Rosov Consulting

Thanks so much to our friends at the Jewish Teen Education & Engagement Funder Collaborative for their partnership and commitment to elevating #JewishTeen engagement. Survey tools that measure the impact of these efforts are now available to all at no cost! And we can help customize the surveys and make meaning of the responses. More info below.

Catch up on our latest #RosovReads covering teens and religion, theories of change, and resilient #JewishCommunities.

We're privileged to work with OpenDor Media on a timely study just released exploring the role of #JewishMedia and its potential impact on #JewishYouth. Learn more in "A Critical Space for the Jewish Future: Digital Media, Millennials and Gen Z."

Catch up on our latest #RosovReads covering #CovidResponses, #ReimaginingWork, and saving #JewishCemeteries

"If we overlap this understanding of class onto what we know about #JewishCommunities in the U.S., we see that class may shape Jewish communities in particular ways, and that Jewish identity itself can be understood to be classed: that is, #JewishIdentity comes to be associated with being upper-middle class." Thank you, EJewish Philanthropy, for sharing more of Annie Jollymore's insights on the issue of class in the American #JewishCommunity.

We always enjoy working with our friends at Prizmah:CJDS! Be sure to check out the timely new research, "Unlocking Leadership: Obstacles and Opportunities for Improved #DaySchool Volunteer Leadership." View the entire study here: http://prizmah.org//resou/lay-leadership-executive-summary

In the latest #JournalofJewishEducation, Alex Pomson, Frayda Gonshor Cohen, Pearl Mattenson, and Zohar Rotem document programmatic interventions across some of the communities in the Jewish Teen Education & Engagement Funder Collaborative. Their writing "constitutes an attempt to identify patterns and trends reflected in the programmatic choices in 5 of the 10 communities supported by the Funder Collaborative. The article then makes explicit the assumptions that underpin these choices and reflects on what they imply for further teen education and engagement efforts."

"Class, a taboo topic in the U.S., shapes #JewishCommunities and the experiences of its members, and now is the moment to start the conversation about it, as the economic catastrophe wrought by COVID-19 will resound through the U.S., Jewish communities included, for a long time to come." - Annie Jollymore of Rosov Consulting shares timely insights in The Forward on the relationship between class and #JewishIdentity, #JewishCommunity, and inclusion.

Has Remote Learning Set Back #JewishDaySchool Students? We recently conducted research in partnership with Prizmah:CJDS to learn how students feel about their #RemoteLearning experiences. Check out the findings and some recommendations for improvements here: https://bit.ly/2YfNh0W

Catch up on our latest #RosovReads covering #RemoteWork policies, #OnlineLearning, and the emotional effects of COVID.

Alex Pomson reflects on our work on The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE)'s major study of the career trajectories of #JewishEducators that, we believe, can help educators and their employers navigate some of this uncertainty. "As I talked with these educators, I was overwhelmed by a sense that none ever imagined how difficult their work would be: needing to reach their students for months on end, by video; helping address students’ mounting concerns about their futures; supporting especially those who say repeatedly 'I learn best in person.' None ever reimagined their work would look like this."

The value of good data can be lost if a client isn't prepared for the leadership challenge of engaging with the data with a range of critical stakeholders. So we developed "Soft Skills for Hard Data," a collection of wisdom we have gleaned that we believe is helpful for all organizational leaders to have as they embark on #StakeholderEngagement around #data. These four common scenarios are presented with guidance and suggestions for how to respond.

We are privileged to be a part of documenting and evaluating this major endeavor in #JewishTeen education and engagement. Insights below on how the Jewish Teen Education & Engagement Funder Collaborative evolved and is influencing the field beyond its ten communities.