Three of four Jewish births in UK are haredi [Jewish Demographic Problem--be afraid, be very afraid]

Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 1, 2007 | Jonny Paul

[JimRed]

Haredi? Is that bad?

Let's put it this way: I've never heard of Haredim flying aircraft into buildings, or sawing off the heads of unbelievers, or trying to force conversion on anyone.

[Alouette]

How is this a problem?

If it's a problem, I am definitely a part of this "problem." I am responsible for 9 Jews + their 19 kids = 28 Jews created by Alouette.

BIG PROBLEM for the liberals.

[blam]

I’ve read that 90% of the Jews that have immigrated to the US are Ashkenazi Jews. (The high IQ ones)

[ears_to_hear]

And they are doing all they can to keep he jewish population stable :)

God bless them all !

[Alouette]

The earliest Jewish settlers to America were Sephardim from Spain and Portugal. They were the aristocrats.

The Ashkenazi immigrants did not outnumber them until the mass migrations from Germany and central Europe in the 1840’s.

[Nachum]

Yep. My kids live in the U.S. too. Don’t blame me.

[Tax-chick]

I remember a school trip to Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I. It was fascinating, as was their cemetary.

[Tax-chick]

“Cemetery.” Shoot, I was a state spelling champion in 1984! Old age has caught up with me.

[Tax-chick]

Ahem.

[Alouette]

When I was visiting Moscow last April, I saw an Orthodox family with about 5 young children coming out of church on Easter Sunday.

It is especially difficult to raise a large family in Moscow because apartments are so cramped and small and housing is very, very expensive.

[GovernmentShrinker]

"recent Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics report also found that a third of all Jewish students will be studying at haredi schools by 2012, prompting emergency meetings at the Education Ministry," Wise says.

I guess the education bureaucrats in Israel are just as stoopid as the ones in the US. Losing control over any significant number of young impressionable minds simply terrifies them. My evil side would enjoy hearing that a Hamas rocket had dropped in on one of these "emergency meetings" to remind the educrats of what constitutes a real emergency.

[Albion Wilde]

I am responsible for 9 Jews + their 19 kids = 28 Jews created by Alouette. BIG PROBLEM for the liberals.

Nice going, Mom!

[Albion Wilde]

When I was visiting Moscow last April, I saw an Orthodox family with about 5 young children coming out of church on Easter Sunday.

What do you think was the meaning of this? If they were Christian converts, they would be under no obligation to dress recognizeably as Orthodox Jews. If they were observant Jews, why would they be there on Easter, especially with the children and all the explanations required?

[George W. Bush]

Are you two talking about the same kind of Orthodox? LOL.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I realize that, I was asking because of concerns in Israel that fewer Israelis will serve in the IDF.

[Alouette]

What do you think was the meaning of this? If they were Christian converts, they would be under no obligation to dress recognizeably as Orthodox Jews.

They were Russian Orthodox Christians, obviously, as they were coming out of church.

Sorry for the confusion.

[Albion Wilde]

LOL!! The confusion was mine. I have lived in or near Jewish neighborhoods all my life, and I forgot about others called “orthodox!”

[Steve_Seattle]

"All the Jews I know are in serious relationships with Irish people."

I had an Irish-American friend who married a Jewish woman, and they are - I believe - childless. (They married in middle age, and I've lost touch with them.) What united them was liberal politics.

[jack_napier]

Funny thing is, I’m thinking of one couple in particular, the Jewish guy, pretty liberal, but he’s told me specifically that since college he’s discovered places where he’s more conservative than his upbringing. I think he’s slowly emrbacing some inner libertarian ;)