JTA: The number of Jews in the Detroit area is declining, according to a new study.? Some 72,000 Jews? live in the area, down from 96,000 in 1989, according to the study, conducted by sociologist Ira Sheskin for the Jewish Federation of Detroit.
But Sheskin and federation officials believe the 1989 survey overestimated the number of Jews in the area.
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Detroit is dying and has been for a long time. It used to be the 4th or 5th largest city in the US but has long since been passed by several in the sun belt. As GM and Ford continue headlong toward bankruptcy (and neither can avoid it, IMHO) expect this trend to continue unabated.
Now, how are the corresponding Jewish populations of Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, etc. behaving?