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Recent Trends in Jewish Demographics and Their Impact on the Jewish Media
2011 American Jewish Press Association Annual Conference Dallas, TX June, 2011

Ira M. Sheskin, Ph.D. Director of the Jewish Demography Project of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Studies University of Miami

2 Outline of this Presentation

) Part I: Recent Trends in American Jewish Demography ) Part II: Demographic Profile of Users of the Jewish Media ) Part III: Data Sources for Reporters

3 Outline of this Presentation ) Part I: Recent Trends in American Jewish Demography ) Trend 1: Number of American Jews ) Trend 2: Changes in the Size of the Jewish Population Trend 3: Changing Geographic Distribution ) Trend 4: Loss of Jews Due to Intermarriage and Assimilation ) Trend 5: Investments of the Organized Jewish Community to Counteract the Forces of Assimilation ) Trend 6: Presence of FSU Jews and Israelis ) Part II: Demographic Profile of Users of the Jewish Media ) Part III: Data Sources for Reporters

4 Trend 1 How Many American Jews Are There? Probably 6.0-6.4 Million, But We Do Not Know

Defining Jews Who Do We Count? ) Both a religious group and an ethnic group ) Jews by religion, Jews by ethnicity ) Orthodox and Conservative: matrilineal descent ) Reform and Reconstructionist: patrilineal and matrilineal descent ) Israeli Law of Return: one Jewish grandparent ) Social scientists studying American Jewry: Consider Self Jewish but no Messianics

Methods for Counting Jews ) Jews are not counted in the US Census ) (except for Kiryas Joel, Monsey, and New Square) ) Older methods ) Census variables: "mother tongue and % Russian and Polish ) Absences from school on Yom Kippur ) Death records ) Current methods ) Random Digit Dialing (RDD) Telephone Surveys ) Distinctive Jewish Name Ratios ) Key Informant/Internet estimates ) Brandeis University Meta-Analysis

7 Random Digit Dialing (RDD) Telephone Surveys ) Generate four numbers at random to go at the end of each area code/exchange
code in the study area, resulting in 10-digit numbers

) 212-589-XXXX ) If a household is reached, inquire if anyone in the household is Jewish ) Calculate the percentage of households reached that are Jewish ) Ask household size and whether each person in household is Jewish ) Produces a population estimate and a random sample of Jews to be interviewed ) NJPS 2000-01, AJIS 2000-01, HARI 2000-01, ARIS 2008 were all RDD
Telephone Surveys

Screener
Hello. We are calling for a population study for the Jewish community sponsored by the San Antonio Jewish Federation. We are NOT asking for donations or selling anything AND we do not know your name or address. We ARE randomly interviewing households with one or more Jewish persons. Was anyone in your household born or raised Jewish, or is anyone currently Jewish? Yes A mixed response (There is a Jewish born or raised person in the household, but no one is currently Jewish.) No Since no one in your household is Jewish, let me just thank you for your time. Have a great (day/evening). Great! My name is _______,
(FIRST NAME ONLY)

1. Messianic (Jews for Jesus, Hebrew So that we can properly understand your answer, would you please tell me what you mean when you say someone in your household was (born/raised) Jewish but is not currently Jewish?
Christian, Completed Jew)

and your participation is important in helping the San Antonio Jewish community identify needs and plan for the future.

Continue with My name is for:

Again, your answers will be anonymous. We do NOT know your name or address.

DO THE SURVEY

Agnostic Atheist Doesnt identify as Jewish No religion Non-observant Non-practicing Non-religious Non-Western religion (Buddhist) Nothing Secular Not consider self Jewish, but has NOT converted out and is not a

2. Converso, Marrano, Crypto Jew 3. Converted to another religion 4. Not formally converted to another religion, but regularly attends church or other services 5. Grandparent was Jewish 6. Father Jewish, but raised in another religion 7. Mother Jewish, but raised in another religion 8. Mother and father Jewish, but raised in another religion 9. Father Jewish, but not raised in any religion 10. Mother Jewish, but not raised in any religion 11. Mother and father Jewish, but not raised in any religion 12. Believes has some Jewish blood 13. Black Hebrews

9 Distinctive Jewish Name Ratios ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Berman Caplan Cohen Epstein Feldman Freedman Friedman Goldberg Goldman Goldstein Goodman Greenberg Gross Grossman Jacobs Jaffe Kahn Kaplan Katz Kohn Levin Levine Levinson Levy Lieberman Rosen Rosenberg Rosenthal Rubin Schwartz Shapiro Siegel Silverman Stern Weinstein Weiss

About 8%-12% of Jews in US have one of these names

10 Key Informant and Internet Estimates ) Estimates of the Jewish population of over 1,000 American Jewish communities have been summarized annually in the American Jewish Year Book (AJYB), now Current Jewish Population Reports (CJPR) ) When the results of an RDD survey or DJN procedure are available for a particular community, this is used in place of a key informant or Internet estimate ) Of the total number of Jews reported by the AJYB (now CJPR), more than 80% of that number is supported by RDD estimates of local Jewish communities from past 15 years ) These 1,000 local estimates are totaled to get a national estimate

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Virginia

The Virginia Section of the 2010 Current Jewish Population Report


1997-2001 1997-2001 1997-2001 2009 1997-2001 1997-2001 1997-2001 2008 2008 2008 2008 2003 2003 2003 2003 2009 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 1997-2001 1997-2001 1997-2001 1997-2001 Blacksburg-Radford Charlottesville Danville area Fredericksburg (parts of Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, and Orange Counties) Lynchburg area Martinsville Newport News-Hampton-Williamsburg-James City-York County, and Poquoson City Norfolk (2001) Virginia Beach (2001) Chesepeake-Portsmouth-Suffolk (2001) Norfolk-Virginia Beach Total (2001) Arlington-Alexandria-Falls Church (2003) South Fairfax-Prince William County (2003) West Fairfax-Loudoun County (2003) Greater Washington Total in Northern Virginia (2003) Petersburg-Colonial Heights-Hopewll Central (1994) West End (1994) Far West End (1994) Northeast (1994) Southside (1994) Richmond (Henrico and Chesterfield Counties) Total (1994) Roanoke Staunton-Lexington (Augusta, Bath, Highland, Page, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties) Winchester (Clarke, Frederick, Warren, and Winchester Counties) Other places Total Virginia 175 1,500 100 500 275 100 2,400 3,550 6,000 1,400 10,950 28,000 25,000 14,500 67,500 200 2,200 2,400 4,800 1,200 1,900 12,500 900 370 270 150 97,890

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Steinhardt Social Research Institute Meta-Analysis

) SSRI 2010 ) Uses 150 random digit dialing telephone surveys done for a whole variety of purposes that happened to ask a question about religious preference - leads to an estimate of Jewish adults by religion ) Has to extrapolate Jews by ethnicity based on NJPS ratio of Jews by religion to Jews by ethnicity ) Has to extrapolate Jews under age 20 based on NJPS ratio because many of the 150 surveys only interviewed Age 20+

