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THE 2002 PITTSBURGH JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDY

The Jewish Population of Greater Pittsburgh

An Executive Briefing UKELES ASSOCIATES, INC. [UAI]

Marketing Systems Group [MSG] -GENESYS International Communications Research [ICR]

The United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh

CONFIDENTIAL: Community Study Committee Only June 19, 2002

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Summary
• Methodology
• Household and Population Estimates
• Demography
• Community Change & Stabilization
• Vulnerable Populations & Human Services
• Jewish Connections & Jewish Education
• Philanthropy & the Organized Jewish Community
• Israel

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INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

SURVEY GOALS

• Provide useful information about the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish

community in 2002.

• Highlight basic population changes since 1984.
• Highlight key issues to make better decisions in planning,

fundraising, service delivery and connecting people to the communal enterprise.

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INTRODUCTION

TODAY'S FOCUS

• The focus of this briefing is on the key findings of the

population study - THE FLASH REPORT

• the first

results.

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SUMMARY

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SUMMARY: THE GOOD NEWS

• The population of the Pittsburgh Jewish community

appears to have increased somewhat.

• The Jewish population is not as "gray" as many

believed.

• Squirrel Hill is still an important Jewish center
• Three out of five Pittsburgh Jewish households live in

Squirrel Hill or see Squirrel Hill as the focus of their Jewish life in Pittsburgh.

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SUMMARY: THE GOOD NEWS (cant/d)

• Being Jewish and being part of the Jewish

community is important to the vast majority of those interviewed:

• A substantial majority is connected to the organized

Jewish community.

• Jewish connections to Israel, cultural participation,

and ritual observance are high.

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SUMMARY: THE CHALLENGES

• Older people are more likely to be known to the

community than younger people.

• Younger people are more likely to contribute to non-

sectarian charity (or not at all) than to give to Jewish causes.

• Inter-marriage rates are high for marriages in the

1990s.

• Just under half of children in inter-married

households are being raised as Jews.

• There are substantial unmet service needs and

vulnerable populations in the community.

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METHODOLOGY

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METHODOLOGY

THE STUDY: INTERVIEW NUMBERS

• Interviewing began on November 8, 2001 and was

completed by February 1, 2002.

• A total of 1,313 usable interviews were conducted with

Jewish households in the Greater Pittsburgh area.

• The

interviewed Jewish households constitute a statistically representative sample of Jewish households in the region, both those known to the United Jewish Federation and those "unknown."

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METHODOLOGY

THE STUDY: RANDOM DIGIT DIALING (RDD)

• A random digit generated pool of all possible phone

numbers survey area was constructed using MSG- GENESYS's state of the art sample generation software and hardware;

• Phone numbers on the United Jewish Federation LIST

were electronically removed from the initial RDD sample frame, and placed into a Federation LIST sampling frame;

• The remaining telephone numbers were placed into a

Residual Random Digit Generated sampling frame;

• All telephone numbers were in only one of the sampling

frames, so that every household had an equal chance of being included in the final interview samples.

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METHODOLOGY

THE STUDY

• Two unduplicated sampling frames:
• A Federation LIST frame representing most of the

Jewish households known to the Jewish community, and

• A Residual RDD frame which largely represented and

was designed to locate and interview those households not known to the Jewish community.

• Independent random samples [EPSEM] were generated

within each sampling frame.

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METHODOLOGY

THE STUDY (cont'd):

• A total of 95,641 randomly selected phone numbers

were called;

• A total of 288,479 dialings were made to try to reach

each of these phone numbers;

• 278,890 phone calls within the Residual RDD

frames, and

• 9,589 phone calls within the LIST frames;
• 1,426 Jewish households were identified, and

useable interviews were obtained from 1,313 respondents - a 92% Jewish household cooperation rate.

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METHODOLOGY

THE GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA INCLUDED:

• Allegheny County, including the City of Pittsburgh, was

the major focus of the survey - 1,194 interviews

• Western Westmoreland County - 91 interviews (LIST

and Residual RDD);

• Beaver County, Butler County, and Washington County
• 28 interviews (LIST).

