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18 THE GUIDE 2018/2019
“We need to get an accurate picture
of the size of the Jewish population,
especially across the different
counties that we have, as well as
determining where people are at
with their Jewish behaviors...”
KELLY ROMIROWSKY
The study will also gather participants’ thoughts
on “believing, belonging, behaving types of things,”
such as attitudes toward philanthropic giving,
social service needs and Jewish identity.

The study is funded by the Jewish Federation
through its Jewish Community Fund, an endow-
ment fund, private foundations and individual
donors. It will be conducted by the research firm
Westat. Typically, studies have been conducted over
the phone. But for 2018, the Jewish Federation
offered online surveys. The firm first mailed out
notifications to participants — about 1,300 to 1,500
people determined through probability sampling
— with instructions to follow a link to complete
the questionnaire online. (A hard copy is available,
if preferred.)
Romirowsky hopes they’ll receive a better
response rate with the online format, as well as a
more random sample.

She added this will be beneficial for the Jewish
Federation, too: They’ll be able to see where the
needs are in the community in order to make
data-informed funding decisions for stakeholders.

“We need to get an accurate picture of the size
of the Jewish population, especially across the dif-
ferent counties that we have, as well as determining
where people are at with their Jewish behaviors and
attitudes.” Brandeis University’s Steinhardt Social Research
Institute has produced many community studies for
large cities with Jewish populations over the years,
including Jewish federations in Boston; Naples, Fla.;
Nashville and Middle Tennessee; Seattle; Buffalo,
N.Y.; Western North Carolina; and Greater Rhode
Island. The most recent population studies for
Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., came out in
February. Greater Pittsburgh’s Jewish community has
grown 17 percent since its last community study
in 2002 — it now has 50,000 Jewish adults and
children, constituting just over 2 percent of the
area population. The community is more spread
out, too, consisting of highly educated and mostly
middle-class people.




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