New York – 127,000 Israelis live in 41,000 households in New York City, Long Island and Westchester. On average, they are poorer, less educated, and more Orthodox than native Jews in the city, according to the “Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011” by the UJA Federation of New York.
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The study defines an Israel household as one where either the respondent or spouse was born in Israel, or one in which the respondent has lived in Israel, but was not born in the US, so as to exclude American Jews who had spent several months or more Israel and then returned to the US.
Israeli-headed households account for 6% of Jewish households in greater New York. 121,000 of the 127,000 people in these households are Jews, 8% of greater New York’s Jews.
Israeli New Yorkers are significantly less educated than their Jewish peers. 39% of Israeli New Yorkers have only a high school education or less, compared with 23% of New York Jews; 11% of Israeli New Yorkers have some college, compared with 23% of New York Jews; and 50% of Israeli New Yorkers have at least a BA, compared with 55% of New York Jews.
Israeli New Yorkers are also poorer than their Jewish peers. The report states that although their employment patterns and income distributions resemble those of non-Israelis, they do have a higher proportion of poor households than other New York-area Jews (24% versus 18%). Poor and near-poor Israeli New York households account for 39% of the total, compared with 28% poor and near-poor Jewish New York households.
The report states that Israeli-Americans’ reputation as being distant from Jewish life is undeserved. Israeli New Yorkers are twice as likely to be Orthodox than native Jews (38% versus 18%), and half as likely to be Reform (12% versus 24%), partly reflecting the small appeal of Reform Judaism to Israelis. 9% of Israeli New Yorkers have intermarried, compared with 23% of non-Israelis. 65% of Israeli New Yorkers belong to a synagogue, compared with 43% of New York Jews. 72% of Israeli New Yorker children are enrolled in daycare, compared with 45% of children of New York Jews.
I think that a large amount of these Israelis are chasidic,and this accounts for the poor education and low wage
BTW, the comparative stats regarding college graduation may be misleading. An Israeli high school graduate – who must pass government exams for graduation – may have as good an education as graduates from many non-elite colleges in the U.S.
Mr. Adelson the king of gambling and sleaze should be able to blow another few millions to help urme yidden but his investments are in Gingrich and Mr. Romney. Maybe Yidden should not profit from it since it comes from prostitution and gambling
“I think that a large amount of these Israelis are chasidic”
Right, OK. So I suppose that you, my high minded ayoyo #1 , are litvish? Or is that you are just prejudiced and stupid in the extreme to utter such an illogical and idiotic statement?