JPR Publications
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JPR disseminates its research through high quality, accessible reports, policy papers and books. These cover issues affecting Jewish life worldwide and are written by JPR staff, leading academics, researchers, writers and journalists. All JPR publications are available for purchase from JPR in hard copy.
Publications
Jews and the News: News consumption habits and opinions of Jews in Britain
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
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
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?
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
Jewish life in Hungary: Achievements, challenges and priorities since the collapse of communism
Jewish life in Poland: Achievements, challenges and priorities since the collapse of communism
Zsidó élet Magyarországon: Eredmények, kihívások és célok a kommunista rendszer bukása óta
Życie żydowskie w Polsce: osiągnięcia, wyzwania i priorytety od upadku komunizmu
Key trends in the British Jewish community: A review of data on poverty, the elderly and children
Child poverty and deprivation in the British Jewish community
Committed, concerned and conciliatory: The attitudes of Jews in Britain towards Israel
The Key Challenges Facing the Jewish People
Synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2010
The political leanings of Britain's Jews
The Community Research Initiative: data about the community, for the community
The Economic Downturn and the Future of Jewish Communities
Is There a Global Jewish Politics?
Is anti-Zionism a cover-up for anti-Semitism?
New Directions-New Achievements
Jews and Other Europeans - Old and New
Is Europe good for the Jews? Jews and the pluralist tradition in historical perspective
Jews in Britain: A Snapshot from the 2001 Census
Hate Crimes against London’s Jews
European Jewish identity at the dawn of the 21st century: A working paper
Jews and Jewry in contemporary Hungary: results of a sociological survey
Creating community and accumulating social capital: Jews associating with other Jews in Manchester
Long-term planning for British Jewry: final report and recommendations
The Jews of Leeds in 2001: Portrait of a community
Secular or religious? The outlook of London's Jews
The future of Jewish schooling in the United Kingdom
A Portrait of Jews in London and the South-East: a community study
Mapping Jewish culture in Europe today: a pilot project
Governance in the Jewish voluntary sector
The financial resources of the UK Jewish voluntary sector
Grant-making trusts in the Jewish sector
Ethnic and Religious questions in the 2001 UK Census of the Population: policy recommendations
A guide to Jewish television: prospects and possibilities: findings of the working party
Jews of the 'new South Africa': Highlights of the 1998 national survey of South African Jews
Cultural politics and European Jewry
Patterns of charitable giving among British Jews
Jewish television: prospects and possibilities
The attachment of British Jews to Israel
The social attitudes of unmarried young Jews in contemporary Britain
The Jewish voluntary sector in the United Kingdom: its role and its future
Social and political attitudes of British Jews: Some key findings of the JPR survey
A new Jewish identity for post-1989 Europe
Does Islamic fundamentalism pose a threat to the West?
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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
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)