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The hint to that is also in the Orthodox distribution. Why from all the Christian denominations they are the wealthiest? I think that big part of Jewish and Ort

The hint to that is also in the Orthodox distribution. Why from all the Christian denominations they are the wealthiest? I think that big part of Jewish and Orthodox populations comes from ex-Soviet republics. Strong emphasis on education back over there and immigrant need to prove themselves will cause such skewed statistics. You know what more? I think the Jewish stats are brought down by Orthodox Jews that have +10 kids and spend their lives studying Torah and don't worry that much about making money( I understand that some Muslims and Christians are like that but it's less common ).

zppx 16y ago
I would love if the Orthodox were divided by background, i.e. Arabs, Greeks, Russians, Romanians, etc. But maybe I'm asking too much.
endtime 16y ago
>I think that big part of Jewish...populations comes from ex-Soviet republics. I'm not sure about this. Most ex-Soviet Jews went to Israel, I believe. I think the vast majority of Jews in America have west-European roots.
Yzupnick 16y ago
Being a part of the Orthodox Jewish community, I'm not so sure this is true. I live in NY, and while my experience is largely anecdotal, it is very rare for me to meet an Ex-Soviet, and I'm pretty confident I can say that I've come in contact with a significant percentage of the other Orthodox kids my age when I was in High School (three years ago.) The truth is the Orthodox Jewish community pushes education a very much. In the Modern Orthodox community this translates into both Academic and Torah learning. While in the Ultra Orthodox communities, this often times (not always) translates into learning Torah for most if not all of the day. It is also very expensive to live an Orthodox Jewish life. Kosher food is more expensive, living in an Orthodox community is more expensive, and Jewish private school tuition is a minimum of $19,000 a year per kid for high school. It is pretty much a prerequesite to make over a hundred thousand in order to live in the Orthodox community.

zppx 16y ago

I would love if the Orthodox were divided by background, i.e. Arabs, Greeks, Russians, Romanians, etc. But maybe I'm asking too much.

endtime 16y ago

>I think that big part of Jewish...populations comes from ex-Soviet republics. I'm not sure about this. Most ex-Soviet Jews went to Israel, I believe. I think the vast majority of Jews in America have west-European roots.

Yzupnick 16y ago

Being a part of the Orthodox Jewish community, I'm not so sure this is true. I live in NY, and while my experience is largely anecdotal, it is very rare for me to meet an Ex-Soviet, and I'm pretty confident I can say that I've come in contact with a significant percentage of the other Orthodox kids my age when I was in High School (three years ago.) The truth is the Orthodox Jewish community pushes education a very much. In the Modern Orthodox community this translates into both Academic and Torah learning. While in the Ultra Orthodox communities, this often times (not always) translates into learning Torah for most if not all of the day. It is also very expensive to live an Orthodox Jewish life. Kosher food is more expensive, living in an Orthodox community is more expensive, and Jewish private school tuition is a minimum of $19,000 a year per kid for high school. It is pretty much a prerequesite to make over a hundred thousand in order to live in the Orthodox community.