 In 2006 , 2 @.@ 9 % of the Jews in the city were <unk> , compared to 7 @.@ 5 % on a national scale . However , the <unk> community in Haifa is growing fast due to a high fertility rate . 66 @.@ 6 % were secular , compared to a national average of 43 @.@ 7 % . A significant portion of the immigrants from the former Soviet Union either lack official religious @-@ ethnic classification or are Non @-@ Jews as they are from mixed @-@ marriage families of some Jewish origin . There is also a Scandinavian Seamen Protestant church , established by Norwegian <unk> Among the Nations pastor Per Faye @-@ Hansen . 
