Poll: American Jews Identifying as More Cultural, Less Religious

THE WASHINGTON POST
By Michelle Boorstein

What primarily makes someone Jewish — a sense of humor and an emphasis on justice work, or following Jewish law and believing in God? A new poll out Tuesday shows the first qualities are — for the moment — dominating American Judaism. The percentage of Jews who identify as Jewish solely by culture or ancestry rather than religion has jumped from 7 percent to 22 percent since 2000, according to the poll, the first comprehensive survey of American Jews in more than a decade. [link]