By: Bill Rubinstein

Bill Rubinstein — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 06:49:56 +0000

Several points:
First, I would like to see the raw figures of responses by strands within the Jewish community – e.g. Modern Orthodox, Progressive, etc. That is, the number of respondents by strand before any weighting or revision, and the number, not the percentages. So far as I can see, these figure are not included in the Report.
Secondly, since the raw number of responses is especially important for the controversial conclusions about intermarriage, I would also like to see these figures for marriages to Jews/non-Jews in 2010-2017. If you have any figures for the number of non-Jewish spouses who subsequently converted to Judaism, it would be valuable to see them. The Report notes the high percentage of non-Jewish spouses among Progressives – how many of these subsequently converted to Judaism or are raising their children as Jews?
Thirdly, I said nothing about the Report’s conclusions regarding support for Israel. I did note two findings which are unbelievable, especially that 32% want Israel to negotiate with Hamas. Hamas is regarded as a terrorist body by all Western governments, even those in Europe which never lose the chance to kick Israel. I have never seen a single letter in the AJN arguing that Israel should negotiate with Hamas, and the Jewish groups here which might advocate this number no more than a few hundred out of 80,000 adult Australian Jews. That nearly one-third of the community wants Israel to negotiate with Hamas is utterly implausible. With the raw data of the numbers of respondents by strand, it should be possible to explain the implausibility.

By: Ben Gold

Ben Gold — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 05:34:19 +0000

Joy to you.

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