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7,000

Estimates of the Number of American Jews


(thousands) 6,544 6.0 - 6.4 6,467

6,000

RDD

6,000

5,000

RDD DJN Informant Internet

RDD

5,340

5,200

RDD

RDD

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0 CJPR 2010 SSRI 2010 HARI 2000-01 AJIS 2001 NJPS 2000-01
American Jewish Year Book Steinhardt Social Research Now: Current Jewish Population Reports Institute Sheskin and Dashefsky Leonard Saxe Heritage, Ancestry, and Religious American Jewish Identity Survey National Jewish Population Survey Identification Mayer, Kosmin, and Keysar Jewish Federations of North America Tobin and Groeneman

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Why the Differences Between NJPS and CJPR? ) The CJPR estimate of 6.0-6.4 million is well above the NJPS estimate of 5.2M ) Why? ) The NJPS estimate is too low ) A disproportionate percentage of Jews refused to participate in NJPS 2000,
resulting in an undercount ) Each 0.1% error in percentage Jewish is 112,000 Jewish households containing 200,000 Jews

The CJPR estimate is too high ) Students ) Snowbirds ) Movers between Studies ) Informants overstate numbers: but an analysis shows a 3% under reporting!

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Largest Jewish Populations in World


United States Israel France Canada
484 375 292 205 182 119 108 95 72 71 49 39 30 30 28 21 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000

(6 - 6.4 million) from CJPR (Sheskin and Dashefsky)


5,704

6,200

United Kingdom Russia Argentina Germany Australia Brazil Ukraine South Africa Hungary Mexico Belgium Netherlands Italy Chile

If 5.2 million is correct: more Jews in Israel than in US If 6.0-6.4 million is correct: More Jews in US than in Israel

(thousands)

Source: World Jewish Population, 2010 (Sergio DellaPergola)

16 Trend 2 Is the Jewish Population Increasing, Decreasing or Remaining the Same? Probably Remaining the Same, But We Do Not Know

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The Demise of the Jewish People Has Long Been Predicted

Arnold Toynbee, in his classic 12-volume study of history (1934-1961) was troubled by the one exception to his universal rules governing the eventual decline of every people. He declared that the Jews were a vestigial remnant of a people destined to perish soon

18 The Demise of American Jewry has Long Been Predicted


RELIGION AMONG JEWS FOUND TO BE WANING; Case-Workers Also Contend the Charity Federation Here Is Not a Unifying Influence. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. May 30, 1934, Wednesday ATLANTIC CITY, May 29. -- The New York committee of caseworkers, a section of the National Conference of Jewish Social Service, reported today that there was a decreasing influence of religion in American Jewish life and a large gap between the communal leadership and the masses, and that the Federation of Jewish Charities was not the unifying influence it purports to be.

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May 5, 1964

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1986 -Essays on the Ever-Dying People

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7,000 6,000 5,000

Number of American Jews from National Jewish RDD Surveys: (thousands) NJPS 1990 and NJPS 2000
5,500

5,200

Shows a decrease?
4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 1990 2000 Not really, because the 5.2 million is within the margin of error of the 5.5 million Loss of 300,000 would have been loss of 500,000 with FSU Jews, or 50,000/year

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7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000

Number of American Jews from American Jewish Year Book Estimates RDD/DJN/Key Informant (thousands)
Sheskin and Dashefsky do not believe this indicates an increase of 603,000, but rather that a better job has been done of counting

6,452

5,941

5,981

3,000 2,000 1,000 0

5,798

5,828

5,840

5,880

5,900

6,000

6,005

6,061

6,136

6,165

No Data
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Source: American Jewish Year Book (Schwartz and Scheckner until 2001, Sheskin and Dashefsky 2006-2010)

6,433

6,489

6,537

6,544

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7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0

Number of American Jews from SSRI Meta-Analysis


(thousands)

6,340 5,693

6,467

Shows an increase of 774,000

2000

2008

2010

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Atlanta 10 Baltimore 11 Boston 10 Chicago 10 Cleveland 9 Columbus 11 Denver 10 Las Vegas 10 Miami 10 New York 11 Philadelphia 12 Sarasota 9 Seattle 10 South Palm Beach 10 West Palm Beach 6

Changes in the Jewish Population


RDD Estimates Only
77 120 91 93 179 211 261 271 65 82 16 22 39 63 56 68 143 113 1,420 1,412 206 215 16 18 29 37 83 107 73 101 0 200 400 600 800 (in thousands) 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600

Earlier Study Later Study

Studies completed 6-12 years apart

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Changes in the Jewish Population


RDD Estimates Only
89

Detroit 16
72 Now 67,000

Earlier Study Later Study

Studies completed 13-20 years apart


501

Los Angeles 18
519

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Phoenix 19
83

119

San Francisco 18
209

157

Washington 20
216

200

400

600

800 (in thousands)

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

26 Increasing, Decreasing, or Remaining the Same? ) The data seem to show a Jewish population that has remained relatively constant over the past 20 years: ) But, only because of 335,000 FSU Jews by the year 2000 (now grown to at least 500,000 and maybe as much as 700,000 today) ) Likely to decrease in the future due to: ) a very low fertility rate of 1.9, of which 1.4 will be raised as Jews (2.15 is replacement rate) ) a high percentage of elderly ) a significant number of persons who opt out

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90+ 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 8.0%

Age Distribution-All Americans - 2000


Median Age is 35 Years Age Group 12% are Age 65 and Over
0.1% 0.3% 0.7% 1.1% 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 2.3% 3.1% 3.5% 4.0% 4.0% 3.7% 3.5% 3.4% 3.7% 3.7% 3.7% 0.4% 0.7% 1.1% 1.6% 1.8% 1.8% 2.0% 2.5% 3.2% 3.6% 4.0% 4.0% 3.6% 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 3.6% 3.6% 3.3% 2.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0%

6% are Age 75 and Over

Males
6.0%

3.5% 4.0%

Females
6.0% 8.0%

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90+ 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4

Age Distribution-Persons in Jewish Households - 2000


Median Age is 39 Years 16% are Age 65 and Over 8% are Age 75 and Over For Jews: 19% are elderly and the median age is 42 years Age Group
0.1% 0.5% 1.1% 1.8% 1.8% 2.0% 1.7% 2.5% 4.1% 4.0% 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% 3.6% 4.4% 2.9% 3.0% 3.2% 2.6% 2.5% 3.0% 2.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 3.0% 3.5% 3.2% 4.2% 0.3% 0.6% 1.6% 1.9% 2.3% 2.2% 2.0% 2.9% 4.2% 4.1% 3.8%

Males
8.0% 6.0%

2.9% 2.8% 4.0%

Females
6.0% 8.0%

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Political Implications

) ) ) )

