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Jeff Diamant

Senior Writer/Editor

Jeff Diamant is a senior writer/editor at Pew Research Center, focusing on religion. He has worked on reports about the faith of Black Americans, Muslim Americans and Europeans. He has a doctorate in history from the CUNY Graduate Center, was a fellow in the Scholars-in-Residence program at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and received a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in political science and international studies. Prior to joining the Center, he also worked as a journalist for newspapers including the Newark Star-Ledger and the Charlotte Observer.

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short readsMar 17, 2023

Anti-Jewish harassment occurred in 94 countries in 2020, up from earlier years

Incidents against Jewish people in 2020 ranged from verbal and physical assaults to vandalism of cemeteries and scapegoating for the pandemic.
reportJan 3, 2023

Faith on the Hill

While there has been a decades-long decline in the Christian share of U.S. adults, 88% of the voting members in the new 118th Congress identify as Christian. That is only a few points lower than their share in the late 1970s.
short readsDec 8, 2022

About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is ‘living in the end times’

58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
short readsMar 15, 2022

In India and many other countries, there is little gap between men and women in attitudes on gender issues

Most Indians support gender equality, but a new survey finds that traditional gender norms still hold sway for many people in the country.
reportMar 15, 2022

Black Catholics in America

Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike White and Hispanic Catholics – and Black Protestants
short readsDec 7, 2021

African immigrants in U.S. more religious than other Black Americans, and more likely to be Catholic

Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
short readsOct 21, 2021

Black adults in the U.S. South more likely than those in other regions to attend a Black congregation

Black Southerners diverge from other Black Americans – especially Northeasterners and Westerners – in other ways when it comes to religion.
short readsJul 6, 2021

Most Indians, including most Hindus, do not practice yoga

Just about a third of Indian adults (35%) say they ever practice yoga, including 22% who say they do so monthly or less.
short readsJun 8, 2021

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).
short readsMay 13, 2021

Jews in U.S. are far less religious than Christians and Americans overall, at least by traditional measures

Based on certain traditional measures of religious observance, U.S. Jews are far less religious than U.S. Christians and Americans overall.