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Most experts agree the shift to fewer kids is being driven by good things, including education and economic gains for women and plummeting teen pregnancy rates.
But there are also challenges.
Economists say families in all the countries that drive global GDP, from China to Germany to the U.S., are now having too few children to maintain a stable population and robust workforce.
Lant Pritchett is at the London School of Economics.
Many experts say the trend toward fewer children in the U.S.
and around the world will continue, a pattern that's already straining pension and health care systems in some countries as populations age and shrink.
More than 700 rabbis across the U.S.
have signed a letter accusing Zoran Mamdani of denying Israel's legitimacy and accusing the Jewish state of genocide during the war in Gaza.
On the debate stage, Mamdani, who would be the city's first Muslim mayor, promised to fight anti-Semitism.
I will be the mayor who doesn't just protect Jewish New Yorkers, but also celebrates and cherishes them.
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who's trailing in the polls, responded this way.
New York is home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel.
Mamdani has won endorsements from some Jewish leaders in the city.
Brian Mann, NPR News, New York.
More than 700 rabbis across the U.S.
have signed a letter accusing Zoran Mamdani of denying Israel's legitimacy and accusing the Jewish state of genocide during the war in Gaza.
On the debate stage, Mamdani, who would be the city's first Muslim mayor, promised to fight anti-Semitism.
I will be the mayor who doesn't just protect Jewish New Yorkers, but also celebrates and cherishes them.