American Jews facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
American Jews

North American Jews as % of population by state/province
Total population
6,829,000–7,160,000 1.7–2.6% of total U.S. population, 2012 Enlarged population (includes full or partial Jewish ancestry) 8,000,000–10,000,000
Regions with significant populations
New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Baltimore–Washington
United States	5.4–8.3 million
Israel	170,000
Languages
American English Yiddish Hebrew
Religion
Judaism (35% Reform, 18% Conservative, 10% Orthodox, 6% others, 30% Non-denomination)

American Jews, or Jewish Americans, are Americans who were Jews, whether by religion, ethnicity or nationally.

Images for kids

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  Eastern European Jewish immigrants arriving in New York

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  Winston Churchill and Bernard Baruch converse in the back seat of a car in front of Baruch's home.

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  The New York City metropolitan area is home to by far the largest Jewish American population.

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  US serviceman lighting a Menorah in observance of the first day of Hanukkah

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  A typical poster-hung wall in Jewish Brooklyn, New York

See also

In Spanish: Judíos estadounidenses para niños