Pew Study: A Portrait of Jewish Americans

Please join us for an analysis of the survey of the American Jewish community put out by the Pew Research Center. This survey has set off a fire-storm of discussion, controversy and introspection. What will become of the American Jewish Community? What can be done? 

We'll explore the implications of this work with Professor Steven M. Cohen, consultant on the study and social scientist with academic appointments at NYU, Hebrew University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Taking a hard look at the numbers and some of their more troubling implications will help us begin a dialogue about Judaism's role in our lives and our role in the Jewish community.

This event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Rabbi Daniel S. Wolk Scholar-in-Residence Fund.

Professor Steven M. Cohen is the Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner and a Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy at HUC-JIR. He has taught at The Hebrew University, having previously taught at Queens College, Yale, and Jewish Theological Seminary. He has written hundreds of scholarly articles and policy-related reports, as well as a dozen books, including The Jew Within and Two Worlds of Judaism: The Israeli and American Experience. He was the lead researcher on the Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 and a consultant to the recently conducted Pew study of American Jews. Cohen received an honorary doctorate from the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, the Marshall Sklare Award, and a National Jewish Book Award.

Please RSVP to Jane at jdubro@congregationemanuel.org or call 914-967-4382 x21