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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: % of "non-religious" jews
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 17:25:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 17:25:04 1985
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In article <3780064@csd2.UUCP> martillo@csd2.UUCP (Joachim Martillo) writes:
>
>If one starts with the known immigration of Jews to the USA before
>1921 and assumes a conservative repoduction rate, the number of Jews
>in the USA should be over 18 million.  Since only 6 million are
>willing to admit, Jewish heritage, observant Jews are definitely a
>tiny minority.  `Obadyah Yosef (as well as others) have repeatedly
>declared that so-called reform and conservative Judaism cannot be
>considered religions.  Considering as non-religious, all those who do
>not meet the standards of the Sefardi rabbinate, I calculated a few
>months ago the 98% of Jews in the USA were apostate.

The rates are probably not that much different in Israel or the USSR.
If we count out all the Jews who do not meet the religious standards
of any Orthodox rabbinate, how many, do you estimate would be left?
Just curious.

	Frank Silbermann