Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies

CMJS in the News

2020-21

Digital Education Should Only Endure If It Can Replicate Campus Benefits

October 23, 2021

Leonard Saxe and Graham Wright, Times Higher Education
Who are Chicago Jews, and What Do They Want? The Results are In.

October 21, 2021

The Forward
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Jewish Community, Leonard Saxe & Janet Krasner Aronson, ejewishphilanthropy

October 20, 2021

Leonard Saxe and Janet Krasner Aronson, ejewishphilanthropy
Most Children of Intermarriage are Being Raised Jewish. Their Parents Hope Jewish Institutions Notice.

May 13, 2021

JTA
Pew’s New Study of American Jews Reveals Widening Divides, Worries over Antisemitism

May 11, 2021

The Forward
New Poll: Young U.S. Jews Becoming more Orthodox as American Judaism Splits between Devout and Secular

May 11, 2021

Washington Post
There are More American Jews – and They’re Staying Jewish

May 11, 2021

Times of Israel, Leonard Saxe
Pew’s 2020 Survey Shows a Diverse and Divided American Jewry

May 11, 2021

ejewishphilanthropy
New Brandeis Study Estimates 7.6 million Jews Living in U.S.

April 22, 2021

Jewish Journal

Counting American Jews, and Checking the Work

March 24, 2021

ejewishphilanthropy

From Walla Walla to Kansas City, How Small Jewish Communities Survived the Pandemic

March 19, 2021

The Forward

Immigration, Intermarriage and Education Making US Jewry Larger and More Diverse

February 16, 2021

JTA

Bridging and Bonding: Jewish Institutions Address the Crisis of American Social Capital

January 28, 2021

Barry Shrage, Times of Israel

Why a Post-Pandemic World Needs Birthright More than Ever

November 30, 2020

Leonard Saxe, The Forward

COVID-19 Study Shines Light on Struggles of Young Adults

November 23, 2020

Baltimore Jewish Times

Brandeis University Study Examines Jewish Baltimore’s Response to Pandemic

November 12, 2020

Jmore Magazine

Think You Know How Jews Voted for President? The Data is Still Not Clear.

November 4, 2020

The Forward

The Jewish Vote Remains Solidly Democrat

October 22, 2020

The Jewish Chronicle

Jewish Healthcare Foundation Supports Teen Mental Health Initiatives

October 15, 2020

Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle

Could the Jewish Vote Decide the Election?

October 8, 2020

Leonard Saxe, Daniel Parmer, and Elizabeth Tighe, BrandeisNow

Among Jews, the Young and Highly Educated Bear COVID’s Emotional and Economic Toll

September 24, 2020

Janet Krasner Aronson and Leonard Saxe, The Forward

Online Services Serve the Already Committed, Our Research Shows

September 24, 2020

Janet Krasner Aronson and Leonard Saxe, The Forward

Twin Cities Jewish Population up 23%

September 18, 2020

Star Tribune

This Map Shows the 20 Congressional Districts with the most Jews

September 10, 2020

JTA

Subjected to anti-Semitism and Racism, Jews of color Feel 'Stuck in the Middle'

August 27, 2020

NorthJersey.com

Population Study Finds Jewish Community Growth

August 14, 2020

TC Jew News

Youth More Affected by Coronavirus than Elderly in Jewish Community Study

August 11, 2020

Jerusalem Post

Young, Rural, and Jewish

August 12, 2020

The Daily Yonder

Brandeis Study Measures COVID-19 Impact on Jewish Pittsburgh

August 9, 2020

Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle

Camp! Podcast Episode of Adventures in Jewish Studies, featuring CMJS researcher Nicole Samuel

July 28, 2020

Featuring Nicole Samuel

For Young Adults with Disabilities the Loss of Specialized Birthright Trips is Particularly Poignant

June 25, 2020

Fern Chertok and Rachel Minkin, ejewishphilantropy

Understanding the Present to Plan the Jewish Future

May 10, 2020

Leonard Saxe and Janet Krasner Aronson, ejewishphilanthropy

From Cabins to Bungalows: Some Jewish Overnight Camps May Become Socially Distanced Family Retreats this Summer

May 6, 2020

JTA

Jewish Retreating in the Age of COVID-19: Paradox or Possibility?

May 3, 2020

Amy L. Sales and Nicole Samuel, ejewishphilanthropy

Birthright's Measurable Impact: More American Jews

February 2, 2020

Leonard Saxe, Times of Israel

A Look Into Jewish Young Adults in the US - New Demographic Research from Brandeis and Moishe House

January 28, 2020

ejewishphilanthropy.com

Examining Jewish Identity and Israel Engagement on Birthright’s 20th Anniversary

January 3, 2020

JNS