1.0Religion 101https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religion101Reed Hallhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religion101/author/rhallJewish Demographics & "Denominations" (Part Two) - Religion 101rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9G6Gbx8vNn"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religion101/2012/09/jewish-demographics-denominations.html">Jewish Demographics & “Denominations” (Part Two)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religion101/2012/09/jewish-demographics-denominations.html/embed#?secret=9G6Gbx8vNn" width="600" height="338" title="“Jewish Demographics & “Denominations” (Part Two)” — Religion 101" data-secret="9G6Gbx8vNn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In my last blog entry, I presented some statistics and some graphic “pie charts” to illustrate (for the benefit of those for whom religious demographics may be unfamiliar territory) the actual size of both the total world Jewish population, as well as the total U.S. Jewish population, in comparison with the total global and total…http://blog.beliefnet.com/religion101/files/2012/09/U.S.-Jewish-divs.jpg