Britain's Jewish Community Statistics 2012
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Publication Date
November 2013
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Abstract
Presents the latest data on births, marriages, religious divorces, and burials and cremations, in the UK Jewish community. Conludes that the community is experiencing a period of natural increase. Argues that the British Jewish community now contains two very different sub-communities: The strictly Orthodox part of the community continues to exhibit characteristics (a younger age profile, earlier marriage and higher birth rate) which ensure that it is growing at a significant rate, and that it comprises an increasing proportion of the Jewish population of the UK. The ‘mainstream’ community, meanwhile, is continuing to experience a gradual decline in size.
