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friendscentral.org to compile qualitative data to supplement the other
material and to delve deeper into subset commu-
nities, like Israelis, Russian speakers, older adults,
college students and more.

The study results show that the Philadelphia area
is home to the United States’ third-largest Jewish
community, with New York City first, followed by
Los Angeles. However, cities including New York
and Chicago have yet to release their own popula-
tion studies, which also use the new research meth-
od, so that ranking may
change. In the five-county
area, Jews account for
9% of the entire popu-
lation. A total of 66%
of those surveyed iden-
tify as Jewish by reli-
gion, while 30% identify
as Jewish through eth-
nicity or culture; 4%
of respondents do not
identify as Jewish, but
have a Jewish parent
or were raised Jewish
and don’t identify with
another religion.

As for denomi-
nations, 26% of Jewish households are Reform,
26% are Conservative, 8% are Orthodox, 6%
are Reconstructionist, 1% are Renewal and 6%
described themselves as “other.” Note that some
respondents identified as multiple denominations
and 43% didn’t identify with any denomination — a
three-fold increase from 2009.