Gibb Gelt!

The recent $1.7 million  study on the Jewish population in New York sponsored by the UJA Federation of  NY, has found shifting patterns amongst new yorks jewish community. It notes that New Yorks Jewish population has become more Orthodox on One end. The study found rising poverty rates among Jews. In New York City, 27% of all people living in Jewish households are poor, compared with 20% a decade ago. More than one in ten Jewish households is on food stamps. UJA Federation officials have stated that they are “immensely proud” of the report, which they say will play a role in “helping us and others to better serve this segment of our community and form strategies” for combating poverty.”  
Orthodox Jews now make up almost a third of the entire Jewish community in the survey area, and 64 percent of Jewish children here live in Orthodox households, which have high birth rates. These numbers contributed to a 9 percent increase in the Jewish population over the past decade.

Within the Orthodox sector, Hasidics make up the largest subdivision, with 16 percent of the overall Jewish population in the region covered by the survey, reported The Jewish Daily Forward, adding: “Ultra-Orthodox households are far bigger than non-Orthodox households. The mean number of Jewish members of a Hasidic household is 4.8, compared to 1.8 in a non-Orthodox home.” Poverty rates are high among older Jews, and among the Orthodox. Hasidic Jews are the poorest Orthodox group – a full 43% of Hasidic households qualify as poor.

Well, lets hope they will  have a zechus to give tzedaka to a worthy jewish cause and help the poor, rather than squander jewish money for non jewish causes such as this -The study also found  50,000 Jews living in 33,000 households that have an LGBTQ individual. Nebach.

click HERE to download the report