- Dr. Alex Joffe
- June 3, 2020
- Paper No. 1595
New York City is the largest urban area in the US. It has the biggest economy and is the nationโs financial and cultural center. It also contains the largest single Jewish population in the world outside Israel. All those things are about to change. The twin impacts of the economic collapse created by the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing urban insurrections will intensify existing trends. People and power are moving out of New York at increasing rates. What are the implications for the US, the world order, and the global Jewish community?ย