Jewish Education
CMJS research on Jewish education falls into two categories: formal and experiential. Formal education projects include studies of day schools and day school funding structures.
Experiential education projects include studies of Jewish service and Jewish camp.
Birthright Israel is a model of experiential education, and we have an extensive program of research related to the program's impact on a number of outcomes, including attachment to Israel, political views, and decisions regarding marriage and childrearing.
Formal Education
Bringing Educational Technology into Supplementary Jewish Education: Evaluation of ShalomLearning
Fern Chertok, Rachel Minkin, Annette Koren, and Leonard Saxe (April 2018)
Revisiting “The Non-Linear Impact of Schooling”: A First Step Toward a Necessary Corrective
Matthew Boxer
Sociological Papers (2013) 17: 53-66
Identical, Fraternal, or Separated at Birth: A Case Study of Educator Teams within American-Israel School Twinning
Fern Chertok, David Mittelberg, Dinah Laron, and Annette Koren.
Journal of Jewish Education(2013) 79(4): 414-431
What Research Teaches about the Possibility of Reinventing Jewish Education
Amy L. Sales
Journal of Jewish Education (2012) 78(4): 316-319
Lessons from Mapping Jewish Education
Amy L. Sales (December 2011)
Deep Change in Congregational Education
Amy L. Sales, Nicole Samuel, Annette Koren, and Michelle Shain
Journal of Jewish Education (2010) 76(4): 358-378
Mapping Professional Development for Jewish Educators
Amy L. Sales, Nicole Samuel, Annette Koren (February 2008)
What Difference Does Day School Make? The Impact of Day School: A Comparative Analysis of Jewish College Students
Fern Chertok, Charles Kadushin, Annette Koren, Graham Wright, Leonard Saxe, Aron Klein (May 2007)
Mapping Jewish Education: The National Picture
Amy L. Sales, Leonard Saxe, Joe Reimer, Jackie Terry, Marion Gribetz, Annette Koren, Nicole Samuel (December 2006)
The Florence Melton Parent Education Program: Evaluating an Innovative Approach to Adult Jewish Education for Parents of Preschoolers Fern Chertok, Leonard Saxe (November 2004)
Informal / Experiential Education
Birthright Israel / Jewish Futures
General
Leaving Home Together: The Impact of Travel on Jewish Peoplehood Education for Israeli and American Teens
David Mittelberg, Fern Chertok,and Dina Daron
Sociological Papers (2012-13) 17
Jewish Camp
Limud by the Lake Revisited: Growth and Change at Jewish Summer Camp
Amy L. Sales, Nicole Samuel, Matthew Boxer (March 2011)
Make Yourself a Friend at a Jewish Summer Camp
Amy L. Sales
CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism (2010) 4(1): 34-35, 61
Evaluation Report: ICHEIC-Sponsored Summer Camp St. Petersburg, Russia, 2005
Daniel Bar-Tal, Leonard Saxe, Masha Sud Lokshin, Aviva Androphy (2005)
How Goodly Are Thy Tents
Amy L. Sales, Leonard Saxe (December 2003)
Limud by the Lake
Amy L. Sales, Leonard Saxe (October 2002)
Jewish Retreating
Advancing Jewish Retreating
Amy L. Sales and Nicole Samuel (January 2020)
Jewish Service and Volunteerism
Time for Good in Action: Implementation and Potential Outcomes
Fern Chertok, Sue Carter-Kahl, Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, Rachel Minkin, Annette Koren (December 2017)
Opening the Black Box: Lessons from Research on Immersive Jewish Service Learning Programs for Young Adults
Fern Chertok, Josh Tobias, Matthew Boxer, and Shirah Rosin
Journal of Jewish Communal Service (2012) 87: 31-43
Volunteering + Values: A Repair the World Report on Jewish Young Adults Fern Chertok, Fern; Joshua Tobias, Shirah Rosin, Matthew Boxer (June 2011)
Year 2: Refining the Pedagogy of the Group Leadership Training Institute for Immersive Jewish Service Program Leaders
Joshua Tobias, Fern Chertok, Shirah Rosin (December 2011)
Engaging Jewish Teens: A Study of New York Teens, Parents and Practitioners
Amy L. Sales, Nicole Samuel, Alexander Zablotsky (November 2011)
Developing a Signature Pedagogy for Service Group Leaders: The Group Leadership Training Institute
Fern Chertok, Fern, Josh Tobias, Nicole Samuel, Shirah Rosin (November 2010)
Necessary Losses? Turnover Among Jewish Service-learning Program Leaders
Fern Chertok, Joshua Tobias, Shirah Rosin (December 2011)
Breaking New Ground/Sowing Prepared Fields: One-Year Follow up of a Service Learning Initiative
Fern Chertok, Nicole Samuel, Joshua Tobias (December 2009)
Learning To Do Good: Evaluation of UJA-Federation of New York’s Break New Ground Jewish Service Learning Initiative
Fern Chertok, Nicole Samuel (November 2008)
Justice, Justice Shall They Pursue: Young Adult Interest in Long-Term Jewish Service Options
Fern Chertok, Nicole Samuel (November 2008)
Challenges of the Third Year: An Evaluation of Limmud NY
Annette Koren, Nicole Samuel (May 2007)
Limmud NY 2006: The Event and Volunteers Who Made It Happen
Annette Koren, Aviva Androphy, (May 2006)
Limmud NY: An Experiment in Jewish Life and Learning
Annette Koren, Amy L. Sales (2005)