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March of the Living, a Holocaust Educational Tour: Effect on Adolescent Jewish Identity

Authors: Alan L. Nager, Phung Pham, Jeffrey I. Gold

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 4/2013

Abstract

March of the Living (MOTL) is a worldwide two-week trip for high school seniors to learn about the Holocaust by traveling to sites of concentration/death camps and Jewish historical sites in Poland and Israel. The mission statement of MOTL International states that participants will be able to “bolster their Jewish identity by acquainting them with the rich Jewish heritage in pre-war Eastern Europe.” However, this claim has never been studied quantitatively. Therefore, 152 adolescents who participated in MOTL voluntarily completed an initial background questionnaire, a Jewish Identity Survey and a Global Domains Survey pre-MOTL, end-Poland and end-Israel. Results suggest that Jewish identity did not substantially increase overall or from one time period to the next.

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Title: March of the Living, a Holocaust Educational Tour: Effect on Adolescent Jewish Identity
Authors: Alan L. Nager
Phung Pham
Jeffrey I. Gold
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-013-9749-3

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