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Israeli expat communities in Europe are among the fastest growing in the world

The ‘Israeli-connected’ Jewish population now represents nine per cent of the diaspora, according to new JPR study

March 18, 2025 12:00
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A man draped in an Israeli flag stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany - home to one of the largest Israeli communities outside Israel. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Israelis living in Europe are among the fastest growing expatriate communities in the world, now making up 20 per cent or more of the Jewish population in several countries, according to a new study.

The London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research found that roughly 630,000 Israelis lived outside Israel in the years 2021-23, with a significant rise in their presence in Europe over the past decade.

The “Israel-connected” Jewish population – which includes those born in Israel, those who immigrated to Israel and spent a certain amount of time there before leaving Israel, and children born to these populations – now constitutes nine per cent of the population of the diaspora.

Those in Germany and the UK, whose Israeli-born populations number around 24,000 and 23,000 respectively, make up nearly 50 per cent of all Israelis living in Europe. But Israeli-born populations have also expanded drastically across the continent during the last 10 years. Their numbers rose by 135 per cent in the Baltic countries, 96 per cent in Ireland, 78 per cent in Bulgaria, 74 per cent in Czechia, 39 per cent in Spain, 36 per cent in the Netherlands, 34 per cent in Germany and 27 per cent in the UK.