Pâ•qidꞋ  Yi•rᵊmᵊyâhꞋu

2004.06.25 The Jerusalem Post – "Overall, the JPPPI said the future for Jewish growth looks bleak: 'Trends clearly move in the direction of decline.'"

But even this is a positive spin glossing over the harsh truth. "It's hard to escape the impression that we are people puffing out our chests and sucking in our guts in a vain and unsustainable attempt to hide our real state of health… we also happen to be disappearing as a people, which most would take as a sign of decay… look carefully in the JPPPI study and you'll find this: 'World Jewry faces a prolonged trend of stagnation and decline. Steady population growth in Israel is hampered by a decline in most Diaspora communities.' "

In fact, however, the decline, and gloss-over, is already discernible from as early as 1970. "The study's statistics show that in 1970 the number of American Jews stood at 5,686,000, while in 2003 there was a slight drop to 5,671,000." This is in contrast to the realization that "A growth rate of just one percent means a doubling every 72 years." In contrast to a growth rate, however, the Jewish community has suffered a decline rate that began way back in 1970 and has continued, unabated, since with no remedy in sight.

Except for the teachings of RibꞋi Yᵊho•shuꞋa and the Nᵊtzâr•imꞋ, which reorients Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ from dead-in-the-water medieval and often capricious – and even primitive ignorant – "tradition" of rabbi-worship to vibrant, dynamic and thriving Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ harnessed to the truth of historical documentation and Ta•na"khꞋ; i.e., interpreted according to the Laws of the Creator: the reality of documented history, logic, math and science.