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JTA: Flory and Belzer on the Spiritual Lives of Young Jews<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>CRCC Staff<\/strong>\n \n December 6, 2021<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Young Jews, age 13-25, are among those who are least likely to be thriving spiritually and religiously, according to a survey conducted by Springtide Research Institute. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency<\/a> turned to CRCC’s Richard Flory for perspective on the study.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no surprise in any of the data that younger people across the board are moving away from institutionalized religion. I can tell you the groups that are not doing well: Jews, mainline Protestants and Catholics. They\u2019re doing the worst,\u201d CRCC’s executive director Richard Flory says, referring to the work of the National Study of Youth and Religion out of the University of Notre Dame and to his own book published last year, \u201cBack-Pocket God: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults,\u201d which is based on a decade of research.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story, which has run in The Times of Israel<\/a>, The Jewish Journal<\/a>, and a number of other publications, also quotes CRCC Fellow Tobin Belzer on what young adults are looking for:<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung adults aren\u2019t necessarily interested in rabbis who act like a \u2018sage on the stage,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cThey want someone who is real and approachable and authentic, who is going to have an actual relationship with them. Also, they\u2019re not typically looking for the one community where they can engage fully, they are looking for a smattering of different options.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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