How younger U.S. Jews are similar to – and different from – older U.S. Jews
Jews ages 18 to 29 are just as likely as those 65 and older to say they attend religious services at least monthly (22% each).
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Jews ages 18 to 29 are just as likely as those 65 and older to say they attend religious services at least monthly (22% each).
Based on certain traditional measures of religious observance, U.S. Jews are far less religious than U.S. Christians and Americans overall.
Jewish Americans – much like the U.S. public overall – hold widely differing views on Israel and its political leadership.
40% of U.S. adults say there’s a lot of discrimination against Jews in society, and 44% say there’s a lot of discrimination against Muslims.
57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.
Seven-in-ten Muslim Americans say they think discrimination against Muslims has risen in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Most U.S. adults are neutral toward several religious groups, though Americans tend to rate their own religious group positively. More than a third of Americans hold unfavorable views of multiple religious groups.
Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
Self-identified Christians make up 63% of the U.S. population in 2021, down from 75% a decade ago.
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
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