Survey: Israelis in the U.S. become more like American Jews
Jewish Journal
December 3, 2013
The longer Israelis live in the United States, the less critical of Israel they are likely to be, a new survey suggests.
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Crisis and opportunity — Reflections on the Pew report
Jewish Journal
October 10, 2013
Full disclosure: I have been thinking about the results of the Pew report for more than a decade. I understand that Pew didn’t release its results until last week, but these statistics and trends have been obvious to some in the Jewish community for a very long time.
‘Gravity’ and the Pew study
Rob Eshman
October 9, 2013
I have one big answer to the depressing findings of the Pew poll, but you’re not going to like it. The Pew Research Center’s landmark new survey of American Jews came out last week, and the American Jewish community reacted about the way Sandra Bullock does when her tether snaps in “Gravity.” Except our “Oy vey!” probably could have been heard in space.
Can common sense save Judaism?
David Suissa
October 9, 2013
It’s funny how the American Jewish community has a way of getting all breathless and excited when a new study comes out, as is happening right now with the new Pew survey.
How to inspire a Jewish future in America
Jewish Journal
October 8, 2013
Last week, the Pew Research Center released the first national demographic study of Jewish Americans in more than a decade. Like all such studies, there are disagreements at the edges about the accuracy of some of the results, but the study’s most significant findings have been generally accepted.
Engagement trends are negative, but Jewish funders see validation in Pew study
Jewish Journal
October 7, 2013
If you’re pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Jewish identity building, what do you do when a survey comes along showing that the number of U.S. Jews engaging with Jewish life and religion is plummeting?
Reform leader Rick Jacobs slams Israeli gov’t discrimination against non-Orthodox
Jewish Journal
November 14, 2012
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said American Jews should no longer acquiesce to Israeli state-sanctioned discrimination against women and non-Orthodox Jews.
Rabbi Gary Greenebaum takes national leadership position; Survival of Jews in Iran is a paradox, pan
Jewish Journal
October 26, 2006
Rabbi Gary Greenebaum takes national leadership position; Survival of Jews in Iran is a paradox, panel shows.\n
From Agony to Acceptance — Documentary Delves Into Intermarriage
Tom Tugend
September 7, 2006
\”Out of Faith\” will screen at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 12, at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, to be followed by a discussion between the audience and the filmmakers. When Holocaust survivor Leah Welbel learns that her American granddaughter is about to marry a Christian, she cries out, \”When this happened in my old hometown, my family used to sit shiva. Here they expect me to open my arms. I can\’t do it.\”
Orthodoxy Has Chance to Reshape Role
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
December 8, 2005
Jewish community. With courage and vision, we need to act on this opportunity by understanding the important changes that have occurred over the last decades and rethinking the way we engage the broader Jewish community.
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