tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post3907760962766491489..comments2024-03-28T02:08:17.990+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Hebrew U study: 13.75 million Jews in the worldDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-90471561340947105322012-10-15T20:12:18.511+02:002012-10-15T20:12:18.511+02:00This number is really a mixing of apples and orang...This number is really a mixing of apples and oranges. In most countries,<br />the people being counted are those who self-identify as Jews. In EY,<br />it's the people the rabbanut counts as Jews.<br /><br />The number of non-Jews in the chu"l count is far far greater than those<br />in the EY count. So, when Prof Della-Pergola or YNet concludes "About<br />43% of the world's Jewish community lives in Israel", the percentage of<br />halachic Jews in EY is far higher.<br /><br />It has probably reached rov. And all the rishonim's discussion of<br />shemitah, yovel, and tu"m deOraisa, and whether it depends on the shevatim<br />being back in their own nachalos or not, is now halakhah lemaaseh.mixing apples and orangesnoreply@blogger.com