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Now, an intriguing new survey released just this week indicates that far more Israeli Jews in 2023 believe in God than did their parents and grandparents. There are very few atheists and agnostics in Israel any more. Respondents were asked the following question: “Which of these statements come closest to your personal view?” Their views show a dramtaic change:
63.6% of Israeli Jews said, “I believe in God as described in the Jewish tradition.”
Only 22% said, “I believe there is some other higher power or spiritual force in the universe but I do not believe in God as described in the Jewish tradition.”
A mere 14.4% said, “I do not believe there is ANY higher power or spiritual force in the universe.
This represents a sea change in Israeli Jewish thinking over the past 75 years. […]
54.5% of Israeli Jews say they believe that heaven and hell are real places.
Only 26.3% say they don’t believe in the existence of heaven and hell.
19.2% say they “don’t know” if heaven and hell exist.
Two American Jewish professors designed the survey. One was Dr. Mordechai Inbari, full professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina Pembroke. The other was Dr. Kirill Bumin, the dean of the Graduate Studies and full professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Stonehill College. The scholars contracted with the Geocartography Knowledge Group, one of the leading research and polling companies in Israel, to professionally conduct the survey. …

Just for the record.