The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies has released Beyond 10 days: Parents, Gender, Marriage, and the Long-term Impact of Birthright Israel their latest report from the Jewish Futures Project, a flagship longitudinal study of thousands of Birthright Israel applicants. The findings confirm earlier reports about Birthright’s impact on shaping the Jewish trajectories of a generation of Jewish young adults. The report provides details about … [Read more...] about Beyond 10 days: Parents, Gender, Marriage, and the Long-term Impact of Birthright Israel
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Jewish Leadership at Hornstein
By Joseph Reimer What is Jewish leadership? And if it’s a thing, can you learn it? At the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program’s recent orientation for new students, I was asked to imagine that a prospective applicant to Hornstein came to see me and asked these questions: “I am already working in the Jewish community. Why wouldn’t I continue working my way up the ranks? Or if I need to boost my skills or knowledge, why … [Read more...] about Jewish Leadership at Hornstein
New Report: Rabbinic Officiation and Intermarriage
[The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies (Brandeis U.) has released "Under the Chuppah: Rabbinic Officiation and Intermarriage." This study, part of a program of research designed to understand the trajectory of engagement with Jewish identities of the millennial generation, evolved from the Center's long-standing collaboration with Birthright Israel.] High rates of intermarriage have prompted intense public debates regarding officiation by … [Read more...] about New Report: Rabbinic Officiation and Intermarriage
From Anti-Zionism to Anti-Semitism: An Educators Conference
By Rachel Fish, PhD. When Rachel Beyda, an undergraduate economics major at the University of California, Los Angeles, was nominated for the Judicial Board, she did not anticipate being castigated by her peers for her Jewish identity and affiliations with Jewish campus organizations, such as Hillel and her sorority. Never could Beyda have imagined that, in the year 2015, her ability to remain unbiased so as to address sensitive governance … [Read more...] about From Anti-Zionism to Anti-Semitism: An Educators Conference
The Future of the Jews: the Video
The Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University recently hosted “The Future of the Jews” - a round-table discussion that followed up on the publication of “Strategic Directions for Jewish Life: A Call to Action.” Even if you missed the program, now you can hear Professors Sylvia Barack Fishman, Jonathan D. Sarna and others, speak on this timely topic. As an aside, over the years several eJP contributors, and … [Read more...] about The Future of the Jews: the Video
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