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RESEARCH DEFINITIONS

• JEWISH PERSONS
• Adults who self-identify as Jews
• Children being raised as Jews
• JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS -- Households including one or

more Jewish adults at least 18 years old

• ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN A JEWISH HOUSEHOLD --

Includes Jewish persons and non-Jews living in a Jewish household (including children not being raised as Jews)

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HOUSEHOLD and POPULATION ESTIMATES

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HOUSEHOLD AND POPULATION ESTIMATES

54,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN ALMOST 21,000 JEWISH

HOUSEHOLDS IN GREATER PITTSBURGH

20,900 54,200 42,200

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HOUSEHOLD AND POPULATION ESTIMATES

Compared to the 1984 Study's Estimates, the Number of Jewish Households in Greater Pittsburgh has Increased by 10%. The Number of Jewish Persons May Have Declined.

1984 2002 NET CHANGE % CHANGE 1984 - 2002 19.000 +1.900 47.700 +6.500 44.900 (-2.700) 19

DEMOGRAPHICS

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DEMOGRAPHICS

GREATER PITTSBURGH'S JEWISH COMMUNITY IS NOT A PREDOMINANTLY OLDER COMMUNITY

• 21 0/0 OF ALL PEOPLE IN JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS ARE UNDER 18;
• 14%

ARE 70 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER

AGE OF ALL PEOPLE IN JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS

50-69 22%

70+

14% 30-49 27%

Under 18

21%

18-29

15%

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DEMOGRAPHICS

HALF OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS WERE BORN IN THE GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA

• BORN IN PITTSBURGH AREA

49 0/0

• PITTSBURGH FAITHFUL: ALWAYS LIVED

36%

• RETURNING SONS & DAUGHTERS

13%

• BORN ELSEWHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA

g%

• BORN ELSEWHERE IN THE USA

32%

• "FOREIGN BORN"

10%

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DEMOGRAPHICS

YOUNGER SURVEY RESPONDENTS WERE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN PITTSBURGH

Percentage of Respondents Born in Pittsburgh by Age of Respondent

18-29

320/0

30-49

45 0/0

50-69

70+

540/0

600/0

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DEMOGRAPHICS

THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUNGER RESPONDENTS WERE LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED THROUGH THE RESIDUAL RDD SAMPLING FRAMES

• Residual RDD Sample

LJl LIST Sample

0%

18 - 29 30 - 49

50 - 69

70+

20% 40%

60%

80%

63%

100%

88%

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DEMOGRAPHICS

JEWISH PERSONS TEND TO BE OLDER THAN NON-

JEWS LIVING IN JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS IN GREATER PITTSBURGH

.JEWISH PERSONS

[J NON-JEWS

0%

5% 10%

15%

20%

25%

30% 35% 40%

UNDER 18 18 - 29

30- 49 50 - 69

70+

190/0

25% 27%

28%

34%

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DEMOGRAPHICS

• About 60% of the survey respondents were

married at the time that they were interviewed

• Another 6%

were "living together"

• 8%

were separated or divorced

• 11% were widows or widowers (16% of the female

respondents, 4% of the male respondents)

• 16% had never been married

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DEMOGRAPHICS

30%

OF GREATER PITTSBURGH'S JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDE A CHILD UNDER AGE 18. ANOTHER 8% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDE AN ADULT CHILD ONLY - SOMEONE OVER THE AGE OF 18

13,000 5,100 1,200 1,700 20,900

• -- - - -

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HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE IS DIVERSE: TRI-MODAL.

2,000 1,300 4,600 1,000 5,400 1,100 3,300 2,200 20,900

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DEMOGRAPHICS

APPROXIMATELY 2,200 JEWISH RESPONDENTS, AGE 70 OR MORE, LIVE IN GREATER PITISBURGH

• 51%

report that an Adult Child Lives in the Pittsburgh area in their own household

• 49%

do not have an adult child living in the Greater Pittsburgh area.

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COMMUNITY CHANGE & STABILIZATION

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COMMUNITY CHANGE & STABILIZATION

SQUIRREL HILL (ZIP CODE 15217) ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST 6,000 OF THE APPROXIMATELY 21,000 JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS IN GREATER PITTSBURGH

Jewish Households in Greater Pittsburgh

Other Allegheny County 680/0 Other Areas 4 0/0 Squirrel Hill

28%

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COMMUNITY CHANGE & STABILIZATION

• Squirrel Hill's Jewish household population may have

increased slightly over the past decade.

• In 1993, a planning report estimated that there were

5,500 Jewish household in Squirrel Hill.

