• Preface • Acknowledgments • Contributors • Parental Choices • Family Formation, Educational Choice, and American Jewish Identity - Riv-Ellen Prell • The Differential Impact of Jewish Education on Adult Jewish Identity - Steven M. Cohen • Jewish Education as a Family Matter • Who Is Being Taught? Early Childhood Education’s Adult-Centered Approach - Shaul Kelner • Why Jewish Parents Send Their Children to Day Schools - Steven M. Cohen and Shaul Kelner • Schools for Parents: What Parents Want and What They Get from Their Children’s Jewish Day School - Alex Pomson • Expectations, Perceptions, and Preconceptions: How Jewish Parents Talk about “Supplementary” Religious Education - Jeffrey S. Kress
• Generating Jewish Connections: Conversations with Jewish Teenagers, Their Parents, and Jewish Educators and Thinkers - Sylvia Barack Fishman • The Communal Dimension • Cultures of Jewish Education: How Communities Address Local Educational Needs - Jack Wertheimer • Toward the Study of Community Eff ects on Jewish Engagement: The Case of Educational Enrollment - Shaul Kelner and Steven M. Cohen • Conclusion • Index