Jews are either 1.7% or 2.1% of the American population depending on whether NJPS or CJPR is correct Jewish political influence comes from the Electoral College and from Jews concentrating in certain states (see Trend 3) Political influence will be dependent on a core group of politically-active Jews who donate and campaign But eventually, decreasing numbers will impact the ability of the Jewish community to influence policy

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Psychological Implications Some Jews, who have themselves chosen to become less involved in Jewish life, feel that the "correctness" or "inevitability" of their choice has been confirmed by the fact that many others have followed the same path Other Jews have reacted with alarm at the implications of these findings. Jewish continuity was made a priority in many American Jewish communities, leading to additional funding for both formal and informal Jewish education and for programs like birthright Israel (see Trend 5)

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Economic Implications

) )

Cost of being Jewish is often a major reason for non-participation As the number of Jews decreases, particularly in small communities, the costs of running the community per remaining household increases Miami decreasing from 143,000 Jews to 113,000 Jews over a decade (20%) has less impact then decreases in small communities. If San Antonio lost 20% of its 9,200 Jews, Jewish institutions in San Antonio would be much more impacted than in a larger community like Miami

32 Like Mark Twain, who read his own obituary in the Newspaper, American Jews can respond that the report of their death is highly exaggerated ) The US now has: ) ) ) ) ) )
Hundreds of College Judaic Studies Programs with thousands of courses and thousands of students. Almost none of this existed 50 years ago Thousands of Jewish and Israel-oriented websites More than 60 Florence Melton Adult Mini-Schools have opened since 1986 Chabad and Aish HaTorah are flourishing and attracting many non-Orthodox Jews More than 50 Jewish museums Jewish Book Fairs, Jewish Film Festivals, and Israel Independence Day celebrations are attracting hundreds of thousands each year

33

Further Signs of Strength

) ) ) ) )

Foundation for Jewish Camp supports more than 150 Jewish camps throughout the US Taglit - Birthright Israel has taken over 150,000 American Jewish youth to Israel on free ten-day educational trips Hillel on the college campus has seen significant strengthening More than 100 Chabad Houses on US campuses Number of synagogues increased from 2,851 in 1936 to 3,727 in 2001

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Further Signs of Strength

) In Judaism, in addition to a small but detectable surge in the Orthodox


denomination, even the moderate Conservative and the progressive Reform denominations are shifting toward the older ways, including the use of more Hebrew in the services or stricter observance of the Halakha.

) Many young adults who are joining independent minyanim are drawn in part by
the commitment to traditional liturgical practices and observances.

) Reform may still be the largest Jewish denomination in America, but much of the
faith's vitality is devoted to recapturing those traditions that modernizers dismissed as relics.

) Modified from US News and World Report, December 13, 2007

35 Trend 3 Changing Geographic Distribution

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Geographic Distribution of Jewish Population 1970


42% of Jews live in New York 77% of Jews live in NY, CA, PA, NJ, IL, MA

Each dot represents 10,000 Jews Dots are randomly placed within each state

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Geographic Distribution of Jewish Population 2010


25% of Jews live in New York 69% of Jews live in NY, CA, FL, NJ, PA, MA

Each dot represents 10,000 Jews Dots are randomly placed within each state

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Changes in Geographic Distribution of Jewish Population 1970-2010


28,605

505 23,065 995

-850 12,210 -3,820 -365

Red States Lost Significant Jewish Population


3,530 6,170 -905,600 -6,260 -2,370 -9,405 -185,080 53,940 -2,545 13,000 56,675 -25,125 605 20,320 14,665

6,620

655

7,830 -3,530

-1,440 71,020 478,895 3,100

77,535 6,100

-5,765 63,645 16,125

-6,855

1,935 85,400 -1,240 8,550 -1,305 102,020 -2,575 62,665 -240

3,130

-5,440

Green States Gained Significant Jewish Population


353,635

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Geographic Shift in Jewish Population


1970 2010

100% 90% 80%

Percentage of Jews

70% 60% 50% 40%

63%

44%

25% 30% 20% 10% 0% Midwest South West Source: 1970: American Jewish Year Book 2010: Current Jewish Population Reports (Sheskin and Dashefsky) Northeast 12% 11% 12% 21% 13%

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States with the Largest Jewish Population


(Number of Jews)
653,435 (29) 480,000 (14) 284,875 (20) 278,810 (20) 275,030 (11) Number of Electoral Votes in ( ) 235,350 (10) 144,955 (18) 130,970 (38) 127,245 111,830 106,100 97,840 87,665 78,620 69,600 59,165 46,685 43,135 31,850 28,330 28,000 26,345 States in red have Jewish members of Congress 19,300 18,750 18,225 17,420 16,190 13,500 11,450 11,335 11,250 10,315 9,970 9,000 6,990 6,850 6,140 5,510 5,050 4,400 3,425 2,335 1,675 1,500 1,100 850 430 430 295 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 1,194,190 (55) 1,618,320 (29)

New York California Florida New Jersey Pennsylvania Illinois Massachusetts Maryland Ohio Texas Georgia Connecticut Arizona Virginia Michigan Colorado Nevada Missouri Minnesota Washington Oregon Wisconsin Washington, D.C. North Carolina Tennessee Rhode Island Kansas Indiana Louisiana Delaware Kentucky South Carolina New Mexico Maine New Hampshire Alabama Hawaii Nebraska Iowa Vermont Oklahoma Utah Alaska West Virginia Arkansas Mississippi Idaho Montana North Dakota Wyoming South Dakota

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States with the Highest Percentage of Its Residents Who Area Jewish
3.3% 3.2% 2.9% 3.7% 4.3% 4.2% 5.1% 5.5% 8.4%

New York New Jersey Washington, D.C. Massachusetts Maryland Florida California Connecticut Nevada Pennsylvania Illinois Arizona Rhode Island Colorado Delaware Georgia Virginia Ohio Missouri Minnesota Vermont Oregon Michigan Maine New Hampshire Washington Kansas New Mexico Texas Hawaii Alaska Wisconsin Nebraska Louisiana Tennessee North Carolina Indiana Kentucky South Carolina Iowa Alabama Utah Oklahoma West Virginia Montana Wyoming Idaho North Dakota Arkansas Mississippi South Dakota

1.8% 1.7% 1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0%

2.3% 2.2%

States in red have Jewish members of Congress Jews are a higher percentage of voters than of the population because they are older and tend to register and vote in higher proportion

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

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24 Largest American Jewish Communities


(Number of Jews)
New York Los Angeles Chicago Washington Philadelphia Boston 270,500 215,600 214,600 210,500 208,600 171,000 131,300 124,250 119,800 113,300 93,400 90,000 90,000 89,000 92,500 91,000 82,900 81,500 70,000 67,500 67,000 63,000 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 Source: Current Jewish Population Reports (Sheskin and Dashefsky) 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 519,200 1,412,000

San Francisco Broward South Palm Beach West Palm Beach Atlanta Miami Baltimore East Bay Rockland County San Diego Bergen County Essex-Morris Phoenix Cleveland Monmouth County Las Vegas Detroit San Jose