• In 2002, the survey estimate is 5,900 Jewish

households.

NUMBER OF JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS RESIDING IN SQUIRREL HILL - ZIP CODE 15217

1993

Study

5,500 2002

Survey

5,900

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COMMUNITY CHANGE & STABILIZATION

All survey respondents were asked:

"Is Squirrel Hill the focus of your/your family's

Jewish life in Pittsburgh?"

• 78% of Squirrel Hill respondents said "Definitely Yes,"

13% said "Probably Yes,"

• 57% of other Allegheny County households said "No";

27% said "Definitely Yes"; 16% said "probably Yes",

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS & HUMAN SERVICES

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS & HUMAN SERVICES

INCOME LEVEL OF JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS SPANS A WIDE RANGE OF POOR TO AFFLUENT

• One-in-five Jewish households (21

%) reports

an annual income of under $25,000 .

• One-in-seven Jewish households (14%)

reports an annual income of at least $150,000.

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS & HUMAN SERVICES

Annual Household Income

DOver $150,000

III $100,000-149,999

D $50,000-99,999 til $25,000-49,999

• $15,000-24,999
• Under $15,000

0%

100/0 200/0

300/0

30%

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RESPONDENTS, 70 AND OVER, LIVING ALONE ARE MOST LIKELY TO REPORT ANNUAL INCOMES UNDER $25/000

47% 23% 20% 23% 3% 3% 18% 56% 37

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS & HUMAN SERVICES

ABOUT ONE-IN-FIVE RESPONDENTS REPORT THAT THEY ARE "JUST MANAGING."

Have Extra Money

280/0

Very Well Off

8%

Have Enough Money

43%

Just Managing

21 0/0

*Q49: "Which of the following statements would best describe your household's present financial situation?" Fewer than 1

% of respondents indicated that they "could not make

ends meet;" they have been combined with those "just managing."

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES

SURVEY RESPONDENTS JUDGED THEIR HEALTH STATUS TO BE PREDOMINANTLY "EXCELLENT" - OR "GOOD" ONLY 4 0/0 WERE IN "POOR" HEALTH WHILE ANOTHER 12% ASSESSED THEIR HEALTH STATUS AS "FAIR"

Respondent Self-Assessment of Health

Good

40%

Fair

12%

Poor

44%

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES

AMONG RESPONDENTS AT LEAST 70 YEARS OF AGE,

100/0 SAID THAT THEY WERE IN POOR HEALTH; 240/0

REPORTED THAT THERE HEALTH WAS FAIR

Respondent Age 70+: Health Assessment Goo

50%

Excellent

160/0

Poor

100/0

Fair 240/0

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES

POORER RESPONDENTS REPORTED NEGATIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENTS. AMONG RESPONDENTS IN THE LOWEST INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, 240/0 SAID THAT THEY WERE IN "POOR" HEALTH, WHILE ANOTHER 35 0/0 SAID THAT THEY WERE

IN "FAIR" HEALTH

Respondents Health Assessment: Household Income Under $25,000

Good

39%

Excellent

2 0/0

Poor 24%

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES

HEALTH INSURANCE

• The Vast Majority Of Pittsburgh's Jewish Households Believe that

they Have Sufficient Health Insurance -

63% "Definitely

Sufficient" and 22% "Probably Sufficient".

• Younger Households Had the Most Problematic Health

Insurance.

• 13% Of Respondents Under Age 30 Reported That Someone

in the Household Did Not Have Insurance, and 14% Reported Someone with a Temporary Lapse.

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES

Three Specific Service Questions on Concerns of the Pittsburgh Jewish Community: SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE

• Did any member of your immediate family need assistance for a

special-needs child or special-needs adult, even if that person for whom the help was needed does not live Pittsburgh?

SERIOUS EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS

• In the past year, did you (or any member of your household) have a

serious emotional or behavioral problem, such as depression, an eating disorder or a learning disability?

ASSISTANCE FOR AN ELDERLY RELATIVE

• In the past year, did you (or any member of your household) need

assistance for an elderly relative, even if that relative does not live with you or does not live in Pittsburgh?

