According to Steven Cohen of Hebrew Union College, just over half, 54%, of US Jews under the age of 35 are comfortable with an Isreali state. Compared to an almost 40% increase in the over-65 age group of US Jews.
In general U.S. Jews “have increasingly adopted the American idea of what it means to be Jewish — primarily a religious identity,” Steven Cohen of Hebrew Union College, co-author of the study, said in an interview.
“The decline in attachment is widespread. It doesn’t depend on how you measure it,” Cohen added, with the disengagement no different among political liberals or conservatives.
The story in full, is here.
The powerful Jewish-American lobby doesn’t seem affected by this trend.
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