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Publication Date: January 1992
Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Jewry
Author(s): Paul Ritterband
Research Area: Population and demographics
Keywords: World Jews; Demography; Fertility
Type: Report
Abstract:
In Jewish Population Studies 23 (World Jewish Population: Trends and Policies), 93-105. The Diaspora communities have reached fertility levels that are below replacement and the Jewish fertility levels in Israel are significantly above replacement. This conclusion is not based upon ideology but on the reports in the scientific literature. The question is not whether or not the Jewish communities will decline, but rather how quickly they will decline.