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• REPORT: The Nishma Research Pesach Survey (April 2024)
• SUMMARY: The Nishma Research Pesach Survey (April 2024)
• VERBATIMS: The Nishma Research Pesach Survey (April 2024)


• REPORT - Israel, Zionism, Politics, and the Impact of Israel's War With Hamas (February 2024)
• VERBATIMS - Israel, Zionism, Politics, and the Impact of Israel's War With Hamas (February 2024)
• PRESS RELEASE - Israel, Zionism, Politics, and the Impact of Israel's War With Hamas (February 2024)
• ARTICLE - The Forward, by Jacob Kornbluh - New Survey of Orthodox Jews Shows Vast Differences in Attitudes Toward Zionism (2/20/24)
• ARTICLE - Shtetl, by Lauren Hakimi - Survey - Haredim Approve Netanyahu, Want Gazans Expelled (02/21/24)


• REPORT - Orthodox Jewish Political Attitudes and Behaviors (September 2023)
• VERBATIMS - Orthodox Jewish Political Attitudes and Behaviors (September 2023)
• PRESS RELEASE - Orthodox Jewish Political Attitudes and Behaviors (September 2023)
• ARTICLE - Shtetl Haredi Free Press - 90% of Haredim Plan to Vote Republican in 2024 (10/3/23)
• ARTICLE - Jewish Link, by Michael Feldstein - Politically Correct: Findings of the New Nishma Study (10/12/23)
• ARTICLE - Jewish Press, by Mark Trencher - Despite What Some Want to Believe, Modern Orthodoxy is Indeed Politically Split (10/27/23)


• The Upcoming 2023-24 Major Communal Study – How the Community Voted on Its Topic (7/19/23)


• REPORT - The Nishma Research Jewish Community Profile (March 2023)
• SUMMARY - The Nishma Research Jewish Community Profile (March 2023)
• QUESTIONNAIRE - The Nishma Research Jewish Community Profile (March 2023)
• PRESS RELEASE - The Nishma Research Jewish Community Profile (March 2023)
• CLICK to access study info at Berman Jewish DataBank, the world’s largest repository of Jewish Research
• ARTICLE - Living a Jewishly Fulfilling Life - Ann & Jeremy Pava - eJewishPhilanthropy (3/6/23)
• ARTICLE - Survey Finds Orthodox Jews Concerned About Issues of Abuse - Forward (3/3/23)
• ARTICLE - Nishma Completes Profile of Orthodox Community - Jewish Link (3/14/23)
• ARTICLE - Nishma Profile Important Statistics and Takeaways - Rabbi A. Gordimer, Yated Ne'eman (3/6/23)
• ARTICLE - How Many Types of Jews Are There - Harry Maryles, Emes Ve-Emunah (3/14/23)
• ARTICLE - Some Predictable and Surprising Findings - Michael Feldstein, Jewish Link (3/16/23)
• ARTICLE - The Significance of the Differences Among Us - Mark Trencher, Emes Ve-Emunah (3/17/23)
• ARTICLE - Rooting Out Abuse is a Rapidly Growing Concern - Jewish News Syndicate (3/17/23)
• ARTICLE - Nishma V'Naaseh? - Mark Trencher, Jewish Link (1/12/23)


• REPORT - Perceptions and Experiences of Antisemitism Among American Orthodox Jews (June 2022)
• PRESS RELEASE - Perceptions and Experiences of Antisemitism Among American Orthodox Jews (June 2022)
• CLICK to access study info at Berman Jewish DataBank, the world’s largest repository of Jewish Research


