From the Director

Along with my colleagues Janet Krasner Aronson, Matthew Boxer, and Matthew Brookner, I am pleased to announce the release of two new Jewish community studies: The 2017 Greater Washington Jewish Community Demographic Study and The 2017 Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study. 


2017 Greater Washington Jewish Community Demographic Study

Greater Washington's Jewish community is the third largest and one of the fastest growing in the United States.


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2017 Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study

Greater Pittsburgh's Jewish population is highly educated and made up of nearly 50,000 people, one quarter of whom live in Squirrel Hill.


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D.C.'s Jewish Population Is Booming-So Why The Empty Pews? The Forward, February 13, 2018

The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University is a multi-disciplinary research center dedicated to bringing the concepts, theories, and techniques of social science to bear on the study of contemporary Jewish life.