Being Jewish as a Leisure-Time Activity

Publication Date: June 1999

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Jeffrey L. Rouss

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Continuity; Jewish Organizations; Jewish Identification

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

If being Jewish is now a choice, rather than a part of what we have to do, it makes sense to look at it as a leisure-time activity. Jewish Community Centers have the special potential to turn leisure time into an opportunity for Jewish identity formation and Jewish community building. To do so, they must stop being fixed organizations and take risks in search of new ideas.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.75 no.4, Summer 1999.