43

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES EACH SPECIAL ASSISTANCE AREA INVOLVED BETWEEN 13% AND 19% OF PITTSBURGH JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS TAKEN COLLECTIVELY, ONE-IN-THREE HOUSEHOLDS NEEDED ASSISTANCE IN AT LEAST ONE OF THESE THREE AREAS

44

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES GETTING ASSISTANCE FOR THESE THREE HEALTH CARE ISSUES WAS NOT ALWAYS EASY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.

• 41

% of Households Reported that Special Needs Assistance was Very Difficult or Somewhat Difficult To Get

• 27% Reported that Assistance for a Serious Emotional or Behavior Problem

was Difficult to Get.

• 42% Reported Difficulty in Getting Assistance for an Elderly Relative

IlIIJ Very Difficult

IlIIJSomewhat Difficult

Ii!l Easy or Very

Easy

Special Needs Serious Emotional Problems Elderly Relative

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JEWISH CONNECTIONS AND JEWISH EDUCATION

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JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS HAD JEWISH FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AS A CHILD OR TEENAGER

Percentage of Respondents With Jewish Childhhod -Teenage Experiences

Day School

10%

Other Jewish Education Youth Group Jewish Camp

44%

Israel Travel

66%

57%

47

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION YOUNGER RESPONDENTS WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HAD DAY SCHOOL JEWISH EDUCATION THAN OLDER RESPONDENTS

00/0

100

/0 200/0 300/0 400/0 500/0 600/0 700/0 800/0

II 18 - 29

0l!l 30 - 49

050 - 69

1170+

Day School Other Jewish Ed

2%

59% 48

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

AS CHILDREN OR AS TEENS, YOUNGER RESPONDENTS WERE

MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN INFORMAL JEWISH EDUCATION EXPERIENCES

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

III 18 - 29

!Nil 30 - 49

D 50 - 69

l1li70+

YOUTH GROUP JEWISH CAMP ISRAEL TRAVEL 9% 70% 65% 55% 48% 29%

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JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

TWO OUT OF THREE PITTSBURGH JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS ARE CONNECTED TO THE ORGANIZED JEWISH COMMUNITY

2.300

4.100 4.600

2.500 7.500

20.900

50

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

41

% of All Respondents Identify as Reform Jews,

32% as Conservative, and 7%

as Orthodox Among In-Married Respondents, 11 % identify as Orthodox and 43% as Conservative

41%

32

7

2 3 14

1

100%

38%

43 11

2 *

6

*

100%

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JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

• Being Jewish is very important to 67% of Jewish

respondents (important to 92%).

• Being part of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh is

important to 76% of Jewish respondents.

• 60% of Jewish respondents feel that they have a

connection to the Pittsburgh Jewish community; 40% feel only a "little" connection or "not at all" connected.

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JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

JEWISH RITUAL OBSERVANCE INDICATORS

_Always

_ Usually

Ilm!I Sometimes

D Never

Passover Seder Light Chanukah Candles Fast onYom Kippur* Light Shabbat Candles Keep Kosher

0% 50%

* Jewish respondents only; all other questions asked about the household, 100% 53

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

RESPONDENT CONGREGATIONAL DENOMINATION POWERFULLY INFLUENCES JEWISH RITUAL OBSERVANCE

0/0 Jewish Respondents/Households Which Always

...

l1li Non-Denominational+Sec ['g Reform

• Conservative
• Orthodox

Attend a Passover Seder Light Chanukah Candles Fast on Yom Kippur

0 0/0

20 0/0 40 0/0 60 0/0

80 0/0

100%

54

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN JEWISH STUDY IS RELATED TO

• DENOMINATION. BUT, JEWISH CULTURAL EVENT

PARTICIPATION - JEWISH MUSEUM ATTENDANCE IS NOT

% Respondents/Households Which

...

III Non-Denominatina+Secular

!2l Reform

D Conservative

III Orthodox

Regularly Engage in Jewish Study 0% Attend Jewish Cultual Event or Jewish Museum

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 62% 59% 55

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

40 0/0 of JEWISH CHILDREN HAVE HAD

SOME JEWISH DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION

• 24% of Jewish children ages 6-17 are

reportedly currently enrolled in a Jewish day school.

• An additional 15% were previously enrolled in

a Jewish day school.

• 42% of Jewish children are currently enrolled

in some type of supplementary Jewish education.

• Only 7%
• f school-age Jewish children in

Greater Pittsburgh have not received any Jewish education.

