Support for the War Declines Slightly, but Remains Strong<\/strong><\/p>\nA majority of\u00a0connected U.S. Jews (62%) support\u00a0the decision to go to war with Iran, while\u00a031% oppose it. However, support has\u00a0declined from 68% in the first week of the war, indicating a gradual erosion as the conflict continues.<\/p>\n
At the same time,\u00a046% say the war will only be considered a success if it leads to regime change in Iran, underscoring high expectations for its strategic outcome.<\/p>\n
Rising Concern Over Israel\u2019s Image and Antisemitism<\/strong><\/p>\nThe survey shows a\u00a0sharp increase in concern about the war\u2019s impact on Israel\u2019s global standing: 56% believe the war will harm Israel\u2019s image in the United States, up from 45% in the first week. Only\u00a08% believe it will improve Israel\u2019s image.<\/p>\n
Concerns about antisemitism are also intensifying: 65% believe the war will increase antisemitism in the United States, up from 52%. Just\u00a01% believe it will reduce antisemitism.<\/p>\n
These findings reflect a growing sense among connected U.S. Jews that the geopolitical conflict is increasingly shaping their domestic reality.<\/p>\n
Israeli and U.S. Leadership during Iran War <\/strong><\/p>\nBoth\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0and\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu\u00a0receive\u00a0higher ratings for their handling of Iran than for their overall leadership.<\/p>\n
Trump:\u00a046% rate his leadership on Iran positively, compared to significantly lower overall approval. Netanyahu:\u00a054% rate his leadership on Iran positively, higher than his general leadership ratings.<\/p>\n
Notably,\u00a0Netanyahu is rated more positively than Trump on Iran, reflecting relatively stronger confidence in Israel\u2019s leadership on this issue among connected U.S. Jews.<\/p>\n
Deep Skepticism About Israeli-Palestinian Peace<\/strong><\/p>\nA clear majority of connected U.S. Jews express pessimism about near-term peace: 75% believe there is no chance of a peace agreement with the Palestinians in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
At the same time, respondents maintain a long-term perspective: Roughly\u00a0two-thirds agree that there is no substitute for a long-term peace arrangement. This reflects a dual outlook:\u00a0short-term pessimism paired with long-term necessity.<\/p>\n
Passover<\/strong><\/p>\nAhead of Passover, we examined the plans of Jews in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for the coming holiday. The data indicate that the seder remains a central and meaningful event among Jews in the various countries. A large majority of respondents in the United States (80%) say that they expect to host or attend a traditional seder, with high stability over time (the same share as last year). The figure is similar in Canada (79%), while in the United Kingdom it is slightly lower (73%), though it still points to a clear majority. Only a small share of respondents in all countries say they have no plans to celebrate at all.<\/p>\n
Among Orthodox Jews and Haredim, almost all respondents plan to participate in a traditional seder (93%\u201394%). Conservatives and Reform Jews also show high participation rates, though somewhat lower (86% and 78%, respectively). Among Jews with no stream affiliation, by contrast, the picture is different: only 55% plan to participate in a traditional seder, one-quarter (25%) say they do not intend to participate in any special Passover event, and one-fifth (18%) have not yet decided.<\/p>\n
Additional Insights<\/strong><\/p>\n55% of respondents believe settlements in the West Bank are a burden on Israel\u2019s security and the IDF.<\/p>\n
66% say Israel is \u201cJewish to the right extent\u201d, highlighting alignment with Israel\u2019s identity among connected U.S. Jews<\/p>\n
Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\nThis report is based on a survey of\u00a0906 Jewish respondents, primarily from the United States, conducted between\u00a0March 13\u201317, 2026. The survey reflects the views of\u00a0\u201cconnected\u201d Jews, that is individuals with relatively strong ties to Jewish communal life, Jewish identity, and\/or Israel. It should\u00a0not be interpreted as representative of the broader U.S. Jewish population.<\/p>\n
The survey was conducted by JPPI researchers\u00a0Shmuel Rosner, Noah Slepkov, and Yael Levinovsky, with statistical supervision by\u00a0Prof. David Steinberg.<\/p>\n
About the Voice of the Jewish People Index<\/strong><\/p>\nThe\u00a0Voice of the Jewish People Index<\/em>\u00a0is a monthly survey by the\u00a0Jewish People Policy Institute\u00a0tracking attitudes among connected Jewish populations in the United States and other countries on key issues affecting Israel and global Jewry.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sorry, this entry is only available in \u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library-press-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30250"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30488,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30250\/revisions\/30488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}