Are Jews more likely to live in MD or DC than VA?

[Anonymous]

I've heard this before and today as I drove by the Hebrew temple in dc I saw many DC MD tags not one Va. Is it historical? I find that and just social movements interesting. That's all.

[Anonymous]

Lots of Jewish folks in the Mantua area of Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

But nothing like dc or md...

[Anonymous]

Rockville.

[Anonymous]

Statistically, yes - by far.

[Anonymous]

Maybe it's true, but the jews I know in Alexandria go to temple in Alexandria...

[Anonymous]

as I drove by the Hebrew temple in dc I saw many DC MD tags not one Va

I think the Jews who live in VA are more likely to go to temple in VA. Why would they go into DC?

But on the whole, there are certainly more Jews in MD vs VA.

[Anonymous]

I think there is some truth to this--just like there are some areas with higher African American populations or Korean populations, etc...

I think the main reason though that there are more Jewish in MD than VA is because the MD suburbs have been more "developed" for a longer period of time than the VA suburbs--this is just my perception though.

On another note though, most of the synagogues in DC are in upper NW--which is geographically closer to many MD communities compared with VA communities.

[Anonymous]

Md, with its strong dissenting tradition, was historically more tolerant of diversity than VA, which was staunchly Anglican.

[Anonymous]

Plus didn't Maryland have Religious Tolerance laws long before Virginia making it slightly more easy to be an observant Jew?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plus didn't Maryland have Religious Tolerance laws long before Virginia making it slightly more easy to be an observant Jew?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Overall, the estimated Jewish population of Maryland in 2001 was 213,000 out of a total of 5,311,000.

. In 2001, approximately 66,000 residents were of the Jewish faith, comprising just 0.9% of the state's total population. One of the fastest growing Jewish populations in the country, the largest Jewish community resides in Northern Virginia (35,000), followed by the Tidewater (20,000), Richmond (12,500), Roanoke (1,050), and Charlottesville (1,000).


Obviously this information is a little old (jewish virtual library as a reference)

But, you can see that Maryland in the past has had a much bigger population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there is some truth to this--just like there are some areas with higher African American populations or Korean populations, etc...

I think the main reason though that there are more Jewish in MD than VA is because the MD suburbs have been more "developed" for a longer period of time than the VA suburbs--this is just my perception though.

On another note though, most of the synagogues in DC are in upper NW--which is geographically closer to many MD communities compared with VA communities.

Yeah but even Dan Snyder was at the Washington Hebrew Congregation yesterday. Jews from all over the region were there. Except any from Va.

[Anonymous]

Historically, more in Maryland, but there certainly are Jews in Virginia.

I am assuming you are curious because you are thinking of where to raise your own family - if so, there are plenty of synagogues here in the Old Dominion, with all the denominations represented.

[Anonymous]

If you mean Washington Hebrew Congregation, well, it's much closer to MD than VA.