A Study of the Effects of Intensive Jewish Secondary Education on Adult Jewish Lifestyles: Secondary School Graduates, Philadelphia, PA, 1976-77

Publication Date: January 1977

Publisher: Jewish Education Service of North America

Author(s): Sol Ribner

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education

Keywords: Day schools; Identity Formation; Youth Engagement; Jewish Continuity

Type: Report

Coverage: Pennsylvania

Abstract:

This study attempts to determine the effects of an intensive Jewish secondary school education on later adult Jewish lifestyles as reflected in behavior, attitudes and values, based on a survey of Jews in Philadelphia, PA, one group of which graduated from Jewish day school, and one group of which had not. The author asserts that this study indicated that the groups differed not only in behavior, attitudes and values, but also in their perceptions of themselves as Jews.