Who are Jewish families today? What do their lives look like? What are their Jewish aspirations and what challenges do they face meeting them? Join us to unpack Rosov Consulting’s January 2025 “Jewish Families Today” study. Following a presentation by Rosov Senior Project Lead Annie Jollymore, we’ll review some of the key findings, and consider the implications. What might we learn about the families we are already serving, and those who are not yet engaged but might be? The program will include time for discussion in affinity groups.

• Many parents emphasize cultivating homes that are culturally rich, Jewishly meaningful and tolerant and inclusive of multiple heritages, faiths, and ethnicities, reflecting the diversity within their families and communities.
• Significant barriers limit families’ ability to engage fully in Jewish life, including financial costs, such as synagogue memberships and Jewish school tuition, and geographic distance from Jewish centers or family networks.
• Parents find online resources essential to support their children’s Jewish education and to celebrate Jewish traditions at home.
• Parents tailor Jewish practices to meet their family’s unique cultural mix, blending traditions and finding meaning in practices that reinforce both Jewish values and a broad sense of inclusion.
• Parents want spaces where questioning and open discussion is allowed so they can explore Israel’s role in Jewish identity without feeling pressured into a particular stance. This topic, more than ever, influences where families choose to engage and reflects broader challenges in maintaining community cohesion.