Will Our Grandchildren Be Jewish? No More Rhetoric!


 

Publication Date: January 1992

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Elliot Gershenson

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education

Keywords: Outreach; Jewish Identification; Assimilation

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The majority of Jews do not really care about being Jewish, and unless we take action now, thousands of Jewish children will be lost to Judaism. Two steps are suggested— provision of free Jewish day school education to every child and sending every teenager on a free, well organized program to Israel at least once. We have the money to take these steps, but do we have the needed vision and the courage?