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Survey of Jewish South Africans 2005

South Africa, 2005
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Data file: sjsa-2005-v1

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q3000095
q39c:Involved most with Bnei Zion
q3000096
q39c:Involved most with Hashomer Hatzair
q3000097
q39c:Involved most with Zionist Youth/Society
q3000098
q39c:Involved most with Bikkur Cholim
q3000099
q39c:Involvedwith other Jewish/Zionist youth movements
q3000100
q39c:Don't know/do not remember name
q40a
q40(i):Children <22 years ever attend Jewish/Zionist youth movements
q40b
q40(ii):Children <22 years attend for at least 3 yrs Jewish/Zionist youth moveme
q40c
q40(iii):Children <22 years at present attend Jewish/Zionist youth movements
q4000014
q40d:Child mainly attends Habonim Dror youth movement
q4000015
q40d:Child mainly attends Bnei Akiva youth movement
q4000016
q40d:Child mainly attends Betar youth movement
q4000017
q40d:Child mainly attends Netzer/Maginim youth movement
q4000018
q40d:Child mainly attends Bnei Zion youth movement
q4000019
q40d:Child mainly attends other Jewish/Zionist youth movement
q4000020
q40d:None
q4000021
q40d:Do not know/no answer
q41a
q41a:Jewish or Zionist movement would respondent choose for child
q4000022
q41c:Barmitzvah
q4000023
q41c:Machaneh
q4000024
q41c:Israel experience during school
q4000025
q41c:Yeshiva/seminary in Israel after leaving school
q4000026
q41c:Other post matric programme in Israel
q4000027
q41c:Yeshiva in South Africa after leaving school
q4000028
q41c:SAUJS e.g. SAUJS meetings, social gatherings
q4000029
q41c:YAD e.g. YAD meetings, social gatherings
q4000030
q41c:Studying Kabala
q4000031
q41c:Jewish Heritage Trips e.g. to Poland
q4000032
q41c:Surfing Jewish websites
q4000033
q41c:Jewish internet dating sites
q4000034
q41c:Jewish adult Education courses
q4000035
q41c:Listening to Jewish music
q42a
q42a:Jewish education insulates children from the reality of the world
q42b
q42b:Important that all Jewish children attend some formal Jewish education
q42c
q42c:Attending Jewish classes increases knowledge about Judaism
q42d
q42d:Attending Jewish classes increases Jewish identity
q42e
q42e:Attending Jewish classes increases commitment to Jewish life
q43a
q43a:Jewish parents
q43b
q43b:Jewish upbringing
q44a
q44a:Participation in Jewish communal/religious organisations
q4000036
q44b:Time constraints is reason for not being a member of any Jewish organizatio
q4000037
q44b:Finance is reason for not being a member of any Jewish organization
q4000038
q44b:Never had the opportunity to become a member/never been approached
q4000039
q44b:Lack of interest is reason for not being a member of any Jewish organizatio
q4000040
q44b:Have got other interests/these organizations do not offer what interest
q4000041
q44b:Do not like the people involved in the organizations
q4000042
q44b:The people in the organizations are too cliquey/not welcoming
q4000043
q44b:All involve fundraising/don't enjoy that
q4000044
q44b:Too old/age no longer allows me to participate
q4000045
q44b:Kicked out as no RAU people could play rugby for SAUJS
q4000046
q44b:No young people/none of my friends there
q4000047
q44b:Put my name down with Bnoth Zion and never contacted by them
q4000048
q44b:Not interested in Zionistic charities
q4000049
q44b:Don't know where to go to join/lack of information
q4000050
q44b:ORT used to belong/does not exist in same form
q4000051
q44b:Too shy to join/very insecure/don't push myself on people/lazy
q4000052
q44b:Wife/husband not jewish & not accepted
q4000053
q44b:No reason for not being a member of any Jewish organization
q4000054
q44b:Other
q4000055
q44b:Do not know/no answer
q4000056
q44c: B'nai B'rith
q4000057
q44c: Beth Din
q4000058
q44c: Beyachad Library
q4000059
q44c: Bnoth Zion Association
q4000060
q44c: Chevra Kadisha
q4000061
q44c: Community Security Organisation (CSO)
q4000062
q44c: Gitlin Library
q4000063
q44c: Hebrew Order of David (HOD)
q4000064
q44c: Holocaust Centre
q4000065
q44c: Israel Centre
q4000066
q44c: Israel United Appeal (IUA) United Communal Fund (UCF)
q4000067
q44c:Jewish National Fund of South Africa (JNF)
q4000068
q44c: Jewish Women's Benevolent Society
q4000069
q44c: Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research
q4000070
q44c:MAAfrika Tikkun
q4000071
