Religion and Politics

Time to Rethink the New York Jew

At The Jewish Daily Forward, J.J. Goldberg reports on the UJA-Federation’s newly released study of New York City’s Jewish population. According to Goldberg, the study’s most significant finding is what he calls the “exploding population” of the numbers of ultra-Orthodox, especially compared to the growth rates of other Jewish communities in New York. “The astonishing trends,” writes Goldberg, “bear a striking resemblance to the much-reported demographic patterns currently keeping Israeli leaders awake at night.”

Read at The Jewish Daily Forward

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