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Figure 62: East Bay Jews Find Community Welcoming, Comfortable Now, please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. (Ranked by percent total agree) 80 60 40 20 0 66 23 11 I feel comfortable attending organized Jewish events, committees, or events sponsored by East Bay Jewish organizations 57 8 The Jewish community in the East bay is generally welcoming to non-Jewish partners and spouses of jews who are in interfaith relationships 52 35 35 47 13 10 Jewish organizations in the East Bay do a good job of providing opportunities to do Jewishthemed activities with my kids** 42 The Jewish community in the East Bay area is warm and welcoming to Jews who are lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or transgener Agree Disagree Don't Know/Refused 73 22 23 5 I feel uncomfortable at Jewishthemed events because I do not know much about Jewish faith or traditions 45 32 Too many Jewish-themed events in the East Bay turn out to be boring or uninteresting to me 18 72 10 I do not feel comfortable bringing my non-Jewish partner or spouse to organized Jewish events ** Item asked only of parents Looking at specific constituencies, we also see high comfort levels. Among the LGBTQ individuals, for example, 56 percent agree that the East Bay Jewish community is welcoming while 3 percent disagree (41 percent do not know). Figure 63: Welcoming to LGBTQ by Sexual Orientation 64
A majority (54 percent) of intermarried residents believes that local Jewish organizations are welcoming of non-Jewish partners and spouses. Most (69 percent) do not feel uncomfortable attending Jewish-themed events, though 41 percent would prefer activities that are with Jews, but not faith-based. Figure 64: Comfort, Welcoming by Intermarriage Now, please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. The Jewish community in the East Bay is generally welcoming to non-Jewish partners and spouses of Jews who are in interfaith relationships I feel uncomfortable at Jewish-themed events because I do not know much about Jewish faith or traditions. . 100 Somewhat Disagree Strongly Disagree Somewhat Agree Strongly Agree 80 72 80 69 60 54 58 40 52 48 20 28 18 25 0 Jewish Spouse 6 6 3 3 Non –Jewish Spouse 7 Jewish Spouse 10 Non –Jewish Spouse 65
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East Bay Jewish Community Study Pla
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The Jewish Federation of the East B
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Executive Summary The Jewish Commun
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• A plurality (33 percent) identi
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• Most parents who want to give t
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Among the smaller geographic areas
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Additional Estimates In addition to
Page 21 and 22: Demographic Characteristics of the
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Page 27 and 28: Geography and Mobility A plurality
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Page 31: Most residents, even those under ag
Page 34 and 35: Jewish Identification As a starting
Page 36 and 37: Overall, a plurality of East Bay Je
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Page 40 and 41: Jewish Identity There is a strong s
Page 42 and 43: Having a Jewish family is not the h
Page 44 and 45: Similarly, the practices of the int
Page 46 and 47: General Involvement More than 40 pe
Page 48 and 49: Synagogue and Organizational Member
Page 50 and 51: Synagogue membership is higher amon
Page 52 and 53: The highest level of synagogue memb
Page 54 and 55: Residents who belong to a Jewish or
Page 56 and 57: Informal Participation in Jewish Li
Page 58 and 59: Regionally, volunteers are distribu
Page 60 and 61: Those residents most likely to atte
Page 62 and 63: Spiritual event attendees are more
Page 65 and 66: Tzedakah in the Jewish Community A
Page 67 and 68: Financially, donors to Israel and n
Page 69 and 70: Geographically, Jewish Federation o
Page 71: Feelings about the Jewish Community
Page 75: The most negative views held about
Page 78 and 79: Family Size Just over one-quarter o
Page 80 and 81: Although 42 percent of younger Jews
Page 82 and 83: Overall, a majority of Jewish paren
Page 84 and 85: Figure 72: Overall Contribution to
Page 86 and 87: This group already participates in
Page 88 and 89: The biggest barriers for those who
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Page 92 and 93: Older and younger Jews also use a d
Page 94 and 95: “Jew-ish” in the East Bay Anoth
Page 96 and 97: Almost 90 percent think that helpin
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Page 100 and 101: More than half of the unaffiliated
Page 102 and 103: Unaffiliated Jews do not purport to
Page 104 and 105: Research Definitions A Jewish adult
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Page 112 and 113: Total RDD Listed Landline Listed Ce
Page 114 and 115: In general, the Jewish population s
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Page 118 and 119: Figure 101: Sampling Error by Perce
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Q.51 Are you legally married, in a
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Q.82 How long have you lived in the
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Q.92 Which of the following orienta
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