Exploring The Jewish Futures:
A Multidimensional Project On The Future Of Religion,Ethnicity And Civic Engagement

 

Essays by Participants in the Jewish Public Forum's 2002 Seminar Series

In 2002, the Jewish Public Forum convened a series of seminars—“The Future of Family and Tribe,”  (January 2002) “The Future of Education and Cultural Transmission,” (March 2002) and “The Future of Social Change” (May 2002) — that focused on some of the most important themes that have emerged in the project to date.  Each of these day-long seminars brought together ten to fifteen participants—anthropologists, rabbis, politicians, scientists, journalists, historians, and others. Participants are contributing essays on the seminars' themes that will be published by CLAL, and disseminated broadly to religious leaders, philanthropists, academics, community leaders, and other opinion-makers. 

Links to these essays are listed below.

 

Seminar I: The Future of Family and Tribe, January 28-29, 2002

Daniel Brenner, The Future of Foreskins

David Brotherton, "Family Values" and the Latin Queens

Laura Katzive, Shaping a Future for Women in their Families and Tribes: An Activist’s View

David Kraemer, Family and Family Values: Mutable or Immutable?

Robert Neborsky, The Changing Us

Adam Pertman, Adoption

Riv-Ellen Prell, Memory vs. Markets: The Future of Jewish Identity

Dan Reingold, How Will Baby Boomers Age?

Arlene Skolnick, Toward a New Cultural Common Sense

Dorian Solot, No Ring To It: Considering A Less-Married Future

 

To read more about the seminar, click here.

Seminar II: The Future of Education and Cultural Transmission, March 18-19, 2002

Elizabeth A. Cole, The Future of American Memory

Libby Garland, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Present, Past and Future

Joshua Halberstam, A Celebration Of Uncertainty: The Future of Technological Education

Beth Rubin, Educational Reform in the Daily Lives of Students

To read more about the seminar, click here.

Seminar III: The Future Of Social Change, May 20-21, 2002

 

To read more about the seminar, click here.

 

Ruth Messinger, Jewish Service: A New Option for 21st Century American Judaism

 

Madeline Lee, Fixing Democracy, Empowering the Grass Roots

 

Josh Mailman, Highly Leveraged Social Change

 

 

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