Posts Tagged: Pew survey Jews
Pew Survey: Muslims to Outnumber Jews in the US by 2040
JNS.org - Muslims are expected to outnumber Jews as the second-largest religious group in the US by 2040, according to a new survey by the Pew...
Pew and the Jews, Part 2: Experts Say Leveraging Poll Data Trumps Numbers
JNS.org - Since the Pew Research Center released its U.S. Religious Landscape Study in May, most discussion of its findings has been quickly drowned out by other news....
Is Intermarriage the New Normal for American Jews?
JNS.org - Since 2005 nearly six in 10 American Jews have married a non-Jew, up from 46 percent in 1990 and 17 percent before...
Examining Israel-Diaspora Relations at the Jewish Federation’s General Assembly
JNS.org - JERUSALEM—The changing nature of the American Jewish community has been a much-debated topic ever since the release of the recent Pew Research...
Rabbi Eric Yoffie Should Stop Harming the Jewish Community
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, who served as president of the Union for Reform Judaism from 1996 to 2012, is a very busy man. Running a denomination...
What Does it Mean to Be Jewish?
As recent surveys reveal a disturbingly large number of American Jews—millions, in fact—who feel disconnected from their Jewish identity, allow me to share what being...
The Growing Extremism of Reform Leader Eric Yoffie
Rabbi Eric Yoffie is one of those courageous souls, prepared to throw stones while living in a glass house. Not content to criticize the Chabad...
Pew Jews: The Future of American Judaism
Oh, dear. American Jewish poobahs are all upset by a Pew Foundation survey that "discovered" that the intermarriage rate in the USA is at 58...
Why is the Upper West Side JCC Supporting Israel’s Enemies?
While the results of the recently published Pew Survey on American Jews were terrifying for many in our community, apparently the Jewish Community Center on...
American Jews Should Focus Less on Israel and More on Judaism
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, one of the greatest Zionist leaders ever, once wrote an essay entitled "Without Patriotism," which he headed with a quote: "Have pity on...
Three Ways to Save American Jewry From Extinction
By now you've heard about the Pew Research poll, published this week, which concludes that American Jewry is on its way to oblivion. No need...
Analyzing the New Report on Trends in American Judaism
JNS.org - New reports from the Pew Research Center and Brandeis University's Steinhardt Social Research Institute (SSRI) estimate the Jewish population of the United...
