Tagged Pew survey

Conservative Judaism: Reassessing numbers from 2013 Pew Survey
February 22, 2019 / Rabbi Alan Silverstein

Jewish decision-makers and funders in Israel, the United States, and around the world in part shape allocations and the dispensing of positions of influence on the basis of demographic studies. When interpretations of these studies are misapplied, too often pivotal policy mistakes are made. Jack Wertheimer’s “The New American… Read more »

Pew survey: 57% of U.S. Jews eat pork and Torah study more popular

The percentage of Jews who said religion is important to them rose from 31 to 35 percent since 2007, the Pew Research Center found. (Shutterstock)
November 4, 2015 / Uriel Heilman, JTA

NEW YORK (JTA) — Do you experience feelings of peace and well-being at least once a week? Did God write the Torah? Do you eat bacon? If these questions seem a little personal, don’t fret. They’re all part of a new Pew Research Center survey on American religion released… Read more »

Pew points the way toward more avenues to Jewish life
October 8, 2013 / Andres Spokoiny, JTA

NEW YORK (JTA) — Since the release of the Pew report on American Jews, the question I’ve been asked most often is what surprises me about it. What surprises me most is that anybody is surprised. The Pew report points to a series of phenomena that are well known… Read more »

Mashup: Jewish leaders respond to Pew survey
October 8, 2013 / Uriel Heilman, JTA

NEW YORK (JTA) — What would happen if some of the biggest players in American Jewish life sat down and debated the implications of the new Pew Research Center’s survey of U.S. Jewry? After last week’s landmark study, I talked to nine Jewish philanthropists and organizational leaders about the… Read more »