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Study shows young adults
reverting back to Judaism
PHOENIX, Ariz. (JTA)—
Though less than half of American
Jewish families are intact today as
a unit, young Jewish adults are
reverting back to traditional
family structures, according to
Jewish sociologist Yehuda
Rosenman.
Rosenman, national director of
the American Jewish Committee’s
Jewish Family Center in New York
City, will release his full findings in
Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 26, as part
of the agency’s three-day western
regional conference.
In a preview description of his
findings, Rosenman said despite
the alarming breakdown of the
American Jewish family in the last
15 years, the crisis is turning
around. “At the moment, we
(American Jews) are not doing
very well,” he said, “but there is
light ahead of a short tunnel, not a
long one."
Rosenman’s team recently
interviewed some 1,200 American
Jewish college students on 14
campuses nationwide. “Ninety-
two percent of those interviewed
definitely planned to get married
and definitely planned to have
children,” Rosenman said. “Many
were absolutely opposed to having
one child.”
Rosenman blamed much of the
breakdown of the Jewish family on
outside influences: “First,
economic, educational and
emotional independence and
maturity of women. Second, the
continued diminution of Jewish
law and values on individual Jews.
Third, the impact of the sexual
revolution, of new values placing
the emphasis on the individual’s
happiness, pleasure and
fulfillment.”
But the same influences are
causing a return to Judaism,
Rosenman said. “After a short
odyssey into the ‘me’ experience,
Orthodox Union to sponsor
two Torah retreats in Israel
The Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America has
announced that it will sponsor two
Torah retreats in Israel this
summer, in cooperation with the
Mivtzah Etef (Project 1000) program
The retreats will be open to 20-
25 observant Jewish families in
each of twp locations, on a first-
come first-served basis. They will
include shiurim and classes for
both men and women, as well as
enrichment activities for older
children and baby-sitting for
youngsters.
The Orthodox Union program
will be devoted to Torah studies in
the morning, with a mini-Ulpan
each afternoon in conversational
Hebrew. In addition, the program
will feature a series of tours.
“Roots to Routes,” which will
attempt to explore the Jewish
identity in Eretz Yisrael.
Accommodations will be
available at the Jerusalem College
for Women (Michlala), and at the
Ohr Sameyach Yeshiva. Food will
not be provided in the Michlala
location.
In order to make the experience
as accessible as possible, the price
has been set at airfare plus $250 per
adult, and airfare plus $125 per
child under 12 at Michlala; and
airfare plus $570 and $285,
respectively, at Ohr Sameyach.
Not only will the retreat
programs be a rare opportunity for
families to enhance their Torah
knowledge, but will also serve to
give them a greater appreciation of
what it is like to live in Israel—
something which no stay at a “five-
star" hotel will ever provide.
For those desiring to be in Israel
in a less structured program, six
other options are available,
including working in hn
afforestation project, helping out
on a new settlement in Judea or
Samaria, assisting in one of the
Israel Defense Forces’ emergency
warehouses or living on a
moshav. All participants who are
observant will be placed together
in a single group to facilitate their
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Rosenman said Jewish
synagogues and organizations
have to stop molding their
membership and services for
couples. “We have to start thinking
about people,” he said.
Rosenman’s study shows that
unaffiliated young Jews return to
Judaism through the opportunity
for study and practical experience
with tradition.
“In the past,” he said, “most
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