“Engagement differs from outreach in that the goal is not to bring people in, but to bring Jewish life to people wherever they live, work, and play. It is about bringing Jewish life to people in a way that meets them where they are emotionally, religiously, and culturally.” —Mike Uram, “Next Generation Judaism: How College Students and Hillel Can Help Reinvent Jewish Organizations” Growing up as a young American Jew in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, I attended my synagogue’s weekly Hebrew school.
