Navigating Ethnic Identity at a Time of Crisis: A mixed-methods study of Jewish identity in California after October 7, 2023

Walls alone won’t hold: Filling the well of Jewish life

Since Oct. 7, 2023 Jewish philanthropy has surged to meet the crisis of antisemitism. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been mobilized for campus advocacy, security and public messaging campaigns designed to combat hatred and misinformation. With the release of the living hostages, Jonathan Greenblatt rightly reminds us that “the existential crisis that the Jewish Diaspora has experienced over these last 24 months is not going away.” In his …

Navigating Ethnic Identity at a Time of Crisis: A mixed-methods study of Jewish identity in California after October 7, 2023

In the aftermath of October 7, 2023 and the ensuing war in the Middle East, which had far-reaching effects throughout the United States, many Jewish Americans faced the challenges of re-navigating their Jewish identity and finding group support and community. The study described herein of Jewi...