A 2021 Pew study highlighted the decline of religiosity within American Jewry, particularly among young adults who view their Judaism as purely ethnic or cultural.

The 2020 Pew study found that many American Jews identify as Jewish culturally or ethnically, but not religiously.

Allan Arkush raises concerns about the future of Jewish life in the American melting pot, asserting that Orthodoxy seems to be the most sustainable approach for Jewish survival in the United States due to its solid convictions and communal structure.