AZ, I’m not sure I can even continue debating with you. You constantly take something out of context and then don’t respond to statements. Let me try one more time.
1) I did NOT say that there ARE more girls born than boys. It was a question, seperate from the math I quoted. Since Asians have a higher boy to girl ratio than the general population, it means some portion of the population has to have a higher girl to boy ratio to bring the ratio back to the overall population boy/girl ratio.
2) I did not see anywhere in the Avi Chai study about number of boys vs number of girls in Jewish Day Schools. If there is another study stating that they are equal in number, please point me to it.
3) My math dealt with an even split of boys to girls (100 vs 100). This is because while more caucasian BOYS are born every year, by the age of 20 or so, the boy/girl ratio evens out to 1:1. Therefore, assuming Jews are following the general caucasian trend, there are approximately an even number of boys and girls at age 20.
I don’t know if you took the time to read the math (to which my statement of there could be a math mistake was aimed), you would see that I was saying the age gap problem would be GREATER than you are saying, in which case, the problem will be exacerbated exponentially in a few years unless women and men marry at ages far apart (with women being 5-10 years older).
Chaverim, it has been my experience that seminaries teach that kollel is *the* way to go, and if you can’t do that its *ok* to settle for someone who learns b’koveiah itim. Its shown more as a failure than a great way of life.
I also think you are being harsh on BTJ. It wasn’t worded particularly nice, but Yeshiva is a luxury. If its between feeding your family (and learning at night) or sitting and learning all day but having starving children, what do you choose? I choose to feed my family.