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About 104,000 New York Jews live just above the poverty line, caught in a world where they are too poor to lead a comfortable life but too wealthy to receive government assistance, a report released yesterday said. The report, by the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty with help from the UJA-Federation of New York, documented 53,000 Jewish households whose income was at least $22,530 – or 150% above the federal poverty line – but less than $35,000 for a household of three people.
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