demography

demography

Dutch Jewish population larger than thought – thanks to Israeli migration

The Netherlands community has been going through process of ‘Israelification’, says new report

By Simon Rocker

2 min read
German Federal Council President Manuela Schwesig (Centre L) addresses a speech during the opening ceremony for the National Holocaust Museum, at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, on March 10, 2024. Eighty years after World War II, the Netherlands is poised to open its first Holocaust museum, as before the war and the Nazi occupation, the Netherlands was home to a vibrant Jewish community of around 140,000 people, mainly concentrated in Amsterdam and by the time the Holocaust was over, an estimated 75 percent -- 102,000 people -- had been murdered. (Photo by Patrick van Emst / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by PATRICK VAN EMST/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Israelis on the beach in Tel Aviv on Yom Ha'atzmaut - Independence Day - last year (photo: Getty Images)
Israel

Israel overtakes USA as centre of largest Jewish population for the first time

By Simon Rocker

1 min read
Programme Name: Canvey: The Promised Island - TX: 09/01/2018 - Episode: n/a (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Naftali and family on the beach at Canvey Island. - (C) Laurie Sparham - Photographer: Laurie Sparham
Census

The changing landscape of British Jewry

By Simon Rocker

4 min read
New national survey on British Jewry launched by JPR
demography

New national survey on British Jewry launched by JPR

By Simon Rocker

1 min read
a crowded group of religious Jewish Men dancing at a wedding
Jonathan Boyd

By Jonathan Boyd

We are gradually becoming majority Charedi

2 min read
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 19: Jewish men walk along the street in the Stamford Hill area of north London on January 19, 2011 in London, England. The residents of Stamford Hill are predominately Hasidic Jewish and only New York has a larger community of Hasidic Jews outside Israel. The area contains approximately 50 synagogues and many shops cater specifically for the needs of Orthodox Jews. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Charedi

The rise and rise of the Strictly Orthodox

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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