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Implications of Change in Geographic Distribution ) Political ) Top 4 states for Jewish population have 128 electoral votes ) Top 10 states have 246 electoral votes ) 269 electoral votes needed to win presidency ) Recall what a difference a few votes in Florida made in 2000 ) Economic ) Need to rebuild infrastructure: synagogues, JCCs, Jewish day schools ) This need to rebuild infrastructure has also been affected by movement
from urban to suburban areas

) Social ) Movement of Jews into areas with a low density of Jewish population
contributes to friendship networks that contain many non-Jews, thus increasing intermarriage

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Electoral Votes by State - 2012
12 3 7 4 3 3 5 6 55 6 9 6 10 11 11 4 38 8 29 3 5 7 6 6 9 16 6 18 20 11 8 15 9 5 13 3 3 10 10 16 20 29 3 4 11 7 4 14 3 10 4

Jews have moved to states with many electoral votes


Top 4 states account for 127 electoral votes Top 10 states account for 244 electoral votes (270 electoral votes are needed to secure the White House ) Recall what a difference a few votes in Florida made in 2000

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Jews in Congress 2009 (111th)


13 Senators (13%) 27 Representatives (6%)

I D D D DD D D R D D D 7D D D D D D ID

D D

7D 2D

2D

Jews get elected from states in which Jews are a tiny percentage of the population

Senate Seats in Red House Seats in Green D = Democratic R = Republican I = Independent

46 Trend 4 Loss of Jewish Population Due to Intermarriage and Assimilation

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Atlanta 10 Atlantic County 19 Boston 10 Cleveland 9 Denver 10 Detroit 16 Las Vegas 10 Miami 10 New York 9 Philadelphia 13 Phoenix 19 San Francisco 18 Sarasota 9 Seattle 10 South Palm Beach 10 Washington 20 West Palm Beach 6
0% 6% 5%

Changes in Couples Intermarriage Rate


Percentage of existing couples who are intermarried
37% 50% 26% 32% 46% 17% 23% 39% 53% 15% 16% 26% 48% 12% 16% 19% 22% 12% 22% 24% 40% 27% 56% 17% 20% 40% 55% 9% 29% 41% 11% 16% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Earlier Study Later Study

Red shows significant increases, Blue shows significant decreases

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Changes in Always/Usually Participate in a Passover Seder


Red shows significant decreases, Blue shows significant increases Atlanta 10 Atlantic County 19 Baltimore 14 Boston 10 Denver 10 Detroit 16 Miami 10 New York 9 Philadelphia 13 Phoenix 19 Rochester 13 San Francisco 18 Sarasota 9
65% 55% 68% 69% 79% 80% 69% 77% 80% 79% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 62% 80% 78% 62% 57% 82% 82% 77% 79% 75% 77% 89% 74% 81% 72% 76% 62% 80% 78% 86% 85% 82%

Earlier Study Later Study

South Palm Beach 10 Washington 20 West Palm Beach 6

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Atlanta 10 Atlantic County 19 Baltimore 14 Boston 10 Cleveland 9 Denver 10 Detroit 16 Las Vegas 10 Los Angeles 18 Miami 10 New York 9 Philadelphia 13 Phoenix 19 San Francisco 18 Sarasota 9 Seattle 10 South Palm Beach 10 Washington 20 West Palm Beach 6
0%

Changes in Synagogue Membership


Red shows significant decreases, Blue shows significant increases
37% 33% 51% 44% 55% 52% 41% 43% 58% 52% 37% 32% 52% 50% 34% 14% 26% 34% 37% 39% 38% 43% 40% 37% 33% 29% 33% 22% 43% 45% 33% 21% 36% 33% 39% 37% 37% 30% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Earlier Study Later Study

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Atlanta 10 Atlantic County 19 Baltimore 14 Denver 10 Detroit 16 Las Vegas 10 Miami 10 New York 9 Phoenix 19 Rochester 13 Sarasota 9 South Palm Beach 10 Washington 20 West Palm Beach 6

Changes in Donated to Jewish Charities in the Past Year


Red shows significant decreases, Blue shows significant increases
59% 48% 83% 72% 66% 70% 49% 44% 67% 78% 55% 44% 71% 67% 62% 58% 53% 51% 76% 75% 76% 71% 82% 69% 66% 60% 70% 67% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Earlier Study Later Study


100%

51 Trend 5: Investments of the Organized Jewish Community to Counteract the Forces of Assimilation Jewish Day School Jewish Overnight Camp Jewish Youth Group Hillel/Chabad on Campus Trips to Israel (Birthright)

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New Data Source: The Decade 2000 Data Set ) 21 local Jewish community studies shown on next slide ) While not a random sample of all American Jews, the 19,000 interviews represent 536,000 Jewish households with 1,218,000 persons (about 20% of US Jewish households represented in this sample, but not a random sample of all American Jewish households) ) Random Digit Dialing and Distinctive Jewish Name sampling ) Contains 19,000 15-25 minutes interviews with randomly-selected households in each community ) All studies done by Sheskin from 2000-2008 Decade 2000

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Sample Sizes of Local Jewish Community Studies That Are Part of the Decade 2000 Data Set
Atlantic County Bergen Detroit Hartford Jacksonville Las Vegas Lehigh Valley Miami Middlesex Minneapolis Portland (ME) Rhode Island San Antonio Sarasota South Palm Beach St. Paul Tidewater Tucson Washington (DC) West Palm Beach Westport 0 624 1,003 1,274 763 601 1,197 537 1,808 1,076 746 421 829 675 616 1,511 494 628 805 1,201 1,534 624 500 1,000 1,500

Decade 2000
2,000 2,500

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Attended a Jewish Day School as a Child


(Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
24% 19% 18% 16% 15% 15% 14% 13% 12% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 9% 9% 9% 9% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% 4% 4% 12% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Bergen New York Miami Harrisburg Cincinnati Detroit Phoenix Los Angeles Middlesex New Haven Atlanta San Diego Jacksonville Monmouth San Antonio Pittsburgh Rhode Island Tucson Columbus Tidewater Essex-Morris Lehigh Valley South Palm Beach Washington Cleveland Philadelphia Minneapolis St. Paul Broward Richmond Milwaukee St. Louis Wilmington Las Vegas Atlantic County Sarasota Hartford West Palm Beach Westport Charlotte Howard County Rochester NJPS 2000

55

Attended a Jewish Day School as a Child by Age and Sex


(Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
100% Male Female

80%

60%

40%

Decade 2000
22% 23%

20% 12% 12% 8% 6% 8% 5% 8% 7% 11% 10%

0% Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+ All

56Households in Which an Adult Received Some Formal Jewish Education as a Child


Correlation with Adult Jewish Behaviors (Households with Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
86%