q44c:Maccabi SA
q4000072
q44c: Magen David Adom (MDA)
q4000073
q44c:Nechama
q4000074
q44c: ORT South Africa
q4000075
q44c:South Africa-Israel Chamber of Commerce (SAICC)
q4000076
q44c: South African board of Jewish Education (SABJE)
q4000077
q44c: South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD)
q4000078
q44c: South African Jewish Museum
q4000079
q44c: South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ)
q4000080
q44c: South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS)
q4000081
q44c:South African Zionist Federation (SAZF)
q4000082
q44c: Staff Wise Recruitment Consultants
q4000083
q44c:Union of Jewish Women of South Africa (UJW)
q4000084
q44c: Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa (UOS)
q4000085
q44c: United Sisterhood
q4000086
q44c:Women's Zionist Orgnisation of South Africa (WIZO)
q4000087
q44c:None
q4000088
q44d:B'nai B'rith
q4000089
q44d:Beth Din
q4000090
q44d:Beyachad Library
q4000091
q44d:Bnoth Zion Association
q4000092
q44d:Chevra Kadisha
q4000093
q44d:Community Security Organisation (CSO)
q4000094
q44d:Gitlin Library
q4000095
q44d:Hebrew Order of David (HOD)
q4000096
q44d:Holocaust Centre
q4000097
q44d:Israel Centre
q4000098
q44d:Israel United Appeal (IUA) United Communal Fund (UCF)
q4000099
q44d:Jewish National Fund of South Africa (JNF)
q4000100
q44d:Jewish Women's Benevolent Society
q4000101
q44d:Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research
q4000102
q44d:MAAfrika Tikkun
q4000103
q44d:Maccabi SA
q4000104
q44d:Magen David Adom (MDA)
q4000105
q44d:Nechama
q4000106
q44d:ORT South Africa
q4000107
q44d:South Africa-Israel Chamber of Commerce (SAICC)
q4000108
q44d:South African board of Jewish Education (SABJE)
q4000109
q44d:South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD)
q4000110
q44d:South African Jewish Museum
q4000111
q44d:South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ)
q4000112
q44d:South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS)
q4000113
q44d:South African Zionist Federation (SAZF)
q4000114
q44d:Staff Wise Recruitment Consultants
q4000115
q44d:Union of Jewish Women of South Africa (UJW)
q4000116
q44d:Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa (UOS)
q4000117
q44d:United Sisterhood
q4000118
q44d:Women's Zionist Orgnisation of South Africa (WIZO)
q4000119
q44d:None
q4000120
q45a1:Organization set out to do be a Jewish court
q4000121
q45a1:Oversee Jewish law/Judaism, kashrut, shul guidance and legal issues
q4000122
q45a1:Settles disputes/arbitrates/sen23es problems
q4000123
q45a1:Regulates Kashrut/kosher laws/monitors kashrut/put stamps on food
q4000124
q45a1:Carries out conversions
q4000125
q45a1:Deals with divorces
q4000126
q45a1:Deals with marriages
q4000127
q45a1:Deals with Mohellim for circumsion/Brit Milah
q4000128
q45a1:Deals with legal issues
q4000129
q45a1:Deals with family issues/counselling
q4000130
q45a1:Deals with information on family history
q4000131
q45a1:Deals with information on Jewish issues/general admin
q4000132
q45a1:Puts obstacles in peoples way
q4000133
q45a1:Makes conversions impossible/sets unrealistic standards
q4000134
q45a1:Money grabbers/makes Kosher unaffordable for a lot of people
q4000135
q45a1:Hold themselves holier than thou/don't practice what they preach
q4000136
q45a1:Change laws to suit themselves
q4000137
q45a1:Underutilised for Jewish litigation
q4000138
q45a1:Other
q4000139
q45a1:Do not know
q4000140
q45a2:Assists financially/help the needy
q4000141
q45a2:Burial society/help with burials
q4000142
q45a2:Assists financially when a death occurs
q4000143
q45a2:Umbrella organization of all charities
q4000144
q45a2:Deals with staff/provides jobs
q4000145
q45a2:Helps with education for the poor
q4000146
q45a2:Controls cemeteries
q4000147
q45a2:Backbone of our society/best organization in the country
q4000148
q45a2:Deals with Kashrut
q4000149
q45a2:Deals with elderly/Old Age Homes
q4000150
q45a2:Other
q4000151
q45a2:Do not know
q4000152
q45a3:Guards the Shuls
q4000153
q45a3:Security for the Jewish community/assist with security/protection
q4000154
q45a3:Has an intelligence network
q4000155
q45a3:Training of volunteers/selfdefence
q4000156
q45a3:Medical help/Hatzollah/Ezra
q4000157
q45a3:Helped in the Tsunami
q4000158
q45a3:Provides body guards
q4000159
q45a3:Good for basic security but not qualified to deal with serious security
