Research Digest

The goal of the CASJE Research Digest is to help Jewish leaders and practitioners navigate a complex and evolving Jewish communal landscape.

Each issue of the CASJE Research Digest features timely, expert-curated summaries of both peer-reviewed research and high-quality grey literature. However, we’re not just sharing findings; our goal is to foster critical engagement with data by providing thoughtful analysis of research methods, interpretations, and real-world applications.

This initiative emerged in response to a significant rise in research studies following the October 7 Hamas attacks against Israel. With support from the Jim Joseph Foundation and a new two-year commitment from The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation, CASJE is proud to bring the digest to the field on a regular basis, continuing CASJE’s mission to make high-quality research more accessible and impactful for Jewish communal professionals, organizational leaders, and philanthropists.

Dr. Ariela Keysar – Visiting Scholar, Greenberg Center, Trinity College, Hartford

Dr. Michelle Shain – Director of Research at the Jewish Nonprofit Planning and Research Institute

Dr. Ayal Feinberg – Associate Professor of Political Science and Antisemitism Studies and Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies & Human Rights at Gratz College

Dr. Laura Limonic – Associate Professor of Sociology at the College of Old Westbury of the State University of New York

Dr. Graham Wright – Associate research scientist at the Steinhardt Social Research Institute and the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, and an associate research professor at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University

Nicole Samuel – Associate research scientist at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University

Dr. Ted Sasson – Professor of Jewish Studies at Middlebury College

Dr. David Marker – Marker Consulting, LLC

Dr. Daniel Osborn –  Executive Director of Project Mosaics and Adjunct Professor at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University 

Dr. Emily Sigalow - Vice President, Data and Insights Department at UJA-Federation of New York

Dr. Matt Boxer - Assistant Research Professor at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University

Dr. Sharon Avni - Professor of Academic Literacy and Linguistics at BMCC at the City University of New York (CUNY)