“Jews in the United States are on the whole less religious than the overall public, at least by standard measures used in surveys. But Jewish Americans participate in a wide range of culturally Jewish activities as well as traditional religious practices.” - Pew
Related:
RNS: Five takeaways from Pew’s massive study of American Jews
Washington Post: Study: Young Jews are moving to polar ends — secularism and Orthodoxy
Discussion
NewNote on the Wapo story
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NewJudiasm is rapidly
Judiasm is rapidly transitioning from a religion to a cultural identity only. It has always had a strong cultural identity, but that is quickly becoming the only thing that holds them together. The religious aspects continue to rapidly fall away year after year.