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CASJE 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.

CASJE’s Research Digest shares expert-curated summaries of key research studies relevant to American Jewry.

 


 

Download Past Issues of the Research Digest

 

Career Trajectories Study - Research Brief 2: Professional Development for Jewish Educators - Time to Tap Its Potential

This brief, the second in a series on CASJE’s On the Journey study, explores findings related to... Research Brief | #2 Career Trajectories of Jewish Educators in the United States | Professional Development for Jewish Educators: Time to Tap Its Potential

Career Trajectories Study - Research Brief 3: Workplace Environments - The Importance of Empowerment, Collegiality, Supervision, and Recognition

This brief, the third in a series on CASJE’s On the Journey study, explores findings related to how... Research Brief | #3 Career Trajectories of Jewish Educators in the United States |  Workplace Environments: The Importance of Empowerment, Collegiality, Supervision, and Recognition

Career Trajectories Study - Research Brief 4: Compensation - The Salaries and Benefits of Jewish Educators

This brief, based on data from CASJE’s On the Journey study, explores educator salary and benefits... Research Brief | #4 Career Trajectories of Jewish Educators in the United States | Compensation: The Salaries and Benefits of Jewish Educators

Career Trajectories Study - Analysis: Mapping the Market

Last in the Career Trajectories series, this report details what employers look for in educators... Research Report: Career Trajectories of Jewish Educators in the United States: Mapping the Market | An Analysis of the Preparation, Support, and Employment of Jewish Educators

Career Trajectories Study - Analysis: An Invitation to Action: Findings and Implications

In this concluding report, we weave together and draw on the learnings produced to address the... screenshot of report cover: Analysis | Career Trajectories of Jewish Educators in the United States |  An Invitation to Action Findings and Implications across the Career Trajectories of Jewish Educators Study

No Going Back to the Future: The Marketplace for Jewish Educators 18 Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic

Researchers returned to initially surveyed individuals to explore how the prolonged effects of... screenshot of working paper cover: "No Going Back to the Future: The Marketplace for Jewish Educators 18 Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic | FUNDED BY JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION (GRANT #18-55, 19-S03) WILLIAM DAVIDSON FOUNDATION (GRANT #1709-01132) PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: DR. MICHAEL J. FEUER PREPARED BY ROSOV CONSULTING"

 

 


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

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)



 

 

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