Israel Destination's Community Questionnaire

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Welcome to the Jewish Community Questionnaire.

The following questions deal with your relationship to your own Jewish community and with the Jewish state, as well as with your preferred ways of enhancing both.

In order for the results to reflect accurately the feelings and opinions present in your community, we ask that every member please take a few moments to answer the questions. We also encourage you to do so honestly, as we do not record individuals’ names along with their responses.

(If you’re curious how your community answered overall, make sure to leave your name and email at the conclusion of the questionnaire and we’ll send you the results.)

Time estimation: about 3 minutes.

A. Me and My Community

How connected do you feel to your community?*

Not very connected

Fairly connected

Very connected

In your estimation, how many members of your community know what you do for a living?*

Less than 25%

25-50%

50-75%

75-100%

How important is it to you to strengthen your community’s bonds?*

Not terribly important

Fairly important

Very important

In your opinion, can a communal trip to Israel strengthen your community’s bonds?*

Probably not

Yes, to a certain extent

Definitely

What, in your opinion, would be an effective means of strengthening your community’s bonds?*

B. Me and the Jewish State

Have you ever visited Israel?*

Yes, a long time ago (more than 10 years)

Yes, in the last few years

How strongly do you feel that Israel is your home?*

(Rate your answer between 1-5, with 1 being “Israel doesn’t feel like my home at all,” and 5 being “Israel feels like my second home.”)

1	2	3	4	5

How much do you agree with the following statement: “Every Jew should visit Israel at least once in his or her lifetime”?*

(Rate your answer between 1-5, with 1 being “I don’t agree at all,” and 5 being “I wholeheartedly agree.”)

1	2	3	4	5

Where would you prefer to celebrate your child’s bar or bat mitzvah?*

In our synagogue

The Caribbean

Tuscany

Jerusalem

C. Me and Myself

Check all those subjects that interest you:*

Torah Learning

Judaism

History

Archaeology

Geology

Politics

Wildlife and Nature

Science and Technology

Biomedical Innovation

Food and Culinary Culture

Religions and Cultures

Sports and Fitness

How much do you identify with the following situations?

(Rate your answer between 1-5, with 1 being “doesn’t speak to me at all” and 5 being “I can see myself doing that now.”)

Praying at the Western Wall, the holiest site for the Jewish people*

1	2	3	4	5

Floating in the Dead Sea, the lowest place on Earth*

1	2	3	4	5

Touring a boutique vineyard in the Golan Heights*

1	2	3	4	5

Sailing at sunset on the Kinneret*

1	2	3	4	5

Tasting local fair on a culinary tour of Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market*

1	2	3	4	5

Snorkeling on the coral reefs of the Gulf of Eilat*

1	2	3	4	5

Touring the ruins of the ancient fortress of Masada*

1	2	3	4	5

Hearing a paratrooper from the Six Day War describe the liberation of Jerusalem’s Old City*

1	2	3	4	5

Meeting scientists in their state-of-the-art laboratories at Hebrew University*

1	2	3	4	5

Volunteering on behalf of terror victim and their families*

1	2	3	4	5

Watching the sun rise from Har Zefahot in the Negev Desert*

1	2	3	4	5

Taking a hi-tech tour of the Startup Nation*

1	2	3	4	5

Travelling back to medieval times in the Knight’s Halls in Old Akko*

1	2	3	4	5

Getting drenched in the waterfall of the Ein Gedi desert oasis*

1	2	3	4	5

Off-roading in an ATV in the Judean Hills*

1	2	3	4	5

Visiting the site of the Tabernacle in ancient Shiloh*

1	2	3	4	5

Club hopping in Tel Aviv*

1	2	3	4	5

Following our child as he leads a tour of the ancient City of David*

1	2	3	4	5

Sitting around a campfire and enjoying a barbeque on the beach*

1	2	3	4	5

If you could meet just one person in Israel for a cup of coffee, who would it be? (Choose just one.)*

An IDF elite combat soldier

A leading hi-tech entrepreneur

A farmer from the Arava desert

A settler from Samaria

An Arab Israeli

A senior politician

A respected media personality

An acclaimed historian

A popular comedian

A Judaica artist

A spiritual figure

When travelling with your family/spouse, which best describes your preferred accommodations?*

The presidential suite

A nice hotel, but no need to go all out

A modestly priced hotel that leaves more spending money for attractions

A thousand-star, open-sky “hotel” in a campground

D. Me, Being Honest

If your community were to plan a communal trip to Israel, would you go?*

Almost definitely yes

There’s a good chance

Perhaps

Probably not

Which would be your preferred way of visiting Israel?*

As a family (as if that’s a question)

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (a separate trip for the men and women of the community)

As a couple

Alone

If your community were to plan a communal trip to Israel, when would you prefer for the trip to take place?*

Summer

Winter

Fall

Spring

Makes no difference

In your opinion, what is the ideal length for a communal trip?*

7 days

10 days

14 days