Abstract
Designed to inform planning for The Experiments in Teen Engagement Task Force of UJA-Federation of New York (ETE Task Force), Engaging Jewish Teens describes teens, their everyday reality, and the factors that contribute to or detract from their engagement in Jewish life. The study employed multiple surveys in order to view Jewish teens and their relationship to Jewish life from three perspectives: that of the teens, their parents, and communal professionals involved in the work of teen engagement. The survey of teens and their parents looks most closely at four areas in the life of teens: school and friends, extracurricular activities, Jewish engagement and identity, and views of being Jewish.