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Jews comprise approximately 10% of New York City's population, making the Jewish community the largest in the world outside of Israel.As of 2020, over 960,000 Jews lived in the five boroughs of New York City, [1] and over 1.9 million Jews lived in the New York metropolitan area, approximately 25% of the American Jewish population.
The Jewish population in New York City grew from about 80,000 in 1880 to 1.6 million in 1920. By 1910, it became the world's largest Jewish city, as more than 1 million Jews accounted for 25 percent of the city's population. [7] As of 2023, about 960,000 residents of New York City, or about 10% of its residents, were Jewish. [8]
Brooklyn's Jewish community is the largest in the United States, with approximately 561,000 individuals. [1]Since its founding in 1625 by Dutch traders as New Amsterdam, New York City has been a major destination for immigrants of many nationalities who have formed ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity.
After arriving in America, Alcalay settled in New York City, New York and became a representative of the Yugoslav government-in-exile. In 1945, he helped organize the Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America, Inc., serving as its leader, chief rabbi of all Sephardic Jews in New York City, and spiritual head of all Sephardic communities in ...
History of the Jews in New York City This page was last edited on 2 March 2025, at 20:44 (UTC). Text is ... Category: Social history of New York City.
Kehila Kedosha Janina (Holy Community of Janina) is a synagogue located at 280 Broome Street between Allen and Eldridge Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. The synagogue is the only Romaniote rite synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.
Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York (1967) is a history book by American writer Stephen Birmingham. [1] The book documents the lives of prominent New York Jewish families of the 19th century. Historian Louis Auchincloss called it "A fascinating and absorbing chapter of New York social and financial history. ... " It has been ...
The Trinity Chapel Complex, now better known as the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava (Serbian: Црква светог Саве, romanized: Crkva svetog Save) is a historic Eastern Orthodox church at 15 West 25th Street between Broadway and the Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.