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BEING A JEWISH TEENAGER IN AMERICA: TRYING TO MAKE IT
By Charles Kadushin, Shaul Kelner, and Leonard Saxe

www.cmjs.org//files/JAS.pdf
Large scale study on the attitudes and behavior of contemporary young Jews, and how they view themselves both as Jews and as teenagers in the American environment.

“EIGHT UP” THE COLLEGE YEARS: THE JEWISH ENGAGEMENT OF YOUNG ADULTS RAISED IN CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUES,

1995-2003
By Ariela Keysar and Barry A. Kosmin

www.jtsa.edu/research/pubs/fourup/eight_up.pdf
Follow up on “Four Up: The High School Years” study with same group of students, after having the opportunity to live away from home, independent of parental influence and expectations.

ENGAGING AND RETAINING JEWISH YOUTH BEYOND BAR AND BAT MITZVAH: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY
By Sharon Ravitch
Research study to determine the needs and interest of teens in Jewish education beyond their Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Implications for educators are included in the study. This study is also available for purchase as a booklet from our Publications area.

EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF INFORMAL JEWISH EDUCATION
Sh'ma Magazine, May 2001

www.shma.com/May01/index.htm
Special issue of Sh'ma magazine which focuses on informal Jewish education, with information on Jewish identity, gender issues, and professionalizing the field of informal Jewish education.

“FOUR UP” THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS: THE JEWISH IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE B'NAI MITZVAH CLASS OF 5755, 1995-1999
By Ariela Keysar and Barry A. Kosmin

www.jtsa.edu/research/pubs/fourup/four_up.pdf
Study on teens who are educated by the Conservative movement, tracking religious, social and cultural attitudes and behavior of nearly fifteen hundred adolescents four years after they celebrated their b'nai mitzvah.

THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD JEWISH EDUCATION ON ADULTS' JEWISH IDENTITY: SCHOOLING, ISRAEL TRAVEL, CAMPING AND YOUTH GROUPS
United Jewish Communities

www.ujc.org/getfile.asp?id=5401
Study to determine if Jewish education make a difference in the identity of adults ages 20, 30 and 40 and beyond and specifically what kinds of Jewish education exerts what sorts of influence and of what magnitude.

ISRAEL IN THE AGE OF EMINEM
By Frank Luntz

www.takeactionnow.org/pn/docs/israeleminem.pdf
Report on the key findings about young Jews' reactions to many organizational messages about Israel. Information on how to better appeal to this target group in terms of message, messenger and mechanism.

MORALLY CHALLENGING TEENS

MOTIVATING UNDER-ENGAGED JEWISH TEENS TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED
By Barbara Bix and Melissa Josephson Edwards

http://209.35.238.38/enews/enewsd.asp?aid=116
Step by step guide to marketing a Jewish youth program to under-engaged teens. Discusses needs assessment, engagement strategies and evaluation techniques.

NEW APPROACHES TO TEEN ISSUES
Agenda: Jewish Education, Summer 2000

http://archive.jesna.org//pdfs/agenda_13.pdf
Special issue of JESNA's Agenda: Jewish Education which focusing entirely on Jewish teens and the community initiatives which will engage and serve their needs. Articles include collaboration and inter-agency planning for teen programming, making the most of volunteerism, and understanding the adolescent.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF INFORMAL JEWISH EDUCATION
By Barry Chazan

www.infed.org/informaljewisheducation/informal_jewish_education.htm
Exploration of the meaning of informal Jewish education and an examination of its significance for contemporary Jewish life. Author argues that informal Jewish education is not confined to a place or a methodology but rather is a well-defined philosophy of how people should be educated, what the goals of Jewish education are, and what its contents should be.

THE POTENTIAL OF ROLE-MODEL EDUCATION
By Daniel Rose

www.infed.org/biblio/role_model_education.htm
Examination of the role and potential of the educator as a role-model within both formal and informal Jewish education.

WHAT IS INFORMAL JEWISH EDUCATION?
By Joe Reimer

www.brandeis.edu/ije/pubs/papers/WhatisIJE.pdf
Article which provides a number of critical success factors and considers the main challenges facing the field.

Contact Information
Please feel free to contact Josh Yarden, the ACAJE Consultant for Adolescent Education at