The Gen17 Jewish Community Survey was a nationwide study designed to gather detailed information
about Australia’s Jewish community. This report provides insight into selected key findings that have emerged from a preliminary data analysis. Gen17 covers a wide variety of topics aimed at delivering information about all major aspects of the Jewish Australian experience.

This report contains a detailed demographic assessment of the South African Jewish population and the results of the 2019 Jewish Community Survey of South Africa – the largest and most extensive study of its kind ever undertaken.

The report finds that the Jewish population of the country has declined over the past twenty years, mainly as a result of migration. However, despite the numerical decline, the South African Jewish community is remarkably vibrant and resilient. Jewish identity in South Africa appears to be stronger, and more religious, than in either Australia or the UK and the community remains very close-knit.

This empirical assessment of eight European countries asks whether there is such a thing as a European Jewish identity, and, if so, what it looks like. The study contrasts the European picture with the United States and Israel, and examines the nature and content of Jewish identity across Europe, exploring the three core pillars of belief, belonging and behaviour around which Jewish identity is built.

Published in 2018, the report draws on the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey in 2012 examining Jewish people’s experiences and perceptions of antisemitism across nine EU Member States: Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Sweden and the UK. As well as gathering data about antisemitism, the study investigated various aspects of the Jewishness of respondents, in order to ascertain whether different types of Jews perceive and experience antisemitism differently.

Much of the debate about intermarriage in the UK has been based on American Jewish statistics, and an assumption that the situation either mirrors reality in Britain, or foretells the probable and almost inevitable future of the UK Jewish community.

This 2016 report is the first dedicated study of the topic in Britain. It estimates that the intermarriage rate in Britain in 2016 stands at 26%, which is dramatically lower than the equivalent figure of 58% for the United States. Nevertheless, it finds that, whereas more or less all children of in-married Jewish couples are raised as Jews, this is the case for only a third of the children of intermarried couples. It also demonstrates that intermarried Jews exhibit far weaker levels of Jewish practice than in-married Jews on all measures investigated.

This 2016 study, co-authored with Jonathan Boyd, is based on data from JPR's National Jewish Community Survey, investigates some of the key factors influencing Jewish charitable giving, and identifies some of the key challenges for the sector going forward.

The report notes that 93% of Jews make at least one charitable donation per annum, a considerably higher proportion than that found in wider society. The report explores some of the reasons why this might be the case, and specifically what factors influence giving among Jews. In particular, it investigates the extent to which age, religiosity, level of communal engagement, wealth and degree of generosity play a part in giving outcomes.

The growth of the Israeli Diaspora has garnered increasing attention in recent years. In the UK, Israelis constitute the largest foreign-born group of Jews living in the country. Their presence constitutes a potential boon to the UK Jewish community, although any increase in their numbers can also place a potential strain on existing resources.

This 2015 report uses UK Census data to paint a portrait of the diverse Israeli population in Britain.There is clear evidence to show that the Israeli population of the UK has grown over time, increasing by an estimated 350% between 1971 and 2011. Moreover, in the decade between 2001 and 2011, a greater number of Israelis moved to Britain than British Jews moved to Israel, at a ratio of three to two.

Since the early 1990s, the UK Jewish community saw a significant expansion in investment and provision for Jewish education. This 2014 report asks whether this investment 'worked' in strengthening Jewish identity.

Graham's report draws on data obtained during JPR's 2011 survey of Jewish university students - a cohort who had grown during the expansion of Jewish education provision.

Identifying six 'dimensions' of Jewish identity, Graham uses advanced statistical techniques to show that Jewish educational programmes to have an impact on Jewish identity, yet that impact is mostly quite limited, particularly when compared to the effects of Jewish upbringing.