J Street stats on jewish giving

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By Jacob Berkman · March 25, 2009

Earlier this week, the politics guys here gauged the reaction to J-Street’s poll of American Jews.

The poll also included some data on Jewish giving. (Thanks to Shawn at jewishjumpstart.org for pointing it out.)

From the poll:

Q.73 How would you characterize the organizations and causes to which you contribute money? (610 resppondents)

Non-Jewish charities 57
Jewish organizations and charities 52
Political campaigns 44
Synagogue or temple 36
Israel-related organizations and charities 30
Non-Jewish advocacy organizations 29
Other 11
I don't contribute money to organizations or causes 17

Q.74 (IF CONTRIBUTE MONEY) Has the current economic situation affected your charitable or political contributions? (610 respondents)
I have reduced or will reduce my contributions to non-Jewish organizations and charities 42
I have reduced or will reduce my contributions to political campaigns 37
I have reduced or will reduce my contributions to Jewish organizations and charities 35
I have reduced or will reduce my contributions to synagogues or temples 21
I have not and will not reduce my contributions to organizations and political campaigns 39
Total reduced 61

Q.75 Have you, someone you know, or an organization that you support been affected by the Bernard Madoff financial scandal? (610 respondents)
Yes, I have been personally affected 2
Yes, someone I know has been affected 17
Yes, an organization that I support has been affected 28
No, I have not been personally affected, I don't know anyone who has been affected, and none of the organizations that I support have been affected 55
I do not know about the Bernard Madoff financial scandal 6
Total yes 39