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California state capitol building with dome
Posted inCalifornia

California bill would add Jewish identity as an ethnicity on forms

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 30, 2026March 31, 2026

A new California bill would require state government forms that collect demographic data to add “Jewish” as an ethnic identity. This would both allow Jews to identify themselves as an […]

Map of Jewish households in Los Angeles, according to the new population survey (Graphic/Courtesy Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
Posted inCalifornia

Landmark survey of Jewish LA reveals an increasingly diverse and engaged community

Asaf Elia-ShalevJackie Hajdenberg by Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 24, 2022
Hared Orthodox Jewish men walk near the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jun. 17, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
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Nearly 1 in 3 Israeli Jews will be haredi Orthodox by 2050, per Israeli economic projections

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 23, 2021
a man sits before preschool kids blowing a shofar
Posted inOpinion

Fewer marriages and births means fewer people doing Jewish

Steven M. CohenSylvia Barack Fishman by Steven M. Cohen and Sylvia Barack Fishman July 2, 2017June 30, 2017
a huge crowd fills the streets, seen from far above
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Israel’s population is 8.68 million on eve of 69th birthday

by JTA April 28, 2017

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