https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/the-future-is-haredi/
Regardless of what initially attracts people, Haredi branches of
Orthodoxy are growing faster than Liberal, Modern, and Centrist
Orthodoxy combined, and many Orthodox synagogues and institutions are
shifting rightward. If trends continue, and there is no reason to
suggest they won’t, Haredi Judaism will make up the largest swath of the
Jewish American population.
Perhaps. But it won't necessarily return to the Judaism of before the haskalah. Even then there were movements, like sabateans, and frankists.
ReplyDeleteEven an optimistic projection does not deal with a pgam like this
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rJ7izd2I00
Around 30 years ago I went to a "Discovery Seminar" and heard the "In a generation the majority of Jews will be Orthodox because the Reformatives don't have Jewish grandchildren". At that time, the Orthodox were 10% of the population. Today we're - wait for it - 10%.
ReplyDeleteYes, on one side we're growing but on the other side, we're clearly losing lots as well.
You are confusing per cent of total population and per cent of those identifying with religion
ReplyDeleteBut that is a bit of a tautology.
ReplyDeleteThose who identify with religion are more religious than those who don't. Doesn't tell us much.
So those who don't identify with being Jewish should be viewed as Jews?
ReplyDeleteIt's the halacha, that determines whether they are Jewish.
ReplyDeleteOkay, what percentage of the Jewish population in New York and Israel was considered properly Orthodox in 1990 and what percentage is it today? The numbers are strikingly similar.
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