Part III examines population estimates for the country as a whole, each state, the four US Census Regions, the nine US Census Divisions, the 20 largest US Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), and the 51 Jewish Federation service areas with 20,000 or more Jews. Part IV examines changes in...
In part, because of the influx of Jews from the former Soviet Union and the increase of young ultra-Orthodox, who are both quite unlikely to be Jews of Color, the number of US Jews has increased from 5,981,000 in 1990 to the current 6,968,000 in 2019. Thus, in both years (becaus...
Research findings on religion and health among Jews are in relatively short supply. While recent studies report on the health of Israelis and the mental health of Jews in the USA, little information exists on the physical health of US Jews, especially from population surveys. In this study, da...
The study also anticipated a severe decline in the number of Jews in the former Soviet Union. By 2080, the data suggested, the Jewish community there would be virtually non-existent. Among the study's conclusions was that Israel would be home to the world's largest Jewish community as ...
Slavery in America started in the year of 1619, when 20 Africans were brought to Virginia in a dutch ship. The Slavery was finally abolished on the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution on January 31, 1865.Illinoiswas the first state to give formal consent to the 13th amendment to abolish...
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Jews of the world Israeli Jews make up 46.2% of the world's entire Jewish population, a 1% increase compared to the previous year. Data show that there are currently around 500,000 people living in Israel who are entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return despite not being reg...
Population registers or special censuses identifying Jews greatly assisted in the location of Jews and their transport to concentration and extermination camps. The 1939 German census, for example, was used to identify specific individuals. In The Netherlands small-area tabulation of a census of ...
Just prior to this chapter going to press, the Pew Research Center- an organization specializing in the study of religion-conducted a new survey of the size and characteristics of US Jews (see: Lugo, L., Cooperman, A., et al., Portrait of Jewish Americans, Washington DC: Pew Research ...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The number of Jews and Arabs between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River is at or near parity, figures cited by Israeli officials show, raising questions whether Israel can remain “a democracy” if it keeps territory where Pales