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The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has estimated that 60,000 Australian Jews live in Victoria. [48] In Frankston, the Jewish community nearly doubled between 2007 and 2012. [49] In Adelaide Australian Jews have been present throughout the history of the city, with many successful civic leaders and people in the arts. [50]
Other countries with core Jewries above 100,000 include France (440,000), Canada (398,000), the United Kingdom (312,000), Argentina (171,000), Russia (132,000), Germany (125,000), and Australia (117,200). The number of Jews worldwide rises to 18 million with the addition of the "connected" Jewish population, including those who say they are ...
Following World War I, another stream of Jewish immigrants came, and when the Nazis took power in Germany in 1933, many German Jews came to Australia. The Australian government was initially hesitant in permitting entry to the many Jews who wanted to come, but in 1938, it allotted 15,000 visas for "victims of oppression".
Jews have been a part of the Australian parliament since federation. [citation needed] In 2016 a record number of 6 MPs identified as Jewish. [1]When Kerryn Phelps won the 2018 Wentworth by-election the number rose to 7, but subsequently dropped back to 6 following the 2019 Australian federal election.
The vast majority of Jews in Oceania (estimation 120,000) live in Australia, with a population of about 7,000 in New Zealand (6867, [1] according to the 2013 NZ Census). Most are Ashkenazi Jews, with many being survivors of the Holocaust arriving during and after World War II.
Jewish people have lived in Australia from the beginning of European settlement but the Jewish population only grew significantly after World War II, largely due to migration from Europe. The 2006 Australian Census put the Jewish population of Melbourne ( Victoria's capital) at 40,547, with a national Jewish population of 88,834. [ 2 ]
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council also advise the Australian Government on how best to legislatively address antisemitism. [ 8 ] In 2022 the Israeli Embassy in Australia partially sponsored the Sydney Festival and more specifically the production of Ohad Naharin 's Decadance by the Sydney Dance Company .
Many Jews fled from Europe to Mandatory Palestine, the United States, ... there are significant Jewish populations in Australia (112,500) and South Africa (70,000). [35]