I spent the night in a bomb shelter with my kids from This link opens in a new window Fire erupts at an energy facility in Ashkelon, Israel, after it was hit by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, May 12, 2021. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Last night was the second time that I hugged my children in a bomb shelter.
The first time was on Nov. 12, 2019. That day, I heard a siren indicating that rockets were headed to my new home in the city of Modiin, having just moved to Israel in 2018. I picked up my kids early from school and brought them to a play date at a friend’s house. I wasn’t sure what the protocol or etiquette was for a situation like this.
âJewish Americans in 2020,â Pewâs first deep dive into Jewish life in the U.S. since 2013, paints a picture of a population that is diverse politically and religiously, but for whom, overall, âbeing Jewishâ remains important.
Pewâs newest survey of Jewish Americans was conducted from November 2019 through June 2020, with most of the work completed prior to the pandemic. Its methodology differed from the 2013 survey in that it was conducted online and by mail rather than by phone.
While the 2020 study shows few significant changes in statistics from 2013, it does âclarifyâ some trends, said Alan Cooperman, director of religion research at Pew Research Center, in a call with media last week.
A new, detailed survey of American Jews from the Pew Research Center shows a deepening divide between the Orthodox and the less observant, a rising number of Black, Hispanic and Asian Jews, more intermarriage and growing concern about antisemitism.
The increasingly stark religious and political differences between the Orthodox and other Jews is likely to be one of the most studied findings of the 248-page “American Jews in 2020,” which was released today. It lends credence to a worry common among religious and secular Jewish leaders that the community is splitting into two groups increasingly focused on what separates rather than what unites them.The study found that 17% of Jews 18 to 29 identify as Orthodox, compared to just 3% of those over 65. Roughly 30% of young Jews identify as Reform and another 41% with no particular branch of Judaism.
Everspring and Yeshiva University Expand Fully Digital Experience to MBA Program
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Everspring Inc., a leading provider of education technology and services to universities seeking to build or expand their online capabilities, announced today it has significantly expanded its relationship with Yeshiva University to include the Sy Syms School of Business. The expansion includes taking the highly respected Sy Syms MBA program fully digital.
Sy Syms is the fourth school at Yeshiva to entrust its digital presence to Everspring. The other partner schools include the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and the Katz School of Science and Health.