LimmudFest Nola 2023

The following trends in contemporary American Jewish life are mostly driven by the younger generations: a rise in racial and ethnic diversity and in gender fluidity, increasing socioeconomic diversity, decreasing rates of affiliation with Jewish institutions and increasing rates of do-it-yourself (DIY) Judaism, increasing reliance on social media alongside decreasing reliance on institutional authority (such as clergy or subject matter experts), and increasing anti-Semitism and political tensions (over Israel) on college campuses. How can we redesign organizations and programs to account for these trends? For example, as younger generations come to embrace gender fluidity, how do spaces that are organized around the gender binary (e.g., boys’ and girls’ cabins at summer camp) need to change?