There’s plenty of evidence that Judaism will flourish in the next 50 years. Kehilat Hadar, a new traditional egalitarian minyan on New York’s Upper West Side, draws hundreds of Jews in their 20s and 30s to Shabbat services that radiate an incredible passion and joy for Judaism. The East Side’s Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning hosted a pluralistic day of study, “Lishmah,” that drew more than 1,200 participants. Likewise, Edah, a progressive movement within modern Orthodoxy, attracts thousands to its conferences. Looking beyond New York, enrollment in Jewish day schools and summer camps is at an all-time high. Last winter, Limmud’s annual cross-denominational retreat in England drew some 2,400 people. A recent report commissioned by the Dorot and Nathan Cummings Foundations concluded that Israel is witnessing a “Jewish renaissance… a burst of Jewish creativity,” expressed through dramatically heightened interest in studying Jewish texts and in making life cycle events more spiritually/ religiously fulfilling. These are a handful of the hundreds of signs that point to a greening of Jewish life. Sure, our numbers may be declining somewhat, but those who remain will sustain densely Jewish, vibrant communities. remember that between the years 200 and 1750 the world Jewish population hovered between 900,000 and 1.5 million. These were the communities that bequeathed to us Rabbinic Judaism, Kabbalah and Hasidism. Despite the ominous resugence of anti-Semitism in some quarters and that we’ve become targets in the heinous age of terrorism, a long view suggests the prospects for Judaism’s future have never been brighter.