Passover Seder
Always + Usually 53%

78%

87%

In-married
46%

74%

57%

Synagogue Member
22%

43%

Decade 2000

26%

Donated $100+ to Federation


9% 0% 20%

23%

To Jewish Day School To Supplemental School No Jewish Education


40% 60% 80% 100%

57

Attended or Worked at a Jewish Overnight Camp as a Child


(Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
45% 45% 44% 43% 42% 42% 42% 38% 37% 37% 37% 35% 35% 35% 33% 32% 31% 31% 31% 30% 30% 29% 28% 27% 26% 25% 24% 24% 23% 23% 19% 17% 31% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh San Diego Detroit Minneapolis Howard County Cincinnati St. Paul Washington Bergen Lehigh Valley Rhode Island Charlotte Columbus San Antonio New Haven Miami Rochester Jacksonville Westport Los Angeles Milwaukee Las Vegas Wilmington Hartford Middlesex South Palm Beach West Palm Beach Atlantic County Monmouth Broward NJPS 2000

58
100%

Attended or Worked at a Jewish Sleep Away Camp as a Child by Age


(Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
Males Females

80%

60% 49% 46% 43% 40% 38% 32% 33% 25% 24% 20% 16% 14% 31% 31%

Decade 2000

0% Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+ All

59 Households in Which an Adult Attended or Worked at a Jewish Sleep Away Camp as a Child
Correlation with Adult Jewish Behaviors (Households with Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
86% Passover Seder
Always + Usually

70%

82% In-married 69%

52% Synagogue Member 35%

Decade 2000

28% Donated $100+ to Federation 17% 0% 20% 40% 60%

To Camp Not to Camp 80% 100%

60 Participated in a Jewish Teenage Youth Group as a Teenager


(Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
Minneapolis Charlotte Detroit Jacksonville Milwaukee San Antonio Rhode Island Lehigh Valley St. Paul Rochester Wilmington Miami Washington Hartford Los Angeles New Haven St. Louis Las Vegas Middlesex Atlantic County Bergen Monmouth West Palm Beach South Palm Beach New York Westport Broward NJPS 2000 0% 20% 52% 48% 47% 47% 47% 46% 46% 45% 45% 44% 44% 43% 42% 42% 41% 40% 39% 38% 37% 37% 36% 36% 34% 33% 33% 30% 30% 38% 40% 60% 80% 100%

61

Participated in a Jewish Teenage Youth Group as a Teenager by Age


100% Males Females

(Born or Raised Jewish Adults)

80%

60% 52% 48% 44% 40% 40% 39% 41% 38% 30% 49%

Decade 2000
44% 38%

28%

20%

0% Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+ All

62 Households in Which an Adult Participated in a Jewish Youth Group as a Teenager


Correlation with Adult Jewish Behaviors (Households with Born or Raised Jewish Adults)
86% Passover Seder
Always + Usually

67%

84% In-married 65%

53% Synagogue Member 47%

Decade 2000

27% Donated $100+ to Federation 16% 0% 20% 40%

Youth Group Participant Not Youth Group Participant 60% 80% 100%

63 Participated in Hillel/Chabad While in College (Excluding High Holidays)


(Born or Raised Jewish Adults Who Attended College)
Wilmington Washington St. Paul Miami Minneapolis Jacksonville Rhode Island Milwaukee Bergen Hartford Rochester Columbus Monmouth Lehigh Valley Charlotte New Haven Middlesex San Antonio West Palm Beach Detroit South Palm Beach Atlantic County Broward Las Vegas Westport NJPS 2000 0% 20% 40% 36% 35% 34% 33% 32% 32% 32% 31% 31% 29% 28% 28% 27% 27% 26% 25% 25% 25% 24% 24% 23% 23% 20% 20% 30% 40% 60% 80% 100%

64 Participated in Hillel/Chabad While in College (Excluding High Holidays) by Age


100% Males

(Born or Raised Jewish Adults Who Attended College)


Females

80%

60%

42% 40% 39% 29% 26% 20% 23% 24% 30% 27% 25% 22%

Decade 2000
27% 29%

0% Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+ All

65

Households in Which an Adult Participated in Hillel/Chabad While in College (Excluding High Holidays)
Correlation with Adult Jewish Behaviors (Households with Born or Raised Jewish Adults Who Attended College)
89% Passover Seder
Always + Usually

71%

88% In-married 66%

58% Synagogue Member 42%

Decade 2000

31% Donated $100+ to Federation 19% 0% 20% 40% 60%

Hillel Participant Not Hillel Participant 80% 100%

66

Correlations with Trips to Israel


(Jewish Households) 91% Passover Seder
Always + Usually

83% 92%

91% In-married 57% 82%

62% Synagogue Member 28% 48%

Decade 2000

38% Donated $100+ to Federation 11% 0% 20% 40% 25%

An Adult Visited Israel on a Jewish Trip General Trip No Adult to Israel

60%

80%

100%

67 Trend 6 Presence of Russians and Israelis

68 FSU Jews in the United States

69 Number of Persons in FSU Households in the United States


) ) ) ) ) ) )

National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01 indicates 289,000 (arrived in US post-1980) My estimate from the same study is 333,000 American Jewish Committee Study in 2000 put the number at 350,000 in New York and 35,000 in Philadelphia Overall, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) assisted more than 400,000 Soviet Jews to immigrate to the US (Not all were Jewish) HIAS estimates the current Russian-speaking population of Brooklyn at about 330,000 (cited in The Forward, April 9, 2010, p.4) Larissa Remennick in Russian Jews on Three Continents suggests 600,000-750,000 US Department of State: 598,000 Russian Jewish refugees from 1961-2001, but Department of Justice says 394,000

Based on the above, probably 400,000 - 500,000 FSU Jews nationwide today
)

Estimated $1.25 billion spent settling these people as of about 1999 by Jewish charitable agencies, synagogues, and governments

70

Religious Practices
(National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01) 67% FSU 1980+ Non-FSU

Mezuzah on Front Door 67%

57% Passover Seder


(Last Year)

80%

57% Chanukah Candles


(Last Year)

57%

31% Sabbath Candles


Always + Usually

28%

17% Kosher Home 20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

71
Mezuzah on Front Door

Religious Practices
(Jewish Households in Decade 2000 Data Set) 60% 72% 65% 76% 70% 75% 27% 22% 15% 14% 9% 7% 5% 4% 25% 19% 0% 20% 40% 60%

Passover Seder
Always + Usually

Chanukah Candles
Always + Usually

Sabbath Candles
Always + Usually

Kosher Home

Kosher In/Out of Home


(Respondents)

Refrain from Using Electricity on Sabbath


(Respondents)

Decade 2000
FSU Non-FSU

Christmas Tree
Always + Usually + Sometimes

80%

100%

72

Jewish Identity
(Jewish Respondents in Decade 2000 Data Set)

5% Orthodox 5%

16% Conservative 30%

16% Reform 32%

64% Just Jewish 32%

Decade 2000
FSU Non-FSU

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Note: Reconstructionist, Traditional, Jewish Humanist, and Jewish Renewal not shown

