About the Research
This paper, from CASJE Applied Research Fellow, Dr. Elana Riback Rand, examines how undergraduate students across 24 institutions of higher education, who identify as bridge-builders, define and understand bridge-building, what motivates them to engage in it, how they enact it in practice, and how their Jewish identities shape and emerge from this work.
This study was conducted as a researcher-practitioner partnership between The Bronfman Fellowship and Campus Commons and CASJE.
Companion Reflections from Campus Commons Bridge Builders
Beyond Ideology: Rooting Bridge-Building in Shared Humanity, Nina Feldman, August 2026
Cultivating a Community of Bridge-Builders, Gabriel Krause-Grosman, August 2026
Opinion Piece Published in eJewishPhilanthropy
The Power of Uncertainty, Elana Riback Rand, July 2026