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1 Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies Encountering the Other, Finding Oneself: The Taglit Birthright Israel Mifgash Survey Frequencies Theodore Sasson David Mittelberg Oranim Academic College of Education Shahar Hecht Leonard Saxe December 2008
2 Encountering the Other 2 Bus Selected for Extensive Study Frequency 0 No Yes Trip Organizer Frequency 1 CIE IEEI Oranim Hillel - IGT Hillel - Daat Tlalim Mayanot Shorashim Corrected Number of Mifgash Days Frequency
3 3 Encountering the Other ques24a Did the following influence your decision to apply? I wanted a vacation from the Army Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable ques24b Did the following influence your decision to apply? I wanted to improve my English Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable ques24c Did the following influence your decision to apply? I wanted to strengthen the American or Canadian's identification with the State of Israel Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable
4 Encountering the Other 4 ques24d Did the following influence your decision to apply? I wanted to get to know young Americans Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable System 1.2 Total ques24e Did the following influence your decision to apply? I wanted to make Americans better understand the IDF's role Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable
5 5 Encountering the Other ques24f Did the following influence your decision to apply? I wanted to strengthen the American's connection to their Jewish identity Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable System 1.2 Total ques24g Did the following influence your decision to apply? It is important to me as a person to get to know other Jews Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable System 4.9 Total
6 Encountering the Other 6 ques25a To what extent did the preparatory session help you: Understand what to expect of the program Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse Did not participate in preparatory session -97 Did not participate in full mifgash Total ques25b To what extent did the preparatory session help you: Understand the Americans or Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Refuse Did not participate in preparatory session -97 Did not participate in full mifgash Total
7 7 Encountering the Other ques25c To what extent did the preparatory session help you: Understand your role in "Taglit" Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse Did not participate in preparatory session -97 Did not participate in full mifgash Total ques25d To what extent did the preparatory session help you: Understand the way Israel is presented in the foreign media Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Refuse Did not participate in preparatory session -97 Did not participate in full mifgash Total
8 Encountering the Other 8 ques25e To what extent did the preparatory session help you: Understand the program's goals Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Refuse Did not participate in perperatory session -97 Did not participate in full mifgash Total ques25f To what extent did the preparatory session help you: Understand the best ways to represent the State of Israel Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse Did not participate in preparatory session -97 Did not participate in full mifgash Total
9 9 Encountering the Other ques26a Taglit wanted you to: Represent the IDF Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much NA Refused to answer ques26b Taglit wanted you to: Represent the State of Israel Frequency 2 A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable 2.5 ques26c Taglit wanted you to: Represent your personal views or s Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing System 1.2
10 Encountering the Other 10 ques27a Did you learn about the following topics: History of the State of Israel Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much ques27b Did you learn about the following topics: The American or Canadian lifestyle Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much ques27c Did you learn about the following topics: History of Zionism Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much
11 11 Encountering the Other ques27d Did you learn about the following topics: Jewish life in the US or Canada Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much ques27e Did you learn about the following topics: Jewish denominations Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much ques27g Did you learn about the following topics: Dilemmas of Jewish life in the Diaspora Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing System 2.5
12 Encountering the Other 12 ques28a The Mifgash with (the young) Americans Canadians: Made me see what we have in common Frequency 1 Strongly ques28b The Mifgash with (the young) Americans Canadians: Made me feel connected to my Jewish American or Canadian peers Frequency 1 Strongly ques28c The Mifgash with (the young) Americans Canadians: Made me see the difference between us Frequency 1 Strongly
13 13 Encountering the Other ques28d The Mifgash with (the young) Americans Canadians: Made me think about my Jewish identity Frequency 1 Strongly ques29a To what extent did the trip make you feel: Proud of your military service Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse Not Applicable Total ques29b To what extent did the trip make you feel: Proud of the State of Israel Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse Not Applicable 3.7 System 1.2 Total 5 1.1
14 Encountering the Other 14 ques29c To what extent did the trip make you feel: Jealous of the American or Canadian lifestyle Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -95 Not Applicable 2.5 System 1.2 Total 3.7 ques29d To what extent did the trip make you feel: Part of the Jewish people around the world Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Not Applicable 3.7 Total 4.9
15 15 Encountering the Other ques29e To what extent did the trip make you feel: Proud to be a Jew Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Refuse Not Applicable 4.9 Total ques29f To what extent did the trip make you feel: Proud to be an Israeli Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Refuse Not Applicable 3.7 Total 5 1.1
16 Encountering the Other 16 ques29g To what extent did the trip make you feel: A desire to learn more about Judaism Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse Not Applicable 2.5 System 1.2 Total 4.9 ques30a To what extent did you feel free to express your own views about: Your military service Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse 1.2 System 1.2 Total 2.5
