Jewish Federation to Gauge Community
in New Study
Rachel Kurland | JE Staff
F or the first time in a decade,
the Jewish Federation of
Greater Philadelphia will
research and release a population
study of the Philadelphia-area Jew-
ish community. The study will be
published in the fall of 2019.

The population study usually
takes place every 10 years by large-
city Jewish federations to measure
the current state of their Jewish
communities, but it is unlike a
census, said Kelly Romirowsky,
director of grants and evaluation.

“People think of it that way,
but it’s not,” she said. “It’s actually
a sample survey.” Whereas a cen-
sus counts each individual in an entire population, “this is looking for a
representative sample to get an estimate of the total population and ask
questions of them.”
The last study was conducted
in 2008 and results were released
in 2009, analyzing demographic
and socioeconomic information.

Findings for the new study will
include the geographic distribu-
tion of the community, Jewish
affiliation and involvement, views
on Israel, civic engagement and
Jewish education, including
day schools and supplementary
schools. Romirowsky said the study
will look at five counties —
Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester,
Delaware and Montgomery — and
the Jewish communities within them, including those who identify as
Jewish in some way or live in a Jewish household.

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