{"id":202550,"date":"2025-03-26T09:50:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=202550"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:30:04","slug":"religious-switching-into-and-out-of-judaism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/03\/26\/religious-switching-into-and-out-of-judaism\/","title":{"rendered":"6. Religious switching into and out of Judaism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<details id=\"terminology\" class=\"wp-block-details is-style-plus-icon has-border-color has-ui-gray-light-border-color has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-background has-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-61b01db2 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:clamp(0.875em, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2em) * 0.009), 0.88em);\"><summary>Terminology<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout this report, <strong>religious switching<\/strong> refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in adulthood). The rates of religious switching are based on responses to two survey questions we asked of adults ages 18 and older:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWhat is your current religion, if any?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThinking about when you were a child, in what religion were you raised, if any?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The responses to these two questions allow us to calculate what percentage of the public has left a religious group (or \u201cswitched out\u201d) and what percentage has entered (or \u201cswitched in\u201d). This kind of switching can take place without any formal rite or ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have analyzed switching into and out of five widely recognized, worldwide religions to allow for consistent comparisons around the globe. Specifically, this report analyzes change between the following groups: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, other religions, religiously unaffiliated adults, and those who did not answer the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, someone who was raised Buddhist but now identifies as Christian would be considered as having switched religions \u2013 as would someone who was raised Christian but is now unaffiliated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, switching <em>within<\/em> a religious tradition, such as between Catholicism and Protestantism, is not captured in this report. (Refer to Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/02\/26\/decline-of-christianity-in-the-us-has-slowed-may-have-leveled-off\/\">2023-24 Religious Landscape Study<\/a> for an analysis of switching in the United States that <em>does <\/em>count some switching within Christianity. Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/03\/26\/4-facts-about-religious-switching-within-judaism-in-israel\/\">4 facts about religious switching within Judaism in Israel<\/a>\u201d for an analysis of switching within Judaism.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Religiously unaffiliated<\/strong> refers to people who answer a question about their current religion (or their upbringing) by saying they are (or were raised as) atheist, agnostic or \u201cnothing in particular.\u201d This category is sometimes called \u201cno religion\u201d or \u201cnones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other religions<\/strong> is an umbrella category. It contains a wide variety of religions that are not in the other categories and that have survey sample sizes too small to analyze separately in most countries. This includes Sikhism, Jainism, the Baha\u2019i faith, African traditional religions, Native American religious traditions, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Disaffiliation rates<\/strong> refer to the percentage of adults who say they were raised in a religion but are now religiously unaffiliated (or have no religion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Net gains\/losses<\/strong> are the differences between the percentage of survey respondents who say they were raised in a particular religious category (as children) and the percentage who identify with that same category at the time of the survey (as adults). The \u201cnet\u201d gain or loss takes into account both sides of the equation \u2013 those who have left <em>and<\/em> those who have entered the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Retention rates<\/strong> show, among all the people who say they were raised in a particular religious group, the percentage who still describe themselves as belonging to that group today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Accession rates<\/strong> (also called entrance rates) show, among all the people who describe themselves as belonging to a particular religious group today, the percentage who were raised in some other group.<br><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This section describes religious switching into and out of Judaism, reviewing the <a href=\"#has-judaism-experienced-net-gains-or-losses-from-religious-switching\">net gains and losses for Judaism in Israel and the United States<\/a>, <a href=\"#what-percentage-of-people-raised-jewish-are-still-jewish\">what percentage of adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish<\/a> (i.e., retention rates), <a href=\"#which-religious-groups-have-former-jews-switched-to\">which religious groups those who have left Judaism have switched into<\/a>, and <a href=\"#between-the-united-states-and-israel-which-country-has-seen-larger-shares-of-new-entrants-into-judaism\">where Judaism has the largest shares of new entrants<\/a> (i.e., the highest accession rates).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2016\/03\/08\/comparisons-between-jews-in-israel-and-the-u-s\/\">80% of the world\u2019s Jews live in just two countries: Israel and the United States<\/a>. Both countries were included in our 2024 survey, allowing us to examine religious switching among a majority of the world\u2019s Jewish population.[24. numoffset=&#8221;24&#8243; The U.S. data comes from Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/02\/26\/decline-of-christianity-in-the-us-has-slowed-may-have-leveled-off\/\">2023-24 Religious Landscape Study<\/a>, which surveyed 36,908 adults. Because of this large sample size, we are able to analyze and report results for relatively small religious groups in the U.S. \u2013 including Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Muslims.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, people may identify as Jewish in a multitude of ways, including ethnically, culturally, religiously or by family background. In this report, we use the term \u201cJewish\u201d to mean only <em>religious<\/em> identity, because the survey questions used in the analyses ask about a person\u2019s current religion and what religious group they were raised in (their childhood religion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Net gains and losses for Judaism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Viewed as a percentage of <em>all <\/em>U.S. adults, few people have left or joined Judaism. But Jewish adults make up only a small fraction of the U.S. population to begin with (about 2%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remaining Jewish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most people who were raised Jewish in Israel and the U.S. still identify this way today, resulting in high Jewish retention rates in both countries \u2013 though it\u2019s higher in Israel than in the U.S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leaving Judaism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the U.S., about a quarter of adults who were raised Jewish no longer identify as Jewish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Israel, fewer than 1% of adults who were raised Jewish no longer identify as such.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most adults who have left Judaism in both countries now are unaffiliated (i.e., they identify religiously as atheist, agnostic or \u201cnothing in particular\u201d).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Entering Judaism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most Jewish adults in Israel and the U.S. were raised Jewish, meaning the \u201caccession\u201d (or entrance) rates into Judaism are fairly low in both places.