Thursday, August 14, 2014

Jewish Penicillin for the Pew Report

An article  published in the  Huff Post  about thezone kiruv camp run by Oorah
At the time of its release, a Pew report on the state of American Jewry released last October had the Jewish world in a tizzy. "We're shrinking!" they kvetched. "We're losing our people!" they shried. The Pew survey results found that as many as one-in-five American Jews (22%) describe themselves as having no religion. Moreover, the survey found that the percentage of adults in America who describe themselves as Jewish has dropped by half since the latter part of the 1950's and now stands at slightly less than 2%. These were significant (and shocking) stats.

So the bloggers blogged their blogs and the pundits punditted. They exclaimed, explained, and complained, pointing righteous fingers always at others and finally, they moved on to the next interesting topic to come along. But none of this was news to Oorah, an organization that has been doing Jewish outreach since its inception in 1972. Oorah has slowly but surely awakened Jewish souls in the decades since. read more HERE in the Huffington post


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