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Jews, which I am one of, are all over the world. The largest Jewish population is in Israel the holy land. There is also a large population on the east coast of America like in New York and New Jersey.
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As of 2015:
Israel.......... 6,180,000
America....... 5,400,000
France......... 478,000
Canada........ 380,000
United Kingdom 290,000
Argentina.... 230,000
Russia........ 190,000
Germany......119,000
Australia...... 112,000
Brazil........... 107,300
South Africa.. 70,000
Mexico.......... 67,500
Ukraine......... 67,000
Hungary........ 48,000
Belgium........ 30,000
Holland......... 29,900
Poland...........25,000
Italy.............. 28,100
Chile............. 18,500
Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay.....17,000 each
Sweden.........15,000
Spain.............12,000
Other countries, combined: 120,000.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe Jewish people are descendants of Abraham, whose Semitic ancestors lived in the Fertile Crescent and who lived most of his life in the Middle Eastern country of Israel (Canaan) 3800 years ago. Abraham is called a Hebrew (Genesis ch.14) because Hebrew (Ivrim) means descendants of Eber (Ever). Ever was an anscestor of Abraham (Genesis ch.10-11) and the early Hebrews were Abraham's uncles and cousins for several generations back. They were Western Semites and lived in northern Mesopotamia, near the confluence of the Balikh and the Euphrates.
Abraham gave birth to Isaac and Isaac gave birth to Jacob. Jacob was later renamed Israel (Genesis ch.35), which is why we're called Israelites. There were 12 sons of Israel, who formed the 12 tribes. The Israelites worshiped One God. One thousand years after Jacob, the bulk of the tribes were exiled to points unknown. The only tribes left were Judah, Benjamin and part of Levi. The few who remained from the other tribes joined the Tribe of Judah; and modern Jews are mainly descendants of this tribe (the word "Jew" comes from Judah). Even now, through DNA analysis, Jewish communities worldwide have been shown to come from a common Middle Eastern tribe. The Cohanim, a family of the tribe of Levi, also share common genetics.
Today, "Judaism" and "Jewish" refer to all members of the tribes of Israel.
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