Jewish organizations trumpeted larger-than-expected Jewish population figures in the US, 6.4mln. Researchers twisted the data to show that there are more Jews in America than in Israel; that strengthened the political posture of the American Jewish leaders.

RDD (random-digit dialing) phone surveys produce upward bias when applied to a wealthy population. Affluent Jews have more cellular phones than the average population, and random dialing reaches them relatively more often. Jews usually have smaller households than poor ethnic groups, therefore more phones per capita.

Another survey method, amalgamating mailing lists of synagogues and community centers, produces plenty of duplicates and includes many Gentile spouses and deceased people.

Most importantly, the population figure is thoroughly misleading. Most American Jews have already assimilated and married Gentiles. After the 1970s, assimilation went from common to nearly absolute. When the generation of Jews born in the past thirty years dies out in 2070s, there will be almost no Jews left in America.

In the “Jewish state” of Israel, there is one hostile non-Jew for every three Jews. That is twice the proportion of anti-semites in America.