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3. Jewish practices and customs 70 4. Marriage, families and children 93 5. Jewish community and connectedness 110 6. Anti-Semitism and Jewish views on discrimination 120 7. U.S. Jews’ connections with and attitudes toward Israel 137 8. U.S. Jews’ political views 159 9. Race, ethnicity, heritage and immigration among U.S. Jews 170 10.
Jews in several areas, including religious beliefs and practices, social and political views and demographic characteristics. Generally speaking, people who describe themselves as Orthodox Jews follow traditional interpretations of Jewish law, or halakha, and 79% of the Orthodox say
beliefs and practices of the American public, including the importance of religion in people’s lives, belief in God and the afterlife, attitudes toward the authority of sacred writings, frequency of worship attendance and prayer, and participation in religious activities outside of worship services, including the religious education of children.
1 PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org PEW RESEARCH CENTER 2019-2020 SURVEY OF U.S. JEWS FINAL TOPLINE ...
its beliefs and practices, and religion continues to play a prominent role in American public life. In recent decades, much high-quality research has been done on the religious makeup of the United States and on the way religion relates to politics and public life. Nevertheless, there are
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nevertheless very important because this measure of religious commitment often is correlated with other religious beliefs and practices, as well as with social and political attitudes. In addition to the overreporting of church attendance that arises from asking respondents directly
Knowledge of Judaism 34 Knowledge of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism 35 The religious composition of Thailand, Indonesia and Ethiopia 37 The size of U.S. religious minorities 38 Knowledge about atheism and agnosticism 39 Knowledge about religion in the U.S. Constitution 41 2. Factors linked with religious knowledge 42
5 PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org The recent declines within Christianity are concentrated among Protestants.
policies and actions that restrict religious beliefs and practices – ticked up from 24% in 2014 to 25% in 2015. Meanwhile, the percentage of countries with high or very high levels of social hostilities – i.e., acts of religious hostility by private individuals, organizations or groups in society – increased in 2015, from 23% to 27%.