56

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

ONE-IN-THREE CURRENTLY MARRIED

COUPLES ARE INTERMARRIED

51% 13 36

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JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL EXPERIENCE, INTERMARRIAGE RATES IN PITTSBURGH ARE HIGHER FOR MARRIAGES IN THE 19905

% of Marriages

80%

13

44%

37

45%

36

29%

59

58

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

INTER-MARRIED RESPONDENTS WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED

THROUGH THE RESIDUAL RDD SAMPLING FRAMES

• Residual RDD Sample

D LIST Sample 0 0/0

10% 20% 30% 40% 500/0 60 0/0 70% 80%

In-Married Conversionary

60 0/0

Inter-Married

25%

59

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

JUST OVER HALF OF ALL CHILDREN IN INTERMARRIED HOUSEHOLDS ARE BEING RAISED JEWISH OR "JEWISH & SOMETHING ELSE"

99+% 36%

*

11

* 40

*

14

100% 100%

60

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

APPROXIMATELY 4,400 CHILDREN RESIDE IN INTER-MARRIED HOUSEHOLDS IN PITTSBURGH AREA

TYPE OF MARRIAGE

In-Married Households

Conversionary Households

Inter-Married Households "Other Household" Types

TOTAL

NUMBER OF CHILDREN*

4,000 1,600 4,400 1,400

11,400

PERCENT

350/0

14

39

11

1000/0

*"Other Household Types" can include unmarried partners, divorced-separated-and widowed, and never

married households. Children in these households are being raised in a .manner similar to inter-faith households.

61

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

SURVEY RESPONDENTS FOUND PITISBURGH TO BE A WELCOMING JEWISH COMMUNITY

%

• f All Respondents Who Did NOT Feel Welcome in

Pittsburgh at

...

A Jewish Synagogue or Temple A Jewish Community Center As a Volunteer for a Jewish Organization

At the Jewish Federation

5 0/0

12% 7 0/0

62

JEWISH CONNECTIONS & JEWISH EDUCATION

INTER-MARRIED RESPONDENTS FOUND PITISBURGH TO BE A WELCOMING JEWISH COMMUNITY, ALTHOUGH 18% FELT UNWELCOME AT A PITISBURGH SYNAGOGUE OR TEMPLE

% of

Inter-Married Respondents Who Did NOT Feel Welcome in Pittsburgh at

• A Jewish Synagogue or Temple

A Jewish Community Center As a Volunteer for a Jewish Organization

At the Jewish Federation

6 0/0

180/0

63

THE COST OF BEING JEWISH

SURVEY RESPONDENTS REPORTED THAT FINANCIAL COST HAD PREVENTED THEIR HOUSEHOLDS FROM ENGAGING

IN VARIOUS JEWISH COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES IN

PITTSBURGH OVER THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS

% of Households Reporting Financial Cost Prevented Them from ...

GOing to Israel or Sending a Child to

Israel

Belonging to a Jewish Community Center Belonging to a Temple

• r Synagogue

Jewish Federation Involvement Taking Adult Jewish Education Classes

20 0/0

13%

7 0/0

5 0/0 240/0

64

THE COST OF BEING JEWISH

EVEN AMONG HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES BETWEEN

$50,000 AND $100,000, FINANCIAL COST HAS

PREVENTED JEWISH COMMUNAL INVOLVEMENT

0/0 Households Prevented From Activity in Pittsburgh Past Five Years

II Under $50,000

Iillil $50,000 - $100,000

0$100,000+

Israel Travel Jewish Community Center Temple or Synagogue Federation Involvement F== 30%

65

THE COST OF BEING JEWISH

THE COST OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WAS NOT CITED AS A "PREVENTING" FACTOR

% of Households Reporting Financial Cost Prevented Them from ...

Sending a Child to a Jewish Summer Sleep Away Camp Sending a Child to a Jewish Day School Sending a Child to Jewish Supplementary School Sending a Child to SAJS

7% S% 4%

• 19%

66

PHILANTHROPY

67

PHILANTHROPY MORE RESPONDENTS REPORT CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAUSES THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY JEWISH THAN TO THE UNITED JEWISH

FEDERATION OR TO OTHER JEWISH CAUSES

NON-Specifically Jewish Causes The United Jewish Federation

Other Jewish

Causes

Percentage of Households that Contributed to: 85%

47 0/0

41 0/0

68

PHILANTHROPY Younger respondents are less likely to DONATE to charitable

• causes. They are more likely to donate to non-Jewish causes,

rather than Jewish or both non-Jewish and Jewish

• rganizations.

l1li Respondents

Ages 18 - 29

0/0 Households Which ...

