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Jews and the News: News consumption habits and opinions of Jews in Britain

Published: 2013
Author(s): Dr David Graham
The Israel Survey was carried out by JPR in early 2010 and was the first national study dedicated to an examination of the attitudes of Jews in Britain towards Israel. Supported by Pears Foundation, the survey generated a total of 4,081 responses, the largest sample so far assembled of Jewish public opinion in Britain.

The first report on the findings, Committed, concerned and conciliatory, the attitudes of British Jews towards Israel, showed that for a majority of respondents, Israel forms a very important aspect of their Jewish identities, with almost three-quarters describing themselves as ‘Zionist’. Nine out of ten felt that Israel is the ‘ancestral homeland’ of the Jewish people and an even greater proportion had visited the country. The survey also explored territorial issues, the peace process, defence policy and Israeli society.

This second report explores the considerable amount of data that were gathered in the Israel Survey on a number of other related topics, in particular, the media and news consumption habits of Jews in Britain. The majority of this data has not been previously analysed or published and therefore is presented here in its entirety for the first time.

2011 Census Results (England and Wales): Initial insights into Jewish neighbourhoods

Published: 2013
Author(s): Dr David Graham

 

The 2011 Census was held on 27th March 2011 and included a question on religion for only the second time in its history. It affords us a unique opportunity to chart detailed demographic change in the Jewish community over the decade from 2001, which was the first occasion religion was included in the census.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has just published a second set of data about religion in England & Wales. This release focuses on statistics relating to local neighbourhoods and tells us much about the population dynamics of Jewish communities over the last decade.

2011 Census Results (England and Wales): Initial insights about the UK Jewish population

Published: 2012
Author(s): Dr David Graham (JPR), Jonathan Boyd (JPR) and Daniel Vulkan (Board of Deputies of British Jews)

The 2011 UK Census was held on 27th March 2011 and the first results on religion for England & Wales were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 11 December 2012. 

 

The census included a question on religion for only the second time and therefore this is the first occasion on which we have been in a position to chart change in the Jewish population from one census to another.


 

Will the 21st century be the democratic century?

Published: 2011
Author(s): Professor Vernon Bogdanor CBE

Vernon Bogdanor CBE is a Research Professor at the Institute of Contemporary History, King's College, London and former Professor of Government at Oxford University. One of Britain's foremost constitutional experts, adviser to a number of governments, he is the author of numerous books and a frequent contributor to TV, radio and the press. This paper was given as the Morris and Manja Leigh Memorial Lecture on 22 November 2011 in London under the auspices of JPR.

 

Older publications

Home and away: Jewish journeys towards independence. Key findings from the 2011 National Jewish Student Survey

David Graham, Jonathan Boyd (2011)

Jewish life in Hungary: Achievements, challenges and priorities since the collapse of communism

Andras Kovacs and Aletta Forras-Biro (2011)

Jewish life in Poland: Achievements, challenges and priorities since the collapse of communism

Konstanty Gebert (2011)

Zsidó élet Magyarországon: Eredmények, kihívások és célok a kommunista rendszer bukása óta

Kovács András és Forrás-Biró Aletta (2011)

Życie żydowskie w Polsce: osiągnięcia, wyzwania i priorytety od upadku komunizmu

Konstanty Gebert, Helena Datner (2011)

Key trends in the British Jewish community: A review of data on poverty, the elderly and children

Dr Sarah Abramson, Dr David Graham and Jonathan Boyd (2011)

Child poverty and deprivation in the British Jewish community

Jonathan Boyd (2011)

Committed, concerned and conciliatory: The attitudes of Jews in Britain towards Israel

David Graham and Jonathan Boyd (2010)

The Key Challenges Facing the Jewish People

The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks (2010)

Synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2010

David Graham and Daniel Vulkan (2010)

The political leanings of Britain's Jews

Dr David Graham (2010)

New Conceptions of Community

(2010)

The Community Research Initiative: data about the community, for the community

(2010)

The Economic Downturn and the Future of Jewish Communities

Jonathan D. Sarna (2009)

Is There a Global Jewish Politics?

Michael Galchinsky (2009)

Is anti-Zionism a cover-up for anti-Semitism?

