How Spiritual are America's Jews?

Publication Date: March 2009

Publisher: S3K Synagogue Studies Institute

Author(s): Steven M. Cohen; Lawrence A. Hoffman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Jewish Identification; Survey; Religious Denominations; Spirituality

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The authors compare the findings of their study on spirituality among Jews to a national multi-religious study on American spirituality. They find that American Jews have not traditionally been very spiritual. But as Jewish demographics shift, so does the community's relationship to spirituality. The authors offer implications of this shift for congregational and educational policy, and community life in general.