The American Jewish future: More Shmuley Boteach than Woody Allen? | Washington Post

The American Jewish future: More Shmuley Boteach than Woody Allen? | Washington Post

Within a generation, Orthodox Jews, who are much more religiously, culturally and economically conservative than other Jews, are going to be a very large percentage of active, affiliated American Jews.

According to recent Pew Foundation data, Orthodox (strictly observant of Jewish law) Jews are only 10 percent of the American Jewish population, with the latter population defined somewhat broadly….