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Conversations on Outreach

What could we do to substantially move the needle when it comes to combating assimilation?

Letters: Spring 2022

The Rewards of Aliyah In his letter (“Is Language a Barrier to Aliyah?” [winter 2021]), David Green discusses how his grandfather, who escaped Hitler’s Europe and settled in Brooklyn, experienced…

The View from Pew

With the release of Pew’s latest report some months ago, we asked some of the same contributors [from the 2013 report] to analyze the newest findings while reflecting back on…

The View from Pew: Where We Are

There has to be a concerted effort from our rabbis, lay leaders and the Orthodox media to impress upon our communities . . .  what a tragedy the Jewish nation…

The View from Pew: Where Do We Go from Here?

For the most part, a child raised in a healthy, happy home does not have a desire to go elsewhere.

Shtadlanim of the 20th Century

Today American Orthodox Jewry is vibrant, confident and politically savvy. But its current state is, in no small part, due to the efforts of a number of determined and fearless…

Keeping Shemitah in the Technological Age

There is some extraordinary agricultural technology being developed in Israel that is really impacting the observance of shemitah.

Bringing Teen Outreach to a Whole New Level

“We have an achrayut to be involved and engaged, not only to build up and continue to develop the community, but also to ensure that no one gets left behind.”