This just in from Hillel’s Shavua Tov:
Two new studies provide interesting insights about the lives of today’s Jewish teens. The new American Religious Identification Survey found that the number of Jews who define themselves as Jews by religion is going down, while the number who identify as Jews by ethnicity is staying the same. Meanwhile, a BBYO study of Jewish teens found that 67 percent would like to better connect with their religion but 48 percent of those claimed they did not know how, and 55 percent said they wanted a less conventional way to connect. These trends suggest that new modes of Jewish life are being developed – and we are proud to say that we are part of leading this project as we help Jewish college students imagine how they want to be Jewish, combining Jewish tradition with their values and ideas.
