From the Director

This summer the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
published our article "Assessing the Validity of Data Synthesis Methods to Estimate Religious Populations." The study provides important support for our methodological approach that synthesizes data to estimate the US Jewish population. 

 

Assessing the Validity of Data Synthesis Methods to Estimate Religious Populations

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2018) 57(2):206-20

In the absence of a US census question on religious identity, CMJS authors demonstrate that data synthesis, specifically Bayesian multilevel estimation with poststratification, offers the best alternative for estimating the size of religious groups in the United States.  Learn more

Barry Shrage Joins CMJS

Barry Shrage's new Initiative on Jewish Identity at CMJS follows his successful tenure of 31 years as president of Boston's Combined Jewish Philanthropies.  Learn more

Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires | photo courtesy Steven dosRemedios

Join Us in February in Buenos Aires 

CMJS and the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University invite you to join them on a week-long study tour of Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Learn more.

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.