Ben Cohen and Antony Lerman (2008)

New Directions-New Achievements

(2008)

Jews and Other Europeans - Old and New

Profesor Zygmunt Bauman (2008)

Is Europe good for the Jews? Jews and the pluralist tradition in historical perspective

Dr Steven Beller (2008)

Sacralization by stealth

Dr Eric Kaufmann (2007)

Jews in Britain: A Snapshot from the 2001 Census

David Graham, Marlena Schmool, Stanley Waterman (2007)

Hate Crimes against London’s Jews

Paul Iganski, Vicky Kielinger, Susan Paterson (2005)

European Jewish identity at the dawn of the 21st century: A working paper

Dr David Graham (2004)

Jews and Jewry in contemporary Hungary: results of a sociological survey

A Kovacs (2004)

Creating community and accumulating social capital: Jews associating with other Jews in Manchester

Ernest Schlesinger (2003)

Long-term planning for British Jewry: final report and recommendations

JPR (2003)

The Jews of Leeds in 2001: Portrait of a community

S Waterman (2003)

Secular or religious? The outlook of London's Jews

Dr David Graham (2003)

The Jewish day school marketplace: The attitudes of Jewish parents in Greater London and the South-east towards formal education

O Valins and B Kosmin (2003)

The future of Jewish schooling in the United Kingdom

Oliver Valins, Barry Kosmin and Jacqueline Goldberg (2002)

Facing the future: the provision of long-term care facilities for older Jewish people in the United Kingdom

Dr Oliver Valins (2002)

The Hate Debate

Paul Iganski (2002)

A Portrait of Jews in London and the South-East: a community study

H Becher, S Waterman, B Kosmin and K Thomson (2002)

Mapping Jewish culture in Europe today: a pilot project

R Schischa and D Berenstein (2002)

Responding to diversity? An initial investigation into multicultural education in Jewish schools in the UK

G Short (2002)

Governance in the Jewish voluntary sector

M Harris and C Rochester (2001)

The financial resources of the UK Jewish voluntary sector

P Halfpenny and M Reid (2000)

Grant-making trusts in the Jewish sector

E Schlesinger (2000)

A Community of Communities: Report of the Commission on Representation of the Interests of the British Jewish Community

Commission on Representation of the Interests of the British Jewish Community (2000)

Ethnic and Religious questions in the 2001 UK Census of the Population: policy recommendations

B Kosmin (1999)

A guide to Jewish television: prospects and possibilities: findings of the working party

JPR Working Party (1999)

Jews of the 'new South Africa': Highlights of the 1998 national survey of South African Jews

B Kosmin, J Goldberg, M Shain and S Bruk (1999)

Cultural politics and European Jewry

S Waterman (1999)

Patterns of charitable giving among British Jews

J Goldberg and B Kosmin (1998)

Jewish television: prospects and possibilities

R Silverstone (1998)

The attachment of British Jews to Israel

B Kosmin, A Lerman and J Goldberg (1997)

The social attitudes of unmarried young Jews in contemporary Britain

J Goldberg and B Kosmin (1997)

The Jewish voluntary sector in the United Kingdom: its role and its future

M Harris (1997)

Social and political attitudes of British Jews: Some key findings of the JPR survey

SM Miller, M Schmool and A Lerman (1996)

A new Jewish identity for post-1989 Europe

D Pinto (1996)

Does Islamic fundamentalism pose a threat to the West?

F Halliday (1996)



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Archived publications

Publications in their original format from the old JPR site:

European Jewish Identity at the Dawn of the 21st Century (2004)

Jews and Jewry in contemporary Hungary (2004)

The Jews of Leeds in 2001: portrait of a community (2003)

Secular or religious? The outlook of London's Jews (2003)

Governance in the Jewish voluntary sector (2001)

The financial resources of the UK Jewish voluntary sector (2000)

Grant -making trusts in the Jewish sector (2000)

Jews of the 'new South Africa' (1999)

Patterns of charitable giving among British Jews (1998)

The social attitudes of unmarried young Jews in contemporary Britain (1997)

The Jewish voluntary sector in the United Kingdom (1997)

Social and political attitudes of British Jews (1996)

Mapping Jewish culture in Europe today (2002)

A guide to Jewish television (1999)

Developing Jewish Museums in Europe (1999)

Cultural politics and European Jewry (1999)


Jewish television: prospects and possibilities (1998)

Antisemitism and Xenophobia Today

Responding to diversity?
An initial investigation into multicultural education in Jewish schools in the United Kingdom
(2002)

Combating Holocaust denial through law in the United Kingdom (2000)

Ethnic and religious questions in the 2001 UK Census of Population (1999)

The Roma/Gypsies of Europe: a persecuted people (1996)

The governance of cyberspace: racism on the Internet (1996)

Does Islamic fundamentalism pose a threat to the West? (1996)

A new Jewish identity for post-1989 Europe (1996)

North American Conservative Jewish teenagers' attachment to Israel (1999)

Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: experience and prospects (1998)

The Netanyahu government and the Israeli-Arab peace process (1997)

The attachment of British Jews to Israel (1997)

The Israeli General Election of 1996 (1996)