It is a Tree of Life for Those that Hold Fast to It

Publication Date: January 1999

Publisher: Jewish Education Service of North America

Author(s): Jessica R. Kurtz

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Adult education; Jewish Outreach; Reform Judaism; Orthodox Judaism

Type: Other

Abstract:

The author describes her experience as a baalat teshuvah, a Jew who was raised nonobservant and has become observant as an adult. She first became engaged actively in Judaism through the Reform movement and later became Orthodox. The author describes some of the work being done by religious outreach organizations, and discusses specific aspects of their work which she feels make their adult education programs successful.

In Agenda: Jewish Education, ed. By Arthur Vernon, no. 12, Summer 1999, p. 26-30