Jewish Americans in 2020

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Jewish Americans in 2020

Jewish identity in the United States, 2020

Compared with older Jews, youngest Jewish adults include larger shares of both Orthodox and people with no denominational identity

Most U.S. Jews identify as Democrats, but most Orthodox are Republicans

Jewish denominational identity largely steady since 2013

Conservative Jews are older than Jews who identify with other streams

How respondents are categorized

Jewish branches see most commonality with members of their own branch

Jews less likely than Americans overall to attend religious services weekly, believe in God of the Bible

Most U.S. Jews who attend synagogue regularly say they find it spiritually meaningful to go

Most U.S. Jews at least sometimes eat Jewish foods, share Jewish culture with non-Jews

Jews with higher levels of traditional religious observance are more likely than those with lower levels to participate in many cultural Jewish activities

Most Jews say there is more anti-Semitism than five years ago

Jews who wear distinctively Jewish items are especially likely to say they feel less safe today

Among U.S. Jews, 5% say they have not participated in Jewish events over safety concerns

Orthodox Jews more likely to see anti-Jewish graffiti, be made to feel unwelcome or called offensive names

One-third of U.S. Jews report hearing a recent anti-Semitic trope in their presence

Majority of Jews describe Trump as friendly toward Israel, fewer describe him as friendly toward U.S. Jews

Most Jews rated Trump’s handling of U.S. policy toward Israel as ‘only fair’ or ‘poor’

Older American Jews tend to feel more connected to Israel

Younger Jewish adults are more racially and ethnically diverse

Most American Jews identify as Ashkenazi

Intermarriage more common among Jews married more recently

Intermarried Jewish parents much less likely to be raising their children Jewish

More Jews say it is important for future grandchildren to share their political convictions and to carry on their family name than to marry someone who is Jewish

Nine-in-ten Americans raised Jewish by religion and three-quarters raised as Jews of no religion remain Jewish today

Among Americans with one Jewish parent, young adults more likely than older generations to identify as Jewish today

Two-thirds of Americans raised as Orthodox Jews still identify as Orthodox as adults

By early 2021, little difference in share of U.S. Jews, other adults who know someone who died or was hospitalized due to COVID-19

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