Podcast: Jack Wertheimer on the New American Judaism – Part III
September 11, 2019 | By: Jack Wertheimer
Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Throughout our podcast series with eminent Jewish historian Jack Wertheimer, we have spoken about a Judaism of “peak moments.” This is the kind of Judaism most American Jews practice; connecting to their faith at […]
Read MorePodcast: Jack Wertheimer on the New American Judaism – Part II
August 21, 2019 | By: Jack Wertheimer
Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. For much of the 20th century, the major denominations—Conservative, Reform, Orthodox—loomed large over institutional Jewish life in America. But in 2019, the Jewish scene looks different; the movements hold less purchase on Jewish life […]
Read MorePodcast: Jack Wertheimer on the New American Judaism – Part I
August 7, 2019 | By: Jack Wertheimer
Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. 21st-century America has seen religious faith buffeted by cultural change, social upheaval, and serious intellectual and moral challenges. American Judaism has not been immune from this broader trend, and Jews across—and outside—the denominational spectrum […]
Read MoreJews and the Jewish Birthrate
September 20, 2016 | By: Jack Wertheimer
American Jews are facing a demographic crisis. An aging population, low fertility rate, and high rate of intermarriage combine to reveal an exceptionally weak desire to raise up a new generation of Jewish Americans. In this 2005 Commentary article, sociologist Jack Wertheimer explores and explains this phenomenon and asks whether there is anything that can […]
Read MoreA Jewish Contract with America
June 24, 2016 | By: Jack Wertheimer
In the 1990’s, as the Republican Party swept into a House majority with their own “Contract with America,” Jack Wertheimer took to Commentary to look at the Jewish equivalent: the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council’s Joint Program Plan. An umbrella organization that sought to speak on behalf of the whole Jewish community, the NJCRAC’s Domestic Agenda […]
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