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Jewish American people in Illinois politics (1 C, 12 P) R. ... Pages in category "Jews from Illinois" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
Another early Jewish settler was Cap. Samuel Noah, the first Jewish graduate of West Point, who taught school at Mount Pulaski, Illinois in the late 1840s. As of 2013, Illinois has a Jewish population of 297,935. [1] Approximately three-fourths of them live in Chicago. Peoria and Quincy have the second- and third-largest Jewish communities.
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. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi with the title "Rosh Yeshiva" (Head of the Yeshiva).
In 2020 there are reported to be 319,600 Jewish people living in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties—about 3.8% of the metro population. These residents are spread out among a total of 175,800 households with an additional 100,700 non-Jewish people living in these Jewish households. [16]
Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Illinois" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Jewish ethnic groups" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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[178] [179] Secular Jews, Jews of no denomination, and people who identify as "just Jewish" are also more likely to live in poverty compared to Jews affiliated with a religious denomination. [180] According to analysis by Gallup, American Jews have the highest well-being of any ethnic or religious group in America. [181] [182]