Uncoupled: How our Singles are Reshaping Jewish Engagement

Publication Date: January 2008

Publisher: Jewish Identity Project of Reboot

Author(s): Steven M. Cohen; Ari Y. Kelman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Marriage; Jewish Outreach; Study; Jewish identification

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

At least half of non-Orthodox American Jews are uncoupled in two ways, the authors assert: first they are unmarried, and second, they are disengaged from organized Jewry. The authors base their conclusions on a study of national survey data. But, they argue, this disengagement does not represent a distancing from being Jewish, but rather a dissatisfaction with the existing options for connecting Jewishly.