List of Jewish communities by country

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This is a list of Jewish communities by country, including yeshivot, Hebrew schools and synagogues. A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah in Orthodox Judaism.

A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi named Rosh Yeshiva (literally, "head of the yeshiva").

Jews
Hebrew: יהודים‎ (Yehudim)
Albert Einstein Sholem Aleichem Marc Chagall Emmy Noether
Maimonides Baruch Spinoza Natalie Portman Franz Kafka
1st row: Albert Einstein  · Sholem Aleichem  · Marc Chagall  · Emmy Noether 2nd row: Maimonides  · Baruch Spinoza  · Natalie Portman  · Franz Kafka
Total population
13,746,100 [1]
Regions with significant populations
 Israel 6,042,000 [2]
 United States 5,425,000 [1]
 France 480,000 [1]
 Canada 375,000 [1]
 United Kingdom 291,000 [1]
 Russia 194,000 [1]
 Argentina 182,300 [1]
 Germany 119,000 [1]
 Australia 107,500 [1]
 Brazil 95,300 [1]
 Ukraine 67,000 [1]
 South Africa 70,800 [1]
 Hungary 48,600 [1]
 Mexico 39,400 [1]
 Belgium 30,300 [1]
 Netherlands 30,000 [1]
 Italy 28,400 [1]
 Chile 20,500 [1]
All other countries 250,200 [1]
Languages

Predominant spoken languages:
Hebrew · English · Russian · the vernacular languages of other countries in the diaspora

Historical languages:
Yiddish · Ladino · Judeo-Arabic · others

Sacred languages:
Biblical Hebrew · Aramaic

Religion

Star of David.svg Judaism

Related ethnic groups

other Levantines[3][4][5][6], Samaritans[5], Arabs[5][7], Assyrians[5][6]

Contents

Africa [edit]

 Algeria [edit]

See History of the Jews in Algeria

 Angola [edit]

 Cameroon [edit]

 Cape Verde [edit]

See History of the Jews in Cape Verde

 Côte d'Ivoire [edit]

 Democratic Republic of Congo [edit]

 Egypt [edit]

See History of the Jews in Egypt

 Ethiopia [edit]

See Beta Israel

 Ghana [edit]

 Kenya [edit]

 Mauritania [edit]

See History of the Jews in Mauritania

 Morocco [edit]

See History of the Jews in Morocco

 Nigeria [edit]

See History of the Jews in Nigeria

 Libya [edit]

See History of the Jews in Libya

 Senegal [edit]

 South Africa [edit]

See History of the Jews in South Africa

 Tunisia [edit]

See History of the Jews in Tunisia

 Uganda [edit]

See History of the Jews in Uganda

 Zimbabwe [edit]

See History of the Jews in Zimbabwe

America [edit]

 Argentina [edit]

See History of the Jews in Argentina

 Bahamas [edit]

 Barbados [edit]

See History of the Jews in Barbados

 Bermuda [edit]

 Bolivia [edit]

See Jews in Bolivia

 Brazil [edit]

See History of the Jews in Brazil

 Canada [edit]

See List of Jewish communities in North America

 Cayman Islands [edit]

 Chile [edit]

See Jews in Chile

 Colombia [edit]

See Jews in Colombia

 Costa Rica [edit]

 Cuba [edit]

See History of the Jews in Cuba

 Curaçao [edit]

 Dominican Republic [edit]

See History of the Jews in the Dominican Republic

 El Salvador [edit]

See History of the Jews in El Salvador

 Ecuador [edit]

 Guatemala [edit]

 Honduras [edit]

 Jamaica [edit]

 Mexico [edit]

 Panama [edit]

 Paraguay [edit]

 Peru [edit]

 Puerto Rico [edit]

See List of Jewish Communities in North America and List of synagogues in the United States

 Surinam [edit]

 United States [edit]

See List of Jewish communities in North America and List of synagogues in the United States

 Uruguay [edit]

 Venezuela [edit]

Asia [edit]

 Azerbaijan [edit]

 Bahrain [edit]

 Hong Kong [edit]

 India [edit]

 Iran [edit]

 Iraq [edit]

 Israel [edit]

See List of Yeshivas and Midrashas in Israel

 Japan [edit]

See History of the Jews in Japan

 Jordan [edit]

See History of the Jews in Jordan

 Kazakhstan [edit]

See History of the Jews in Kazakhstan

 Kyrgyzstan [edit]

 Kuwait [edit]

See History of the Jews in Kuwait

 Myanmar [edit]

 Nepal [edit]

 Lebanon [edit]

 Pakistan [edit]

See History of the Jews in Pakistan

 People's Republic of China [edit]

See History of the Jews in China

 Philippines [edit]

 Saudi Arabia [edit]

 Singapore [edit]

 Syria [edit]

 Thailand [edit]

 Turkey [edit]

 Uzbekistan [edit]

 Vietnam [edit]

