Poll: Israelis much more confident in Obama than Palestinians

Published on May 9, 2013

Israelis by a 4-to-1 margin are more confident than Palestinians in how President Obama handles his foreign policy, a poll found.

Pew Research Center surveying Jews in U.S.

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 20, 2013

The Pew Research Center is conducting a nationwide survey of Jewish-Americans.

Understanding the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life’s religious affiliation study

Published on January 2, 2013

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently released a global study of religion whose findings have appeared in newspapers and social media everywhere. Using more than 2,500 censuses, surveys and population registers, it found that 84 percent of adults and children around the globe are religiously affiliated; the median age of two major groups, Muslims (23 years) and Hindus (26), is younger than the world’s overall population (28). Jews have the highest median age (36) of the groups studied.

Study: Jews are world’s most migratory religious group

Published on March 9, 2012

A new study found that Jews are the most internationally migratory of all the world’s major religious groups.

Pollsters probe depths of American fear at Museum of Tolerance’s pre-9/11 event

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 8, 2011

Poll suggests surge in Jewish support for GOP

Published on August 19, 2010

A poll based on a small sample suggests that Jewish identification with Republicans has surged.

Pew Poll finds some U.S. Muslims support suicide bombing

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 31, 2007

When Pew asked respondents whether "suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilian targets are justified in order to defend Islam from its enemies," 78 percent of all U.S. Muslims flatly condemned such attacks; 9 percent declined to answer or said they didn't know. But 8 percent of all Muslims -- and 15 percent of younger Muslims -- said attacks on civilians were justified "often" or "sometimes."