[Jewish] student research project on Judaism and superstition/paranormal/etc. Link for survey included

[Steven Nathan]

I received the following from Jeff Rudski, a student at Muhlenberg College:

Seeking participants over the age of 18 to participate in a survey 
examining how people define the interplay/boundaries of faith and 
superstition.  While parts of each domain are clearly unique, there are 
places where the boundaries are fuzzy. I'm following this up by 
examining Jewish beliefs (based upon the bible, traditional rituals, and 
Trachtenberg's classic book on Jewish superstitions) along with 
colloquial unsubstantiated, paranormal, or superstitious beliefs. The 
survey was constructed with the input of two local rabbis. The research 
has been approved by Muhlenberg College's Institutional Review Board. 
The link for this survey is:

 

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228QS8YUSPC
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Steven P. Nathan

Campus Rabbi

Interim LGBTQ Advisor

Hampshire College 
                                                           

Office of Spiritual Life -- Box SA

Amherst, MA 01002

Phone: (413) 559-5282

Fax: (413) 559-5663

snathan at hampshire.edu <mailto:snathan at hampshire.edu>


 

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