Steven Bayme is an essayist and author. Currently (1997) he is National Director of Jewish Communal Affairs at the American Jewish Committee

American Jewish Committee

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, and holds the rank of Adjunct Professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work

Wurzweiler School of Social Work

The Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University was founded in 1957. It is a methods-based institution offering concentrations in clinical casework, social group work, and community social work. Fieldwork is an integral part of the curriculum...

, Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University

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. Bayme is a graduate of the Maimonides School

Maimonides School

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 and of the College of Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...

 (1971).

Additionally, Bayme serves on the faculty of the Wexner Heritage Foundation, and has served frequently as a judge for the National Jewish Book Awards. The Jewish-American newspaper The Forward

The Forward

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has included him three times on its annual list of top 50 Jewish leaders who "make a difference."

Bayme earned a bachelor's degree in history from Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University

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 and a doctorate

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 in Jewish history from Columbia University

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. He has lectured throughout the United States

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 and has taught at Yeshiva University, Jewish Theological Seminary

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

The Jewish Theological Seminary of America is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism, and a major center for academic scholarship in Jewish studies.JTS operates five schools: Albert A...

, Hebrew Union College

Hebrew Union College

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 and Queens College. He is currently a visiting associate professor of history at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Works

• American Jewry and Judaism in the Twentieth Century, prepared by Steven Bayme & Gary Rubin (1980)

• Poor Among Us: Jewish Tradition and Social Policy, Steven Bayme (1986)

• Spotlight on the Family: Public Policy and Private Responsibility, Steven Bayme (1988)

• Facing the Future: Essays on Contemporary Jewish Life: In Memory of Yehuda Rosenman, ed. Steven Bayme (1989)

• Rebuilding the Nest: A New Commitment to the American Family, eds. David Blankenhorn
  David Blankenhorn
  David Blankenhorn is the founder and president of the Institute for American Values and the author of The Future of Marriage and Fatherless America.-Biography:...
  
  , Steven Bayme, & Jean Bethke Elshtain
  Jean Bethke Elshtain
  -Biography:She is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School, and is a contributing editor for The New Republic. She is, in addition, newly the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Chair in the Foundations of American Freedom at...
  
   (1990) ISBN 0-87304-242-5

• The Jewish Family and Jewish Continuity, by Steven Bayme & Gladys Rosen (1994) ISBN 0-88125-495-9

• Understanding Jewish History: Texts and Commentary, ed. Steven Bayme (1997) ISBN 0-88125-554-8

• Re-examining Intermarriage: Trends, Textures, and Strategies: Report of a New Study, Bruce A.Phillips, preface by Steven Bayme & David M. Gordis (1997)

• Jewish Arguments and Counter-Arguments: Essays and Addresses, by Steven Bayme (2002) ISBN 0-88125-738-9

• More available online: Steven Bayme on the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner.

External links

• Steven Bayme bio at the American Jewish Committee website by Steven Bayme