Speaker: Dr Daniel Staetsky, Senior Research Fellow; Director of the European Jewish Demography Unit, Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR)
Dr Daniel Staetsky (MA Demography, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; PhD Social Statistics, Southampton), specialises in Jewish, European, Israeli and Middle Eastern demography. He focuses particularly on major puzzles of contemporary demography, of which Jewish longevity is one.
There is elevated Jewish mortality from COVID-19 in England and Wales. Clarifying why is vital, and has serious policy consequences. British BAME have well-documented ill health and vulnerability, but Jews are “long-lifers” making Jewish COVID-19 data rather incomprehensible. Do Jews resemble BAME with respect to the underlying vulnerability and this has been overlooked previously, or is Covid-19 an aberration? Does this relate to a particular Jewish subgroup (eg haredi)? Dr Staetsky will discuss possible reasons for the elevated Jewish mortality, and outline useful directions to be explored further.
You can watch a recording of the webinar here.