Israel News » Central News Israel » Central » Religion: Support for Israel isn't a high priority for younger Jewish Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds
The poll suggests the generational divide on Israel's actions since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war in Gaza extends beyond politics to religious identity.
News Israel » Central » Religion: 4 facts about religious switching within Judaism in Israel
Religious switching into and out of Judaism is rare in Israel, the only country where Jews are a majority of the population. Fewer than 1% of Israelis who were raised Jewish say they belong to a ...
News Israel » Central » Religion: New AP-NORC poll reveals sharp divides among US Jews over Israel and Gaza
As Israel’s actions continue to divide America's Jewish communities nearly three years into the latest war in Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll reveals that ...
News Israel » Central » Religion: 6. Religious switching into and out of Judaism
Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...
News Israel » Central » Religion: What's Next for American Jews and Israel? A Half-Century of Consensus Weakens.
(RNS) — For 50 years, support for Israel was a central pillar of American Jewish life. That consensus is cracking. Religion reporter Yonat Shimron helps us trace how we got here — and what Oct. 7 ...
News Israel » Central » Religion: Mamdani: I Support Israel "As A State With Equal Rights," A State "Shouldn't Privilege One Religion"
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, during an interview with ABC's Jon Karl, aired Sunday on "This Week," found this elegant solution to questions about whether he supports Israel: "I support the ...
News Israel » Central » Religion: Orthodox Jewish women in Israel may now take a rabbinic exam, like men
JERUSALEM — To be officially ordained as an Orthodox rabbi in Israel, you have to pass a grueling series of exams. And you have to be a man. Now, after a years-long court battle, Israel has finally ...