Post by daisy on Jun 4, 2007 9:05:33 GMT -5
"The income, especially in the middle class, has been dropping among Jews," Surkis continues. "People are losing jobs, assets. It has to do with the general economic conditions, but it's affecting Jews. Diminishing philanthropy, in numbers and amounts. It's very worrisome.
"Someone told me the other day that
the richer Jews are going to Miami, the poor ones to Israel.
I don't know if that's true or not.
"Impoverishment causes alienation from the community.
It starts with not having money to pay
to join Jewish organizations;
then they just want to be alone.
"Judaism has for many thousand of years of years been one of community. Here,
the Jews are losing that."
www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/17442/edition_id/346/format/html/displaystory.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Latin_America
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"Someone told me the other day that
the richer Jews are going to Miami, the poor ones to Israel.
I don't know if that's true or not.
"Impoverishment causes alienation from the community.
It starts with not having money to pay
to join Jewish organizations;
then they just want to be alone.
"Judaism has for many thousand of years of years been one of community. Here,
the Jews are losing that."
www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/17442/edition_id/346/format/html/displaystory.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Latin_America
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