American Jews consider Hanukkah to be much more important than Israelis, according to a new survey by The Jewish People Policy Institute on Thursday. Two-thirds of American Jews (68%) view Hanukkah as "one of the three most important holidays" compared to roughly a third of Israeli Jews (38%), according to the survey which served as the basis for a new book by Shmuel Rosner and Camil Fuchs, IsraeliJudaism, a Portrait of a Cultural Revolution.Despite the fact that American Jews consider Hanukkah to be extremely important, they observe Hanukkah rituals far less than Israelis. Less than two out of three American Jews (60%) light Hanukkah candles every night, versus three out of four (73%) Israeli Jews. This group includes religious (97%), traditional (86%), and secular but traditional Jews (71%). This gap in observance holds true for almost all the Jewish holidays. console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Only one out of four Israeli Jews light Hanukkah candles some lights, but not all nights. This group, comprising slightly more than a quarter of Israeli Jews (28%) includes those who identify as completely secular. A larger percentage of this group (44%) light Hanukkah candles "some nights" than those who Hanukkah candles "every night" (40%).A majority of Israeli Jews participate in more than one Hanukkah activity, such as distributing Hanukah gelt (money) (64%), and eating sufganiyot (doughtnuts) and latkes (potato pancakes)(79%).