In 1975, Boston’s Jewish population was 195,000, with demographic studies showing a migration to the suburbs, including Sharon, along with a drop in synagogue membership and a rise in intermarriage among those under 30. By 1985, the Jewish population in all of Greater Boston, including the southern suburbs, had dropped to 170,000. However, a 2006 Brandeis University study found that a high percentage of children in mixed-faith households were being raised in the faith, bringing the number of Jews in the Boston area to about 210,000, or 7.2 percent of the population, four times the percentage of the nation as a whole.
