Windmueller, this presentation will examine the next stage in the American Jewish communal story, as we unpack in what ways this century will be reframing Jewish life, culture and community.
• A New Moment in Time: Zionism-Israel-American Jewry. Managing a new reality in the Israel-Diaspora story, what are the strategies, programs and structures required to help reposition this special connection between Israelis and America’s Jews?

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, International Relations, 1972

M.A., University of Cincinnati, Political Science, 1966

Dr. Steven Windmueller is an Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Studies at the Jack H. Skirball Campus of 91����-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Prior to coming to HUC, Dr. Windmueller had served on the staff of the American Jewish Committee (1969-1972), directed the Albany (NY) Jewish Federation (1973-1985), and the JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Committee) of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation (1985-1995).

During his tenure at the College, Dr. Windmueller served for ten years as the Director of its School of Jewish Nonprofit Management and in 2005 was named to the deanship of the LA campus (2006-2010). In 2009 he was named to an endowed chair and in 2014 was awarded an honorary doctorate by 91����.

The author of four books and numerous articles, Professor Windmueller holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.  His research has been primarily focused on Jewish communal trends, anti-Semitism, and Jewish political behavior. His articles have appeared in a number of secular and Jewish publications.

Currently, Dr. Windmueller is consulting with national agencies, federations, synagogues, and foundations in connection with his current studies on virtual and privatized Judaism, the impact of COVID, and the broader social, economic and political trends reshaping American Jewish life.

In 2014, he had occasion to teach in China offering lectures on American Jewry, Israel and Zionism at various universities in the Peoples Republic.

He recently served as guest editor for USC’s Casden Institute, producing The Impact of Donald Trump’s Presidency on American Jews and Israel, (2021) and is now focused on producing a volume analyzing 21st Century American Judaism and continues to write on Jewish political behavior for the Times of Israel and other publications in advance of the November 2024 elections.

Dr. Windmueller serves as a Fellow of the Jerusalem Institute of Public Affairs and as a Board Member of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State, Los Angeles. For the past eight years, he has been on the faculty of the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, teaching across the globe.