Sunday, 6 October 2013

Poll Shows Major Shift in Identity of U.S. Jews

The first major survey of American Jews in more than 10 years finds a significant rise in those who are not religious, marry outside the faith and are not raising their children Jewish — resulting in rapid assimilation that is sweeping through every branch of Judaism except the Orthodox.»
Poll Shows Major Shift in Identity of U.S. Jews - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/us/poll-shows-major-shift-in-identity-of-us-jews.html

Comment:
It seems surprising that Non-Orthodox, or Non-Traditional Jews have survied or thrived this long.

Without a solid commitment to Torah, assimilation seems inevtiable.
 
Kol Tuv,
RRW

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