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.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 9, 2021 10:19 am

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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.

July 8, 2021 2:50 pm

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.

April 27, 2020 10:06 am

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)

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

By Marcy Oster April 20, 2020 12:58 pm

Postal Service puts its stamp (literally) on Florida Jewry

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 28, 2016 12:59 pm

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

August 3, 2015 3:19 pm

Worldwide Jewish population nears pre-Holocaust numbers

June 26, 2015 2:53 pm

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

By Marcy Oster January 17, 2012 4:15 pm

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

By Sue Fishkoff July 10, 2011 8:38 pm

Double the amount of Jews found in Portland, Ore.

By Sue Fishkoff June 20, 2011 3:42 pm

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