Designing Strategies for Ethno-Religious Engagement: The Curious Case of Cuba's Jewish Youth

Abstract

This article explores strategies being employed by Jewish leadership in Cuba and abroad, to sustain Jewish continuity, and to engage adolescents in Jewish identity development. Focus will be placed on the ways that adolescents living in present-day Cuba have become involved in Jewish life. It is expected that this study's findings can be informative and instructive to a broad spectrum of religious leaders and faith-based service providers interested in outreach and recruitment initiatives to adolescents.

Keywords:

• Jewish youth
• Cuba
• religion
• Jewish identity