The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/jews/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Jews | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/jews/ 32 32 1.8 million fewer: Global study of world religions slashes estimate on number of US Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-study-of-world-religions-offers-lower-estimate-on-number-of-american-jews/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 05:01:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3568795 Counting those who identify as Jewish due to 'ethnicity, culture or family background,' Pew study posits figure of 5.7 million, far below previous assessments

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]]> Sarajevo film premiere spotlights rare Muslim-Jewish harmony https://www.timesofisrael.com/sarajevo-film-premiere-spotlights-rare-muslim-jewish-harmony/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:27:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3384115 'Sevap/Mitzvah' tells true story of Muslim woman who hid a Jewish family in WWII Nazi-occupied Sarajevo and was then saved by a Jewish family from besieged Bosnian capital in 1990s

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]]> Jewish woman confronts pro-Hamas porn star Mia Khalifa https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-woman-confronts-pro-hamas-porn-star-mia-khalifa/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:53:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3202835 Lebanese-American adult actress posts video of incident on social media, accuses woman accompanied by son of following her and using slurs

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]]> Mrs. Maisel, Fleishman, Jewish actors shine among Emmy nominees https://www.timesofisrael.com/mrs-maisel-fleishman-jewish-actors-shine-among-emmy-nominees/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:47:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3199694 Monday's award show, long-delayed by Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strikes, gives 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' a final shot at Emmy gold

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]]> Global Jewish population hits 15.7 million ahead of new year, 46% of them in Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-jewish-population-hits-15-7-million-ahead-of-new-year-46-of-them-in-israel/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 05:38:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3097100 Data released by Jewish Agency on eve of Rosh Hashanah shows number of Jews worldwide grew by 100,000 over past year

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]]> Israel’s Jewish population passes 7 million on eve of Rosh Hashanah https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-jewish-population-passes-7-million-on-eve-of-rosh-hashanah/ Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:57:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2843307 Jewish state now accounts for 46.2% of the 15.2 million Jews worldwide; the global figure rises to 25.5 million when counting those eligible for Law of Return

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]]> Convinced he’s dead, a young man asks a rabbi to recite mourner’s prayer for him https://www.timesofisrael.com/convinced-hes-dead-a-young-man-asks-a-rabbi-to-recite-mourners-prayer-for-him/ Tue, 04 May 2021 00:42:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2528270 Michael Carnick writes and directs 'The Forbidden Wish,' an intense encounter between an Ethiopian-Israeli rabbi and a US Jew who talk racism, faith and the meaning of life

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]]> Update: How COVID-19 is hitting Jewish communities around the world https://www.timesofisrael.com/update-how-covid-19-is-hitting-jewish-communities-around-the-world/ Fri, 15 May 2020 20:32:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2306843 While Israel has fared fairly well during the pandemic, Jews in Britain, New York area have suffered significantly high death tolls from the virus

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]]> In first, Saudi TV dramas feature character urging Israel ties, Hebrew monologue https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-tv-show-showcases-gulf-jews-with-hebrew-monologue-is-slammed-by-hamas/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:36:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2293039&preview=true&preview_id=2293039 Controversy swirls around two Ramadan productions, screened amid warming Jerusalem-Riyadh ties; 13 Palestinian groups said urging that one of the shows be taken off air

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]]> Number of Jews worldwide nears 1925’s level, but still far short of pre-WWII https://www.timesofisrael.com/number-of-jews-worldwide-nears-1925s-level/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 12:34:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2286635 Central Bureau of Statistics says there were 14.7 million Jews at end of 2018, in figures released ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day; in 1939, there were 16.6 million

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]]> Wild, colorful, book of portraits shatters all stereotypes of who is a Jew https://www.timesofisrael.com/wild-colorful-book-of-portraits-shatters-all-stereotypes-of-who-is-a-jew/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 05:32:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2182974 Catch an Argentinian-Jewish cowboy, a murderer, tattooed Jews and more in 'Jew,' by John Offenbach, the center of a new exhibit at London's Jewish Museum through April

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]]> The fall of a top US sociologist could change the field of counting Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-fall-of-a-top-sociologist-could-change-the-field-of-counting-jews/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 17:28:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1902253 As Steven M. Cohen steps away from his research due to sex harassment allegations, what impact will the absence of his work and analysis have on the Jewish world?

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]]> Kol Yisrael aravot https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/kol-yisrael-aravot/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:31:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1706311 No matter how great you think you are, the humble willow branch does a fine job representing all Jews before God

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]]> Mr. Netanyahu, you divide our people https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/mr-netanyahu-tear-down-the-wall-dividing-our-people/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:37:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1653626 Israel must break the Orthodox monopoly on religion to live up to its claim of being home for all Jews

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]]> Is the Passover story all a fake? https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/our-founding-story-transcends-history/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:26:54 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1595198 The founding story of the Jewish people transcends history, instilling national responsibility for each other and God

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