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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.
Good Thinking.
Unorthodox and at best imprecise methodoligies have to be used to estimate where various religious groups might live because the US Census Bureau does not collect religious data.
I don't knnow why I'm cathching flak for just listing areas where there may be higher proportion of Jews on Long Island by approximation to clusters of Jewish temples.
I think only Orthodox Jews walk to shul these days, but I could be wrong. If someone was looking for a concentration of Orthodox Jews, a good idea would be to drive around an area on a Saturday. You will see folks walking to services or just out for a stroll.
If you are more of a secular Jew, you could follow WalterGreenspan's suggestion. I might just look up the various churches in a community. The websites might give an idea of the communities' size, how active it is etc. I've done this several times. I'm not all that worried about religious makeup, but it's interesting to see what's available to a town.
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.
I've heard the same thing...along with a lot of casual anti-semitism. This does not offend me personally, though it does seem of a piece with the sort of intolerance and xenophobia one encounters out here.
I'm also miffed (as a chemist, not as a Jew) that the LI library system doesn't have a single book by Primo Levi.
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.
That is not the Woodbury on Long Island. That may be a place in upstate NY or in NJ.
Woodbury on Long Island (zip code 11797) has one of the nations top school districts (we will ignore the US New and World Report and focus on the US Education Dept.) and has 2 middle schools 6-8th grade and one HS (9-12).
Jewish population is predominantly secular and, like its sister hamlets of Syosset and Jericho, not very welcoming to Torah observant.
hi there my name is kelli i live in syosset
syosset is a very good area to live in
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Woodbury Is Great ! Not too many homes mostly condos.
Wrong Woodbury
