Monthly Essay ·
Can American and Israeli Jews Stay Together as One People?
By Natan Sharansky, Gil TroyLong-festering strains between the world’s two largest communities jeopardize the prospects of a shared Jewish future. Here’s a way forward.
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Observation ·
The Obligations of Auschwitz
By Jonathan SilverMy grandfather, who survived five Nazi camps, built in their shadow a life that consisted above all of children and grandchildren. The same is demanded of us all.
Response ·
American Jewry Will No Longer Be the Center of the Jewish World
By Elliott AbramsIn the 20th century the American Jewish community was the world's largest and strongest, and helped establish and protect the Jewish state. The 21st century will be different.
Response ·
Israel: The Canvas on Which American Jews Project Their Hopes and Fears
By Jack WertheimerFrom the founding years to the recent years of strength, American Jews have always seen in Israel what they wanted to, not what was necessarily there.
Response ·
Unspoken Reasons for the American Jewish Distancing from Israel
By Martin KramerThere are more Israeli Jews than ever, so they need American Jews less. And they don't all look European, so American Jews might have trouble seeing them as "my people."
Observation ·
American Jewry’s Great Untapped Resource: Grandparents
By Jack WertheimerThey've got time, money, and love to spare, and there are more of them than ever. Why isn't the Jewish community enlisting their help?
Observation ·
Can Intermarriage Lead to an Increase in the Number of Jews in America?
By Steven M. CohenHopeful arguments to that effect have been proffered since the Pew survey two years ago. They're wrong.
Response ·
No Apology for Alarm
By Jack Wertheimer, Steven M. CohenAre there any data capable of persuading our critics that something is seriously amiss with American Jewry?
Response ·
The Ever-Renewing People
By Chip Edelsberg, Jason EdelsteinJewish life in America is actually flourishing, thanks in part to the energy of children of intermarriage.
Response ·
The (Un)Importance of Jewish Difference
By Riv-Ellen PrellYounger Jews have rejected the idea of ethnic solidarity, thus ensuring that the American Jewish future will look radically different from what has come before.
Response ·
Why Hillel Matters More Than Ever
By Daniel Smokler85% of young American Jews attend college. They need tending.
Monthly Essay ·
The Pew Survey Reanalyzed: More Bad News, but a Glimmer of Hope
By Jack Wertheimer, Steven M. CohenLast year’s survey of American Jews brought dire news—rising intermarriage, falling birthrates, dwindling congregations. Our reanalysis confirms the message, and complicates it.
