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Immigration, intermarriage and education making US Jewry larger and more diverse
Campers at Camp Be-chol Lashon, a summer camp for young Jews of color.
Since the publication more than half a century ago of a landmark article that referenced the vanishing American Jew, it s been hard to shake that idea as the dominant narrative of American Jewish life.
Yet the U.S. Jewish community is the largest in the world, with an estimated 7 million Jews - slightly more than Israel s 6.8 million.
And despite a low birthrate, American Jews actually are growing in number, primarily due to three factors: immigration, intermarriage and education.
For nearly two decades, members of the Bay Area Russian Jewish community have been gathering in rented hotel ballrooms and school auditoriums for services and celebrations organized by Rabbi Shimon Margolin, himself a native of Kyiv. Longing for a center of their own, they bid on three different properties in San Francisco, only to be outbid or have their offers rejected. Now, thanks to pandemic-induced upheaval in the real estate market and generous donors, they will have a permanent home.
Russian-speaking Jewish Community of SF Bay Area, a nonprofit umbrella organization, recently bought a building in the city’s Richmond District for an as-yet-unnamed community center. They snagged it for under the $3.5 million asking price, according to Margolin, who leads the nonprofit. The 6,000-square-foot building is located on the corner of Geary Boulevard and 20th Avenue, in a neighborhood where Russian Jews have historically concentrated. The donors who put up the cash to buy the buildin
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Jan. 24, 2021
Officially, the Jewish branch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party has just 24 members. Its co-chair, Artur Abramovych, has a surprising message for Haaretz, though: “You have to know that there are many Jews who vote for the AfD.”
The party has proved one of the most controversial in Germany since its founding in 2013 and is now preparing for general elections later this year by stepping up its anti-immigration platform and railing against the “establishment,” which has been led by outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel for the past 16 years.
The AfD shocked many in Europe when it became the third-biggest party in the Bundestag in 2017, after immigration became the number one election issue following Merkel’s decision to open the country’s borders to more than a million immigrants, mainly from Muslim countries, in 2015.
Jewish Ledger
Immigration, intermarriage and education making U.S. Jewry larger and more diverse
By Stewart Ain
Since the publication more than half a century ago of a landmark article that referenced the “vanishing American Jew,” it’s been hard to shake that idea as the dominant narrative of American Jewish life.
Yet the U.S. Jewish community is the largest in the world, with an estimated 7 million Jews – slightly more than Israel’s 6.8 million.
And despite a low birthrate, American Jews actually are growing in number, primarily due to three factors: immigration, intermarriage and education.
Over the past three decades, Jewish immigrants have come in large numbers from the former Soviet Union, Latin America and Israel. Intermarriage, rather than acting as a net negative for Jewish population, actually has resulted in more Jews, as the children of intermarried parents increasingly identify as Jewish and some spouses convert. And Jewish education