‘FINAL’
WORDS TENSE TIMES
Documentary follows the last living
participants in the Third Reich.

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LOCAL Education Still
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Mission Goodblatt Academy
debuted in 1959.

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LOCAL Locals Rally in
Support of Israel
Center City march
among other events
in the past week.

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LOCAL Jerusalem Viewed
Layer by Layer
Udi Goren has spent
years photographing
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Volume 134
Number 6
Published Weekly Since 1887
New Pew
Report Details
‘Jewish Americans
in 2020’
TOBY TABACHNICK AND ANDY GOTLIEB
“JEWISH AMERICANS in 2020,” Pew’s
fi rst deep dive into Jewish life in the U.S.

since 2013, paints a picture of a population
that is diverse politically and religiously,
but for whom, overall, “being Jewish”
remains important.

Pew’s newest survey of Jewish
Americans was conducted from November
2019 through June 2020, with most of the
work completed prior to the pandemic. Its
methodology diff ered from the 2013 survey
in that it was conducted online and by mail
rather than by phone.

While the 2020 study shows few signif-
icant changes in statistics from 2013, it
does “clarify” some trends, said Alan
Cooperman, director of religion research
at Pew Research Center.

“You can get a kind of ‘aha!’ moment
out of the survey where it shows you
something that, yes, it makes a lot of sense,
but you hadn’t been able to crystallize it
until that moment when you saw it in the
See Pew, Page 16
From left: Moshe, Aleeza, Avraham, Yehuda and Gershon Ben Shalom enjoy a dinner out in Pardes
Hanna, Israel.

Courtesy of Aleeza Ben Shalom
Aliyah the Right Choice for
Two, Despite Recent Fighting
ANDY GOTLIEB | JE MANAGING EDITOR
EVEN WITH THE ONGOING military
action between Israel and Hamas, two
Philadelphia-area women who recently
made aliyah are happy with their decisions.

“I love Israel, and there’s nowhere else
I’d rather be,” said Aleeza Ben Shalom,
who arrived in the Holy Land in February.

“I hope for all of us there will be a time
when it’s peaceful always.”
“I defi nitely don’t regret the decision,”
said Candice Nemoff , who arrived in
September 2020.

Both women are fortunate to live in
areas outside the most-targeted zones, but
have heard warning sirens at times.

Ben Shalom, who lives in Pardes Hanna
See Aliyah, Page 17