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This large-scale investigation into the socio-demographic and identity profile of Jews living in the city and greater metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) was carried out in 2003-2004 in an effort to provide data for communal policy and programming.
Published by JPR (Institute for Jewish Policy Research) in 2004, this report catalogues, synthesizes and compares Jewish identity surveys conducted across Europe between 1996 and 2003.
This landmark study into the social structure, Jewish identity and communal engagement of Eastern Europe’s largest Jewish community was conducted in Budapest just over a decade after the end of Communism.
Over 2,500 Israelis Jews participated in this nationwide study of religious observance, Jewish identity and values and intergroup relations. The research, published in 2000, was a sequel to a similar study conducted in 1991.
Initiated as part of a strategic planning and needs assessment process, this 2002 socio-demographic study interviewed Jews in three Moldovan cities, focusing on utilization of communal socio-medical services and overall engagement and interest in Jewish life.
Summary of the findings of an in-depth study conducted in 2000 by the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk (JMW, the Dutch Jewish Social Services) into the social profile and Jewish ties of the Netherlands’ Jewish population.
The largest known study of Israelis living in Europe, this 1996 research analysed both the demographic profile and behavioural characteristics of over 1,300 current and former Israeli citizens residing in the Netherlands.
This article analyses key findings of an otherwise unpublished study of Jewish identity and behaviour conducted in Norway, Sweden and Finland between 1999 and 2001.
An in-depth analysis of the Jewish identities of moderately-engaged 25-45 year-old British Jews, this 2002-2004 research drew directly on The Jew Within, Cohen and Arnold M. Eisen’s 2000 study of the same demographic in the United States.
This quantitative study of 3,000 Jewish households in London and the Southeast was conducted in 2002 in order to provide the community’s voluntary sector with a fuller picture of current and future needs, particularly in the areas of education and services for the elderly.
Utilized both as a precursor to JPR’s larger London survey, and as a means of analysing key trends in a significant, mid-size Jewish community, this 2001 study collected demographic, attitudinal and behavioural data from 1,500 Jewish households.
Published in 2007, this project used data from the 2001 UK Census (which for the first time contained a question on religion) to analyse a variety of demographic questions including Jewish household composition, living and educational standards and residential patterns.
A qualitative study of 18-35 year olds with connections to the Reform Movement, this 2004-2005 initiative was designed to produce policy-relevant insights into the outlook and needs of a key future constituency.
Taking a different approach to most large-scale Jewish identity surveys, this 2000 survey employed a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to examine both current connections to Judaism and the “Jewish journeys” of 22-52 year olds in New York City. Access with a free subscription to the North American Jewish Data Bank.
Comprehensive with regards to both content and participation, this 2000-2001 national survey sought to determine the size and key characteristics of the American Jewish population and to characterize that population for the purposes of communal planning and policy-making.
A quantitative study of 3,000 Jewish adults nationwide, the 2001 AJIS had 3 key aims: to measure the number of American Jews; to establish clear typologies of those who described themselves as Jewish by religion and/or origin; and, by using the same methodology as the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, to identity changes in these areas over the prior 10 years.
Using data from the Pew Foundation’s massive 2008 study, U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, Cohen and Blitzer compare American Jews with those identifying with major Christian denominations in an attempt to better understand the specificity of Jewish affiliations, belief and behaviour. Access with a free subscription to the North American Jewish Data Bank.
An in-depth qualitative and quantitative survey of intermarried couples in Boston, St. Louis, Atlanta and the Bay areas of San Francisco, this study investigated factors influencing interfaith couples’ relationships with Judaism and the Jewish community and offered policy recommendations.
This presentation from the 2008 Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference looks at data on Israel attachment from local community studies to assess the validity of the “distancing hypothesis.” Access with a free subscription to the North American Jewish Data Bank.
This project compiled data from sources including the 2001 National Jewish Population Survey and AJC’s annual Surveys of American Jewish Opinion in order to characterize the distinct identity profile and behaviour of 15-29 year old American Jews and to consider policy implications. Access with a free subscription to the North American Jewish Data Bank.
One of the most well-known and oft-cited studies of contemporary American Jewish identity. Two leading scholars – Steven M. Cohen and Arnold M. Eisen – explore the Jewish beliefs, practices, habits and behaviours of moderately-affiliated American Jews in the 30-45 age band. They discover that these Jews are feeling increasingly less engaged with organized public Judaism and Jewish organizations, and instead turning inwards in search of a Judaism that is personally meaningful, fulfilling and non-judgmental.
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A UK-based think tank developing policies for the future of Jews in Europe, with particular emphasis on promoting civic life, pluralism and tolerance. Offers a thinking-outside-the-box approach to factors influencing the future vitality of Jewish life in Europe.
An Israeli think tank creating strategies to strengthen the Jewish people and the Jewish State, with an ongoing interest in Jewish demography and the future of European Jewish communities.
A multi-disciplinary research unit producing high-quality analysis of Jewish communal programs in North America, it recently assessed the long-term impact of Birthright Israel. While its approach is unapologetically academic, the Center generates wide-ranging insight into what is—and isn’t—working in organized Jewish life.
Particularly active in the late 1990s (when it was known as the Wilstein Institute), this Hebrew College research and policy planning institute has recently published an in-depth qualitative and quantitative study of intermarried couples in Boston, St. Louis, Atlanta and the Bay areas of San Francisco.
The IJCR is an independent think tank and policy unit with particular interest in issues of ethnic and racial diversity within the Jewish world, philanthropy, religious prejudice in schools and the future of Jewish life in the San Francisco and the surrounding region.
