2024 Survey of IKAR Community Question Title * 1. What’s your “way in” to IKAR (check all that apply) Shabbat Services High Holy Days Other Jewish Holidays (Purim, etc.) Minyan Tzedek Volunteering Tribe Events Early Childhood Center (ECC) Limudim Adult Learning/Torah Study IKAR Circles (e.g. Book Club, Adventure Circle, Bay Area, etc.) Morning Minyan Talking privately with a rabbi Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What virtual IKAR content do you watch/listen/read (check all that apply) Read Newsletters Watch YouTube Listen to Podcasts Follow Facebook Follow Instagram Follow LinkedIn Twitter / X None of the above Question Title * 3. How often do you engage (i.e. consciously participate in any way) with IKAR programming or content, including virtual offerings? Weekly (or just about) 2x per month Monthly Quarterly Once a year Less than once a year Question Title * 4. How many years have you been coming to/engaging with IKAR (inc before becoming a member)? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Question Title * 5. Are you an IKAR member? Yes No Question Title * 6. If you are an IKAR member, about how many years have you been one? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Question Title * 7. Whether or not you're a member, why do you choose to engage with IKAR rather than another synagogue? Question Title * 8. If you didn’t have IKAR, do you think you’d find another Jewish institution to be a home in Los Angeles, or is it IKAR or bust for you? I'd find another community It's "IKAR or bust" Question Title * 9. Do you engage with any other Jewish organizations (e.g. sending kids to Jewish summer camps, Jewish Day Schools, attending Jewish cultural or community events, etc.)? Yes No Question Title * 10. To what extent is IKAR a part of your social life? Not much; my social connections are outside of IKAR, and I only see IKARites at IKAR events. Somewhat; I have some friends at IKAR whom I spend time with, but only a few. A lot; a solid percentage of my active friends are people at IKAR. IKAR is central to my social life; I have – and have forged – multiple close friendships here and regularly see IKARites outside of IKAR. Question Title * 11. Have you made any new friendships through IKAR? Yes No Question Title * 12. How has coming to IKAR affected the way in which you “show up” in the lives of your community (going to funerals and other lifecycle events, reaching out to those in need, choosing to have difficult conversations)? I haven’t noticed a change. I have a stronger voice telling me to show up…but I’m not sure I actually do. I have noticed I show up a bit more. I am confident I show up a lot more than I used to Question Title * 13. Estimate the number of hours per year you used to volunteer prior to becoming a part of the IKAR community – including anything you did to consciously gift your time to make things better for others, from helping an elderly neighbor, to voter registration or other political action, to formal volunteer events. 0 hrs 1-12 hrs 13-24 hrs 25-36 hrs 37-48 hrs >49 hrs Question Title * 14. Now estimate the number of hours you volunteer per year since becoming a part of the IKAR community, including any ways you volunteer to help at IKAR events. 0 hrs 1-12 hrs 13-24 hrs 25-36 hrs 37-48 hrs >49 hrs Question Title * 15. What brought you to IKAR? Question Title * 16. What are some good things in your life that have been seeded by IKAR? (Some examples: one IKARite told us she gave blood for the first time with IKAR and has recently earned her Gallon Donor pin; another told us Limudim lessons on tzedakah gave her an opening to have deep conversations with her kids; yet another is now an active political volunteer after starting volunteer work through IKAR events, etc.) Question Title * 17. Excluding membership donations, but including attending IKAR events/fundraisers, have you given any tzedakah to IKAR in any amount in the last year? Yes No Question Title * 18. Inclusive of your giving to IKAR, has engagement in the Ikar community affected your tzedakah giving generally? A decrease in giving No meaningful impact/change in giving A small increase in giving A medium increase in giving A large increasing in giving Question Title * 19. Are you registered to vote? Yes No Question Title * 20. Has IKAR increased the degree to which you vote – e.g. in off-cycle elections – and/or the degree to which you inform yourself on political issues/questions? Yes No Question Title * 21. What’s your religious orientation? (check all that apply) Reform Jewish Conservative Jewish Orthodox Jewish Trans/post-denominational Jewish Atheist Agnostic Christian Buddhist Muslim I have no idea Other (please specify) Question Title * 22. If you identify as Jewish, were you raised Jewish home? Yes No Question Title * 23. Does your home include other religious orientations / is it “interfaith” in some way? Yes No Question Title * 24. To what extent is being a member of the IKAR community important to your identity? Not at all; I appreciate it, but I don’t feel it shapes my life It’s somewhat important; I value it, but it has to fit my schedule I value it a lot, it’s one of the things I most regularly commit to It’s centrally important, and I shift other things around to make room for Ikar Question Title * 25. What is your age? Under 18 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Question Title * 26. What is your ethnicity? White Black or African American Hispanic or Latino Asian or Asian American American Indian or Alaska Native Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Other race Prefer not to answer Other (please specify) Question Title * 27. What is your household income? Under $29,999 Between $30,000 and $74,999 Between $75,000 and $124,999 Between $125,000 and $199,999 Between $200,000 and $399,999 Over $400,000 Prefer not to answer Question Title * 28. What zip code do you live in? Question Title * 29. What language(s) do you speak at home? Question Title * 30. We would love to hear your stories, and sharing them will help us plan how to serve our community better. Tell us anything else you’d like about why you value IKAR/how IKAR has affected your life. You can also record a voice memo and send it to 411@ikar.org. Question Title * 31. If you would like, leave us your contact information. Name Email Address Done
