When it comes to the Jewish community, does size really matter? It’s not a flip question. Many observers greet the high rates of intermarriage, low birthrates and widespread alienation from Jewish ...
A new short analysis from Gallup from a few weeks ago focused on Jewish support for President Barack Obama: Obama’s approval ratings throughout his presidency have averaged 13 points higher among ...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The world's Jewish population has almost rebounded to pre-Holocaust numbers, according to a new report. The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) estimates there are ...
Scholars at Brandeis University’s Steinhardt Social Research Institute have just unveiled their latest county-level estimates of the American Jewish population, which includes the first-ever look at ...
A new Canadian census that appears to show a significant decline in the number of Jews in Canada has experts divided over the significance of the figures. Statistics culled from Canada’s 2006 ...
(RNS) The Jewish piece of the American religious pie is not shrinking as the Christian slice is, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. Isn’t that good news for a people who—for the past ...
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — While researching his family tree, Brian Madigan of Locust Grove, Virginia, found something strange: Although his maternal great-great-grandfather had lived in ...
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – MARCH 20: Israeli medical worker holds a swab test for coronavirus at a drive-through site during a presntation for the press before opening on March 20, 2020 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Prior to the murder of 6 million Jews between 1939 and 1945, some 16,600,000 were spread throughout the world. Today’s data indicates that there are currently 14,511,000 Jews on Earth, a number ...
When members of the year-old Reform Communal Chevra Kadisha of New York complete their work preparing a Jewish body for burial, they take a few minutes to stand together around the closed coffin.
With American Jews experiencing rising antisemitism, particularly on college campuses, a growing number of Jewish high school ...
Unlike the Christian slice, the Jewish piece of the American religious pie is not shrinking, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. Isn’t that good news for a people who — for the past ...