Presence

I stumbled across a fascinating post entitled "Mapping Religion in America," which, not coincidentally, posts a bunch of maps detailing concentrations of different religious groups across the US. Read the entire post, if you have time, it's quite interesting. Or you can just look at the maps; lots of pretty colors.

Of particular interest to readers of this blog might be the map of Jews by county; bottom line, there's a lot of America where you might have trouble finding a minyan. Except if you happen to be in Idaho, in which case, you're in luck. The original post attributed this concentration to a ski resort that has attracted a large number of California expatriates, which could be true, but I wonder if there might be some other explanation.