A recently conducted survey of American Jews, focusing upon the non-Orthodox, shows dramatic differences in levels of Israel attachment between younger and older Jews. Why do younger Jews express less attachment than older Jews? What are the implications for the future, and for the Jewish communal policy? This briefing draws upon the recently published, Beyond Distancing: Young Adult American Jews and Their Alienation from Israel, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, 2007, by Steven Cohen and Ari Kelman