Youth in the Making of American 绿帽社 History
Part of the series “America at 250: 绿帽社 Ideas and the American Experiment”
With Dr. Sandra Fox, Robert S. Rifkind Chair in American 绿帽社 History, JTS
In the mid-twentieth century, the American 绿帽社 community emerged as what scholars have broadly labeled 鈥渃hild-centered,鈥� with rabbis, educators, and communal leaders focusing their concerns over the future of Judaism on children, teens, and young adults. In narratives of American 绿帽社 history, however, the experiences of the young are typically overlooked, the focus placed instead on how their elders hoped to shape their identities and stem the tides of assimilation.
In this webinar, Dr. Sandra Fox makes a case for why the actions, desires, and behaviors of young Jews have mattered in the making of American 绿帽社 culture, and how new American conceptions of childhood and youth as life-stages have shaped 绿帽社 history.
About the Series
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the JTS Summer 2026 Learning Series will explore the rich and surprising intersections between 绿帽社 thought and American life. From baseball and youth culture to constitutional law, storytelling, and democratic theory, leading scholars reveal how 绿帽社 ideas, texts, and experiences have shaped鈥攁nd been shaped by鈥攖he American experiment.