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But of the two countries, the U.S. has the higher accession rate, with 14% of Jewish Americans saying they were raised outside of Judaism, compared with just 1% of Israeli Jewish adults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refer to Pew Research Center\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/03\/26\/4-facts-about-religious-switching-within-judaism-in-israel\/\">4 facts about religious switching within Judaism in Israel<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/06\/22\/denominational-switching-among-u-s-jews-reform-judaism-has-gained-conservative-judaism-has-lost\/\">Denominational switching among U.S. Jews: Reform Judaism has gained, Conservative Judaism has lost<\/a>\u201d for analyses of switching within Judaism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;has-judaism-experienced-net-gains-or-losses-from-religious-switching&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"has-judaism-experienced-net-gains-or-losses-from-religious-switching\">Has Judaism experienced net gains or losses from religious switching?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=202800\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efefef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efefef;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"279\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?w=840\" alt=\"Table showing few are leaving, joining Judaism in Israel and the U.S.\" class=\"wp-image-202800 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=610,405 610w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=200,133 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=260,173 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=310,206 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=420,279 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=640,425 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=740,492 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=160,106 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-01.png?resize=320,213 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Israel and the U.S., the proportion of the overall populations that have either switched into or switched out of Judaism is very small (1% or less). This is true in <em>both<\/em> places, even though Jewish adults make up a sizable majority of all adults in Israel and a small sliver of all U.S. adults.[25. Every number in the accompanying table \u2013 including in the middle two columns \u2013 was calculated as a percentage of <em>all<\/em> adults surveyed in each country. For example, the second row shows that 2% of <em>all<\/em> U.S. adults say they were raised as Jews, 0% of <em>all<\/em> U.S. adults have left Judaism, 0% of <em>all<\/em> U.S. adults have entered Judaism, and 2% of <em>all <\/em>U.S. adults currently identify as Jews. The net change for Judaism in the U.S. due to switching over the lifetimes of the survey respondents is calculated by subtracting the current share of U.S. adults who are Jewish (2%) from the share who say they were raised Jewish (2%). The difference shows no net gain or loss for Judaism from switching <em>across the whole U.S. population<\/em> (not just U.S. Jews).]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;what-percentage-of-people-raised-jewish-are-still-jewish&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-percentage-of-people-raised-jewish-are-still-jewish\">What percentage of people raised Jewish are still Jewish?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=202801\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ededed\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ededed;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"302\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?w=840\" alt=\"Table showing most Israeli and U.S. adults raised Jewish still identify that way\" class=\"wp-image-202801 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=300,216 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=768,552 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=563,405 563w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=200,144 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=260,187 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=310,223 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=420,302 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=640,460 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=740,532 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=160,115 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-02.png?resize=320,230 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jewish retention rate is high in both Israel and the U.S. In Israel, virtually all adults who were raised Jewish still identify as Jewish today.[26. Throughout this report, survey estimates are rounded to the nearest integer. In the 2024 Pew Research Center survey, the share of Israelis raised Jewish who are still Jewish rounds to 100%. However, this survey-based estimate does not necessarily mean that <em>every<\/em> person in Israel who was raised Jewish still considers themselves Jewish.] In the U.S., 76% of adults who were raised Jewish still identify this way.[27. The definition of Jewishness in this report is based solely on religious self-identification: Survey respondents are classified as Jewish only if they answer a question about their religion by saying they are Jewish. This definition is consistent with the way other religious groups, such as Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists, are defined in this report. But it is different from the way the Center has defined Jewishness in some past surveys that delved deeply into Jewish identity, belief and practice in the U.S. For example, our reports \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/05\/11\/jewish-americans-in-2020\/\">Jewish Americans in 2020<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/10\/01\/jewish-american-beliefs-attitudes-culture-survey\/\">A Portrait of Jewish Americans<\/a>\u201d (2013) classified survey respondents as Jewish if they said either that a) their religion was Jewish or b) they considered themselves Jewish <em>aside from religion<\/em>, had at least one Jewish parent, and did not belong to any other religion. The latter group, sometimes called \u201cJews of no religion\u201d or \u201ccultural Jews,\u201d has different levels of religious switching (including lower retention rates) than \u201cJews by religion\u201d do. Refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/10\/01\/jewish-american-beliefs-attitudes-culture-survey\/\">2013<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/05\/11\/jewish-americans-in-2020\/\">2020<\/a> survey reports for more detailed examinations of U.S. Jewish retention rates and switching between branches of American Judaism.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;which-religious-groups-have-former-jews-switched-to&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"which-religious-groups-have-former-jews-switched-to\">Which religious groups have former Jews switched to?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analyzing retention rates also sheds light on the religious groups that former Jewish adults have joined. In the U.S., 17% of adults who were raised Jewish now identify as unaffiliated, while 2% now identify as Christian and 1% now identify as Muslim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;between-the-united-states-and-israel-which-country-has-seen-larger-shares-of-new-entrants-into-judaism&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"between-the-united-states-and-israel-which-country-has-seen-larger-shares-of-new-entrants-into-judaism\">Between the United States and Israel, which country has seen larger shares of new entrants into Judaism?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In both the U.S. and Israel, the majority of people who currently identify as Jewish say they were raised Jewish, resulting in low \u201caccession\u201d (or entrance) rates into Judaism in both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=202802\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeeeee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeeeee;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"311\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?w=840\" alt=\"Table showing large majorities of Israeli and U.S. Jews were raised Jewish\" class=\"wp-image-202802 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=300,222 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=768,569 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=547,405 547w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=200,148 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=260,193 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=310,230 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=420,311 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=640,474 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=740,548 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=160,118 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PR_2025.03.26_international-religious-switching_06-03.png?resize=320,237 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the U.S., 14% of Jewish adults say they were raised outside of Judaism. 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