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• Fewer marriages and fewer children means fewer Jews doing Jewish

  June 20, 2017 11:42am

  (JTA) — On Jan. 16, 1949, Toby Fassman married Max Cohen (Steven M. Cohen’s parents, now both of blessed memory). At 24, Toby was among the last of her circle of friends in Brooklyn to marry, and several jokingly remarked that Max had rescued her from lifelong singlehood. Today, if a 24-year-old Jewish woman were…

• Bernie Sanders is simply better for America, for Israel and the world

  April 18, 2016 11:00am

  (JTA invited supporters of the five leading Republican and Democratic contenders for their parties’ presidential nomination to submit opinion pieces in support of their candidate. Other responses can be found here.) NEW YORK (JTA) — On Nov. 8, 2016, if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, I expect to be voting enthusiastically for Clinton for…

• Conservative Jewry’s numbers plummeting, but core engagement steady

  November 10, 2015 4:25pm

  Data suggests that while the overall number of Conservative Jews has declined, the level of engagement among those who remain is still strong, sociologist Steven M. Cohen writes.

• Op-Ed: For Reform Jews, some good news on engagement

  November 5, 2015 5:34pm

  The movement, which is holding its biennial this week, appears to have the human assets it will need to confront the challenges that lie ahead.

• Op-Ed: To fight BDS, focus on teens

  July 13, 2015 2:57pm

  For new initiatives to succeed at beating back the movement to boycott Israel, they must target not only college students but Jewish teenagers, write David Bryfman and Steven M. Cohen.

• Op-Ed: If you marry a Jew, you’re one of us

  April 2, 2015 3:53pm

  If you marry a Jew, you’re part of our community until proven otherwise, Steven M. Cohen and Joy Levitt write.

• Op-Ed: The shrinking Jewish Middle — and how to expand it

  November 10, 2014 11:31am

  If federations and other mainstream Jewish institutions are to survive, the population of Conservative and Reform Jews who are unambiguously attached to Jewish life must be nurtured and expanded, two researchers write.

• Op-Ed: Conversion shouldn’t be the only path to joining the Jewish people

  November 29, 2013 3:29pm

  Steven M. Cohen and Rabbi Kerry Olitzky outline their vision for a cultural pathway to join the Jewish people that does not require religious commitments.

• Stop sugarcoating intermarriage

  February 12, 2007 10:00am

  If the community rejects the wishful thinking and false optimism that has grown up around the intermarriage question, it can stop this grave threat, sociologist Steven M. Cohen writes.