Jewish population

Jews pray for forgivness, or selichot, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on September 5, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

World Jewish population rises slightly to 15.2 million

The U.S. number of “about 6 million” in the Jewish Agency for Israel estimate diverges greatly from this year’s Pew survey on Jewish Americans.

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US Jews getting younger on average, massive religions survey finds

The highest concentration of Jews, 18%, was in Rockland County, New York.

Israel’s population grows slightly to nearly 9.2 million on eve of Independence Day

Some 74 percent of the population is Jewish and 21 percent is Arab.

A Star of David stands in the Nozyk Synagogue, Warsaw's only surviving synagogue from before World War II and located in the city's former ghetto, April 12, 2018 (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Israel

Worldwide population of 14.7 million Jews falls well short of pre-World War II numbers

Culture

Postal Service puts its stamp (literally) on Florida Jewry

United States

Study: N.Y., Boston and Miami are America’s 3 most Jewish cities

Global

Worldwide Jewish population nears pre-Holocaust numbers

United States

Two studies put U.S. Jewish census at up to 6.6 million

United States

With flurry of new local studies, Jewish communities seeing trends and making changes

United States

Double the amount of Jews found in Portland, Ore.

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