q4000160
q45a3:Overdoes the security
q4000161
q45a3:Other
q4000162
q45a3:Do not know
q4000163
q45a4:Collects/raises money for Israel/projects in Israel
q4000164
q45a4:Helps the local community as well as Israel/helps S.A. organizations
q4000165
q45a4:Helps Jews and nonJews/underprivileged Black children
q4000166
q45a4:Makes one aware of being Jewish and helping needy Jews
q4000167
q45a4:Is a worldwide organization
q4000168
q45a4:Fundraising/charity
q4000169
q45a4:Educates about Israel/Israel awareness
q4000170
q45a4:Repatriation to Israel
q4000171
q45a4:Unifies S.A. Jewry with Israel
q4000172
q45a4:Beneficiaries are Rabbi and Board of Education
q4000173
q45a4:Doubt if money goes to Israel/don't know where it goes
q4000174
q45a4:Chevrah has knocked them as they believe charity begins at home
q4000175
q45a4:Other
q4000176
q45a4:Do not know
q4000177
q45a5:This is a charity organization/raise money
q4000178
q45a5:Social upliftment programme
q4000179
q45a5:Helps underprivileged of South Africa/all communities
q4000180
q45a5:Educates blacks/coloureds/children of colour
q4000181
q45a5:Job creation
q4000182
q45a5:Outreach programme/foster relationships
q4000183
q45a5:Would prefer the help to go to the Jewish community
q4000184
q45a5:Do not know
q4000185
q45a6:Training organization/training facility/skills training/prepare youngsters
q4000186
q45a6:Fund raising/charity
q4000187
q45a6:Fund raising for SA projects
q4000188
q45a6:Is non-denominational
q4000189
q45a6:Trains young Israelis
q4000190
q45a6:Runs shops/send gifts/creative gifts to make money
q4000191
q45a6:Projects for disadvantaged/underprivileged in S.A.
q4000192
q45a6:Helps underprivileged in Israel/collects/raise money for Israel
q4000193
q45a6:Women's organization/adult education/empowers women
q4000194
q45a6:Employment/job creation
q4000195
q45a6:Sheltered employment
q4000196
q45a6:Supports Jewish children/looks after young Jewish community
q4000197
q45a6:Helps the needy (no mention of Israel or S.A.)
q4000198
q45a6:Gives bursaries and loans to needy students
q4000199
q45a6:Advocates Jewishness/explaining to secular people about Jewishness
q4000200
q45a6:Educate Jews
q4000201
q45a6:Other
q4000202
q45a6:Do not know
q4000203
q45a7:Governs/regulates all Jewish schools
q4000204
q45a7:Raises funds for Jewish education/financial running of schools
q4000205
q45a7:Educates people about their religion
q4000206
q45a7:Provides Jewish education for young people/ensuring Jewish education
q4000207
q45a7:Helps with subsidies/financial assistance
q4000208
q45a7:assists with Hebrew and Jewish studies
q4000209
q45a7:Carmel no longer exists
q4000210
q45a7:Sets the papers for Jewish exams/sets syllabus
q4000211
q45a7:Recruits Hebrew teachers/training of teachers
q4000212
q45a7:Charges huge school fees
q4000213
q45a7:Concentrates too much on Orthodoxy rather than education
q4000214
q45a7:Other
q4000215
q45a7:Do not know
q4000216
q45a8:Exposes anti-Semitic activities/deal with anti-Semitism
q4000217
q45a8:Negotiates with the government regarding Jewish issues
q4000218
q45a8:Watchs over Jewish community/welfare of community
q4000219
q45a8:Runs Board of Education/educational activities
q4000220
q45a8:Looks after all communal affairs/monitors all organizations
q4000221
q45a8:Governs/all nonreligious issues/control certain things in the country
q4000222
q45a8:Affairs of the business side of the community
q4000223
q45a8:Assists Jews with financial needs/helps with Jews in need/to get jobs
q4000224
q45a8:Civil relations/issues/promotes goodwill between Jews and other religions
q4000225
q45a8:Looks after the country shuls and small communities
q4000226
q45a8:Controls different sections of Kashrut
q4000227
q45a8:Fosters Israel awareness
q4000228
q45a8:Base for all organizations/umbrella
q4000229
q45a8:Watches the Press/Media
q4000230
q45a8:CSO run by the SAJBD
q4000231
q45a8:Meets with other world organizations/supports Jews worldwide
q4000232
q45a8:Provides info about Jewish history/heritage
q4000233
q45a8:Charity
q4000234
q45a8:Organize cultural and educational activities for benefit of community
q4000235
q45a8:Runs the orthodox community
q4000236
q45a8:Facilitates debate to represent all views of Jewish community
q4000237
q45a8:Does other things
q4000238
q45a8:Too politically right wing
q4000239
q45a8:Where does all the money go?
