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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.
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On the Journey: Concepts That Support a Study of the Professional Trajectories of Jewish Educators
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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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