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jewishexponent.com | Jarrad Saffren
The worldwide Jewish population grew by 870,000 in the decade from 2010 to 2020, according to the Pew Research Center’s global religion survey released on June 9 and reported on by JNS. The analysis of worldwide religious trends looked at self-reported religious belief, except in Israel, where the surveyors used the government’s population register. “The number of Jews around the world grew by 6%, from an estimated 14 million in 2010 to nearly 15 million in 2020,” the researchers wrote.
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jewishexponent.com | Jarrad Saffren
Germany recorded a historic spike in antisemitic incidents last year, with 8,627 cases — the highest annual figure ever documented — marking an 80% increase over the 2023 total, a government watchdog reported June 5, according to JNS. The figure comes from the 2024 report by the Federal Association of Research and Information on Antisemitism, or RIAS, which has tracked such incidents nationally since 2018 and in Berlin since 2015.
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jewishexponent.com | Jarrad Saffren
In the wake of two violent attacks on Jewish community events in recent weeks, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have issued a public service announcement warning of an “elevated threat” to Jews and Israeli communities, JTA reported.
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jewishtimes.com | Jarrad Saffren
Germany recorded a historic spike in antisemitic incidents last year, with 8,627 cases — the highest annual figure ever documented — marking an 80% increase over the 2023 total, a government watchdog reported June 5, according to JNS. The figure comes from the 2024 report by the Federal Association of Research and Information on Antisemitism, or RIAS, which has tracked such incidents nationally since 2018 and in Berlin since 2015.
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2 weeks ago |
jewishtimes.com | Jarrad Saffren
The worldwide Jewish population grew by 870,000 in the decade from 2010 to 2020, according to the Pew Research Center’s global religion survey released on June 9 and reported on by JNS. The analysis of worldwide religious trends looked at self-reported religious belief, except in Israel, where the surveyors used the government’s population register. “The number of Jews around the world grew by 6%, from an estimated 14 million in 2010 to nearly 15 million in 2020,” the researchers wrote.
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