17 17 Encountering the Other ques30b To what extent did you feel free to express your own views about: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much ques30c To what extent did you feel free to express your own views about: Judaism in Israel Frequency 1 Not at all A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing -99 Refuse 1.2 ques30d To what extent did you feel free to express your own views about: The Israeli lifestyle Frequency 2 A little Somewhat Very much Total Missing System 1.2
18 Encountering the Other 18 ques31recoded How many Americans or Canadians did you get to know during the trip? (Recoded) Frequency < Total Missing -101 Data Not Interpretable 4.9 System 4.9 Total ques32a Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: American Canadian Jews live a very financially comfortable life Frequency 1 Strongly Total System 1.2 Total 6 1.4
19 19 Encountering the Other ques32b Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: Jews in the US Canada have considerable political power Frequency 1 Strongly Total System 2.5 Total ques32c Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: American Canadian Jews view Israel in very idealistic terms Frequency 1 Strongly Total System 1.2 Total 5 1.1
20 Encountering the Other 20 ques32d Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: American Canadian Jews have superficial knowledge about Israel Frequency 1 Strongly Total System 1.2 Total 2.5 ques32e Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: American Canadian Jews are naive about anti-semitism Frequency 1 Strongly Total System 3.7 Total
21 21 Encountering the Other ques32f Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: American Canadian Jews are very individualistic Frequency 1 Strongly Total System 1.2 Total ques32g Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: American Canadian Jews have many Jewish choices Frequency 1 Strongly Total System 2.5 Total
22 Encountering the Other 22 ques32h Your impressions of the Americans Canadians you met: There is something to be learned about Judaism from America Canadian Jews Frequency 1 Strongly Total Refuse 1.2 System 2.5 Total ques33a Sentences describing Taglit: Taglit is a "school trip" Frequency 1 Strongly Total Missing -99 Refuse 1.2 System 1.2 Total 2.5
23 23 Encountering the Other ques33b Sentences describing Taglit: Taglit is a mission Frequency 1 Strongly ques33c Sentences describing Taglit: Taglit is a party Frequency 1 Strongly Total Missing -99 Refuse 1.2 ques33d Sentences describing Taglit: Taglit is a learning experience Frequency 1 Strongly
24 Encountering the Other 24 ques33e Sentences describing Taglit: Taglit is a group Jewish experience Frequency 1 Strongly ques33f Sentences describing Taglit: Taglit is a unique Jewish experience for the Israelis Frequency 1 Strongly Total Missing System 4.9 ques34 In general, on a scale of 1-10 how would you describe Taglit? Frequency Total Missing System 6 1.4
25 25 Encountering the Other ques35 When do you think the soldiers or Israelis should join the program? Frequency 1 At the beginning and leave mid program 2 In the middle of the trip and leave when trip ends 3 They should join for the entire trip Total Missing -99 Refuse 2.5 System 1.2 Total 3.7 ques36recoded With how many Americans or Canadians did you keep in touch since participating in the program? (Recoded) Frequency Total Missing -101 Data Not Interpretable 1.2
26 Encountering the Other 26 ques37recoded Thinking about the future, with how many Americans or Canadians do you think you will keep in touch? (Recoded) Frequency or Total Missing -101 Data Not Interpretable System 2.5 Total ques38a How likely is it that you will: Visit the Americans or Canadians you met on Taglit in a future trip to the US or Canada Frequency 1 Definitely not Perhaps Pretty likely Definitely Total
27 27 Encountering the Other ques38b How likely is it that you will: Host the Americans or Canadians you met on Frequency 1 Definitely not Perhaps Pretty likely Definitely ques38c How likely is it that you will: Learn more about Judaism Frequency 1 Definitely not Perhaps Pretty likely Definitely Total ques38d How likely is it that you will: Look for opportunities to connect with Diaspora Jews Frequency 1 Definitely not Perhaps Pretty likely Definitely Total Refuse 2.5 System 1.2 Total 4.9
28 Encountering the Other 28 ques38e How likely is it that you will: Explore your Jewish identity Frequency 1 Definitely not Perhaps Pretty likely Definitely Total ques38f How likely is it that you will: Be a Shaliach in Jewish communities abroad Frequency 1 Definitely not Perhaps Pretty likely Definitely Total System 2.5 Total 3.7 ques41 Are you: Frequency 1 Male Female Total Missing System 4.9
29 29 Encountering the Other ques42 In what year were you born? Frequency Total Missing System 1.2 ques44 How would you describe yourself in religious terms? Frequency 2 Orthodox (Dati) Traditional (Masorti) Secular (Not religious but not antireligious) Anti religious Other Total Refused to answer 3.7 Missing System 2.5 Total 5 1.1
30 Encountering the Other 30 ques45 Do you consider yourself to be part of a Jewish denomination? Which? Frequency 2 Zionist Haredi National Religious (Dati Leumi) 4 Conservative Not part of any denomination Total Missing -99 Refuse Not Applicable Total ques46 Which ethnic group do you consider yourself to be part of? Frequency 1 Ashkenazi Mizrachi Both Ashkenazi and Mizrachi (one parent of each 4 Other ethnic group Total Missing -99 Refuse System 1.2 Total 9 2.0
31 31 Encountering the Other ques47 Do you follow Jewish religious tradition? Frequency 1 Yes, I follow all the Jewish rules 2 I follow most Jewish rules/traditions 3 I follow a little of Jewish rules/tradition 4 Don't follow any Jewish rules/traditions Total Missing -99 Refuse 2.5 ques48 Does your parents' household follow Jewish religious tradition? Frequency 1 Yes, they follow all the Jewish rules 2 They follow most Jewish rules/tradition 3 They follow a little of Jewish rules/tradition 4 Don't follow any Jewish rules/traditions Total Missing -99 Refuse 2.5
32 Encountering the Other 32 ques49 Are you a soldier? Frequency 1 Yes No Total Missing System 1.2 ques51 As part of your military service did you serve in a combat or assisting-combat position? Frequency 1 Combat position Assistingcombat position 3 Did not serve in the IDF Other Total Missing System 3.7 ques53 Are you Frequency 1 Compulsory service (sadir) Professional service (keva) Finished service Total Missing System
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