BJ Respondents

Ages 30 - 49

0%

20% 40% 600/0 800/0

1000

/0

D Respondents Ages 50 - 69

• Respondents

Ages 70+

Do Not Contribute to Any Cause Contribute to Non-Jewish Causes Only Contribute to Jewish Causes (or Jewish & non-jewish)

32%

69

PHILANTHROPY

BETWEEN HALF AND TWO-THIRDS OF ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, and REFORM JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION ONLY 21 0/0 OF NON-DENOMINATIONAL and SECULAR JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS CONTRIBUTE TO THE FEDERATION

Contributions to the Federation by Denomination Non-

"21 0A

Denominational

°

& Secular

Reform

56%

Conservative

60%

Orthodox

64%

• Reform and Conservative contributors are more likely to contribute
• ver $1,000.

70

ISRAEL

71

ISRAEL

• PITTSBURGH'S JEWISH RESPONDENTS HAVE

POWERFUL CONNECTIONS TO ISRAEL

• 92% see Israel as an important Jewish communal issue

and concern

• 54% of Jewish respondents (or someone in their

households) have friends and/or family living in Israel.

• Almost half (44%) have traveled to Israel - 28% as an

adult, 6% as a child or teenager, and 19% both as a child and an adult

72

ISRAEL

ISRAEL IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE JEWISH IDENTITY FOR HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS

How Important is Israel to the Jewish Identity of Jewish Respondents

Somewhat Important 33%

Not Very

Important 11% Not At All Important 5% Very Important 51%

73

ISRAEL

YOUNGER JEWISH RESPONDENTS ARE SOMEWHAT

LESS LIKELY TO FEEL THAT ISRAEL IS A VERY

IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY

Percentage of Respondents Who Say Israel is a "Very Important" Part of their Jewish Identity

Ages 18 - 29

450/0

Ages 30 - 49 41% Ages 50 - 69

52%

Ages 70+

65%

74

ISRAEL

JEWISH RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE TRAVELED TO ISRAEL ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO VIEW ISRAEL AS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY

Percentage of Respondents Who Say Israel is a "Very Important" Part of their Jewish Identity

Have Been in

Israel

Have Not Traveled

to Israel

710/0

75

ISRAEL

RESPONDENT DENOMINATION STRONGLY INFLUENCES CONNECTION TO ISRAEL

Percentage of Respondents Who Say Israel is a "Very

Important" Part of their Jewish Identity

Non- De nominationa I

& Secular

Reform Conservative Orthodox

33% 42%

640/0

83%

76

ISRAEL

THE MORE IMPORTANT ISRAEL IS TO A RESPONDENT, THE MORE LIKELY THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE JEWISH FEDERATION

Percentage of Households that Contributed to the Jewish Federation

Israel Very Important Israel Somewhat Important Israel Not Very Important Israel Not At All Important

660/0 470/0

300/0

10%

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Summary: The Good News

• The population of the Pittsburgh Jewish community

appears to have increased somewhat.

• The Jewish population is not as "gray" as many

believed.

• Being Jewish and being part of the Jewish

community is important to the vast majority of those interviewed;

• A substantial majority is connected to the organized

Jewish community.

• Jewish connections to Israel, cultural participation,

and ritual observance are high.

• Squirrel Hill is still an important Jewish center
• Three out of five Pittsburgh Jewish households live in

Squirrel Hill or see Squirrel Hill as the focus of their Jewish life in Pittsburgh.

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SUMMARY: THE CHALLENGES

• Older people are more likely to be known to the

community than younger people.

• Younger people are more likely to contribute to non-

sectarian charity (or not at all) than to give to Jewish causes.

• Inter-marriage rates are high for marriages in the

1990s.

• Just under half of children in inter-married

households are being raised as Jews.

• There are substantial unmet service needs and

vulnerable populations in the community.

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Next Steps

• Complete the analysis of response rates
• Complete the geographic analyses
• Complete the analysis of newcomers
• Review of Jewish-origin household data
• Additional analyses (to be determined)
• Full roll-out of the data

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