OCC Campus Survey

 

1.  Has your level of appreciation for religion has increased since you have come to your college campus?

    A) Definitely      B) Somewhat     C) A little bit      D) Not at all

 

2. Have you ever had trouble getting involved in your Orthodox community on campus?

    A) Frequently     B) Sometimes     C) Rarely       D) Never

 

3. Approximately how many hours a week do you devote to communal religious and
social activity (ie. davening, learning, pro-Israel activism, community social programming, etc.)?

    A) More than 10      B) 7 to 10      C) 4 to 7     D) 1 to 4     E) Less than 1             

 

4. Of the following activities, please check off which of them you see as defining your religious experience.

    A) Davening   B) Shabbat/Holiday observance   C) Jewish learning   D) Chesed   

    E) Clothing   F) Who I hang out with      

5. On a 1-10 scale, please rate the overall Shabbat experience on your campus.

6. Have you ever felt apprehensive about wearing a head covering or otherwise openly displaying your Judaism on campus?

     A) Frequently      B) Sometimes    C)Rarely         D)Never

 

7. How would your rate your current level of religious observance in relation to what it was when you got to college?  It has since:
     A) Suffered greatly      B) Fallen off a bit      C) Stayed the same      

     D) Become somewhat stronger    E) Become much stronger

8.  In your college career up to now, have you taken any classes which threatened your faith and/or religious observance?  If so, how many?

     A) I have never encountered this     B) One class    C) 2 classes      D) 3 Classes  

     E) More than 3 Classes

 

9. Outside class, have you personally experienced spiritual/emotional/intellectual tension between your religious sensibility and modern society?

      A) Frequently       B) Sometimes      C) Rarely       D) Never

 

10. If yes, did you turn to anyone for help? (Check as many as apply)

      A) Yes, my campus rabbi      B)Yes, my parents       C) Yes, my friends   

      D) Yes, my synagogue rabbi     E) Yes, other    F) No, I try to resolve these issues by myself

 

11. How much interaction do you have with members of the other Jewish denominational communities (Reform, Conservative) on your campus?

      A) I am friendly with many members of the other communities   B) I am friendly with   

      several of them     C) I am friendly with very few of them     D) I have nothing to do with  

      them        

12. Do you see any general difference in religious observance between those who attended an Orthodox program in Israel for one year prior to college and those who did not? 

      A) Definitely    B) Some      C) A little      D) Not at all           

 

13. How would you define your religious affiliation?
      A) Modern Orthodox     B) Orthodox      C) Observant    D) Other - ______________

 

Has your level of appreciation for religion has increased since you have come to your college campus?

 

Have you ever had trouble getting involved in your Orthodox community on campus?

 

 

Approximately how many hours a week do you devote to communal religious and
social activity (ie. davening, learning, pro-Israel activism, community social programming, etc.)?

 

 

Of the following activities, please check off which of them you see as defining your religious experience.

 

On a 1-10 scale, please rate the overall Shabbat experience on your campus.

 

Have you ever felt apprehensive about wearing a head covering or otherwise openly displaying your Judaism on campus?

 

How would your rate your current level of religious observance in relation to what it was when you got to college?  

 

In your college career up to now, have you taken any classes which threatened your faith and/or religious observance? 

 

Outside class, have you personally experienced spiritual/emotional/intellectual tension between your religious sensibility and modern society?

 

If yes, did you turn to anyone for help?

How much interaction do you have with members of the other Jewish denominational communities (Reform, Conservative) on your campus?

Do you see any general difference in religious observance between those who attended an Orthodox program in Israel for one year prior to college and those who did not?

How would you define your religious affiliation?

Sampling of interesting responses for ‘other’:

  1. conservadox
  2. post modern Orthodox
  3. jewish
  4. still deciding
  5. apikores
  6. jewish
  7. traditional
  8. I try to be a good Jew while preserving sanity
  9. Non-existent anymore
  10. I keep Shulchan Aruch to the best of my ability and knowledge
  11. post-denominational
  12. i prefer not to; there are too many assumptions.
  13. sephardi (orthodox)
  14. the same people always lead services and havdalah, let new people lead
  15. dati leumi
  16. confused