New poll: Israelis have confidence in Biden, but less than they had in Trump
The Pew survey, conducted ahead of Biden’s visit to Israel, also shows that Israelis are more likely to hold favorable view of the US than Americans hold of Israel
The Pew survey, conducted ahead of Biden’s visit to Israel, also shows that Israelis are more likely to hold favorable view of the US than Americans hold of Israel
Amid many gloomy predictions that American Jewry is shrinking, disengaging and assimilating, comes bracing news from Chicago: um, maybe not. A just-released Chicago Jewish population study — the largest one ever — found that the community is instead growing and diversifying: • The study shows that the Jewish population in Chicago is nearly 320,000, an…
The youngest generation of American Jews is more diverse — and more divided — than any generation prior. At least, that’s what the the new Pew Study of American Jews reports. On Tuesday night, the Forward’s Opinion Editor Laura E. Adkins spoke with Forward columnist Alex Zeldin, Jewish Currents editor Arielle Angel, and 18Doors Chicago director Tani…
In the latest comprehensive study of American Jews, there’s a single deep truth that’s hidden in plain sight, like matzah in a matzah ball. And yes, it is about food. The Pew Research Center’s report, “Jewish Americans in 2020,” asked respondents what “Jewish practices and activities” they engage in, and for people worried about the…
The vast majority of American Jews view remembering the Holocaust as essential to their Jewish identities — more than religious activities like observing Jewish law or cultural ones like eating Jewish food, according to “American Jews in 2020,” released today by the Pew Research Center. More than 75% of survey respondents said that remembering the…
(JTA) — In Sheldon Oberman’s children’s book “The Always Prayer Shawl,” a grandfather passes on his tallit to his grandson along with the sage advice, “Some things change and some things don’t.” At public readings, Oberman wore his grandfather’s tallit, which had inspired the story. When a non-Jewish author told him that she wished she…
(JTA) — On Tuesday, Israel found itself fighting what may be another war in Gaza. And American Jews are watching. Israel and Hamas, the militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, have already traded hundreds of airstrikes and missiles since Monday. Dozens of Palestinians and two Israelis have lost their lives — a number that…
(JTA) — Among the findings of the Pew Research Center’s new survey of American Jews is one that has become increasingly self-evident in recent years: Orthodox Jews in the U.S. overwhelmingly affiliate with the Republican Party. According to the newest study, 75% of Orthodox Jews surveyed said they were Republicans or leaned Republican. In 2013,…
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