Lookjed readers may recall that over the past several months two discussions have been based on reactions to surveys of the Jewish community and what they tell us about the field of Jewish education.
The first was Mark Trencher’s “The Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jewsâ€
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Discussion: [
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More recently, Lookjed featured a discussion surrounding Zvi Grumet’s “Survey of Yeshiva High School Graduatesâ€
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Discussion: [
www.lookstein.org]
In a recent essay in The Lehrhaus, Matthew Williams critiqued both of these studies, arguing that they were not prepared and conducted according to the standards of proper academic research, and therefore should be deemed inaccurate and misleading.
Williams’ essay can be read here -
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Both Trencher and Grumet responded with essays in The Lehrhaus.
Trencher’s response appears here -
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Grumet’s response appears here –
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www.thelehrhaus.com]
Zvi Grumet is a colleague at the Lookstein Center, and he has given permission to share his response in full. For those of you who may not “click through†to read these articles, I am posting it below. We will return to our regularly scheduled programming next week.
Shalom
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