 Yemen [edit]

Europe [edit]

 Albania [edit]

 Andorra [edit]

 Austria [edit]

 Belarus [edit]

See History of the Jews in Belarus

 Belgium [edit]

 Bosnia and Herzegovina [edit]

 Bulgaria [edit]

 Croatia [edit]

 Czech Republic [edit]

 Cyprus [edit]

 Denmark [edit]

 England [edit]

See List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom

 Estonia [edit]

 Finland [edit]

 France [edit]

See History of the Jews in France

 Georgia [edit]

 Germany [edit]

 Gibraltar [edit]

 Greece [edit]

 Hungary [edit]

 Ireland [edit]

See History of the Jews in Ireland

 Isle of Man [edit]

 Italy [edit]

See History of the Jews in Italy

 Jersey [edit]

 Malta [edit]

 Moldova [edit]

 Monaco [edit]

 Montenegro [edit]

 Netherlands [edit]

 Northern Ireland [edit]

See List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom

 Norway [edit]

 Latvia [edit]

 Lithuania [edit]

 Luxembourg [edit]

 Poland [edit]

See History of the Jews in Poland

 Portugal [edit]

 Romania [edit]

 Russian Federation [edit]

See History of the Jews in Russia

 San Marino [edit]

See History of the Jews in San Marino

 Scotland [edit]

See List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom

 Serbia [edit]

 Spain [edit]

See History of the Jews in Spain

 Sweden [edit]

 Switzerland [edit]

 Slovakia [edit]

 Ukraine [edit]

See History of the Jews in Ukraine

 United Kingdom [edit]

See List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom

 Wales [edit]

See List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom

Oceania [edit]

 Australia [edit]

 New Zealand [edit]

See also [edit]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s DellaPergola, Sergio (November 2, 2012). "World Jewish Population, 2012" (PDF). In Dashefsky, Arnold; Sheskin, Ira. Current Jewish Population Reports. Storrs, Connecticut: North American Jewish Data Bank. Retrieved April 7, 2013. 
  2. ^ "Israel's population crosses 8 million mark" (in English). Ynetnews. April 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013. 
  3. ^ Wade, Nicholas (June 9, 2010). "Studies Show Jews’ Genetic Similarity". New York Times. 
  4. ^ Nebel, Almut; Filon, Dvora; Weiss, Deborah A.; Weale, Michael; Faerman, Marina; Oppenheim, Ariella; Thomas, Mark G. (2000). "High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews". Human Genetics 107 (6): 630–41. doi:10.1007/s004390000426. PMID 11153918. 
  5. ^ a b c d Shen, P; Lavi, T; Kivisild, T; Chou, V; Sengun, D; Gefel, D; Shpirer, I; Woolf, E et al. (2004). "Reconstruction of patrilineages and matrilineages of Samaritans and other Israeli populations from Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA sequence variation". Human mutation 24 (3): 248–60. doi:10.1002/humu.20077. PMID 15300852. 
  6. ^ a b "Jews Are The Genetic Brothers Of Palestinians, Syrians, And Lebanese". Sciencedaily.com. 2000-05-09. Retrieved 2013-04-12. 
  7. ^ Atzmon, G; Hao, L; Pe'Er, I; Velez, C; Pearlman, A; Palamara, PF; Morrow, B; Friedman, E et al. (2010). "Abraham's Children in the Genome Era: Major Jewish Diaspora Populations Comprise Distinct Genetic Clusters with Shared Middle Eastern Ancestry". American Journal of Human Genetics 86 (6): 850–859. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.04.015. PMC 3032072. PMID 20560205. 
  8. ^ "Isle of Man Hebrew Congregation: Douglas, Isle of Man". JCR-UK. December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  9. ^ Pollins, Harold (January 2007; reformatted October 2011). "Douglas (Doolish in the Manx language) Borough cemetery, Isle of Man - Jewish Section". JCR-UK. Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  10. ^ "Thanks for Manx visit". The Jewish Chronicle (London). August 25, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  11. ^ Pollins, Harold (July 12, 2007; reformatted December 23, 2011). "References to the Isle of Man Jewish Community Appearing in the Jewish Press 1899 to 1938". JCR-UK. Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  12. ^ Simmonds, Lionel (August 9, 1957). "Jews on Kelly's Isle". The Jewish Chronicle (London). Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  13. ^ "Passover in Mann". Isle of Man - Ellan Vannin. BBC. April 5, 2007, updated April 4, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  14. ^ "Jersey's Jewish community is 'in decline'". BBC News. August 15, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  15. ^ "The Jewish Community on the Channel Islands". London: JCR-UK. February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2012. 
  16. ^ "Związek Gmin Wyznaniowych Żydowskich w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". Encyklopedia WIEM, based on: Popularna Encyklopedia Powszechna, by Wydawnictwo Fogra (in Polish). Grupa Onet.pl SA. 1996 - 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012. 

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