{"id":14343,"date":"2014-04-14T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/attending-a-seder-is-common-practice-for-american-jews\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:22:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:22:13","slug":"attending-a-seder-is-common-practice-for-american-jews","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/04\/14\/attending-a-seder-is-common-practice-for-american-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Attending a Seder is common practice for American Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Seder.png\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f3f3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f3f3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"694\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Seder.png?resize=398,694 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-26770 not-transparent\" alt=\"Jewish participation in Seder\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Seder.png\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jewish festival of Passover begins at sundown tonight, when many Jews will gather with family and friends for the first of two Seders. While the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/holidays\/Jewish_Holidays\/Passover\/The_Seder.shtml\">exact nature of a Seder<\/a> varies, Jews traditionally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/holidays\/Jewish_Holidays\/Passover\/The_Seder\/Haggadah.shtml\">read from a book known as the Haggadah<\/a> \u2013 or \u201ctelling\u201d in Hebrew \u2013 and retell the story of the exodus from slavery in Egypt before eating a festive meal.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among several common traditions are a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/holidays\/Jewish_Holidays\/Passover\/The_Seder\/Seder_Plate_and_Table.shtml?gclid=CImFgrah0b0CFcg7Ogodn0UAbg\">Seder plate with symbolic foods<\/a>, a reading of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/holidays\/passover\/pesach_cdo\/aid\/1486798\/jewish\/The-Four-Questions-Explained.htm\">the \u201cfour questions\u201d<\/a> to explain the uniqueness of Passover and a search by children for a hidden afikoman (a broken piece of matzah, the unleavened bread that is eaten during the holiday).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/10\/01\/jewish-american-beliefs-attitudes-culture-survey\/\">Pew Research survey of Jewish Americans<\/a> found that attending a Seder is an <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/10\/01\/chapter-4-religious-beliefs-and-practices\/#jewish-practices\">extremely common practice<\/a> for the group. While only 23% of U.S. Jews said they attend religious services at least monthly, 70% said they participated in a Seder last year. That includes 42% of Jews of no religion (those who consider themselves Jewish in some way, were raised Jewish or had a Jewish parent, but say they are atheist or agnostic or have no particular religion.)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participation in a Seder is more common among Jewish Americans than any of the other practices we asked about, including fasting for all or part of Yom Kippur (53%) \u2013 often considered the holiest day of the Jewish calendar \u2013 and always or usually lighting Sabbath candles (23%).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Percentage of U.S. Jews who say they participated in a Seder last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":null,"sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"apple_news_api_pending":"1713063869","relatedPosts":[],"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0},"categories":[161],"bylines":[854],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[467],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[517],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-14343","short-read","type-short-read","status-publish","hentry","category-beliefs-practices","bylines-michael-lipka","formats-short-read","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-religion"],"label":"Short Read","post_parent":0,"word_count":229,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/04\/14\/attending-a-seder-is-common-practice-for-american-jews\/","art_direction":{"A1":{"id":26767,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png?w=396&h=317&crop=1","width":396,"height":317,"chartArt":false},"A2":{"id":26767,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"A3":{"id":26767,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png?w=194&h=110&crop=1","width":194,"height":110,"chartArt":false},"A4":{"id":26767,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"XL":{"id":26767,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png?w=396&h=405&crop=1","width":396,"height":405,"chartArt":false},"social":{"id":26767,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/04\/FT_Jewish_Practices_Traditions.png?w=396&h=628&crop=1","width":396,"height":628,"chartArt":false}},"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Seder and American Jews","description":"Attending a Seder is an extremely common practice for U.S. Jews. 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