• SINGLES SURVEY REPORT - Orthodox Jewry: Community, Connection, Understanding & Orthodox Jewish Singles (May 2022)
• 3-PAGE SUMMARY REPORT - Orthodox Jewry: Community, Connection, Understanding & Orthodox Jewish Singles (May 2022)
• PRESS RELEASE – Orthodox Jewry: Community, Connection, Understanding & Orthodox Jewish Singles (May 2022)
• VERBATIM RESPONSES – Orthodox Jewry: Community, Connection, Understanding & Orthodox Jewish Singles (May 2022)
• ORTHONOMICS PODCAST - Mark Trencher and Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman discuss research and recommendations on Orthodox singles (May 2022)
• ARTICLE - When Bad Systems Happen to Good People - The Shidduch Crists, by Mark Trencher (May 2022)
• ARTICLE - The State of Orthodox Singles: It's Complicated - by Baruch Lytle, The Jewish Press (June 2022)
• ARTICLE - Orthodox Singles: 20 Years Later Many of the Same Challenges Remain - by Michael Feldstein, Jewish Link (June 2022)
• CLICK to access study info at Berman Jewish DataBank, the world’s largest repository of Jewish Research
• MATERIALS PREPARED BY PORAT (People for Orthodox Renaissance and Torah):
• CLICK to access the recording and materials of PORAT's program "Responding to the Realities of Single Modern Orthodox Jews"
• PORAT REPORT: Responding to the Realities of Single Modern Orthodox Jews, by Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman (May 2022)
• TIMES OF ISRAEL ARTICLE - Don't Single Us Out - Welcoming Unmarried Jews, by Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman (May 2022)


• REPORT - The Finances of Orthodox Jewish Life (December 2021)
• SUMMARY - The Finances of Orthodox Jewish Life (December 2021)
• PRESS RELEASE – The Finances of Orthodox Jewish Life (December 2021)
• ARTICLE – The High Cost of Traditional Jewish Life - eJewish Philanthropy (12/22/21)
• ARTICLE – US Orthodox Jews financially fragmented but mostly secure, survey finds - The Times of Israel (12/26/21)
• ARTICLE – Study Finds Frum Jews Financially Secure ... and Stretched - The Jewish Press (12/31/21)
• ARTICLE – What's in the Wallets of the Frum Community? - Ami Magazine (1/5/22)
• CLICK to access study info at Berman Jewish DataBank, the world’s largest repository of Jewish Research
• CLICK to hear the 18Forty podcast interview with Mark Trencher and Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin


• REPORT - COVID-19 Attitudes and Vaccine Hesitancy in the U.S. Orthodox Jewish Community: Views Among the Chasidish, Yeshivish, and Modern Orthodox Segments (June 2021)
• PRESS RELEASE - Largest Orthodox Survey on Pandemic ... Overall Orthodox Vaccine Rates Similar to General Populaion But Much Diversity Across Segments (June 7, 2021)
• VERBATIM RESPONSES – Reasons for Anti-COVID-Vaccine Views


• REPORT - Ten Months Later – Where Do We Stand? - The U.S. Jewish Community’s Views on Coronavirus and COVID-19 Vaccines (Jan. 18, 2021)
• PRESS RELEASE - The U.S. Jewish Community’s Views on Coronavirus and COVID-19 Vaccines (Jan. 18, 2021)
• VERBATIM RESPONSES – Reasons for Pro-Vaccine and Anti-Vaccine Views (Jan. 18, 2021)
• CLICK to access study info at Berman Jewish DataBank, the world’s largest repository of Jewish Research


• REPORT – Nishma Research 2020 Post-Election Survey (Nov. 17, 2020)
• PRESS RELEASE - Nishma Research 2020 Post-Election Survey (Nov. 17, 2020)
• 2020 Vote Shows a ‘Vast’ Values Divide Among Orthodox Jews (New York Jewish Week - Nov. 23, 2020)
• How Pro Trump or Anti Trump Are We? (Emes Ve-Emunah - Nov. 18, 2020)
• CLICK to access study info at Berman Jewish DataBank, the world’s largest repository of Jewish Research


• REPORT – Health, Emotional, Financial & Religious Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Jewish Community (June 2020)
• SUMMARY REPORT – Health, Emotional, Financial & Religious Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Jewish Community (June 2020)
• VERBATIM RESPONSES – Health, Emotional, Financial & Religious Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Jewish Community (June 2020)
• PRESS RELEASE - Nishma Research Coronavirus Survey (June 2020)


• REPORT – The Nishma Research Political Survey of the Orthodox Community (Jan. 2020)
• Orthodox Jews Love Trump, Right? Actually, It's Complicated (The Forward - Feb. 2020)
• Poll: How Deep is Donald Trump's Support Among Orthodox Jews? (Jewish Telegraphic Agency & Jerusalem Post - Feb. 2020)
• I Think It's Israel - How Orthodox Jews Became Republicans (The Jewish Telegraphic Agency - Feb. 2020)


