DIGITAL LIBRARY
CJPE's Digital Library includes articles and other writings about Jewish peoplehood covering diverse areas of Jewish life. Search the library using the search menu below.

Nurturing Peoplehood Education in the 21st Century Calls for an Educational Revolution
Dr. Shlomi Ravid, Lisa Grant
The current challenge of Jewish Peoplehood is both conceptual and pedagogic.
Conceptually speaking for almost two thousand years Jewish Peoplehood was the only
framework that defined Jews and in which they were allowed to express themselves
as a collective.
What is Jewish Peoplehood? And is it the Right Question?
From Defining Peoplehood to Creating Peoplehood Capital
Dr. Shlomi Ravid
Peoplehood is a complex and not fully understood phenomenon. Furthermore,
those who feel a deep sense of responsibility to their people and are
concerned with the weakening of the sense of belonging, believe that if we are to work
for strengthening and teaching Peoplehood we need to at least understand and define
what it means.
The Hertog Study (Chabad on Campus)
Mark I. Rosen, Professor Steven M. Cohen, Arielle Levites, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz
This study, commissioned and funded by the Hertog Foundation, and conducted by a team of academic researchers, was undertaken to learn about Chabad on Campus International, an organization that seeks to enhance Jewish identity and practice among Jewish college students at almost 200 American college campuses.
Culture as an engine for reinvigorating
Jewish Peoplehood
Dr. Shlomi Ravid
Jewish culture and the arts play multiple roles in both the process of interpreting what Jewish peoplehood can mean and the challenge of nurturing a Jewish collective consciousness. It is about the shaping of the what of peoplehood and about the how of nurturing it.
Next Generation Advocacy
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Daniel Chesir-Taran
In order to understand how organizations might best craft initiatives that most effectively target, recruit, train and retain leader advocates, the study surveyed participants and interviewed professionals and mentors involved in some key Israel advocacy organizations.
Assessing the Impact of Senior Jewish Educators and Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative Interns on the Jewish Engagement of College Students (2008-2009)
Professor Steven M. Cohen, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Jack Ukeles, Dr. Minna Wolf
One of the most exciting and welcome developments in Jewish life in North America at the beginning of the 21st century is the growth of extraordinary partnerships between energetic Jewish social entrepreneurs and innovative Jewish funders.
Assessing the Impact of Senior Jewish Educators and Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative Interns on the Jewish Engagement of College Students (2008-2010)
Professor Steven M. Cohen, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Jack Ukeles, Dr. Minna Wolf
Through exposure to opportunities for Jewish involvement, including learning opportunities, this approach posits that young Jews will have “meaningful Jewish experiences” which will deepen their engagement with being Jewish and help them to advance on their individual Jewish journeys.
The challenges of peoplehood 4.0
Dr. Shlomi Ravid
Rather than build Peoplehood on the connection to Israel, it should begin with Peoplehood as the foundation for the Jewish local communal enterprise (it did work for 1800 years). The challenge is to develop our collective consciousness as a Jewish sensibility.
Assessing the Impact of Senior Jewish Educators and Campus Entrepreneurs
Professor Steven M. Cohen, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Jack Ukeles, Dr. Minna Wolf
Through the use of Senior Jewish Educators and Campus Entrepreneur Initiative interns, the innovation seeks to engage students outside the traditional Hillel venues and outside the profile of those students typically reached by Hillel, as well as those students who have had Jewish experiences in their past but are not currently engaged in Jewish life.
Mixed Heritage Couples: Becoming Active Participants in Jewish Life
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Jake Gillis
Embark is a cohort-based initiative that empowers mixed-heritage and interfaith couples to explore and integrate Jewish life in ways that feel authentic and meaningful. The 2024 evaluation assesses Embark’s impact, demonstrating its success in supporting participants' transition from passive observers to active participants in Jewish life.
One2One 2023/24: Grappling with the Fallout from October 7th
Dr. Hadar Franco Galor
One2One recruits Jewish teens from Israel, North America and other countries, who are paired and provided with a platform that enables them to meet one another for one-on-one conversations in English. With just five meetings these teens from different countries, who did not know each other, report new friendships and a positive contribution to their conversational English.
Assessing the Impact of Senior Jewish Educators and Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative Interns on the Jewish Engagement of College Students (2009-2010)
Professor Steven M. Cohen, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Jack Ukeles, Dr. Minna Wolf
Through the use of Senior Jewish Educators, and Campus Entrepreneur Initiative interns, the innovation seeks to engage students outside the traditional Hillel venues and outside the profile of those students typically reached by Hillel, as well as those students who have had Jewish experiences in their past but are not currently engaged in Jewish life.
