http://hdl.handle.net/10192/22946 http://hdl.handle.net/10192/23380 Generation Birthright Israel: The Impact of an Israel Experience on Jewish Identity and Choices Saxe, Leonard Phillips, Benjamin Sasson, Theodore Hecht, Shahar Shain, Michelle Wright, Graham Kadushin, Charles This report finds that a 10-day educational program in Israel continues to build Jewish identity years after the participants have returned. This study examines early participants (comparing them to similar peers who applied to the program but did not go) and their decisions and attitudes regarding marriage, community, and connection to Israel. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:30:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10192/23360 Future of the Synagogue Sales, Amy L. This article imagines possibilities for the future of the synagogue by examining the forces currently pushing on the institution. As part of the nonprofit sector, the synagogue is subject to the same trends affecting all nonprofit agencies. As a congregation, it is affected by the weakened Judaic knowledge, values, and belief of the rising generation.The successful synagogue of the future will understand these forces and respond proactively. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10192/23340 The New Realism: American Jews' Views about Israel Sasson, Theodore Once an occasion for solidarity, consensus-building, and collective action, Israel advocacy as practiced by American Jewish organizations has become increasingly pluralistic, partisan, and contentious. But what of the Jewish grass roots? Do the divergent viewpoints that increasingly separate Israel advocates also divide the rank-and-file? Fri, 29 May 2009 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10192/23260 How hard is it to be a Jew on college campuses? Kadushin, Charles Tighe, Elizabeth Despite the academic successes of Jewish students on college campuses in the United States, challenges remain, particularly in terms of social involvement and ability to practice religion, much like the challenges that face students who are members of other ethnic and religious minorities. In this paper we examine data from 1,087 Jewish students at eight elite colleges and universities in the United States. The greater the percentage of Jewish students on campus and, individually, the more Jewish students feel connected to other students, including Jewish friends, the more at ease they feel. Those more engaged in Jewish religious practices experience greater difficulty, especially if there are no kosher dining facilities on campus. Both the “invisible hand” of social structure and the practical matters of Jewish observance affect Jewish students’ personal sense of ease. Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:58:59 GMT