Voices From the Desert: Concerns of Tuscon's Jewish Youth

Publication Date: January 1990

Publisher: Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.)

Author(s): Marilyn Goldman Haas; Betty J. Newlon

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Values; Global Responsibility; Demography

Type: Report

Coverage: Arizona

Abstract:

A study of the concerns of Jewish youth in Tucson revealed both an inner directedness, evident in their highest-ranked concern for "looks and appearance," and great concern for such global issues as the "homeless and hungry," “Soviet Jewry, " and "nuclear destruction." The percentages of youth indicating particular concerns increased with age, and girls indicated concerns with greater frequency than boys. To counteract destructive societal forces that affect the Jewish family, the Jewish community must address these special concerns of its youth.