Foregrounding the Family: An Ethnography of How Families Make Decisions About Hebrew School

Horwitz, Ilana M.

doi:10.1007/s12397-019-09281-7

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“…We interviewed 36 parents (one per household). We acknowledge that in some cases, such as parents' attitudes about their children's Jewish education, researchers ought to consider perspectives of both parents (Horwitz 2019). However, in this study, we expected parents to have similar accounts of their economic situation and thus interviewed only one parent (usually the mother).…”

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Ties in Tough Times: How Social Capital Helps Lower-Income Jewish Parents Weather the Economic Hardship of COVID-19

Horwitz

Lascar

2021

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In this exploratory study, we examined how social ties helped lower-income Jewish parents in the Greater Philadelphia area weather the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed 36 parents who self-identified as Jewish, had at least one school-age child, and earned less than the median Jewish household income in the Philadelphia area. We analyzed the data through the lens of social capital, focusing on three forms: bonding, bridging, and linking social capital. Unlike in weather-related disasters, where social capital yields crucial physical help, the social distancing requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic changed how social capital functions. Parents with strong social ties in the Jewish community were able to connect to people and institutions of power, such as rabbis and Jewish organizations, who provided valuable material resources while families sheltered in place. We describe how people develop relational ties by doing something with and for a social group, and discuss how extended periods of social distancing can threaten the flow of social capital.

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Ties in Tough Times: How Social Capital Helps Lower-Income Jewish Parents Weather the Economic Hardship of COVID-19

Horwitz

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2021

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Autobiographies of B’nai Mitzvah: The Meaning of B’nai Mitzvah and the Role Adolescents Believe Adults Play in the Process

Schwartz

2020

Journal of Jewish Education

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A Fraying Connection: Israeli-American Perspectives on Diasporic Hebrew Learning Through and Beyond Jewish Education

Kober

2023

Journal of Jewish Education

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Foregrounding the Family: An Ethnography of How Families Make Decisions About Hebrew School

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Ties in Tough Times: How Social Capital Helps Lower-Income Jewish Parents Weather the Economic Hardship of COVID-19

Ties in Tough Times: How Social Capital Helps Lower-Income Jewish Parents Weather the Economic Hardship of COVID-19

Autobiographies of B’nai Mitzvah: The Meaning of B’nai Mitzvah and the Role Adolescents Believe Adults Play in the Process

A Fraying Connection: Israeli-American Perspectives on Diasporic Hebrew Learning Through and Beyond Jewish Education

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