Reflections on the 2019 Maricopa County Jewish Community Survey
In January 2018, anticipating my retirement from Jewish Family & Childrenâs Service, I called Mark Searle, Arizona State Universityâs provost. I hoped ASU would be interested in collaborating with the Jewish community to conduct the research for a Jewish population study. Searle and I had discussed such a venture a few years earlier. A series of questions plagued me throughout my tenure at JFCS as vice president of philanthropic services and as a Congregation Or Tzion board member. How many Jews live in Maricopa County? How many are members of synagogues? What are the reasons more J...