Taylor considers challenges in measuring success of educational initiatives in the context of Peoplehood education in pluralistic settings. ” When evaluating success, it is especially important to be mindful of the wide range of starting points learners might have and the wide range of changes they might undergo as a result of a particular program.”…
Final report on four-part series “Interrogating Jewish Peoplehood: Concepts, Challenges, and Policies,” presented by the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner, with support from the Commission on the Jewish People, UJA-Federation of New York.
At the ninth annual Herzliya Conference in February 2009, the concept of “Jewish peoplehood” emerged as an important concept, and the author discusses some of the proposed definitions of the concept and arguments raised by Jewish scholars and thinkers in previous volumes of the Peoplehood Papers. While many questions about the concept still remain, the…
The author discusses the applicability as well as the superfluity of “indicators” as reliable evaluative tools. He argues that the Jewish people urgently need indicators of “Jewish Peoplehood” to understand what is happening, to identify trends, and to craft policies. He suggests five features that he believes are important in shaping the future of Jewish…
