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Jewish Demographics
Question | Answer |
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What is demography? | Statistical study of human populations |
What are demographics? | Characteristics of population |
How do demographers get info? | Censuses |
What is a census? | Systematically acquiring + recording info about members of population, method of collecting demographic data |
Why is it important to study Jewish demographics? | To understand what Jewish life looks like today, to help decide where to provide funding, to understand what factors lead Jews to make Jewish choices e.g. combat intermarriage |
What does demography have to do with Jewish identity? | Helps us understand what Jewish identity looks like today + how it is changing |
Results of demographics? | Tables, charts, graphs |
How Cdn Government decides if someone is Jewish | Anyone who says they are: Jewish by religion/ethnicity, Jewish by religion + other ethnicity, Jewish by ethnicity + no religious affiliation |
Who was excluded as Jewish from census? | Ppl who specified other religion but identified as Jewish ethnicity |
Does census criteria tell us how many ppl are "doing Jewish"? | No |
Does census criteria identify Jewish affiliation? | No |
What is Jewish census meant to be? | As inclusive as possible |