Ideas

 To the Editor: Sue Fishkoff correctly reports that Reform leadership around the world has refrained from adopting patrilineal descent. However, Reform people (at least in the U.S.) have widely done so. As early as 1988, reporting on results from an AJC-sponsored survey of American Jews, I reported on the results to this question: Traditionally, membership […]

In a bid to boost federations’ fundraising, for Israel and other causes, Jewish communities must expend more energy, creativity and resources on providing meaningful Jewish learning for adults, writes the head of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies.