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Article: Dutch Jewish.(dwindling population)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- November 21, 2001
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The tiny Dutch Jewish community that survived the Holocaust may not survive its own low reproduction and high divorce rates, according to a new study in the Netherlands. According to the survey, reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, only 28 percent of Jewish couples in Holland have children. For Jews under the age of 35, 44 percent live alone--a rate that is almost double the general population of 23 percent. One-third of postwar Jewish women are still childless by the age of 40, the ...