Raising Jewish Children: Research and Indications for Intervention

• Introduction
• Family, Engagement, and Jewish Continuity among American Jews
  • Abstract
  • American Jewish Families Today
  • Jews – once again – are “like others only more so”
    • Data and Sub-Sample
  • Findings
    • Fewer Young Jews are Married
    • Fewer Young Jews are Married to Jews
    • Fewer Young Jews are Raising Children as Jews-by-Religion
  • Family Configurations
    • Who is More Likely to Marry Jews and Raise Jewish-by-Religion Children?
  • Family Influence on Jewish Engagement
    • Marital Status and Jewish Identity
    • The Powerful Impact of Jewish children
    • Marriage and Children Work Together
  • Policy Implications
    • Communal Implications of Reduced Marriage and Fertility
    • Supporting Jewish education and Jewish Social Networks
  • Endnotes
• Learning Jewishness, Jewish Education and Jewish Identity
  • Executive Summary and Policy Directions
    • Introduction
    • Points for Policy Consideration
  • Summary of Findings and Analysis
    • The Importance of Social Networks
    • The Importance of Cumulative Educational Programs
    • The Most Important Point of Intervention Is the Teenage Years
    • The Second Most Important Point of Intervention Is Emerging Adulthood (the post-college years)
    • Jewish Education For Mixed Social Networks
    • The Special Needs of Jewishly “Impoverished” Families
    • Research Gaps on Critical Issues
  • Suggested Policy Directions
  • Introduction to Full Article
  • The Importance of Social Networks
    • Individual Identity and Values Influenced by Surrounding Social Contexts
    • The Family is a Primary Social Circle Shaping Jewish Identity
  • Jewish education and the Jewish life cycle
    • Early Childhood
    • Elementary School and Middle School
    • Adolescence and Post Bar/Bat Mitzvah – The Most Critical Years
    • College Years: Jewish Studies, Birthright Israel, and Beyond
    • “Emerging Adulthood” – the Second Most Important Point of Intervention
    • Adult Education and Jewish Journeys Across the Adult Life Cycle
  • Need for New Research on Jewish Education
    • Life Journeys
    • Family Environments
    • Social Networks
    • Post-denominationalism
    • Meaning, Not Survival
    • Research on effective curricula
  • Conclusion: Reflections on Jewish education and Jewish identity
  • Endnotes