Steven M. Cohen and Mickey Gussow and Edieal Pinker
By Steven M. Cohen and Mickey Gussow and Edieal Pinker
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Opinion Jewish Continuity Isn’t Only For The Orthodox
Last week, we reported in these pages that based on current age contours, the next 40 years will see a large expansion of the Orthodox population, alongside deep declines in the number of Conservative and Reform Jews. To take one startling statistic, of many: For every 100 Orthodox Jews 60-69, we have 575 children under…
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Opinion Does Orthodox Explosion Signal Doom For Conservative And Reform?
In the next 20-40 years, we will witness dramatic changes in the American Jewish population. The changes won’t be in overall size, but in how many Jews are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and nondenominational. In 2013, the Pew Research Center’s study of Jewish Americans revealed much about the future of American Jewry. We recently plotted the…
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