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Publication Date: January 2001
Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Jewry
Author(s): Paul Ritterband
Research Area: Population and demographics
Keywords: American Jews; Demography; Academic research
Type: Report
Coverage: New York
Abstract:
In Jewish Population Studies 29 (Papers in Jewish Demography, 1997), 199-228. In this paper the author examines estimates of the numbers of Jews in New York over a ninety-year period. In examining the growth and then the decline of the population the author also analyzes and discusses the various methods employed to estimate the Jewish population. The paper deals with both substance and method.