How to Determine a "Successful Jewish Education" for Secular Jews in Israeli Mamlachti Schools
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Meir Yoffee, Barak Weiss
This paper represents the first stage of a two stage project for creating “educational measures”
that will enable conceptualization of “excellence” and evaluation of “success” in the area of
Jewish cultural education in the Israeli Mamlachti (non-Orthodox) school system.
Building the global JCC movement. JCC global evaluation report for 2019-2024 & Strategic recommendations for 2025-2029
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Iris Posklinsky
The JCC Global Strategic Plan 2025-2029, developed by Research Success Technologies (ReST), provides a data-driven roadmap for strengthening Jewish Peoplehood, global connectivity, and local resilience through leadership development, peer collaboration, and crisis response.
The Hertog Study (Chabad on Campus)
Mark I. Rosen, Professor Steven M. Cohen, Arielle Levites, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz
This study, commissioned and funded by the Hertog Foundation, and conducted by a team of academic researchers, was undertaken to learn about Chabad on Campus International, an organization that seeks to enhance Jewish identity and practice among Jewish college students at almost 200 American college campuses.
Three Ways by Which Jews Connect to the Jewish People
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz
Dr. Kopelowitz outlines here how Jews over the last two centuries have refashioned the nature of their connections with each other, and have passed from a traditionalist perspective of Jewish belonging to various redefinitions of what constitutes the Jewish collective.
Assessing the Impact of Senior Jewish Educators and Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative Interns on the Jewish Engagement of College Students (2008-2009)
Professor Steven M. Cohen, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Jack Ukeles, Dr. Minna Wolf
One of the most exciting and welcome developments in Jewish life in North America at the beginning of the 21st century is the growth of extraordinary partnerships between energetic Jewish social entrepreneurs and innovative Jewish funders.
Assessing the Impact of Senior Jewish Educators and Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative Interns on the Jewish Engagement of College Students (2008-2010)
Professor Steven M. Cohen, Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Dr. Jack Ukeles, Dr. Minna Wolf
Through exposure to opportunities for Jewish involvement, including learning opportunities, this approach posits that young Jews will have “meaningful Jewish experiences” which will deepen their engagement with being Jewish and help them to advance on their individual Jewish journeys.
A 21st Century Peoplehood with Tikkun Olam at its Heart - What does it mean and how is it done?
Dr. Shlomi Ravid
In the last few decades, we have been witnessing a significant rise in the Jewish public's interest in the notion of Tikkun Olam. The shift in focus - from catering to the “good of the Jews”, to seeking to bring justice and help to communities in need, coupled with the call to personally serve that cause, represents no less than a paradigm shift.
Nurturing Peoplehood Education in the 21st Century Calls for an Educational Revolution
Dr. Shlomi Ravid, Lisa Grant
The current challenge of Jewish Peoplehood is both conceptual and pedagogic.
Conceptually speaking for almost two thousand years Jewish Peoplehood was the only
framework that defined Jews and in which they were allowed to express themselves
as a collective.
Creating a Sustainable Sense of Peoplehood: Towards a Pedagogy of commitment
Dr. Shlomi Ravid, Lisa Grant
In the past decade, instilling a sense of belonging and responsibility for the Jewish
People has increasingly become part of the expressed agenda of Jewish educational
institutions and programs including schools, camps, Hillel, and Taglit.
Circle of Fellows # 1 - The Implications of the Fallout from October 7th for Jewish Education
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz
On October 7th, the Hamas invasion of Israel sent shockwaves through Jewish communities worldwide,
prompting an urgent need for reflection and response. The session provided a platform to explore the challenges faced by Jewish educators and to develop strategies for fostering resilience, identity, and communal unity in the wake of the invasion.
One2One Evaluation – 2023/24
Dr. Hadar Franco Galor
One2One recruits Jewish teens from Israel, North America and other countries, who are paired and provided with a platform that enables them to meet one another for one-on-one conversations in English. With just five meetings these teens from different countries, who did not know each other, report new friendships and a positive contribution to their conversational English.
Developing a Global Leadership Network
Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz
In the past decade, with the support of UJA Federation of New York, JCC Global is focusing on cultivating partners at local JCCs, who serve as change agents for deepening their JCC's involvement with Jewish Peoplehood and the global JCC network.