82% of American Jews do not feel entirely safe. The @WashingtonPost didn't think it was worth mentioning. ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, October 05, 2025

82% of American Jews do not feel entirely safe. The @WashingtonPost didn't think it was worth mentioning.

The Washington Post published a poll of American Jews, but the most important finding was left out of the article—and what they did highlight was deeply misrepresented.

They led with this headline grabber:

“Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide…”

But what the Post doesn't say is that 24% of respondents do not identify as religiously Jewish, and of the remainder, 29% say they have no religious denomination. That means 46% of respondents are either not religious or religiously unaffiliated - a group whose connection to Jewish identity is often cultural or nominal.

Only 32% of the full sample said being Jewish is “very important” in their lives.
That raises an obvious question: If a large portion of respondents don't feel particularly Jewish, why are their opinions treated as authoritative “Jewish” perspectives on Israel?

We’ve seen this framing tactic before: use low-attachment Jews to imply that “the Jewish community” is turning against Israel. But the real trend is this: many American Jews are turning away from Judaism, and their views on Israel are more reflective of that disaffiliation than of Jewish identity itself. These Jews get their news from the mainstream media that has been emphasizing false stories of Israeli war crimes and "genocide" - of course their opinions will reflect the biased coverage they read from outlets like the Washington Post.

Meanwhile, the most sobering number in the entire poll was completely ignored in the Post's article.

To the question: “How safe do you feel as a Jew in the United States today?”

Only 18% said “very safe”
51% said “somewhat safe”
26% said “not too safe”
6% said “not at all safe”

The poll results aggregate “very” and “somewhat” into a deceptive “net safe” category - but since when is “somewhat safe” good enough for any American citizen?

This isn’t abstract geopolitical opinion - it’s first-person emotional reality, and it tells a clear story: By more than 4 to 1, American Jews do not feel completely safe in their own country.

That’s a headline.
That’s the real story.
And the Washington Post buried it.