Read the 2006 Reboot poll which found that many young Jews are intensely interested in their Jewish identity but disinterested in Jewish institutional life.

Read a Synagogue 3000 article about the growth of spirituality in the Jewish youth and the national expansion of Judaism.

Read the Religion & Ethics Newsweekly transcript of a Sept. 30, 2005 interview with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi on Jewish renewal movements.

Brigham Young University is a Mormon university, and its scholars can speak about beliefs and practices.

Read a 2009 essay published in the Journal of Jewish Communal Service about the expansion of Judaism, and the growing interests and appropriations of its spiritual practices.

The JewishYouth.com Webring offers links to Jewish youth organizations’ websites that inform on activities and information for Jewish children and families, and resources for educators.

The Balm in Gilead is a nonprofit that gives faith communities resources to help stop the spread of AIDS.

The website JewishLink provides information on Jewish spirituality and seeks to study the lost practice of Jewish healing in order to bring it to the modern world.  

Howard University’s School of Divinity is dedicated to producing black religious leaders.