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...question, "I regard active connection with a synagogue as essential to my religious life." Many of those who replied in the affirmative were among the least frequent participants in synagogue activities. Significantly, the Orthodox Jews, whose religion is woven inextricably with daily life, indicated less than 15 per cent affirmative. Among Conservative Jews over 20 per cent regarded synagogue connection as essential, while Reform Jews showed the highest number affirmative, 30 per cent...
...figures on actual attendance at services reveal that professed need for synagogue membership does not entail participation. Among the Orthodox who were polled about a third attend services weekly or twice a month; the Conservatives' figures show that about 85 per cent attend synagogue no more than "several times a year, while among the Reform Jews the figure is over 90 per cent...
...bear in mind that a student's attitude toward Judaism is closely linked with his attitude toward his parents, since in Judaism, the parents represent Jewish tradition," he said. The opposite sex also exerts a significant influence in shaping the student's religious views, he added (15 per cent said that the "influence of friends" was responsible for a change in attitude...
...religious practices, specifically individual prayer and attendance of religious services. Yet almost surprisingly, the girls are no more inclined than the men to "regard active connection with a church or synagogue as essential to religious life." Of those students who indicated some belief in divine presence, only 30 per cent at either college consider church connection necessary for a full religious life...
Weekly church attendance attracts the same proportion at Harvard and Radcliffe, 23 per cent. Radcliffe, however, shows a larger proportion of students who worship twice a month or monthly than Harvard does and there are fewer 'Cliffies who never or seldom attend church. While 11 per cent of Harvard believers never go to church or synagogue and 12 1/2 per cent only twice a year, the corresponding figures for Radcliffe are a mere 5 per cent and 4 per cent...