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Idea #23: Jewish identity projects are not the answer

Writing for Jewcy, Daniel Spetimus, the CEO and editor in chief of myjewishlearning.com, suggests that the Jewish community abandon the rhetoric of building Jewish identity and stop programming and funding with the goal of strengthening Jewish identity. Not that the Jewish world should abandon all the programs that mention Jewish identity building as their aim, but rather the Jewish world should focus on more solid building blocks—education, practice and helping the human condition. 

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