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Towns or areas with substantial Jewish populations on Long Island are:
Nassau County:
Elmont - once upon a time, probably in rapid decline.
Long Beach - some Hasidic
Valley Stream - maybe not so much anymore, changing area
The above is based on simply looking up where most Jewish Synagogues are on LI.
Elmont? No way. It actually used to be Italian back in the day, not Jewish to my knowledge.
I have a siuster who lives in woodbury. She has two small children and is not happy with the public school system there. They do not offer any after school activities. Kids from 6th grade are housed with high school seniors. Her taxes are slightly over 8,000. Her family is looking to move out of woodbury.
Woodbury used to be more of a Jewish area, now its mixed with christians, catholic, jews, buddists, muslims etc. There are no areas anymore that are only one denomination. Its just a big melting pot.
Towns or areas with substantial Jewish populations on Long Island are:
The above is based on simply looking up where most Jewish Synagogues are on LI.
NBres, you are a curious poster to me...you seem to be a lifelong long islander but are so off on some of your area views that I wonder if you get out of North Babylon, ever...no offense, but you base some of your town
"assessments" on the birthplaces of noted jewish policitians...are you kidding me. "Well one jewish guy came from there so there must be a whole lot of them in the area". And some of the towns you reference have a history of being almost 100% catholic. You gotta get out more. And the hostility quote about Smithtown? Smithtown has been noted for years as having a significant jewish population...where would this base of aggression be coming from? But please, above all else, try not to state as fact (like I quoted above) where the jewish populations are and then close your list by saying you based it on a synagogue map review...really.
NBres, you are a curious poster to me...you seem to be a lifelong long islander but are so off on some of your area views that I wonder if you get out of North Babylon, ever...no offense, but you base some of your town
"assessments" on the birthplaces of noted jewish policitians...are you kidding me. "Well one jewish guy came from there so there must be a whole lot of them in the area".
Dix Hills, where Steve Israel lives, has a very large Jewish population..am I wrong?
Holbrook, Steve Levy is from there, I know several Jews personally who live there.
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And some of the towns you reference have a history of being almost 100% catholic.
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You gotta get out more. And the hostility quote about Smithtown?
Just anecdotal evidence from a Jewish friend of mine.And if you noticed I put a question mark next to the statement - meaning I don't know for sure.
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Smithtown has been noted for years as having a significant jewish population...where would this base of aggression be coming from?
I have no idea.
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But please, above all else, try not to state as fact (like I quoted above) where the jewish populations are and then close your list by saying you based it on a synagogue map review...really.
Why would that be wrong. Don't Jews have to be close enough to walk to the temple if they are at all observant. Why would it be wrong to approximate where most Jews live on Long Island by locating where the Jewish Temples are?
In lieu of responding to her latest post I am just going to chuckle and move on...Nbres' logic is quite scientific...I have mapped out all of the italian/irish/greek/polish areas based solely on the density of their relative ethnic restaurants and bars...
Some of you guys are too funny - would it be easier if the Jews in each community wore a yellow Star of David so you could 'tell' immediately and not have to figure it out? lol
New York has pockets of Jewish people in many places, as do CT and NJ. There are also pockets of Italians and Irish, still. It's where we landed after getting off the boat from Europe. NY has many ethnic groups, many of them concentrated in certain areas. It's no biggie.
Some of you guys are too funny - would it be easier if the Jews in each community wore a yellow Star of David so you could 'tell' immediately and not have to figure it out?
No need to issue yellow stars: just do what us Jews do when checking out a neighborhood at this time of the year, drive around and you'll quickly see which of the neighborhoods in the 293 communities (2 cities, 96 villages and 195 hamlets) in the bi-counties DO NOT HAVE CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY LIGHTS.
However, while this is a good indicator of predominantly Jewish neighborhoods, it will not be any guidance as to whether the Jews in that neighborhood are secular or Torah observant, bearing in mind that the majority of Jews on LI are secular and not Torah observant and can be quite intolerant to their more observant brethren.
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