Release of “A connection, not proficiency: Survey of Hebrew at North American Jewish summer camps”

Photo Courtesy of Ramah day camp in Nyack

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University released a new report today authored by Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan Krasner, and Sharon Avni.

From the report: This report is part of a larger study, “Hebrew at North American Jewish Overnight Summer Camps,” including observation and interviews, the results of which will be published as a book (RutgersUniversity Press, expected publication 2017). The study is a project of the Jack, Joseph and MortonMandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University, with funding from the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE) and additional support from the Wexner Foundation, Hebrew Union College, and City University of New York.

The complete report is available here for download.