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Half of Jewish children born by 2031 will be Charedi, says report

October 15, 2015 11:17
The strictly Orthodox birth rate is three times that of the overallJewish community, according to the study by Jewish Policy Research

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Simon Rocker,

Simon Rocker

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Around half of Jewish babies born in Britain will be strictly Orthodox within a generation, according to a report issued by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research this week.

Charedim currently represent just under one in six of British Jewry, but owing to the community's high birth rate, their children comprise 30 per cent of all Jewish children in Britain.

If high Charedi birth rates continue, 50 per cent of Jewish children and around 30 per cent of young adults in the UK will be strictly Orthodox by 2031, the report says.

"Strictly Orthodox Jews are expected to constitute a majority of the British Jewish population long before the 21st century is over," say authors Daniel Staetsky and Jonathan Boyd.