Comments on: The Dangers of First Impressions http://www.InterfaithFamily.com/blogs/Network/statistics/the-dangers-of-first-impressions/ Everything you always wanted to know about intermarriage, but were afraid to ask. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dave http://www.InterfaithFamily.com/blogs/Network/statistics/the-dangers-of-first-impressions/#comment-508 Dave Sun, 11 May 2008 15:58:56 +0000 http://www.InterfaithFamily.com/blogs/Network/statistics/the-dangers-of-first-impressions/#comment-508 When Israel was founded there were many times the number of Jews in the US as in Israel. Even if it is true that now the number of Jews in the US still exceeds that in Israel, the gap has shrunk so much in the last 60 years that it is safe to assume that Israel will have more Jews than the US in a few years. When is the question, not if. A higher proportion of Israeli Jews than American Jews are of the higher procreating ultra-Orthodox. Check the web for a gentile woman named Michelle Duggar who is expecting her 18th child on New Year's day (she's only 41) and you'll get an idea of why Israeli Jews will outnumber American Jews. When Israel was founded there were many times the number of Jews in the US as in Israel.

Even if it is true that now the number of Jews in the US still exceeds that in Israel, the gap has shrunk so much in the last 60 years that it is safe to assume that Israel will have more Jews than the US in a few years. When is the question, not if.

A higher proportion of Israeli Jews than American Jews are of the higher procreating ultra-Orthodox. Check the web for a gentile woman named Michelle Duggar who is expecting her 18th child on New Year’s day (she’s only 41) and you’ll get an idea of why Israeli Jews will outnumber American Jews.

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