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

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May 4, 2021

Jewish Americans in 2020

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

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

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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
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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