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College-age Jews between those with two "are living in an America where it's not Jewish parents and those with cool to say you'll date only only one. Jews." That was among the major The study comes about a findings of the National Jewish year after Hillel funded its own Population Survey 2000-01, landmark study by the presented Sunday to officials of University of California at Los Hillel: Foundation for Jewish Angeles surveying incoming Campus Life at the organiza- Jewish college freshmen. That tion's annual professional staff study found that Jewish identi- conference in Princeton, N.J. fication dropped dramatically Billed as the most compre- Infeld among children of interfaith hensive demographic portrait homes. ever of American Jewry, the lat- While 93 percent of those with two est NJPS found that 48 percent of stu- Jewish parents identified as Jews in the dents aged 18-29 have two Jewish par- UCLA study, only 38 percent of those ents, 45 percent have only one Jewish with just a Jewish mother and 15 per- percent said neither parent 7 parent and cent of those with just a Jewish father was Jewish, though they identified called themselves Jewish. themselves as Jews. But Linda Sax, who conducted the Furthermore, the study found that study for UCLA's Higher Education children with only one Jewish parent Research Institute, said the two surveys socialize with Jews far less frequently, were not directly comparable because participate in fewer Jewish activities and she looked only at incoming freshmen, don't feel as connected to the Jewish not all college-age Jews. people as those with two Jewish parents. It's no accident that Hillel led the pre- While many studies, including the vious study and asked NJPS officials to NJPS, have shown intermarriage rates present the latest data. In recent years, nearing 50 percent, the survey of col- lege-age Jews offers a rare comparison of Hillel has sought to rebuild itself from a largely religious organization to one the children of Jewish and interfaith offering dynamic cultural programs that households and suggests a wider future capture young Jews' imaginations. impact beyond the college campus. Avram Infeld, Hillel's interim execu- "It points to the creation of the inter- tive director, called the finding that marriage momentum," said Sylvia nearly half of college-age Jews have only Barack Fishman, a Brandeis University one Jewish parent "a pretty astounding professor and author of an upcoming JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency I love my Stairway Lift! When you're disabled, or just not able to move around as freely as you once could, stairs can be a real problem. But there is a simple answer. The powered stairway lift. Easily installed to fit curved or straight stairs. They give you back the ability to move around your own home. Folds back-gets in nobody's way. 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