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Design institutions to meet, not accommodate, Jews where they’re at

JL;DR SUMMARY Drawing on her research for the "On the Edge" study, Ilana M. Horwitz argues that Jewish institutions must evolve beyond their current frameworks to better serve economically vulnerable community members. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationJewish StudiesJewish InstitutionsCommunity EngagementInclusivityJewish ParticipationCommunal LifeEconomic VulnerabilitySocioeconomic StatusLife Course

Places mentioned

United States
"After conducting the largest study of economic vulnerability among American Jews to date, funded by the Weinberg Foundation, the finding that has stayed with me most is not a statistic but a pattern: People who were once deeply connected to Jewish communal life have fallen out of sync with it not because they stopped caring, but because the institutions were designed for lives that do not match the ones they are living."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"Ilana M. Horwitz is the Fields-Rayant Chair in Contemporary Jewish Life at Tulane University, where she is an assistant professor of Jewish studies and sociology."
Israel
"He participated in USY and traveled to Israel."

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