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I just found out that New York has the largest population of Jews in the world. Second is Montgomery County, Maryland (where I live), and third is Israel. I know it may be difficult to believe but it's true. Sorry, I don't have a source.

I just found out that New York has the largest population of Jews in the world. Second is Montgomery County, Maryland (where I live), and third is Israel. I know it may be difficult to believe but it's true. Sorry, I don't have a source.

Dude... no. About a year ago, Israel was tallied as having just over 6 million Jews, whereas the US was tallied as having slightly less. And those figures were including the entire American Jewish population. It's mathematically impossible for New York to have more Jews than Israel.

There's a reason you don't have a source- it isn't true.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that it isn't true. I heard that my town here in Scotland has the third largest population of Jews in the world, with Israel being first, London second and my area third. It could be that's only europe though, I can't remember where I heard it.

OMG! so many jews?! What-ever-shall-we-do?!
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is there even a reason for this to be discussed? are u guys planning something?

Looks like we're both wrong.

Top ten countries by jewish population, in no order:

Argentina
Brazil
Canada
France
Israel
Russia
South Africa
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States

Within the US:
Rank State Percent Number
1 New York 9.10 1,654,000
2 New Jersey 5.50 436,000
3 Florida 4.60 641,000
4 Washington, D.C. 4.50 2,000
5 Massachusetts 4.40 268,000
6 Maryland 4.20 211,000
7 Connecticut 3.00 97,000
8 California 2.90 922,000
9 Pennsylvania 2.70 330,000
10 Illinois 2.30 268,000


I htink it's unlikely that my town has a population to rival Marylands, however it may be that we have one of the largest % of Jews in the World.

Edit: My town is Gifnock, if anyone can help me out. It'll bug me all day unless i can deduce the truth.

I saw something once about New York having more Jews than Tel Aviv, more blacks than some obscure city in an African nation I can't recall in my sleep-deprived state, more Italians than Rome, etc.

Believing that Yahweh is the one and only god makes someone a Jew, so Christians and Muslims are also Jews. Argumenting against Judaism from a christian or muslim point of view is brainless.

So you're all trusting statistics afterall?

That's great.

Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States

Within the US:
Rank State Percent Number
1 New York 9.10 1,654,000
2 New Jersey 5.50 436,000


Those large numbers are why ppl are always like "Jew York", "Jewnited States", etc . . .

Believing that Yahweh is the one and only god makes someone a Jew, so Christians and Muslims are also Jews. Argumenting against Judaism from a christian or muslim point of view is brainless.

Anyone was argumenting against something?

Anyone was argumenting against something?
Annaris said something about "too many jews"... I would consider that as being "against" something.

Okay. But, Rhode Island has the largest precentige of Catholics in USA.

Yep, scary isn't it?

To me it's more scary that the US has so many deeply religious people overall, who put something they believe to know about over real knowledge. There are not many US-Americans I know who could tell me the difference between Elohim and Yahweh and the history of those deities (who have been combined into one) through ancient times.

I just found out that New York has the largest population of Jews in the world. Second is Montgomery County, Maryland (where I live), and third is Israel. I know it may be difficult to believe but it's true. Sorry, I don't have a source.

Just rename New York to New Jerusalem :)

Dalradia, what's the source for those stats?

A link I found gives us some specific data, although it's somewhat outdated.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html

United States 5,800,000
Israel 4,847,000
France 600,000
Russia 550,000
Ukraine 400,000
Canada 360,000
United Kingdom 300,000
Argentina 250,000
Brazil 130,000
South Africa 106,000
Australia 100,000
Hungary 80,000
Belarus 60,000
Germany 60,000
Mexico 40,700
Belgium 40,000
Italy 35,000
Uzbekistan 35,000
Venezuela 35,000
Uruguay 32,500
Azerbaijan 30,000
Moldova 30,000
Netherlands 30,000
Iran 25,000
Turkey 25,000
Sweden 18,000
Switzerland 18,000
Georgia 17,000
Chile 15,000
Kazakhstan 15,000
Latvia 15,000
Romania 14,000
Spain 14,000
Austria 10,000
Denmark 8,000
Poland 8,000
Morocco 7,500
Hawaii, USA 7,000
Panama 7,000
Czech Republic 6,000
India 6,000
Lithuania 6,000
Slovakia 6,000
Colombia 5,650
Greece 5,000
New Zealand 5,000
Kyrgyzstan 4,500
Bulgaria 3,000
Estonia 3,000
Peru 3,000
Puerto Rico 3,000
Costa Rica 2,500
Hong Kong 2,500
Yugoslavia 2,500
Croatia 2,000
Japan 2,000
Tunisia 2,000
Tajikistan 1,800
Norway 1,500
Guatemala 1,200
Finland 1,200
Paraguay 1,200
Turkmenistan 1,200
Cuba 1,000
Ecuador 1,000
Ireland 1,000
Monaco 1,000
Zimbabwe 925
Portugal 900
Yemen 800
Bosnia-Herzegovina 600
Gibraltar 600
Luxembourg 600
Ethiopia 500
Kenya 400
Netherlands Antilles 400
US Virgin Islands 400
Bolivia 380
Zaire 320
Jamaica 300
Singapore 300
Dominican Republic 250
Philippines 250
Syria 250
Thailand 250
Armenia 200
Bahamas 200
Suriname 200
South Korea 150
El Salvador 120
Iraq 120
Tahiti 120

Cities with the Largest
Jewish Population in the Diaspora:

New York, USA- 1,750,000
Miami, USA- 535,000
Los Angeles, USA- 490,000
Paris, France- 350,000
Philadelphia, USA- 254,000
Chicago, USA- 248,000
San Francisco, USA- 210,000
Boston, USA- 208,000

London, UK- 200,000
Moscow, Russia- 200,000
Buenos Aires, Argentina- 180,000
Toronto, Canada- 175,000
Washington DC, USA- 165,000
Kiev, Ukraine- 110,000
Montreal, Canada- 100,000
St. Petersburg, Russia- 100,000

As I said, one development that happened relatively recently is the anouncement of a survey that purported that there were more Jews in Israel than America. This survey continues to be debated, however.

Montgomery county reprezent.

Japaica, you go to my school, I know who you are.

Believing that Yahweh is the one and only god makes someone a Jew

There's a lot more to being a Jew than just that. Considering the large numbers of Jewish Atheists, one must conclude that being Jewish has little or nothing to do with religion.