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The FactsThe Facts
The Statistics of the Growth and The Statistics of the Growth and Decline of Judaism in AmericaDecline of Judaism in America
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Intermarriage by YearIntermarriage by Year
Year Marriage Year Marriage BeganBegan
Percent Percent IntermarriedIntermarried
Before 1970Before 1970 1313
1970-19791970-1979 2828
1980-19841980-1984 3838
1985-19901985-1990 4343
1991-19951991-1995 4343
1996-20011996-2001 4747
Currently, 81% of those who consider themselves Currently, 81% of those who consider themselves Jewish are living with a partner who does not consider Jewish are living with a partner who does not consider him/herself Jewishhim/herself Jewish
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Jewish Schools/CampsJewish Schools/Camps
Only about 10-15% of Jewish teenagers attend Jewish day schools Only about 10-15% of Jewish teenagers attend Jewish day schools
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Less than 7% of eligible adolescent Jews Less than 7% of eligible adolescent Jews attend Jewish summer campsattend Jewish summer camps
37,000 Jews worldwide from the ages of 37,000 Jews worldwide from the ages of 18-26 go on Birthright each year18-26 go on Birthright each year
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Increase in JudaismIncrease in Judaism•About 44% of America’s Jewish adults report membership in a Jewish congregation
•This represents 1 million households, an increase of 15% over the 880,000 households in 1990
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The number of households with at least one Jewish member has The number of households with at least one Jewish member has increased from 3.2 to 3.9 million over 1990-2000increased from 3.2 to 3.9 million over 1990-2000
Nearly a third of America’s Jewish adults have visited Israel, an Nearly a third of America’s Jewish adults have visited Israel, an increase from the roughly 28% reporting visiting Israel in 1990increase from the roughly 28% reporting visiting Israel in 1990
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ReferencesReferences
http://joi.org/bloglinks/op-ed-jewish-http://joi.org/bloglinks/op-ed-jewish-education-should-be-multicultural-like-education-should-be-multicultural-like-us.htmus.htmhttp://www.gc.cuny.edu/faculty/http://www.gc.cuny.edu/faculty/research_studies/ajis.pdfresearch_studies/ajis.pdfhttp://judaism.about.com/od/http://judaism.about.com/od/jewishsummercamps/a/summercamps.htmjewishsummercamps/a/summercamps.htmhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/934475.html934475.html
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reJEWvenation
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Birthright Taglit Program
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Birthright Taglit
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Birthright Taglit
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Birthright Taglit
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Birthright Taglit
Quote from Birthright Participant
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Jewish EducationEffectiveness of Varying Jewish Educations
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Jewish EducationEffectiveness of Varying Jewish Educations