• REPORT - The Successes, Challenges, and Future of American Modern Orthodoxy (2019)
• REPORT - The Journeys and Experiences of Baalei Teshuvah (2019)
• Survey Questionnaire - Survey of the Orthodox Jewish Community (2019)
• CLICK to access study info at Berman Jewish DataBank, the world’s largest repository of Jewish Research
• Modern Orthodox Survey Reveals Internal Doubts (NY Jewish Week - Nov. 2019)
• Nishma Research Publishes Study on Modern Orthodoxy (Yeshiva University Commentator - Nov. 2019)
• Press Release – Nishma Research Study of Baalei Teshuvah (Dec. 2019)
• The New Nishma Surveys - Wow and Whoa! (Cross-Currents - Nov. 2019)
• How the Modern Orthodox Community Views Day School Education (NJ Jewish Link - Nov. 2019)
• Modern Orthodox and Baalei Teshuvah Research Reports (Beyond Teshuva - Dec. 2019)
• Two New Studies Delve Into Orthodox Jewish Community (Connecticut Jewish Ledger - Nov. 2019)
• The Survival of Modern Orthodoxy in America (Emes Ve-Emunah - Nov. 2019)
• Selected Findings About the American Modern Orthodox Community (Presentation to PORAT Synagogue Initiative - Jan. 2020)
• A Conversation on the Future of Modern Orthodoxy - Slides from a PORAT Panel Discussion (Nov. 2020)


• REPORT - Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews (2017)
• SUMMARY REPORT - 2017 Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews
• Questionnaire - 2017 Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews
• Verbatim Responses - What in Orthodox Life Gives the Most Joy & What Gives the Most Pain - 2017 Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews
• Verbatim Responses - How Respondents' Children's Jewish Perspectives Have Changed - 2017 Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews
• Verbatim Responses - Other Jewish Study Topics Desired - 2017 Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews
• Verbatim Responses - How Attitudes Toward Sexuality Have Changed - 2017 Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews
• Press Release - 2017 Nishma Research Profile of American Modern Orthodox Jews
• Article - The New York Jewish Week - Survey Reveals Fragmented Community (9/27/17)
• Article - Jewish Telegraphic Agency - Five Key Takeaways From New Survey (9/29/17) ... also appeared in many local Jewish community newspapers
• Article - eJewish Philanthropy - Finances Seen as Biggest Problem (9/28/17)
• Article - Cross-Currents Blog - Surprise, But No Surprise (9/28/17)
• Article - World Religion News - New Study Uncovers Unexpected Divide in Orthodox Jews (9/30/17)
• Article - L.A. Jewish Journal - Modern Orthodoxy's Triumph? Take Another Look at the Numbers (10/2/17)
• Article - The New York Jewish Week - Faith And Doubt Among Young Modern Orthodox (10/3/17)
• Article - Jewish Link of New Jersey - Survey Highlights Price of Jewish Education (10/4/17)
• Article - Forward - Orthodox Women Are Dissatisfied and 'Checking Out' - Here's Why (10/9/17)
• Article - Cleveland Jewish News - Survey Points to Diversity and Divisions (10/12/17)
• Topical Analysis - The Meaningfulness of Tefillah (May 2018)


• REPORT - Survey of Those Who Have Left Orthodoxy - June 2016
• REPORT - Modern Orthodox - Survey of Those Who Have Left Orthodoxy - July 2016
• Questionnaire - Survey of Those Who Have Left Orthodoxy - March 2016
• Press Release - Survey of Those Who Have Left Orthodoxy - June 2016
• Article - The Los Angeles Jewish Journal - The Formerly Orthodox American Jews: The stricter they were, the farther away they run (6/22/16)
• Article - The Forward - Ex-Orthodox Feel Pushed from Their Communities - But Still Cherish Being Jewish (6/24/16)
• Article - eJewish Philanthropy - First Large-Scale Survey Explores Motives and Experiences of Formerly Orthodox (6/26/16)
• Article - The Jewish Press - Why Do They Leave? (6/29/16)
• Article - The New York Jewish Week - Orthodox 'Dropouts' Still Tethered to Faith (8/16/16)