![]() More than half of Jews by religion (55%) say being Jewish is very important to them, compared with just 7% of Jews of no religion.A survey from 2021 found that 11 percent of Americans read the Bible daily. In fact, twice as many Jews say “being Jewish” is very important to them as say their religion is very important to them (42% vs. Jews as a whole are less likely than Americans overall to say religion is very important to them does not necessarily mean their Jewish identity is not meaningful to them. And while 6% of Jews of no religion say religion is very important to them, the share is much higher (33%) among Jews by religion. Fewer than 1% of Jews of no religion say they attend religious services at least weekly, compared with 16% of Jews by religion. ![]() Not surprisingly, Jews of no religion are much less religious than Jews by religion, at least by some standard measures. Jews are Jews by religion, while 27% are Jews of no religion. In analyzing the survey results, Pew Research Center also distinguished between two sets of respondents: those who say their religion is Jewish (referred to as “Jews by religion”) and those who describe themselves religiously as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular, but who have a Jewish parent or were raised Jewish and still identify as Jewish in ways other than religion, such as culturally, ethnically or because of their family background (referred to as “Jews of no religion”). Moreover, 37% of Conservative Jews and 18% of Reform Jews believe in God as described in the Bible. A third of Conservative Jews and 14% of Reform Jews say religion is very important in their lives. Jews, are much less religious than Orthodox Jews by these measures. Orthodox Jews (93%) also are about as likely as White evangelicals (94%) and Black Protestants (88%) to say they believe in God as described in the Bible.Ĭonservative and Reform Jews, who together make up 54% of U.S. For example, 86% of Orthodox Jews say religion is very important in their lives, as do 78% of Black Protestants and 76% of White evangelical Protestants, two of the most highly religious Christian subgroups. They are among the most highly religious groups in U.S. Orthodox Jews – who make up 9% of all U.S. Jewish adults also are twice as likely as the general public to say they do not believe in any kind of higher power or spiritual force in the universe (22% vs. 33%) to say they believe in some other spiritual force or higher power, but not in God as described in the Bible. adults overall (56%) and eight-in-ten Christians. About a quarter of Jews (26%) say they believe in God as described in the Bible, compared with more than half of U.S. There are even bigger gaps when it comes to belief in God. And 21% of Jewish adults say religion is very important in their lives, compared with 41% of U.S. Jewish adults say they attend religious services weekly or more often, compared with 27% of the general public and 38% of U.S. ![]() Here are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology.įor example, 12% of U.S. adult population from the Census Bureau as well as a set of modeled estimates for the religious and demographic composition of eligible adults within the larger U.S. The sample is nationally representative and was weighted to align with demographic benchmarks for the U.S. No lists of common Jewish names, membership rolls of Jewish organizations or other indicators of Jewishness were used to draw the sample. Respondents were drawn from a national, stratified random sampling of residential mailing addresses, which included addresses from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The survey was administered online and by mail by Westat, from Nov. adults who identify as Jewish, including 3,836 Jews by religion and 882 Jews of no religion. This survey represents the Center’s most comprehensive, in-depth study of the subject, drawing on 4,718 U.S. Pew Research Center conducted this study to explore the breadth and diversity of Jewish Americans’ religious experiences. ![]()
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