The vast majority of American Jews are non-Hispanic Whites, and some view Ashkenazi or European Judaism as the “norm.” But the racial makeup of the American Jewish population looks like it might change, and with that, perceptions of what being Jewish looks like could change as well.
A Pew Research Center poll among a random sample of 4,718 Jewish Americans released last week found 92 percent of American Jews overall identify as White, while 4 percent are Hispanic, 1 percent are Black and 3 percent identify with another race or ethnicity.
But younger Jews are far more likely to say they are not White. CONTINUED
Emily Guskin, Washington Post