AMERICAN JUDAISM BY THE NUMBERS


JUDAISM: RELIGION OR CULTURE? 62%


“BEING JEWISH IS MAINLY A MATTER OF ANCESTRY AND CULTURE”


JEWS WHO IDENTIFY AS BEING RELIGIOUS (BY GENERATION)


93%


74% 68%


GREATEST GENERATION


81% BABY BOOMERS


GENERATION X MILLENNIALS


35% 18% 10% 6%


15%


“BEING JEWISH IS MAINLY A MATTER OF RELIGION.”


DENOMINATIONAL IDENTITY REFORM MOVEMENT


CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM ORTHODOX JUDAISM


SMALLER GROUPS


SUCH AS THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST AND JEWISH RENEWAL MOVEMENTS


30% NO DENOMIATION


Orthodox Jews are younger on average, and have larger families, which suggests that this denomination will grow.


23%


“BEING JEWISH IS BOTH A MATTER OF RELIGION AND ANCESTRY/CULTURE.”


94% OF U.S. JEWS SAY THEY ARE PROUD TO BE JEWISH. JEWISH


WHAT DOES BEING JEWISH MEAN IN AMERICA TODAY? 73% REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST 69% LEADING AN ETHICAL LIFE


56% WORKING FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY 43% CARING ABOUT ISRAEL 42% A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR 28% BEING PART OF A JEWISH COMMUNITY 19% OBSERVING JEWISH LAW 14% EATING TRADITIONAL JEWISH FOODS


75% OF U.S. JEWS SAY THEY HAVE “A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.” ISRAEL


HOW ATTACHED DO JEWS FEEL TO ISRAEL?


30% VERY ATTACHED


SOMEWHAT 39% ATTACHED


NOT VERY OR NOT 31% AT ALL ATTACHED


Overall, American Jews’ attachment to Israel today has not changed since 2000.


POLITICAL AFFILIATION


70% DEMOCRATS 22% REPUBLICANS* 8% INDEPENDENTS


*Among Orthodox Jews, 57% identify as Republican


As a whole, Jews are among the most liberal, Democratic groups in the U.S.


HOW AMERICAN JEWS FEEL ABOUT U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL


JUST 54% RIGHT


57% 38%


12% 11% TOO SUPPORTIVE 31% NOT SUPPORTIVE ENOUGH


BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL WAS GIVEN TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY GOD


40% YES OF AMERICAN JEWS HAVE VISITED ISRAEL


OF AMERICAN JEWS BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL IS MAKING A SINCERE EFFORT TO BRING ABOUT PEACE WITH THE PALESTINIANS.


OF AMERICAN JEWS BELIEVE THAT PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP IS MAKING A SINCERE EFFORT AT PEACE.


IDEOLOGICAL VIEWS


49% LIBERAL 29% MODERATE 19% CONSERVATIVE


INTERMARRIAGE: JEWS WHO MARRIED A NON-JEWISH SPOUSE.


6 OUT OF 10 JEWS INTERMARRIED SINCE 2000. 4 IN 10 JEWS INTERMARRIED IN THE 1980S. < 2 IN 10 INTERMARRIED IN THE 1970S.


There is a strong association between intermarriage and a decline in Jews who identify as religious, but the cause has not been determined.


Note: These data come from a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, A Portrait of Jewish Americans, from a representative sample of 3,475 American Jews ages 18 and older. Read the full survey report at: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/10/01/jewish-american-beliefs-attitudes-culture-survey/ IF I FORGET UPSTAGE GUIDE 7


28% DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD 27% NO


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