NOTES & QUOTES
"A study published last week in the United States challenges the
prevailing assumption that American Jews have become alienated from
Israel in recent years, and particularly the assumption that the younger
generation is less attached to Israel than their parents' generation was
at their age."
-- Haaretz.com, March 10, 2008
Archived News
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Peter Beinart's False Prophecy, Tablet Magazine, March 26, 2012
Who Cares about Israel?, Mishpacha, March 19, 2012
‘Research shows no link between political views and emotional ties to Israel,’ Interview with Ted Sasson, Rosner's Domain | Jewish Journal, February 24, 2012
The End of Jews "Distancing" from Israel? (Yeah, right), Rosner's Domain | Jewish Journal, February 14, 2012
Study: Jewish Numbers on Rise, Jewish Advocate, February 3, 2012
U.S. Jewish Population Pegged at 6 Million, Forward, January 17, 2011
Who Are American Jews?, Leonard Saxe, Forward, November 3, 2011
Jewish Professional versus Jewish Demographers, Jerusalem Post, November 3, 2011
Is the "distancing discourse" an active driver of "distancing?" (Part 2), Jerusalem Post, October 25, 2011
How Many US Jews and Who Cares, The Jewish Week, October 25, 2011
Notes on Socio-Demography Conference (Part 1), Jerusalem Post, October 24, 2011
Socio-Demography Conference Opens Today, ejewishphilanthropy, October 23, 2011
Gauging Birthright's Effect, Jewish Week, February 15, 2011
The Growth of American Jewry, Leonard Saxe, Jerusalem Post Magazine, December 27, 2010
Jewish Continuity? Visit Israel, Jerusalem Post, December 23, 2010
New Study Finds More Jews in the United States than Previously Thought, Forward, December 23, 2010
U.S. Jewish population larger than thought, survey shows, JTA, December 22, 2010
The Hot Topic: Reports of Demise, Makom, Haaretz, September 6, 2010
American Jews 'Still Connected' to Israel, Jerusalem Post, September 5, 2010
Poll: US Jews 'still connected' to Israel, Ynet News, September 4, 2010
Brandeis Study on American Jewry's Attitudes to Israel, Contentions, Commentary Magazine, September 3, 2010
Study: US Jews Still Support Israel, Arutz Sheva, September 2, 2010
Study: US Jews Are Not Growing Disenchanted With Israel, Haaretz, September 2, 2010
American Jews Remain Attached to Israel, Study Shows, JTA, September 2, 2010
Survey Says Young Jews Do Care About Israel, Forward, September 1, 2010
Free Israel Tours Bolster Ties with Young Jews, Boston Globe, August 26, 2010
Estimates of Religious Populations Require a Bit of Faith, Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2010
Elusive Numbers, U.S. Population by Religion, Wall Street Journal (The Numbers Guy Blog), August 13, 2010
The Myth of Alienation and Apathy, The Forward, June 9, 2010
Focus Groupies, Slate, June 8, 2010
Wrong Numbers, Tablet Magazine, May 28, 2010
Changing Images Muddy Picture of Zionism/Israel, The Jewish Week, May 26, 2010
Curing the Israel Estrangement Syndrome, Foreign Policy, May 21, 2010
Rosner's Domain: It might be Beinart's story, but is it the Jewish story? Jerusalem Post, May 23, 2010