Rockland's chassidim below poverty line
Rockland's Journal News :
..The 2000 U.S. census found the county had pockets of extreme poverty, which could have skewed the countywide numbers. In New Square and Kaser, which are home exclusively to Hasidic Jews, nearly eight of every 10 and seven of 10 children, respectively, lived below the poverty line.
Those villages also have among the largest household sizes in the nation. While Rockland's average household size remained flat from 2000 (3.01) to 2004 (3.07), the county still ranked 16th out of 236 counties surveyed nationally in that category, placing it first in counties in New York state...
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050831/NEWS03/508310311/1019
Does poverty hinder or enhance the enduringness of these growing communities? Judaism unlike Christianity has no vows of poverty, doesn't look at money as an inherent negative. But perhaps struggling financialy keeps people tight and equal and well grounded.
..The 2000 U.S. census found the county had pockets of extreme poverty, which could have skewed the countywide numbers. In New Square and Kaser, which are home exclusively to Hasidic Jews, nearly eight of every 10 and seven of 10 children, respectively, lived below the poverty line.
Those villages also have among the largest household sizes in the nation. While Rockland's average household size remained flat from 2000 (3.01) to 2004 (3.07), the county still ranked 16th out of 236 counties surveyed nationally in that category, placing it first in counties in New York state...
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050831/NEWS03/508310311/1019
Does poverty hinder or enhance the enduringness of these growing communities? Judaism unlike Christianity has no vows of poverty, doesn't look at money as an inherent negative. But perhaps struggling financialy keeps people tight and equal and well grounded.
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