Articles in International Jewish Communities
Facts About the Jewish Community in New York City
• The Jewish community in New York City is still as important as ever and continues to be the largest concentration of Jewish people in the world!
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Giving Thanks for the Lord's Harvest Around the World
Last month, the Jewish people celebrated the High Holy Days, which include the autumn harvest festival, Sukkot (Feast of Booths). This month, we want to give thanks for another kind of harvest - a harvest of Jewish souls that the Lord has reaped through the prayers of His people and through the evangelistic work of Chosen People Ministries' staff members around the world.
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Jewish Population of the World
There are approximately between 13 and 14 million Jewish people in the world today. However, this figure is an educated guess. One reason for this lack of precision is that there is disagreement as to what constitutes Jewish identity.
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Birobidzhan: The Soviet Jewish Homeland
The Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, Josef Stalin's solution to his "Jewish Problem," was established in 1934. After the Russian Revolution, the Jewish people-many of whom had harbored high hopes for the rise of Communism-found themselves mired in the same crushing poverty and persecution as before.
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Bringing Messiah's Love to the Jewish People of France
By Rebecca Lohnes
When you think of France, what image comes to mind? Some imagine France to be the romance capital of the world, where lovestruck couples stroll along the banks of the Seine. Others think of France as the home of the most wonderful food on earth. However, few people realize that, with 600,000 Jewish people, France is also home to the third largest Jewish population in the world.
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Elias and Rosa Habif: Seasoned Servants of Messiah in Mexico City
The Jewish people of Mexico share much of the same history as their brethren in South America. After the conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, a number of Jewish Conversos who had been forced to adopt Christianity-at least outwardly-immigrated to New Spain or Mexico, as it was later named. Today Mexico has a Jewish population of over 40,000. They are mostly a mixture of Sephardic (Spanish) and Ashkenazic (European) Jews whose forebears were immigrants who arrived between the late 19th century and the eve of World War II. The overwhelming majority of them live in Mexico City, where Elias and Rosa Habif have begun their ministry.
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