This chapter examines the size, geographic distribution, and selected characteristics of the Jewish population of the US. Section 5.1 addresses the procedures employed to estimate the Jewish population of more than 900 local Jewish communities and parts
This chapter examines the size, geographic distribution, and selected characteristics of the Jewish population of the US. Section 1 addresses the procedures employed to estimate the Jewish population of more than 900 local Jewish communities and parts th
the last of the Eastside synagogues that stayed open in the decades following thepopulation shiftsof the postwar era. Vandalism and neglect contributed to the final services being held in 1996.
In 1807, two years after the Ottoman Sublime Porte anointed Mohamed Ali as viceroy of Egypt, the Jewish population of Egypt numbered only 6,000. Jewish migration to Egypt grew dramatically from the mid-19th century onward, reaching a peak of 90,000 […] East European Archival Internet Sites...
Efforts to appeal to Jews may seem disproportionate to the size of the Jewish population, which constitutes about 2 percent of the American electorate (albeit a greater percentage in key swing states including Florida and Ohio). But their influence transcends their numbers, Ginsberg said. “Jews ...
She dreams of the moment she can return to kindergarten, run barefoot on the grass, and hug her Mommy and Tatty, without a worry in the world. Yocheved is battling leukemia—a cruel illness that has interrupted her childhood. The doctors are offering a new hope—a groundbreaking treatment ...
“No Two-State Apartheid!” Ethnic Cleansing can’t be masked by dishonest calls for a two-state “solution” as Israel thins the Palestinian population under its various jurisdictions. Even Palestinian citizens of Israel are not officially Israeli “nationals” and lack important rights only ...
Israel’s populationstands at 9.449 million, according to estimatesreleasedby the Central Bureau of Statistics. The bureau figures indicate that approximately 74% of Israel’s inhabitants are Jewish, 21% are Arab and 5% are neither… Emily Lawson,the British scientist who masterminded...
There has been an international uproar since US President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on a flight from Las Vegas last weekend that he wants Arab countries to absorb the population of Gaza during its reconstruction. The president was right in saying that ...