1. Benson Strategy Services, JFNA Community Understanding Survey, Nov. 21, 2023.
2. Out of those, because of various technical difficulties, only 176 participants completed the online survey. The numbers we cite are taken from the online survey, however the quotes and the qualitative analysis and conclusions are based upon the entire participant pool.
3. J Street was the clear outlier in age with 92% 65+ and everyone over 46.
4. Including non-North American participants. South Africa was predominately Orthodox yet liberal.
5. Most Germans did not think Israel was the most polarizing subject. Almost all J Street participants felt it was.
6. Orthodox respondents too, indicated that Israel was not as polarizing.
7. Both quotes were taken verbatim from the anonymous questionnaire.
8. Haaretz, July 17, 2023.
9. The only group of whom the majority of participants (by 1) experienced a decrease in discussions was the Council of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
10. The Cleveland Federation was the only group in which more participants said that they avoid such conversations than those who said that they seek them out.
11. Yehonatan Lis, The Knesset Constitutional Committee Discussed the Wexner Foundation; MK Karei: It acts so as to penetrate poison.” Haaretz, July 15, 2020. Moran Azulai, The New Israel Fund: Netanyahu has Crossed a Red Line in his Incitement Against Us.” Ynet, April 3, 2018. (See box with Netanyahu’s Facebook post).
12. See John Ruskay, “Israel Advocacy and Israel Education,” E-Jewish Philanthropy, April 21, 2021.
