Anna Goren writes a stupid article for The Atlantic:
American Millennials follow Jewish dietary laws at nearly twice the rate of Baby Boomers, perhaps finding the ancient laws fit well with contemporary concerns about sustainability…
Younger Jews keep kosher at almost double the rate of baby boomers—28 percent for 18- to 49-year-olds to 16 percent for people 50 and up.
Orthodox Jews only account for about 12% of all American Jews but they account for nearly 40% of Jews under 18. Orthodox Judaism has nothing to do with goyisha notions of sustainability. It’s about following God’s will (and/or the folkways of your people).
Demographic changes in American Jewry (with younger Jews more likely to be Orthodox as non-Orthodox Jews don’t reproduce as much) account for the number of Jews keeping kosher.
