Study Provides New Data
About Jews of Color
Sophie Panzer | JE Staff
N ew data released from “Jews of Color Community Portrait: A
2019 Jewish Population Study of Greater Philadelphia” reveals
high levels of socioeconomic inequality in the area, as well
as cultural differences between Jews of color and white, non-Hispanic
Jews. The study was part of “Community Portrait: A 2019 Jewish
Population Study,” the larger 2019 Jewish community demographics
study commissioned by Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia from
the Maryland-based research firm Westat.

The study defined a Jew of color as “any Jewish individual who iden-
tified themselves as Hispanic or any other non-white racial identity.”
According to the results, there are approximately 36,300 Jews of color in
the Greater Philadelphia region — about 10% of the Jewish population
here — living in 18,400 households.

The last time Jewish Federation conducted a study on Jewish demo-
graphics was in 2009, when the results revealed approximately 5% of the
Jewish community identified as Jews of color.

Jewish Federation Director of Strategy and Impact Kelly Romirowsky
said the recent community portrait was more comprehensive and used
questions and methodology similar to the American Community
Data shows a large percentage of Jews of color are unaffiliated.

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