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Christians should not target Jews for conversion. Christian worship that teaches contempt for Judaism dishonors God. We affirm the importance of the land of Israel for the life of the Jewish people. Christians should work with Jews for the healing of the world. The statement may or may not reflect the views of the scholars' various denominations.
Christians in Israel are generally more religious than Israeli Jews and Druze. Over half (57%) say religion is very important in their lives. [176] About one third (34%) pray daily and 38% report that they attend church at least once a week. [176] Israeli Christians also are more likely than Jews and Druze to participate in weekly worship ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Data from the Pew Research Center show that as of 2013, there were about 1.6 million Christians from Jewish background, most of them Protestant. [134] [135] [136] According to the same data, most of the Christians of Jewish descent were raised as Jews or are Jews by ancestry. [135]
The 2010 census lists the overall population as 1.2 million, with citizens making up slightly less than half of the population. Citizens are 99% Muslim, while Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Bahá'ís constitute the remaining 1%. Muslims comprise 70.2% of the total population of citizens and noncitizens.
An additional 5.7% (roughly 554,000 people) are classified as "others". This diverse group comprises those with Jewish ancestry but not recognized as Jewish by religious law, non-Jewish family members of Jewish immigrants, Christians other than Arabs and Armenians, and residents without a distinct ethnic or religious categorization. [2] [1]
A 2006 film by Victor Braun titled "Jerusalem syndrome" tells the story of a Christian pilgrim with the syndrome. In The Simpsons 2010 episode "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed", Homer develops Jerusalem syndrome while visiting Israel with his family as part of a tour group from Springfield. The illness and its effects on him become a central ...
Jewish Christians continued to worship in synagogues together with contemporary Jews for centuries. [126] [127] [128] Some scholars have found evidence of continuous interactions between Jewish-Christian and Rabbinic movements from the mid-to late second century CE to the fourth century CE.