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21/64 Newsletter

As a way of exploring multigenerational collaboration, 21/64 publishes a quarterly newsletter for families, foundations, social change organizations, and non-profits that want to engage multiple generations in their endeavors and examine the changing forces of community, identity and meaning. Sign the 21/64 mailing list for a complimentary newsletter subscription. To order a number of copies at once for board meetings or conferences, please email us at info@2164.net or call us at 212.931.0109. Previously published newsletters can be downloaded from our Resources section.

21/64 Reports

The Continuity of Discontinuity – How Young Jews Are Connecting, Creating, and Organizing Their Own Jewish Lives From Jonathan Sarna's A Great Awakening: “Continuity may depend on discontinuity. New historical conditions created new movements, new emphases and new paradigms – the very opposite of the tried and true. Today, we too must be willing to challenge some of our most basic assumptions. Even as we support, and must support, the so-called 'continuity agenda' it bears remembering that discontinuities – at least of the right sort – may have a greater impact still.” This study addresses the movement among many young Jews toward a de-institutional, culturally based Jewish identity examining community and meaning on their own terms and engaging young audiences in ways that can only make one optimistic about the Jewish future.

Latte Report – Jewish Identity and Community in a Time of Unlimited Choices A research study produced by Reboot, asking Jews aged 18-25 about their Jewish identity, involvement in Jewish life, and participation in civic life generally. The report finds that young peoples' feelings about their Jewish identity are generally positive but that once they leave home for college, young Jews live in a pluralistic American society where they have mixed friendship networks and other pressures competing for time and attention.

OMG! – How Generation Y is Redefining Faith in the iPod Era A groundbreaking comparative research study produced by Reboot exploring the religious identities and practices of young Jews, Muslims, Catholics and Protestants aged 18-25. The results were released by the Brookings Institution on April 11, 2005, with a panel featuring E.J. Dionne, pollster Anna Greenberg, Bill Galston of CIRCLE, Roger Bennett of Reboot and Malia Lazu of Cities for Progress. Findings demonstrate that much of Generation Y embraces its religious identity but struggles with institutional forms of religion. The goal behind OMG is to catalyze discussions of changing forms of religious practice and experimentation in denominations across the country.