Sociodemography

To measure the global status of Jewish women and assess gender equality, it is necessary to look at empirically measured gender comparisons in Israel and in the diaspora. In general, Jewish women are educated and participate in the labor force at higher rates than their non-Jewish counterparts. The growing frequency of outmarriage, and women’s improved position in the socio-economic system, played the main role in the new configuration of Jewish gender, family, and population trends. Overall, Jewish women appeared more often at the stronger end of the Jewish identification continuum with regard to traditional attitudes and behaviors. Over the last several decades, Jewish women attained significant achievement in the socio-economic sphere and played a leading role in maintaining Jewish continuity.