Professor Andrew Markus.

NAOMI LEVIN

THE first round of results are in and Australia’s Jewish community is set to discover more than it ever knew about itself.

The preliminary findings from the Jewish Population Study were launched this week by Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation.

The study’s lead author Professor Andrew Markus said the findings provided a “rich insight into the various subgroups within the Jewish population, ranging from the strictly Orthodox to the disconnected”.

“We have been actively working on this project for more than two years, beginning with the establishment of advisory committees, proceeding to focus group discussions, finalising the content of the questionnaire, pilot testing, more than six months of surveying and then three months for this first stage of data analysis,” he said. Read the full story