73

Community Involvement / Intermarriage


(Jewish Households in Decade 2000 Data Set)
30% 38% 17% 11% 33% 31% 15% 31% 13% 18% 22% 32%

Synagogue Member

JCC Member

JCC Participation

Jewish Organization

Very Familiar w/Jewish Federation

Always/Usually Read Jewish Newspaper

Decade 2000
Couples Intermarriage Rate 0% 20% 23% 26% 40% 60% 80% FSU Non-FSU 100%

74

Emotional Attachment to Israel


(Jewish Respondents in Decade 2000 Data Set)

34% Extremely 21%

36% Very 31%

24% Somewhat 36%

6% Not at All 12%

Decade 2000
FSU Non-FSU 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

0%

75 Israeli Jews in the United States

76

Number of Israeli Jews (?) in the United States


A New Estimate for 2008 based upon ACS PUMS Data of 2006-2008

Place of Birth

Speak Hebrew at Home

Israeli Ancestry

Number (Adults + Children)


136,476 (Israeli born)

Israel

63% Yes + 37% No

47% Yes + 53% No

North America North America Elsewhere Elsewhere Total Israeli Connected Speak Hebrew at Home Israeli Ancestry

22% Yes + 78% No Yes 54% Yes + 46% No Yes 68% Yes + 32% No Yes

Yes No Yes No 42% Yes + 58% No

66,319 98,224 8,943 18,993


328,955 (Israeli connected)

222,279 Yes 139,142

77

Geographic Distribution of Israeli-born Population 2006-2008


31% of Israeli-born live in NY 51% in NY or CA 68% in NY, CA, FL, or NJ

136,476 persons

Each dot represents 140 Israeli-born persons (ACS PUMS 2006-2008) Dots are randomly placed within each state

78

Marriages Involving Israeli Jews


(Married Couples in Decade 2000 Data Set) Both Israeli 36%

Decade 2000
1 Israeli 1 American 64%

79 Jewish Connectivity of Israeli Households - I


(Jewish Respondents in Decade 2000 Data Set)
Israeli born Israeli born or connected Not Israeli

19% Orthodox 4% 28% Conservative 32% 31% 7% Reform 16% 32% 46% Just Jewish 32% 0% 20% 40% 60% 37% 14%

Note use of Conservative and Reform nomenclature among Israelis

Decade 2000
80% 100%

Note: Reconstructionist, Traditional, Jewish Humanist, and Jewish Renewal not shown

80Jewish Connectivity of Israeli Households - III


(Jewish Households in Decade 2000 Data Set)
Israeli born Israeli born or connected Not Israeli

Synagogue Services 1X/Month+ (Respondents) 11% Intermarried

37% 31% 21%

18% 26% 44% 39% 38% 19% 17% 11%

Synagogue Member

JCC Member

Participated in a JCC Program in the Past Year 18% Jewish Organization Member 25%

38% 41% 31%

31% Feel Very Much/Somewhat Part Local J Community (Respondents) 0% 20% 40% 56% 58% 54% 60%

Decade 2000
80% 100%

81 Outline of this Presentation

) )

Part I: Recent Trends in American Jewish Demography Part II: Demographic Profile of Users of the Jewish Media ) Print Media ) Internet Part III: Data Sources

82 Local Jewish Newspapers


Level of Readership Percentage of Demographic Groups Who Are Readers Profile of Readers Perception of Quality of the Jewish Newspapers

83

Local Jewish Newspapers


(Jewish Respondents) Usually 8% Always 29%

Readership of

Sometimes 21%

Decade 2000
Never 43%

84

Always/Usually Read a Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents)
Detroit San Antonio * Rhode Island * Jacksonville * Tidewater * Lehigh Valley * Milwaukee * Charlotte * Tucson * Broward Minneapolis * Bergen * Sarasota * Middlesex * West Palm Beach South Palm Beach St. Paul * Atlantic County Monmouth * Portland (ME) * New Haven * Hartford Las Vegas * Washington Westport * 57% 49% 49% 48% 47% 47% 46% 45% 42% 42% 39% 38% 37% 37% 36% 36% 35% 33% 29% 26% 26% 25% 24% 14% 14% Individual Newspapers in Communities with More Than One Newspaper 44% 28% 28% 28% * The Jewish newspaper or one of the Jewish 25% newspapers in the community is published by the 23% Jewish Federation and is distributed to some or all of 20% the households on the Jewish Federation mailing list 9% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Charlotte - Charlotte Jewish News * Minneapolis - American Jewish World St. Paul - Twin Cities Jewish Life * Minneapolis - Twin Cities Jewish Life * St. Paul - American Jewish World Charlotte - Jewish Times Outlook Las Vegas - Jewish Reporter * Las Vegas - Israelite

85
Community
Atlantic County Bergen * Broward Buffalo Charlotte * Detroit Essex-Morris Harrisburg * Hartford Jacksonville *

Local Jewish Newspapers


Included in Decade 2000 Data Set

Newspaper
Jewish Times of South Jersey Jewish Standard Broward Jewish Journal Buffalo Jewish Review Charlotte Jewish News and Jewish Times Outlook Detroit Jewish News MetroWest Jewish News Community Review Connecticut Jewish Ledger Jacksonville Jewish News Jewish Reporter and Las Vegas Israelite Hakol New Jersey Jewish News Milwaukee Jewish Chronicle American Jewish World and Twin Cities Jewish Life Jewish Voice Shalom New Haven

Community
Orlando Portland (ME) * Rhode Island * Richmond * San Antonio * Sarasota * Seattle * St. Petersburg * St. Louis St. Paul *

Newspaper
The Heritage The Voice Jewish Voice & Herald The Reflector Jewish Journal of San Antonio The Chronicle Seattle Jewish Transcript Jewish Press of Pinellas County St. Louis Jewish Light American Jewish World and Twin Cities Jewish Life Palm Beach Jewish Journal Southeastern Virginia Jewish News Arizona Jewish Post Washington Jewish Week Palm Beach Jewish Journal Shalom

Las Vegas * Lehigh Valley * Middlesex * Milwaukee * Minneapolis * Monmouth * New Haven *

S Palm Beach Tidewater * Tucson * Washington W Palm Beach Westport *

86

Never Read a Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents)
Seattle * Westport * Washington Las Vegas * Orlando Portland (ME) * New Haven * Sarasota * Tucson * Monmouth * Atlantic County St. Petersburg * Hartford Buffalo Essex-Morris South Palm Beach West Palm Beach Bergen * Harrisburg * Middlesex * Lehigh Valley * Tidewater * St. Paul * Charlotte * St. Louis Minneapolis * Milwaukee * Richmond * Jacksonville * Rhode Island * Broward San Antonio * Detroit 79% 70% 66% 61% 58% 57% 56% 54% 48% 47% 46% 46% 44% 43% 42% 41% 39% 39% 39% 37% 37% 37% 36% 36% 35% 34% 34% * The Jewish newspaper or one of the Jewish 34% newspapers in the community is published by the 33% Jewish Federation and is distributed to some or all of 31% the households on the Jewish Federation mailing list 31% 29% 22% Individual Newspapers in Communities with More Than One Newspaper 81% 71% 56% 52% 50% 47% 46% 37% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Las Vegas - Las Vegas Israelite Las Vegas - Jewish Reporter * Charlotte - Jewish Times Outlook St. Paul - American Jewish World Minneapolis - American Jewish World St. Paul - Twin Cities Jewish Life * Minneapolis - Twin Cities Jewish Life * Charlotte - Charlotte Jewish News *

