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Brandeis study finds U.S. Jews number between 6m to 6.4m
By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent

Between 6 million and 6.4 million Jews live in the United States, about 1 million more than was previously thought, according to a study conducted by the Steinhardt Social Research Institute at Brandeis University and released Wednesday.

The researchers said that if they had included Americans with Jewish family backgrounds but are not Jewish "by religion," the number would have reached 7.5 million.

The study appears to indicate that the non-Orthodox segment of American Jewry is far larger than previously estimated, since the researchers suspect that the vast majority of the Jews who were added to the previous count of 5.2 million are not Orthodox.
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However, critics have said that the Brandeis researchers relied too heavily on the previous count, which was based on a telephone survey.

The researchers based their findings on official documents of various American agencies as well as previous studies, particularly the telephone survey.

The full Brandeis study confirms the conclusions that Brandeis researchers announced several weeks ago, when a dispute broke out over the number of American Jews in the wake of another study on the matter
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  1.   have more kids, marry Jewish, or have them convert...more Jews 00:03  |  David 01/01/07
  2.   Just be Orthodox 00:22  |  Asher 01/01/07
  3.   quality over quanity 00:51  |  David G 01/01/07
  4.   U.S. Jews number between 6m to 6.4m 00:59  |  josef cohen 01/01/07
  5.   4 Million Jews (halachic of course) Tops in the USA 00:14  |  MBD 01/01/07
  6.   QUALITY OVER QUANTITITY BUT... 00:18  |  abe 01/01/07
  7.   ulterior motive 00:57  |  Stan Istiks 01/01/07
  8.   But, they all don`t support the zionist project 00:17  |  Josh 01/01/07
  9.   josh 00:49  |  abe 01/01/07
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