q4000240
q45a8:Too many chiefs
q4000241
q45a8:Don't always agree with their opinions
q4000242
q45a8:Inconsequential as they do not take a stand
q4000243
q45a8:Do not know
q4000244
q45a9:Look after the future of Progressive Judaism
q4000245
q45a9:Controlling body of the Reform/progressive shul/community
q4000246
q45a9:Make sure the Rabbis lead the congregation in the correct manner
q4000247
q45a9:Caters for the reform shul/reform movement in South Africa
q4000248
q45a9:Helps people married out of the faith to have a Jewish identity
q4000249
q45a9:For people not interested in traditional orthodoxy
q4000250
q45a9:Allows a simpler way of conversion
q4000251
q45a9:To foster relationship between reform and the greater Jewish Community
q4000252
q45a9:Have their own Beth Din
q4000253
q45a9:Other
q4000254
q45a9:Don't think they perform a function
q4000255
q45a9Do not know
q4000256
q45a10:Represent Jewish students in universities
q4000257
q45a10:Organisation for Jewish students
q4000258
q45a10:Brings Jewish students together
q4000259
q45a10:Promotes Zionism/educates students about Israel/organize trips to Israel
q4000260
q45a10:Organizes activities/outings/socials/sporting/cultural activities for Jew
q4000261
q45a10:Promotes Jewish identity at university/creates Jewish awareness
q4000262
q45a10:Mouthpiece for Jewish students/supports students with issues in education
q4000263
q45a10:Jewish students council/representation body
q4000264
q45a10:Educating body/controls the studying of Jewish students/teaching
q4000265
q45a10:If problems in tertiary education approach SAJBD
q4000266
q45a10:Raise money
q4000267
q45a10:Other
q4000268
q45a10:Nothing
q4000269
q45a10:Do not know
q4000270
q45a11:Promotes Aliyah/relocation to Israel
q4000271
q45a11:Organizes tours/trips to Israel/study programmes
q4000272
q45a11:Educates people about Israel
q4000273
q45a11:Works for Israel/collects funds
q4000274
q45a11:Promotes Zionism/instills Zionism in the Diaspora
q4000275
q45a11:Eyes and ears to ensure Jews are not victimized
q4000276
q45a11:Keeps South African Jewry informed on what is happening in Israel
q4000277
q45a11:Raises money for charity not only for Jews
q4000278
q45a11:Organization does other things
q4000279
q45a11:Umbrella of all Jewish organizations
q4000280
q45a11:Library/Historical information
q4000281
q45a11:Supports Jewish community/works with Jewish families in South Africa
q4000282
q45a11:People should be given jobs before leaving for Israel
q4000283
q45a11:Lack of spiritual contact
q4000284
q45a11:Should consider poor people/Jew and non-Jew at home before Israel
q4000285
q45a11:Bum money from community
q4000286
q45a11:Do not know
q4000287
q45a12:Collects money for Israel
q4000288
q45a12:Helps non-Jews as well as Jews/less fortunate Jews and non-Jews
q4000289
q45a12:Help African schools
q4000290
q45a12:Charity work for Jewish community/raise money for Jewish charities
q4000291
q45a12:Raises money /money for charity/charity work/fundraising
q4000292
q45a12:Charity work for Shuls
q4000293
q45a12:Adult education/lectures for women/get together for women
q4000294
q45a12:Organise entertainment for the elderly/underprivileged
q4000295
q45a12:Promotes Aliyah
Total: 976
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