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Publication Date: January 2002
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Sharon M. Ravitch
Research Area: Culture and religion; Education
Keywords: Jewish Education; Jewish Identification; Jewish Continuity
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Despite differences in ideology and school structure across synagogue schools in the United States, there is widespread consensus that post B'nai Mitzvah dropout is an epidemic that threatens the future of American Jewry as current studies document. American Jews are at an historical moment in addressing serious and ongoing assimilation into mainstream American society. However, despite serious concern and widespread attention in this area, there seem to be many more questions than answers about how to remedy the current situation.