87

Always/Usually Read Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents)
All 37%

0-4 Years in Local Community 5-9 Years 10-19 Years 20+ Years

19% 29% 34% 45%

Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+

14% 28% 36% 44% 50%

65+

47%

Male Female 0% 20%

28% 42% 40% 60%

Decade 2000
80% 100%

88

Always/Usually Read Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents)
All 37% 31% 34% 32% 24% 50% 46% 37% 39% 35% 35% 37% 53% 53% 37% 19% 49% 39% 14% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Household with Children Household with Only Adult Children Non-Elderly Couple Non-Elderly Single Elderly Couple Elderly Single Income under $25,000 $25-$50,000 $50-$100,000 $100-$200,000 $200,000+ Orthodox Conservative Reform Just Jewish In-married Conversionary Intermarried

Decade 2000

89

Always/Usually Read Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents)
All Synagogue Member Non-Member JCC Member Non-Member 24% 57% 34% 58% 27% 46% 38% 26% 41% 33% 44% 29% 46% 30% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 37% 54%

Jewish Organization Member Non-Member To Jewish Day School To Supplemental School No Jewish Education To Overnight Camp Not to Overnight Camp Youth Group Participant Not Youth Group Participant Hillel/Chabad Participant Not Hillel/Chabad Participant

Decade 2000

90

Always/Usually Read Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents)
All 37%

Very Familiar with Federation Somewhat Familiar Not at All Familiar 17% 42%

66%

Jewish Trip to Israel General Trip to Israel Not to Israel 28% 40%

52%

Donated to Federation Asked, Did Not Donate Not Asked 18% 39%

58%

Federation Non-Donor Donated under $100 Donated $100-$500 Donated $500+ 0%

21% 55% 58% 66% 20% 40% 60%

Decade 2000
80% 100%

91
Profile of Households in Which the Jewish Respondent Always/Usually Reads Local Jewish Newspaper

Length of Residence
10-19 22% 5-9 11% 0-4 Years 8% 50-64 26%

Age
35-49 18% Under 35 4%

Household Income
$25-$50 20% < $25,000 14% $200+ 12%

20+ 59%

65+ 52%

$50-$100 31%

$100-$200 23%

Decade 2000

92
Profile of Households in Which the Jewish Respondent Always/Usually Reads Local Jewish Newspaper

Jewish Identification
Conservative 43%

Kosher Home
Yes 11%

Synagogue Attendance
High Holidays Only 24% Never 15% Few Times/Yr 26% 1 Month+ 35%

Orthodox 6% Other 2% Just Jewish 17% No 89%

Reform 33%

Decade 2000

93
Profile of Households in Which the Jewish Respondent Always/Usually Reads Local Jewish Newspaper Adult Jewish Education Used Internet in the Past Year for Jewish Info in Past Year
Yes 39% Yes 49%

Marriage Type

In-marriage 83%

No 61%

No 51%

Conversionary 7% Intermarriage 10%

Decade 2000

94
Profile of Households in Which the Jewish Respondent Always/Usually Reads Local Jewish Newspaper Membership Synagogue
Yes 61% Yes 21%

JCC

Jewish Organization
Yes 51%

No 79% No 39% No 49%

Decade 2000

95
Profile of Households in Which the Jewish Respondent Always/Usually Reads Local Jewish Newspaper

An Adult in Household to Israel


Jewish Trip 32%

Emotional Attachment to Israel


Extremely 29% Very 36% Not 5%

General Trip 29%

Not to Israel 39%

Somewhat 30%

Decade 2000

96
Profile of Households in Which the Jewish Respondent Always/Usually Reads Local Jewish Newspaper Donated in Past Year Jewish Federation
Nothing 35% < $100 24%

Other Jewish Charities


Nothing 28%

< $100 30%

$1000+ 9% $500-$1000 6% $100-$500 21% $1000+ 12% $100-$500 28% $500-$1000 8%

Decade 2000

97

Perception of Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents Who Always/Usually/Sometimes Read Local Jewish Newspaper) Excellent 26%

Poor 2%

Good 56%

Fair 16%

Decade 2000

98

Excellent Perceptions of Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents Who Always/Usually/Sometimes Read Local Jewish Newspaper)
St. Louis St. Petersburg * Detroit Jacksonville * Lehigh Valley * San Antonio * Harrisburg * Atlantic County Rhode Island * Orlando Middlesex * Las Vegas - Jewish Reporter * West Palm Beach South Palm Beach Portland (ME) * Minneapolis - American Jewish World New Haven * Las Vegas - Israelite Minneapolis - Twin Cities Jewish Life * Washington St. Paul - American Jewish World St. Paul - Twin Cities Jewish Life * 0% 24% 24% 24% 24% 23% 20% 19% 18% 18% 18% 17% 17% 16% 14% 14% 14% 20%
* The Jewish newspaper is published by the Jewish Federation and is distributed to some or all of the households on the Jewish Federation mailing list

43% 38% 37% 35% 33% 33%

40%

60%

80%

100%

99

Fair/Poor Perceptions of Local Jewish Newspaper


(Jewish Respondents Who Always/Usually/Sometimes Read Local Jewish Newspaper)
St. Paul - Twin Cities Jewish Life * Las Vegas - Israelite St. Paul - American Jewish World Washington Minneapolis - American Jewish World South Palm Beach New Haven * Portland (ME) * West Palm Beach Las Vegas - Jewish Reporter * Detroit 30% 28% 28% 26% 23% 22% 22% 22% 21% 21% 20% 19% 18% 18% 17% 17% 16% 13% 11% 11% 11% 9% 0% 20% 40% 60% Fair 80% Poor 100%
* The Jewish newspaper is published by the Jewish Federation and is distributed to some or all of the households on the Jewish Federation mailing list

Minneapolis - Twin Cities Jewish Life * Rhode Island * Orlando Atlantic County Middlesex * Harrisburg * San Antonio * St. Louis Lehigh Valley * Jacksonville * St. Petersburg *

100 Local Jewish Internet Sites


Level of Use Percentage of Demographic Groups Who Are Users Newspapers vs. Internet

101

Used the Internet for Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year


(Jewish Respondents)
59% 58% 57% 55% 52% 50% 50% 48% 47% 46% 42% 41% 41% 40% 40% 39% 37% 35% 34% 33% 33% 32% 30% 29% 29% 40% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

