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Publication Date: January 1995
Publisher: Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry
Author(s): Jonathan S. Woocher
Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions
Keywords: American Jews; Volunteerism; Jewish organization
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
In Contemporary Jewry 16, 131-134. Elazar is correct in his call for a "recovenanting" in American Jewish life that can restore a sense of commitment and obligation among American Jews. However, even more than a return to belief, such a recovenanting might be propelled by the transformation of our institutions into more engaging and compelling Jewish communities wherein Jewish values are simultaneously learned and lived.