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National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) 1971, 1990, 2000-01
The most well known studies of the American
Jewish community have been the National Jewish Population Studies (NJPS)
which were conducted in:
1971,
1990 and
2000-01.
We have archived a variety of different resources from the NJPS including data in SPSS format, study instruments and reports.
Profile of American Jewry: Insights from the 1990 NJPS (PDF) was written by Sidney Goldstein for the American Jewish Year Book and overviews some of the findings about American Jewry from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey.
American Jewry 1970: A Demographic Profile (PDF) was written by Sidney Goldstein for the American Jewish Year Book and overviews some of the findings about American Jewry from the 1971 National Jewish Population Survey.
Survey of Heritage and Religious Identification (HARI) 2001-02
The Survey of Heritage and
Religious Identification provides an estimate of the Jewish population of the United States and addresses methodological issues in the study of Jewish communities. It was conducted from 2001 through 2002 by Drs. Gary Tobin and Sid Groeneman. The data file, the questionnaire, and the report: Surveying the Jewish Population in the United States are all now available via the Data Bank website.
American Jewish Identity Survey (AJIS) 2000-01
The American Jewish Identity Survey was originally published in 2001 with the research conducted by Egon Mayer, Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar. The study was reissued in 2003 by the Center for Cultural Judaism.
National Survey of Religion and Ethnicity (NSRE) 2000
We also have data available from the National Survey of Religion and Ethnicity (NSRE) 2000, which was conducted along with the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01, but includes data from non-Jewish households in the United States.
National Survey of Religious Identity (NSRI) 1990
The National Survey of Religious Identity (NSRI) 1990 was conducted in conjunction with NJPS 1990 in order to review the religious and ethnic composition of the United States.
The 2000 American Rabbi Study
The American Rabbi Study was conducted by Professor Paul A. Djupe in the fall and winter of 2000 in the four major movements of American Judaism—Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, and Reform. The survey's focus on political orientations and political activities of rabbis included a series of questions about the 2000 US presidential election when Senator Joseph Lieberman (an observant Jew) was the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee.
American Jewish Committee Polls
The Data Bank currently archives results and/or data files from the American Jewish Committee's annual survey of American Jewish Public Opinion including:
1995,
1998,
2000,
2001,
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006,
and
2007. Additional surveys commissioned by the American Jewish Committee on specific topics (such as Holocaust issues) can be accessed via the AJC Archives
Note that Joel Perlmann of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College presents a working paper entitled "
The American Jewish Committee’s Annual Opinion Surveys: An Assessment of Sample Quality." (July 2007).
Readers can access this working paper directly from the Levy Center site.
American Jewish Year Book Articles
We have scanned in demography articles and population statistics from 50 years of the American Jewish Year Book. These references are available in the AJYB section of our site.
Gays, Lesbians, and the Conservative Movement
Gays, Lesbians, and the Conservative Movement: The JTS Survey of Conservative Clergy, Students, Professionals and Lay Leaders was a research study conducted by Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy, HUC-JIR and Director of the Florence G. Heller / JCCA Research Center. In light of the December 6, 2006 Commission on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) announcement regarding gays and lesbians serving as clergy and related matters, this study attempted to ascertain the views of Conservative leaders.
Studies Archived Elsewhere
In addition to those studies that we hold, a variety of other studies are also available online. These include:
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