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According to Mouood, quoting by pewresearch: 7. U.S. Jews’ connections with and attitudes toward Israel Eight-in-ten U.S. Jews say caring about Israel is an essential or important part of what being Jewish means to them. Nearly six-in-ten say they personally feel an emotional attachment to Israel, and a similar share …

Have the people of Lot returned from the heart of history? Lot’s people angered and avenged God for exposing the sin of sodomy and ignoring Lot’s warnings. Now, after thousands of years, we see that those people have risen from the heart of history again and from time to time …

According to Mouood, quoting by Pewresearch: 6. Anti-Semitism and Jewish views on discrimination Jewish Americans generally perceive a rise in anti-Semitism. More than nine-in-ten U.S. Jews surveyed say there is at least some anti-Semitism in America, and three-quarters say there is more anti-Semitism in the U.S. today than there was five years …

According to Mouood, quoting by Pewresearch: 5. Jewish community and connectedness CORRECTION (May 20, 2021): Due to a typographical error, a previous version of the table “About half of U.S. Jews feel ‘a great deal’ of belonging to the Jewish people” misstated the percentage of Conservative Jews who feel some sense of …

According to Mouood, quoting by Pewresearch: 4. Marriage, families and children About two-thirds of U.S. Jewish adults are either married (59%) or living with a partner (7%). Among those who are married, many have spouses who are not Jewish. Fully 42% of all currently married Jewish respondents indicate they have a non-Jewish …

According to Mouood, quoting by Pewresearch: 3. Jewish practices and customs Jewish Americans are not a highly religious group, at least by traditional measures of religious observance. But many engage with Judaism in some way, whether through holidays, food choices, cultural connections or life milestones. For instance, roughly seven-in-ten Jews say they …

According to Mouood, quoting by Pewresearch: 2. Jewish identity and belief Religion is not central to the lives of most U.S. Jews. Even Jews by religion are much less likely than Christian adults to consider religion to be very important in their lives (28% vs. 57%). And among Jews as a whole, …

According to Mouood, quoting by Pewresearch: 1. The size of the U.S. Jewish population This report classifies approximately 5.8 million adults (2.4% of all U.S. adults) as Jewish. This includes 4.2 million (1.7%) who identify as Jewish by religion and 1.5 million Jews of no religion (0.6%).17 People are categorized as “Jews …

According to Mouood, quoting by Pewresearch: Jewish Americans in 2020 U.S. Jews are culturally engaged, increasingly diverse, politically polarized and worried about anti-Semitism What does it mean to be Jewish in America? A new Pew Research Center survey finds that many Jewish Americans participate, at least occasionally, both in some …

According to Mouood, quoting by nsarchive: Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction Between Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, and the commencement of military action in January 1991, then President George H.W. Bush raised the specter of the Iraqi pursuit of nuclear weapons as one justification for taking decisive …