Growing Haredi Numbers Poised To Alter Global Judaism

(OPINION) The most strictly religious Jews — the mystical-oriented Hasidic followers of historic rabbinic lineages and the “mitnagdim,” Hasidism’s more intellectually focused religious critics — suffered some of the worst losses in the Holocaust. But a new survey says that by 2040, if their current growth rate persists, about a quarter of the world’s Jews will likely be Haredi.

Israel, Middle East, North America, OpinionIra RifkinMay 25, 2022Ira Rifkin, Haredi, global Judaism, Judaism, Hasidic, Holocaust, mitnagdim, Haredim, ultra-orthodox jewsComment

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