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The current Jewish community of Antwerp was officially established in 1816, when there were about one hundred Jews living in the city. This, the first legally-recognized community, was known as the Jewish Community (in French, Communauté israélite).
The Data are for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s) as defined by the US Census Bureau. Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky. “United States Jewish Population, 2023,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin. (Editors) American Jewish Year Book, 2024, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2024).
Rank*AreaPopulation(total)Population(jewish)1New York - Newark - Jersey City, NY - NJ ...19,557,3112,188,1002Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim, CA12,872,322674,7003Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL - IN - ...9,274,140322,0804Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX7,943,68575,005The Jewish presence in Antwerp is certainly not a new phenomenon. There have been three major immigration phases, beginning as early as the 13th century. At that time, Ashkenazi Jews...
Belgium became independent in 1831 and officially recognized Judaism immediately. Brussels, with a more French-influenced Jewish community, had a higher rate of assimilation, while Antwerp, influenced by Yiddish and Flemish, retained traditional forms of Jewish life, a trend that remains today.
This is a list of Jewish populations in different cities and towns around the world. It includes statistics for populations of metropolitan areas, as well as statistics about the number of Jews as a percentage of the total city or town population.
Jun 4, 2013 · The story of Jewish immigration to America will soon be retold in Antwerp, Belgium. A museum dedicated to the Red Star Line, the shipping operation that carried more than 2 million people to...
It includes information for the self-identified Jewish population broken down by age, education and race – comparing these with statistics for the total US population by country, state, and county – as well as institutions and synagogues.
