Olt lit I KIUMNWMTWEETSIFriday, January 11, 1974-27 Canadian Jew Is Chief Justice TORONTO (JTA) — Bora Laskin, 61, has been named chief justice of Canada, the first Jew to hold such a high judicial position. A student of Felix Frank- `– furter at Harvard Law School, Justice Laskin is known as a liberal and an advocate of human rights. He taught at , the Toronto Law University and was the first Jewish member of the Canadian Su- preme Court in. 1970. Born in Thunderbay, On- tario, he was chairman of the legal committee of the Can- adian Jewish Congress, pres- ident of the Toronto chapter of the Friends of the Hebrew University and a board mem- ber of Holy Blossom. Temple. 54,000 0.11=0.M11.1.1111M1.0 ■0■11.041 ■0411•1111.11 ■0411111 •11.0 •111■ 0 ■114 11 •11■1■ 4•=11.111 ■ 41411M.0.1.41.0NO.0•11.111 ■ 11.1t * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • SUNDAY, JAN. 13 IS THE BIG DAY! 'Between You . . . and Me' * 7:30 p.m. at Ford Auditorium Boris Smolar's CONGREGATION BETH ACHIM Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1974, JTA Inc.) - Proudly Presents I COMMUNAL TRENDS: Is the Jewish population in the United States increasing or declining? For some unknown JERUSALEM ( J T A ) — Some 54,000 immigrants will reason — maybe because the number of Jewish births have arrived in Israel by the has fallen in the last few years — the prevailing opinion end of the year, slightly less is, that the Jewish population in this country has stopped than the 56,000 that arrived growing. This is not so. A look into the American Jewish Yearbook for the last years shows that the number of last year. Jews is now about a quarter of a million larger than five years ago. In 1968, the estimate was that there are 5,869,000 Jews in the U.S. and in 1971 the estimate exceeded 6,060,000. Today there are approximately 6,115,000 Jews in this coun- try — the largest figure in American Jewish history. There is, however, a marked difference in the per- centage which the Jews constituted within the total popu- lation a few years ago and the percentage they constitute today. While at one time the Jews were close to 4 per cent of the entire population, today they are less than 3 per cent. • This is due primarily to the fact that the population in has grown in a proportion larger than the Jews. Featuring Daily Double general Considering that there has been no Jewish immigration to 2 Perfectas • 2 Trifectas this country to speak of for many years, and that there are today more Jews in the U.S. than ever before, the "WINE & DINE IN MICHIGAN'S NEWEST ULTRA MODERN CLUBHOUSE. assumption that the Jewish community is decreasing — or & GRANDSTAND WITH YEAR 'ROUND CLIMATIC CONTROL" is static — seems to have no basis in fact. The disturbing factor with regard to the total Jewish LEON A. SLAVIN President RESERVATIONS I-349-1000 population in this country is not its alleged decrease but Post Time 8 P.M. • 10 RACES NIGHTLY its present composition. As years proceed, the number of Jews over 65 years of age is constantly growing because of increased longevity. At the same time the number of younger Jews — except children till the age of 4 and middle-aged persons from 30-64 — is going down. According to the national Jewish population study of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, this trend will continue for about 20 years. Today, Jews of 65 and over constitute 12 per cent of the total Jewish population, which means that one out of nine Jews is over 65 years old. In 20 years from now — the CJFWF study estimates — there will be one out of six Jews in that age category. On the other hand, the same study predicts that Jews between 30-64 years of age — who now are 42 per cent of the total Jewish population — will constitute more than 46 per cent 20 years from now. A sharp reduction of more ALL NEW than 6 per cent will at the same time be noticed among Jews in the 19-29 bracket, and a reduction of about 3 per cent will be felt among youngsters aged 5-14. The proportion of those in the 30-64 years age-span MUSICAL FANTASY represents that segment of the Jewish population which, in the main, provides community leadership. ON DISTURBING DATA: Organized Jewish communities STAGE! are realizing that the problem of Jewish againg may be- NBC Entertainment Corporation come one of the most urgent problems they will be facing. COME TO Presents An ATOM First Jews of 65 and over, although consisting now 12 per cent NEVER of the total Jewish population, head 21 per cent of Jewish NEVER . households. LAND The problem for the Jewish communities lies in the WHERE crucial fact that 44 per cent of all households headed by DREAMS persons of 65 years of age or older have reported their ARE income as being under $4,000 a year, which is below the BORN! poverty level. Twenty-five per cent of them are one-person A FAMILY CLASSIC households and another 17 per cent include only the head fiff7 C CogyrIght 1973 NBC Entertainment Corporation and The Hospital for Sick Children, London, England. of the household and the spouse. Their income comes basi- cally from social security. Jewish communities have found that this group requires a broad range of services. Next in the line of the Jewish households in poverty are 13 per cent of all the aged Jewish families who live in CREATED BY MICHAEL GRILIKHES "marginal poverty." They have reported an income from PRODUCER OF $4,000 to $6,000. On the other end of the income scale are 26 per cent of Jewish households with heads of 65 years and over who have an income of $12,000 and over. In this connection it is interesting to note that rhe majority heads of household aged 65-69 — about 59 per cent OPENS WED., FEB. 6 THRU SUN., FEB. 17 — are American-born. In the age category of 70 years and I(No Show Mon., Feb. 11) over the majority are foreign-born. But even in this category there are heads of households who are first, second and even Prices: $6.00 — $5.00 — $4.00 third generation American-born. THE RELIGIOUS FRONT: Much speculation has been going on for years on the status of religion within the Jewish population. Exaggerated claims on synagogue affilia- tion has been made by all three branches of the Jewish religious movement in this country — the Reform, Con- CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE GROUPS, servative and Orthodox. A clear picture on congregational SENIOR CITIZENS, SCOUTS membership has now been brought out by the CJFWF study. It shows that more than 53 per cent of all Jewish house- holds are not affiliated with congregations. This is a figure speaks for itself. rottp kate3 that Detailed data indicate that in families where the head is under 30 years of age the non-affiliation reaches almost CALL DONNA MARTIN AT 895-7000 or write 70 per cent. Non-affiliates in the 30-39 age bracket con- OLYMPIA, 5920 GRAND RIVER, DET. MI. 48208 stitute about 57 per cent. Strangely enough, among the older people — those of 70 years and over — there are, similarly, MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY!! about 57 per cent who are not members of synagogues. For persons of 60-69 years of age, 49 per cent hold no So we may provide the best seats possible. membership in synagogues. 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