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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

Jewish population studies

Illustrative photo of a newborn baby girl holding her mother's finger, Jerusalem, December 30, 2020. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
January 22, 2024, 7:21 am
Israeli population growth slowing as fertility rates continue to fall – report
Group comprising mainly immigrants from ex-Soviet Union whom Israel does not regard as Jews have highest employment rate, contributed nearly 20% to population growth last year
By Sue Surkes
File: Roses with a note saying "#weremember" are placed on the Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2021. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
March 24, 2021, 10:47 am
European intellectuals launch magazine on European Jewry’s population ‘crisis’
K. seeks to reimagine ‘the relationship between Jews and Europe’ now that the vast majority of Jews live in Israel and North America
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jewish people take part in the priestly blessing ceremony during the Passover holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 13, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
September 8, 2018, 11:43 pm
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, figures show 14.7 million Jews around the globe
Jewish population growth rate remains far below global average; Israel’s 6.6 million Jews is world’s largest community; but Diaspora still has more Jews, with 5.7 million in US
By ToI Staff
Illustration of American sociologist Steven M. Cohen (Charles Dunst/JTA)
August 5, 2018, 8:28 pm
The fall of a top US sociologist could change the field of counting Jews
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?
By Ben Sales
Jewish youth in Jerusalem as they take part in the 'March of the Living' event. on May 2, 2017. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
April 16, 2018, 6:11 pm
At 70, Israel’s population is 8.842 million, 43% of world Jewry
Central Bureau of Statistics figures show 74.5% of population is Jewish, predict population will be 15.2 million by 2048
By ToI Staff
Participants of the yearly March of the Living walk in the former German Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Brzezinka, Poland, May 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
April 10, 2018, 9:13 pm
Israel says world’s Jewry is still 2 million shy of 1939 numbers
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Central Bureau of Statistics says global Jewish population has increased by 26% since 1948, to 14.5 million
By ToI Staff
Covenant Place, a Jewish retirement community in St. Louis, is constructing a building that combines affordable apartments for seniors with a range of social and communal services open to the surrounding community. (Courtesy of Covenant Place/via JTA)
September 26, 2017, 3:47 am
Not just a retirement home, it’s a one-stop shop for Jewish seniors in St. Louis
In addition to movies and classes, Covenant Place’s new social services center will have medical, legal and other services under one roof
By Ben Sales
Children play in the fountains at Teddy Kollek Park in Jerusalem on July 26, 2016 (Zack Wajsgras/Flash90)
April 27, 2017, 4:55 pm
Israel at 69 has 8,680,000 citizens, 43% of world Jewry
Central Bureau of Statistics figures show number of residents increased by 1.9% in the past year, including 174,000 babies
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of Muslim women gathering for Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 5, 2017, 8:19 pm
Global Muslim population to match Christian by 2060
Jews will dip slightly to 0.17% of worldwide populace, and a majority will live in Israel, says Pew Research Center
By Sue Surkes
The White House. (Rachael Cerrotti/Flash90)
September 23, 2016, 3:24 am
Study shows US Jewish votes could play decisive role in swing states
Unprecedented state-by-state research indicates Jews are mostly Democrats, not necessarily ‘liberal,’ could swing election in a tight race
By Penny Schwartz
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