Comments on: Study shows there are 6.4 million Jews

By: mdlevine

mdlevine — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:03:23 +0000

I just want to know who gets all the 1/2 shekels that they used to count yidden.

By: ashtt8

ashtt8 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:44:34 +0000

That is very possible, noting that there are 1 millions Israelis now living in America. Also a possible reason for the inflated numbers are the counting of deceased people. These names never taken off the lists. My father O”B is gone 19 years and still gets mail. Besides, is this counting allowed? Am I to feel proud now?

By: shazam

shazam — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:37:10 +0000

IMHO, the number is inflated relative to non-frum Jews, because they count people who are Halachically non-Jews. It is deflated relative to frum Jews, since most frum Jews are either not contacted by the pollsters, or don’t answer these polls.

By: bklynmom

bklynmom — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:03:05 +0000

Who are counted as Jews? Does Brandeis have a criteria for being Jewish, or is it depended on how many bagels, herring and gefilte fish is bought in that community? There are groups of Jews that like to hear that there are still more Jews in the USA than in Israel, I would think this # is super inflated.