Gauge and Engage: Adapting Adult Jewish Education


 

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education

Author(s): Eli Gewirtz

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education

Keywords: Adult education; Informal Jewish education; Generational issues; Jewish Organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author discusses the unique perspectives and needs of Generations X and Y (ages 25 - 35), whose members tend to distrust authority and organized religion, value individualism, insist on gender and socio-economic equality, and expect material to be free and flexible to their needs. He discusses how Jewish organizations ought to adapt so that these generations will become connected not only to Jewish knowledge but to Jewish communities.

In Jewish Education News, Spring 2005.