7% of Jewish children attend Jewish day school or
yeshiva and 15% of Jewish kids attend Jewish day or
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• 37% of Jewish adults have traveled to Israel.

• 24% of Jewish households have synagogue
membership, a decline from 35% in 2009.

• 74% of Jewish adults reported having heard
anti-Semitic or anti-Israel comments in Greater
Philadelphia and 54% in their local commu-
nities • 53% of Jewish households volunteered with a
charitable organization in the past year, includ-
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nization • 40% are in favor of a two-state solution, while
16% oppose it, 13% are neutral and 32% said
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Also at the press conference, Philadelphia City
Councilman Allan Domb said he looked forward to
putting the study’s findings into action to improve
the local Jewish community, a thought echoed by
state Rep. Jared Solomon.

“What I would say is the importance of the work is
that what Allan and I need is collective data, otherwise
we’re flying blind,” Solomon said. “So this is just
critical work in getting the data set that will best
inform the work that we do in communities every
day.” The Jewish Federation later hosted a series of
community meetings to further disseminate the
study’s findings to the wider community. l



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