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Research Spotlight
Michael Whitehead-Bust | February 2010
This project was initiated in the fall of 2009 by Rose Community Foundation to identify, evaluate and document recent research and study into Jewish teens and their involvement with Jewish and non-Jewish out-of-school activities. The purpose was to identify trends and patterns in motivations of Jewish youth in choosing to participate (or not) in different out-of-school activities. Declining participation rates in both formal and informal Jewish programming have been well documented nationally, and local programs have not been immune to this trend. Developing an understanding of common motivations and interests of Jewish teens will help local organizations serving Jewish youth adapt both programmatic and marketing strategies to be more responsive to the interests of local teens. The goal is that this research will guide philanthropists, Jewish institutions serving teens, program staff, and social innovators when they assess current programs and create new programs and marketing strategies.
Featured Publications
Furthering Pluralistic Jewish Education in Israel: An Evaluation of the Meitarim School Network
Ezra Kopelowitz, Stephen Markowitz | March 2010
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The Sisterhood
Rabbi Avi Weiss Backs Down From Ordaining Women
Debra Nussbaum Cohen | March 2010
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Presentation by Prof. Sarah Benor, followed by discussion, April 12, 2010
For engaged Jews today, particularly younger Jews, to what extent is Jewish Peoplehood an outmoded concept, increasingly challenged by contemporary notions of Jewish engagement?
Prof. Benor, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at HUC-JIR, LA, has written about American Jewish language, culture, and society. She has recently completed an ethnographic...
