Jews Need Judaism

For a people as numerically modest as the Jews, we have more than our fair share of civic, cultural, and advocacy organizations in service of Jewish continuity. From historical societies to Holocaust memorials, Maccabi Games to Jewish museums, the American Jewish establishment is filled with passionate individuals working tirelessly to preserve, defend, and forward the mission of our people. We attend rallies and conferences, sit on boards, give tzedakah,and sign our names to statements of support or outrage. These are the rites and rituals of what sociologist Jonathan Woocher famously described as the "civil religion" of American Jews.