Being Religious Is Only One Way To Identify As A Jew
Marion L. Usher Special To The Jewish Week A response to the Pew 2013 Survey of U.S. Jews A few weeks ago, my husband passed me the New York Times and said, "You should definitely read this article on...
View ArticleA Rabbi Sees Silver Lining In Study’s Findings
Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan Special To The Jewish Week So, young Jews don’t want to affiliate? Wonderful! Such a statement in response to the recent Pew Research Center survey, coming from a rabbi no less,...
View ArticleInclusion: The Last Word On Pew Study
I’m torn, really. On the one hand, I really do not want to jump on the Pew Study response bandwagon. If I even the mention the study at this point I run the risk of losing a dozen readers right away....
View ArticleSynagogue Members Give The Most Charity
Steve Lipman Staff Writer New study suggests benefits in widening the pool for charitable donations. American Jews who are members of synagogues are more likely to give to both Jewish and non-Jewish...
View ArticleContinuity: Why Should We Care?
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher Pew revealed a community in crisis -- let's not waste it. There is an important debate taking place now about how to respond to the dramatic increase in...
View ArticleA Crisis Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
Quote Source: Continuity: Why Should We Care?"Punk Torah, farming and online apps are effective for some but lack a guiding vision of educational aims."
View ArticleWhat Might An Israeli Pew Study Have Concluded?
Gilbert N. Kahn Special To The Jewish Week In his article in the current issue of Commentary Magazine, Daniel Gordis of the Shalem College in Jerusalem continues a theme he developed in the winter...
View ArticleLessons From The Jewish GDP
Jeffrey R. Solomon Special To The Jewish Week Mark Pearlman, professor Edieal Pinker and The Jewish Week deserve credit for pursuing the data that tells the financial story of the Jewish nonprofit...
View ArticlePush To Muslims Could Face Headwinds
Steve Lipman Staff Writer In wake of Pew study, outreach effort seen as ‘the great challenge of the 21st century.’ With the Muslim population of America more than doubling in the last seven years,...
View ArticleIran Deal Driving Jews Farther Apart
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher As Israel and U.S. interests diverge, so too do the ties that bind Jewish community together. One of the lessons learned from the intense debate over the Iran...
View ArticleModern Orthodoxy Has Its Costs – Not Just Financial
Elli Fischer Special To The Jewish Week When cost of living pushes $300,000, what else is sacrificed? American Modern Orthodoxy is an elitist phenomenon. According to the well-known 2013 Pew study, it...
View ArticleMajor Pew Survey Charts ‘Two Planes of Existence’
Robert Goldblum Managing Editor Poll finds American Orthodox increasingly aligned with Israelis on hot-button issues; Israeli society losing its religious middle. To say that deep fissures cut through...
View ArticleMikvah Bill At Center Of Religious Equality
Dov S. Zakheim and Steven Bayme Keynoting a 1999 conference of Modern Orthodox Jews, a prominent Israeli Orthodox rabbi began his remarks by stating “God forbid that we should have a halachic state.”...
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