1. YOUNG ADULTS May 27, 2015

2. SUPPORT FOR THE STUDY The 2014 St. Louis Jewish Community Study is funded in part by a generous gift from Terry and Harvey Hieken. Additional support has been provided by The Lubin-Green Foundation The Morton J. and Morton D. May Fund of the Greater St. Louis Community Foundation Two anonymous donors Community Donors

3. 1,003 Jewish household respondents completed the survey. Jewish Persons = Respondents (age 18+) who view Judaism as their religion or who say that “aside from religion” they consider themselves to be Jewish or partly Jewish Jewish Households = Households that include at least one Jewish adult ABOUT THE STUDY

4. WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE ST. LOUIS JEWISH COMMUNITY?

5. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 YOUNG ADULTS IN JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS; 12,000 JEWS 42% of young adults in Jewish households are not Jewish.

6. YOUNG ADULT (23-34) JEWISH HOUSEHOLDS 48% are in core Jewish areas (U City/Clayton, Creve Coeur, Chesterfield and Olivette/Ladue); 52% are not.

7. MOST YOUNG ADULTS ARE PLANNING TO STAY IN ST. LOUIS

8. YOUNG ADULTS ARE WELL EDUCATED

9. YOUNG ADULT HOUSEHOLDS ARE MORE DIVERSE THAN OVERALL JEWISH POPULATION 6% of households with 23-35 year old respondent have a family member who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (4% overall) 29% of these households have a family member who is not white (14% overall).

10. ALMOST HALF OF YOUNG ADULTS 23-35 ARE SINGLE

11. INTERMARRIAGE HIGHEST AMONG THE YOUNGEST RESPONDENTS PERCENT OF COUPLES CURRENTLY INTERMARRIED BY AGE OF THE RESPONDENT

12. YOUNG ADULT (23-35) HOUSEHOLDS WITH A CHILD – MOST LIKELY IN ST. CHARLES & CHESTERFIELD Sample size in other areas too small to report.

13. DENOMINATION – YOUNG JEWISH ADULTS AND ALL JEWISH ADULTS

14. YOUNG ADULT ENGAGEMENT – RITUAL BEHAVIOR AND ISRAEL

15. YOUNG ADULT ENGAGEMENT – ATTITUDES ABOUT BEING JEWISH AND COMMUNITY

16. WEAKER COMMITMENT TO JEWISH GIVING AMONG YOUNGER JEWS

17. YOUNG JEWS ONLINE *Question only asked of respondents < age 40.

18. YOUNG ADULTS HAVE DIVERSE SOCIAL GROUPS Percent who say half or more of friends are Jewish

19. YOUNG ADULTS VOLUNTEER – BUT MOSTLY IN NON-JEWISH SETTINGS

20. LEARN MORE! JFedSTL.org/CountMeIn