If by Sephardi Jews you mean Spanish Jews displaced following the Spanish inquisition, they and their descendents constitute somewhat less than 1,500,000 which is 25% of the Jewish population in Israel. But in the wider secular public the divisions run along continental lines with European Jews constituting the largest group at somewhat over 50% and North African Jews and those from the rest of the Middle East and comprising the other half.
It is impossible to be accurate. There are probably more than 130,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel.
That's impossible to count, since Jews live all other the world.
Approximately 7,000,000
About 5.8 million.
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It depends on the nature of their living there.Since there is only one Jewish homeland, Israel, the citizens of that country are called Israelis. Israeli Non-Jewish citizens often are termed by the mix of their minority term and Israeli, i.e. Arab-Israeli, Druze-Israeli, Circassian-Israeli, etc.If the person lives there, but is not a citizen of Israel, they are typically called by the nationality of their citizenship, i.e. a Russian Permanent Resident in Israel.
There is no current Israeli citizen in U.S. Congress. There are certainly many pro-Israel Congressmen in both houses, but none of them have Israeli Citizenship.
Israelis are citizens of Israel and are not necessarily Jewish. Jews are people who practice the Jewish faith and are not necessarily Israeli. A similar dichotomy could be made between Irish and Catholic.
No, G-d did not say this. And in fact today, 30% of Israeli citizens are not Jewish.
The role of the citizens in Israel is to vote for the Members of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament. Additionally, most Israeli citizens must serve in the Israeli Army and/or do community service. Israeli citizens perform many of the functions of citizens in other liberal democracies like protesting and assembling peacefully, engaging in their religious traditions or Atheism, contributing the national debate on major issues, and speaking their minds.
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I don't know the exact percentage but very, very few are Christian. Only Jewish Israelis, Druze, and Circassian Muslims are required to serve, and only Jewish volunteers from foreign countries are accepted. All Christians serving in the Israeli Army are Arab Israeli citizens or from the very small Messianic Jewish population.
No. Justice Elena Kagan is Jewish, but is a US citizen born to US citizens. She does not hold dual citizenship in the US and Israel.
By definition, an Israeli lives in Israel. US Citizens who HAPPEN to be of Jewish ancestry number in the millions. Since there is no way to count the NON-Practicing people of Jewish ancestry, any number you pick could be just as accurate as anything that I might post.
We're not aware of a country by that name having become independent within recent history, and aren't aware of one in existence now. The mention of "1948" in the question does call to mind the year in which Israel's independence was declared. The majority of Israel's citizens are Jewish, and roughly 15% of its citizens are Muslim.However, the Israeli Declaration of Independence did not miraculously change the population over-night. The Israeli Jewish population and resident Arab population were roughly equal at the moment of the Independence Declaration. During the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, many Arabs fled and many Jews immigrated, leading to the current 4:1 Jewish to Arab ratio in the land.