Jewish Education as Communal Activity: Patterns of Enrollment in Three Growth Communities

Publication Date: January 1987

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Bruce Phillips; Michael Zeldin

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Academic Research; Jewish Education; Religious Denominations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The implications of this research are three-fold: first, there are important subpopulations that we do not reach and that we tend to forget about when charting the course of Jewish education. Second, this research challenges the prevalent assumptions among communal planners that Reform Jewish schools contribute less to Jewish schooling and thus deserve less support. Finally, it suggests that the discourse of Jewish education should be expanded.