His figures show larger than previously reported estimates of the population size of American Jewry.
[4][5] In 2010, Saxe, along with sociologists Elizabeth Tighe and Charles Kadushin published their secondary data findings from local Jewish community studies.
Their findings were intended to act as a census of American Jews, as the National Jewish Population Survey had been cancelled due to budget constraints.
[6] Saxe has conducted a number of studies on the effect of the Birthright-Taglit program on young American Jews.
[2] In 2012, Saxe was the recipient of the ASSJ's Marshall Sklare Award for his contributions to the social scientific study of contemporary Jewry.