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Alex Oren <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:05:34 -0400
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> Hi Alex,
> 
> Where did you get your figure of 5 million worldwide?  Is this for milk
> allergy or all food allergies?

Neither.

Kashrut is a religious thing - the dietary "laws" of Judaism (of which the dairy-related rules are just a small part).
Given the 12-13 million Jews worldwide estimation that I found on the web and guessing that less than half observe kashrut gave me the 5 million estimate.

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