Even though Orthodox Jews account for just 10 percent of American Jewry, they make up 40 percent of all U.S. synagogues, according to the 2002 American Jewish Yearbook. The Yearbook, produced by the American Jewish Committee, shows a total of 3,727 synagogues in the United States – the first comprehensive count since the 1936 Census of Religious Bodies, which found…
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