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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2012, 03:00 PM Sep 2012

Jewish Numbers in Congress Set To Plunge

The U.S. Congress will see a steep drop in Jewish members after the November election, a Forward analysis suggests.

The Forward is projecting that 30 Jews will serve in the next Congress — nine fewer than the number that served at the start of the last Congress.

Read more: http://forward.com/articles/162784/jewish-numbers-in-congress-set-to-plunge/#ixzz26wZWydaz