Research Digest
CASJE Research Digest
CASJE’s Research Digest shares expert-curated summaries of key research studies relevant to American Jewry.
Jewish Organizational Leaders: Stay up to date on critical, timely research relevant to American Jews.
Researchers: Reach a wide audience of professional leaders seeking research-evidence to inform their decision-making. To have your research featured in our digest, email us at casje@gwu.edu and share a completed report or information about studies that are planned or in progress.
We welcome your ideas and suggestions for studies to be covered in our digest.
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Project Overview
This initiative builds on the success of CASJE’s 2024 pilot, which 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, the pilot highlighted the urgent need for accessible, analytically rigorous summaries of key research studies relevant to American Jewry. Thanks to 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.
Each issue of the CASJE Research Digest will feature 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.
CASJE Research Digest features three types of issues:
- Open Questions – synthesizes multiple studies around a central question chosen by CASJE
- Spotlight – offers an in-depth focus on a single study
- The Common Thread – summarizes studies on different topics, linked by a unifying theme
Our goal is to make the CASJE Research Digest an essential tool for leaders navigating a complex and evolving Jewish communal landscape.
Questions? Email us at casje@gwu.edu.
Jewish leaders and educators need to understand how our community is responding, feeling, and engaging in a post-October 7th world. Immediately after that day, many researchers launched studies, which are still underway, around these and other important areas of inquiry.
This digest will enable us to share findings quickly so we learn together, avoid duplication, and strengthen our communal knowledge. Funders and practitioners will better understand our community's needs, enabling all of us to elevate Jewish life and learning at this critical moment.
Barry Finestone
President and CEO of the Jim Joseph Foundation
CASJE Research Digest Contributors:
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
CASJE Research Digest - Issue #1
Campus Antisemitism: A Study of Campus Climate Before and After the Hamas Terrorist Attacks