Tobin Belzer
ReportWhen What You Do Is Who You Are: The Intersection of Jewish Organizational Culture and Identity“By the time Shabbat comes around, I don’t want to see another Jew or think about anything Jewish.” I have heard variations on that statement countless times over the years that I …Topics: Judaism, Tobin Belzer, weforum
CommentaryHoly Listening Connects Young Adults to ChurchesThis post, co-authored by Dori Baker, originally appeared on Faith & Leadership. Multicolored Post-it notes dot the walls of the seminary classroom. Here, in a pop-up design thinking lab, people are buzzing …Topics: Christianity, Innovation and Change, Religious Affiliation, Tobin Belzer
CommentaryAn “Everybody Friendly, Artist-Driven, God-Optional” Jewish New YearMost of my memories of Jewish worship services are an amalgamation of the hundreds of services I’ve attended throughout my life. But there are a few that stand out. At a Shabbat …Topics: Innovation and Change, Judaism, Tobin Belzer
CommentaryHappy Chrismukkah: On the Complexity of Jewish Identity(Image from Adam Baron on Flickr Commons) Back in March, I traveled to a two-day conference called “Rethinking Jewish Identity and Education” at the Mandel Center at Brandeis University. On the flight …Topics: Judaism, Religious Affiliation, Tobin Belzer
CommentaryA Different Approach to Studying American Jews(Photo by Yonatan Sindel) Since the Pew Research Center launched “A Portrait of Jewish Americans: Findings from a Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. Jews,” I’ve had a lot of interesting encounters …Topics: Judaism, Religious Affiliation, Tobin Belzer
CommentaryCreative Expressions of JewishnessThis month, the Yiddish Book Center will launch a new program called Tent: Encounters With Jewish Culture, which is based on the belief that “modern culture can inspire us to think imaginatively …Topics: Judaism, Religious Affiliation, Tobin Belzer
CommentaryJewish Identity and the High HolidaysMy dual roles as a Jewish sociologist and a sociologist of American Jewry come to the forefront during the Jewish High Holidays. Each year, as I take part in the holidays, I …Topics: Judaism, Religious Affiliation, Tobin Belzer
BookOutcomes Measurement in the Human Services: Cross-Cutting Issues and MethodsOutcomes Measurement in the Human Services, 2nd Ed.: Cross-Cutting Issues and Methods in the Era of Health Reform Jennifer L. Magnabosco and Ronald W. Manderscheid, Editors (NASW Press: 2011) …Topics: book chapter, Brie Loskota, Faith-State Relations, Health care, Hebah Farrag, Richard Flory, Tobin Belzer