I created and led this national webinar on addressing diversity in Jewish education. It was co-sponsored by Kar-Ben Publishing and the National Association of Temple Educators.

1. Embracing Diversity in the Jewish Classroom with Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen Sponsored by NATE and Kar-Ben Publishers

2. Did you Know?

3. Goal

4. Our Time Together

6. Rate of Interfaith Marriage(source: National Jewish Population Study) Before 1970 13% 1970-1979 28% 1980-1984 38% 1985-1995 43% 1996-2001 47%

7. About 1/3 of Interfaith couples decide to raise their children as Jewish.

8. In Reform Synagogues

9. Jewish Households

10. Diversity – Not Just from Interfaith Marriage 6.5-10% of American Jews are Asian, Latino, or African-American. Over 5% of Jewish households with children include an adopted child. According to the U.S. Census , adopted children make up 2.5% of all children.

11. One Contemporary Family

13. URJ 2005 Report on Diversity in Religious Schools

15. New American Reform Responsa of the CCARChristian Children in the Religious SchoolJanuary 1989

16. 1995 UAHC (URJ) ResolutionEnrollment Policies in Reform Religious Schools

17. Two Policy Examples

19. Diversity Education in a Jewish SettingJudith Rosenbaum, Ph.D., Jewish Women’s Archives

20. Barbara Lee Rosoff’s Guidelines for Today’s Jewish Classroom

21. Arlene Chernow’s 3-Point Suggestions for Jewish Educators

22. Scenario 1

23. Scenario 2

24. At Temple Emanuel,My Congregation

25. Some Reform Movement Resources

26. Other Resources

29. Thank You toKar-Ben Publishing, www.karben.comand the National Association of Temple Educators, www.natenet.org for organizing this program.

30. Please remember to fill out our evaluations.

31. My contact information:Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohenwww.DeborahBodinCohen.comdbcohen@templeemanuel.org856-489-0035