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To: Fenhalls555

Quite so.

The “minority group” to which I was referring are American Ashkenazi secular Jews. The Orthodox can take care of themselves nicely, as you say.

Over the last century Jews, as a group, have dropped from about 3% to 1.7% of the American population. It seems likely intermarriage and assimilation and disappearance into “white” America has been at least a contributing factor. Other factors probably include a low birth rate among secular Jews and increased immigration from other groups.


63 posted on 09/19/2014 5:34:58 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Pretty much the same thing has happened to all Jews in similar circumstances even in pre-Nazi Germany where Jews were highly assimilated. I expect that the Reform movement has an awful lot to answer for in that regard. You know, I wouldn’t mind them if the change in religious orientation were genuine. But it isn’t. People for the very greatest part opt for Reform simply to make life easier.


69 posted on 09/19/2014 7:31:01 AM PDT by Fenhalls555
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