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General Involvement More than 40 percent of East Bay Jews report that being Jewish is very important to them and two-thirds of East Bay Jewish residents agree that they have a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people, including 45 percent who strongly agree. And yet, only 15 percent describe their involvement as a lot and only 21 percent say they want to be more involved in the Jewish community (6 percent much more involved). Figure 35: Most Do Not Consider Themselves Involved To what extent do you feel that you are involved in the Jewish community 60 50 66 40 30 34 29 37 20 10 15 18 0 A lot Some Only a little Not at all Only 26 percent of those who have a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people feel that they are involved a lot in the Jewish community, demonstrating the disconnect between belonging and participation. Interfaith couples are much less affiliated with the Jewish community than couples in which both partners are Jewish —81 percent report that they do not feel very involved in the East Bay Jewish community, as compared with only 40 percent of same faith couples who say that they feel the same way. The most involved Jewish residents are more likely than the less involved to be married (62 percent, compared to 53 percent), have a Jewish spouse (70 percent, compared to 23 percent), and have a partner that always participates in Jewish life with them (58 percent, compared to 14 percent). A full 72 percent of involved Jewish residents say they are providing their children with a formal Jewish education. More than 80 percent of these highly involved residents are dues paying members of a synagogue, and 42 percent attend services more than weekly. Sixty-one percent also belong to other Jewish organizations, and a majority holds leadership positions. They report frequently attending events in the East Bay Jewish community. 38
Figure 36: Religious Activity of Very Involved Jews Very Involved Synagogue member Yes 82 No 17 Belong to Other Organizations Yes 61 No 38 Leadership Yes 62 No 37 Attend East Bay Jewish Events Weekly/monthly 61 Hardly ever/never 16 Attend Spiritual Event Weekly/monthly 44 Hardly ever/never 28 Half (48 percent) of involved Jewish residents have given money to the Jewish Federation of the East Bay, but they are more likely to have given to non-Jewish causes, to generally Jewish organizations, or to Israel related causes. Figure 37: Contributions of Very Involved Jews 39
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Page 9 and 10: Executive Summary The Jewish Commun
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Page 56 and 57: Informal Participation in Jewish Li
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Page 71 and 72: Feelings about the Jewish Community
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More than half of the unaffiliated
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Unaffiliated Jews do not purport to
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Research Definitions A Jewish adult
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Figure 93: Redefined Regional Defin
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