The changing face of New York Jewry

16.06.2012                      26.Siwan. 5772                      Schlach Lechah

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The changing face of New York Jewry

New York’s Jews are poorer, less educated and more religious than they were 10 years ago. They're also less liberal.

In 2012, the average New York Jew looks a little less like Jerry Seinfeld and a little more like Tevye the Milkman.
New York’s Jews are poorer, less educated and more religious than they were 10 years ago, according to a landmark new study of the city’s Jewish population. They’re also less liberal: More than half of the Jews in New York City live in Orthodox or Russian-speaking homes, both of which lean heavily conservative….