The American Jewish Committee and the Hebrew University have launched a joint research project on the attitudes of Israel’s youth toward their Jewishness and toward Jews outside Israel, it was announced by the American Jewish Committee tonight at a reception for Eliahu Elatb, president of the Hebrew University.
The three-year research-action study will examine a broad sample of youthful Israelis, aged 18-25, both in and out of school. It will seek to learn in a systematic manner how they see their relationship with Jews in other countries, what “being Jewish” means to them, what the bases are of their Jewish identification and of such attachment as they feel for Jews elsewhere, and how they view the role in Israel of Jewish life.
Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., chairman of the Israel Committee of the American Jewish Committee, said that this is the first study of its kind in Israel and is one of the first major research programs initiated by the Committee’s recently established Israel office. Mr. Tannenwald, a New York attorney, was former Special Assistant to the Secretary of State.
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