Jacob Rader Marcus, To Count a People: American Jewish Population Data, 1585-1984 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990), 44; Diner, Time for Gathering, 139. Canter Brown has documented a Jewish presence in 1860s through the 1880s Florida in Jacksonville, Madison, Palatka, Fort ...
With events in Boca, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa and now West Palm Beach, Florida has a large share of the Matzo Ball market. Another event, the Matzah Ball at the new Blue Martini in Boca Raton, is being advertised to an older crowd. Just 2 percent of the U.S. populatio...
As for a Jewish future in America, she said, “I can’t say for sure. It doesn’t look particularly promising. If everything in the past year is any indication of how the general population feels about Jews, then no. But I think the recent rise in antisemitism is not reflective of ...
“The Neighborhood” that aims to attract locals who are curious about Jewish life but don’t attend a synagogue has named Rebecca Guber its founding director, Guber toldeJewishPhilanthropy. “It’s hard to imagine in a community with such a gigantic population, but there isn’t ...
As a matter of fact, the population of Arabs (my beloved friends and brothers, just like the Jews, our common fathers) under the Israeli government was increased ten-fold (10X) in only 57 years. The Palestinian life expectancy increased from 48 to 72 years in 1967-1995. The death rate ...
This chapter examines the size, geographic distribution, and selected characteristics of the Jewish population of the US. Section 5.1 addresses the procedures employed to estimate the Jewish population of more than 900 local Jewish communities and parts
This chapter examines the size, geographic distribution, and selected characteristics of the Jewish population of the US. Section 5.1 addresses the procedures employed to estimate the Jewish population of more than 900 local Jewish communities and parts
This study assessed barriers to testicular self-examination (TSE) performance in a population of US Modern Orthodox Jewish undergraduate students. Participants answered questionnaires that measured their TSE performance and their attitudes toward TSEs. Out of 541 participants, 301 (55.6%) had heard of ...