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Sep 30, 2024 · The Shromei ha-Das (Guardians of the Law) Synagogue, with over 6000 members, and the Israelitische Gemeente van Antwerpen, founded in 1904, represent the city’s Jewish community. Next come the more Orthodox communities, united under the Mahzikia organization .
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 map displays these estimates across a low, mid and high range. 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.
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva ( Hebrew : ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism .
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.
Finally, the report presents an atlas of local American Jewish communities, including a national map of Jews by county and 14 regional and state maps of Jewish communities. The Appendix contains estimates of all Jewish communities with 100 or more Jews.
