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Overall, a majority of Jewish parents in East Bay think that the local Jewish organizations do a good job providing family-friendly, Jewish-themed activities. Figure 71: Positive Activities for Children by Child’s Age Now, please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. -- (IF YES IN YOUNGKIDS OR YES IN OLDERKIDS) Jewish organizations in the East Bay do a good job of providing opportunities to do Jewishthemed activities with my kids.** 100 80 Disagree Somewhat Agree Somewhat Disagree Strongly Agree Strongly 60 58 45 40 20 28 29 11 15 0 4 4 Agree Disagree Agree Disagree Children over 18 Children Under 18 **Question asked only of parents 74
Israel and the East Bay Support for the state of Israel falls in the middle of priorities for East Bay Jewish residents. Core Jewish values around healing the world far exceed Israel as important to being Jewish, though it ranks higher than religious observance or marrying someone Jewish. Affiliated Jews are far more likely than unaffiliated Jews to care about and make charitable contributions to Israel related causes. Specifically: • Israel is a somewhat lower priority for Jewish residents of the East Bay than other aspects of Jewish life. Four in ten say that standing up for the state of Israel is a very important part of being Jewish. Nineteen percent say that traveling to Israel is very important to being Jewish. • Most say they follow the news about Israel regularly (70 percent weekly or monthly). • Making Israel a priority is important largely to the affiliated Jewish world, not the unaffiliated Jewish world. • Jewish residents are more likely to give charitable donations to provide general support for the Jewish community (35 percent) than to causes related to Israel (28 percent). Four in ten East Bay Jewish residents think that supporting the state of Israel is a very important part of being Jewish. Traveling to Israel, however, is significantly less important (19 percent very important). Three-quarters of East Bay Jews regularly consume news about Israel, though most are not subscribers to Jewish publications. Residents who place a high importance on supporting Israel and traveling there have strong ties to the local Jewish community, as well as the Jewish faith overall. More than half (53 percent) of those who think supporting Israel is a very important aspect of being Jewish describe their involvement in the Jewish community as a lot or somewhat, 20 points higher than average; among those who value travel to Israel, this number inches up slightly to 57 percent. Those who think that supporting Israel is very important have a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people, as do those who think that traveling there; but, among those who value travel to the country, an overwhelming 93 percent have a strong sense of belonging. Just over one quarter of residents (28 percent) have donated money to Israel or to issues facing Israel. Almost half (48 percent) of those who responded that supporting Israel is a very important aspect of Judaism have donated money to causes or charities related to Israel though they are not more likely to have given to the Jewish Federation of the East Bay (29 percent have donated to the Jewish Federation compared to 27 percent overall). 75
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Executive Summary The Jewish Commun
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