There are Jewish communities in every European country.
America and Israel. there are also notable Jewish communities in Western Europe and elsewhere.
Wherever there are Jews. The largest Jewish communities today are in Israel and America.
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities was created in 1999.
Jewish communities can be found all over the world. Many Jews consider Israel to be the Jewish "homeland." As of now, the United States of America has the largest Jewish population.
Ashkenaz in the Biblical Hebrew word for Germany, though it's often also undestood as Europe or Eastern Europe.
The largest Jewish populations are in the US and Israel. Proportionally, Israel is about 2/3 Jewish, while in the US, the population is about 1/50 Jewish. There are also significant Jewish communities in Canada, Mexico, Argentina, England, France and Russia and smaller Jewish communities in most of Europe, Australia, South Africa and Iran. The Jewish community of Morocco still exists, and there are a few Jews still living in Egypt, Yemen and India. All of those used to have large Jewish communities until the 20th century. Most of the Jewish population of the world is urban, so Jews cluster in the larger urban areas and there are few Jews in rural regions.
In the Jewish communities
Jewish scribes lived, and still live, wherever there are Jewish communities worldwide.
Jews in Europe were fearful of the Crusades, mostly because the Crusaders had been driven to the point of fanaticism and often took that out on Jewish communities in Europe or the Middle East. The number of attacks on Jewish ghettos skyrocketed during the years of the Crusades and Jews, unable to legally defend themselves or procure arms, were often slaughtered.
1) Israel is 75% Jewish by population. 2) Many American (and some European and other) cities have noticeable Jewish communities (albeit a minority of the general population).
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Pogroms.