San Antonio 2007 Washington 2003 Portland (ME) 2007 San Francisco 2004 Lehigh Valley 2007 Detroit 2005 St. Paul 2004 Middlesex 2008 New Haven 2010 Minneapolis 2004 Jacksonville 2002 Tucson 2002 Tidewater 2001 Las Vegas 2005 Rhode Island 2002 Bergen 2001 New York 2002 Miami 2004 West Palm Beach 2005 Westport 2000 Rochester 1999 Atlantic County 2004 Hartford 2000 South Palm Beach 2005 Sarasota 2001 NJPS 2000

102
100%

Used the Internet for Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year


(Jewish Respondents)
(R = .557, alpha = .004)

80%

60%

58% 55% 50% 46% 50% 40% 35% 32% 34%

59% 57% 52% 48%47%

40%

41% 39% 33%33% 30%

42%41% 40% 37%

29%

29%

20%

0%
1999 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2007 2007 2007 2008 2010

103 Used the Internet for Local Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year
(Jewish Respondents) San Antonio Washington Lehigh Valley Detroit St. Paul Portland (ME) Minneapolis Las Vegas New Haven Middlesex Jacksonville Miami West Palm Beach South Palm Beach Atlantic County 0% 30% 30% 29% 27% 26% 21% 17% 17% 16% 14% 11% 9% 9% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 37% 36%

104 Visited the Local Jewish Federation Website in the Past Year
(Jewish Respondents) Lehigh Valley Portland (ME) San Antonio St. Paul Detroit Minneapolis Las Vegas Tucson New Haven Middlesex Miami West Palm Beach South Palm Beach Atlantic County 0% 13% 13% 13% 13% 12% 11% 9% 9% 8% 8% 5% 4% 3% 1% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

105

Used the Internet for Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year


(Jewish Respondents)
All 42%

Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+ 18% 32% 48%

60% 58%

65+

24%

Male Female

43% 41%

Household with Children Household with Only Adult Children Non-Elderly Couple Non-Elderly Single Elderly Couple Elderly Single 0% 14% 20% 40% 32% 54% 49% 47%

61%

Decade 2000
60% 80% 100%

106

Used the Internet for Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year


(Jewish Respondents)
All Income under $25,000 $25-$50,000 $50-$100,000 $100-$200,000 $200,000+ Orthodox Conservative Reform Just Jewish In-married Conversionary Intermarried Synagogue Member Non-Member JCC Member Non-Member 21% 36% 49% 56% 54% 53% 48% 44% 32% 50% 63% 40% 54% 34% 55% 39% 50% 38% 0% 20% 40% 60% 42%

Jewish Organization Member Non-Member

Decade 2000
80% 100%

107

Used the Internet for Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year


(Jewish Respondents)
All 42% 57% 43% 25% 56% 33% 53% 31% 60% 39% 54% 44% 35% 48% 41% 37% 38% 40% 54% 58% 0% 20% 40% 60%

To Jewish Day School To Supplemental School No Jewish Education To Overnight Camp Not to Overnight Camp Youth Group Participant Not Youth Group Participant Hillel/Chabad Participant Not Hillel/Chabad Participant Jewish Trip to Israel General Trip to Israel Not to Israel Donated to Federation Asked, Did Not Donate Not Asked Federation Non-Donor Donated under $100 Donated $100-$500 Donated $500+

Decade 2000
80% 100%

108 Used the Internet for Local Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year
(Jewish Respondents)
All 21%

Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+ 6% 12% 24%

36% 35%

65+

9%

Male Female

21% 20%

Household with Children Household with Only Adult Children Non-Elderly Couple Non-Elderly Single Elderly Couple Elderly Single 0% 5% 20% 11% 27% 23% 27%

37%

Decade 2000
40% 60% 80% 100%

109 Used the Internet for Local Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year
(Jewish Respondents)
All Income under $25,000 $25-$50,000 $50-$100,000 $100-$200,000 $200,000+ Orthodox Conservative Reform Just Jewish In-married Conversionary Intermarried Synagogue Member Non-Member JCC Member Non-Member Jewish Organization Member Non-Member 0% 9% 16% 26% 31% 28% 30% 24% 22% 14% 24% 37% 19% 30% 15% 34% 19% 25% 19% 20% 40% 60% 21%

Decade 2000
80% 100%

110 Used the Internet for Local Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year
(Jewish Respondents)
All To Jewish Day School To Supplemental School No Jewish Education To Overnight Camp Not to Overnight Camp Youth Group Participant Not Youth Group Participant Hillel/Chabad Participant Not Hillel/Chabad Participant Jewish Trip to Israel General Trip to Israel Not to Israel Donated to Federation Asked, Did Not Donate Not Asked Federation Non-Donor Donated under $100 Donated $100-$500 Donated $500+ 0% 21% 30% 21% 11% 31% 14% 28% 14% 33% 18% 30% 20% 17% 27% 20% 16% 16% 21% 32% 37% 20% 40% 60%

Decade 2000
80% 100%

111

Readership of Local Jewish Newspapers Compared to Local Jewish Internet Use


(Jewish Respondents) Paper-No Internet 43% Do Both 15%

Internet-No Paper 6% Neither 36%

Decade 2000

112

Readership of Local Jewish Newspapers Compared to Local Jewish Internet Use


(Jewish Respondents Under Age 35) Paper-No Internet 22%

Do Both 15%

Internet-No Paper 19%

Neither 41%

Decade 2000

113
Always/Usually Read Local Jewish Newspaper and Used the Internet for Local Jewish-Related Information and in the Past Year by Age
(Jewish Respondents)
100% Newspaper Internet

Decade 2000

80%

60% 60%

58% 48% 44% 50% 42% 37% 32% 28% 18%

40%

36%

20%

14%

0% Under 35 35-49 50-64 65-74 75+ All

114

Always/Usually Read Local Jewish Newspaper and Used the Internet for Local Jewish-Related Information in the Past Year by Income
(Jewish Respondents)

100% Newspaper Internet

Decade 2000

80%

60% 49%

56%

54%

42% 40% 37% 39% 36% 35% 35% 37% 37%

21% 20%

0% Income < $25,000 $25-$50,000 $50-$100,000 $100-$200,000 $200,000+ All

115

Always/Usually Read Local Jewish Newspaper and Used the Internet for Local Jewish-Related Information and in the Past Year by Marriage Type
(Jewish Respondents)

100% Newspaper Internet

Decade 2000

80%

63% 60% 49% 50% 40%

40%

39%

20%

14%

0% In-married Conversionary Intermarried

116 Outline of this Presentation

) Part I: Recent Trends in American Jewish Demography ) Part II: Demographic Profile of Users of the Jewish Media ) Part III: Data Sources for Reporters

117

Websites for the Jewish Media with Scientific Data

) www.census.gov (US Census Bureau) ) 2010 Census ) American Community Survey ) www.jewishdatabank.org (North American Jewish Data Bank) ) www.bjpa.org (Berman Jewish Policy Archive)

118

Thank You: Ira Sheskin www.jewishdatabank.org Any questions?

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