Java EE 6: JSF vs Servlet + JSP. Should I bother learning JSF?

Question

I am trying to get familiar with Java EE 6 by reading http://java.sun.com/javaee/6/docs/tutorial/doc/gexaf.html. I am a bit confused about the use of JSF.
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Answer 1

JSF Framework targets to simplify development integration of web-based user interfaces. As @bozho stated you can mix JSP and JSF. However, the "view" component in JSF is facelets - which can be viewed as little UI widgets, which are more or less self contained with respect to DHTML styling and JavaScript event generation and call back.

"Should I bother learning.. ?"

Not sure. I haven't seen JSF picking up that much steam even though it was around (Atleast in theory) for last 5 years.