The Network for Research in Jewish Education was established to encourage, support, and stimulate serious research in Jewish education; to create a community of researchers in the field; and to advocate for increased funding and for proper utilization of research in Jewish education. The network's journal, the Journal of Jewish Education, is published four times per year. Other activities include an annual conference on research in Jewish education, a newsletter, and email discussion group. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

Download a list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the NRJE.
NRJE_FAQs (9.73 kB)

Membership is from January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010.

2010 NRJE Registration form for new members is now available, click on the link below to access.

2010 NRJE Membership Form

To join the Network as a new member, download the 2010 membership form and send it along with your membership dues to:

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Membership Dues

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$50.00 per year for students
$50.00 per year for retirees

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2010 NRJE Conference will be held June 6-8, 2010 at New York University (NYU)

If you are interested in submitting a proposal for presentation at the 24th Annual NRJE Conference, please dowload and submit the following documents by January 15, 2010:

Call for Submissions NRJE 2010
NRJE 2010 Submission Form

2009 NRJE Conference Session Materials

The 2009 NRJE Conference was held June 7-9, 2009 at Yeshiva University in New York, NY.

Jeffrey Kress: The Potential and Challenges of Experiential Education in Jewish Day High Schools: Shabbatonim and Beyond:  The Potential and Challenges of Experiential Education in Jewish Day High Schools (1.73 MB)

Saul P. Wachs and Michael J. Schatz: Report on an Intervention Designed to Facilitate Change in the Culture of Prayer and Prayer Education in a Non-Orthodox Jewish Day School:

• Presentation:  Intervention for Change in Prayer Education in a Non-Orthodox Jewish Day School (541.5 kB)
• Paper as Presented: Intervention for Change in Prayer Education in a Non-Orthodox Jewish Day School (4.29 MB)

David Bryfman: Real Identity in a Virtual World: The Identities of Jewish Teenagers as Expressed in Social Networking Websites and Virtual Worlds: Real Identity in a Virtual World (848.36 kB)

• Download a copy of the Program Book from the 2008 Annual NRJE Conference.

• Download a copy of the Program Book from the 2007 Annual NRJE Conference.

• Download a copy of the Program Book from the 2006 Annual NRJE Conference.

• Download a copy of the Program Book from the 2005 Annual NRJE Conference.

NRJE Program Book 2005 (579.29 kB)

Contact Information for the 2010 Annual NRJE Conference

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The Journal of Jewish Education has been the premier journal in the field of Jewish education for over 70 years. The mission of the Journal of Jewish Education is:

• To offer a standard of excellence for research and practice in Jewish education;
• To provide an outlet and an archival location for scholarship reflecting multiple ideological perspectives, multiple educational settings, and multiple disciplines;
• To grow the field of research in Jewish education through the dissemination of scholarship;
• To serve as a source of reflection and stimulus for rich and complex views of Jewish education in order to better understand it, to improve its practice, and to contribute to a vibrant Jewish future

Links

• Journal of Jewish Education homepage
• Instructions for Authors
• Download the Call for Papers: Challenges and Opportunities in Congregational Education, deadline April 1, 2010
• Online access to current and back issues of the Journal (members only login)

Related Research Organizations

• Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ), a cross-disciplinary international organization of individuals, whose research concerns the Jewish people throughout the world.
• Israel Association for Research in Jewish Education - IARJE - Click here for the Call for Papers for their January, 2009 conference.

Newsletters

Click here for the archive of the Newsletter of the Network for Research in Jewish Education.