June 18, 2013
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Description
American Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are American citizens of the Jewish faith or Jewish ethnicity. The Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews and their U.S.-born descendants. Minority Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Sephardic Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and a number of converts. The American Jewish community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions, as well as encompassing the full spectrum of Jewish religious observance.
Depending on religious definitions and varying population data, the United States is home to the largest or second largest Jewish community in the world. The population of American religious adherents of Judaism was estimated to be approximately 5,128,000 or 1.7% of the total population in 2007; including those who identify themselves culturally as Jewish, this population was estimated at 6,489,000 as of 2008. As a contrast, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics estimated the Israeli Jewish population was 5,664,000 in 2009.
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![Israel condemns anti-Islam film made by Israeli-American as 'unbearable extremism' [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-10278000/10278027/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=2d788348f8e4df1c8108732485ad5b4b)
![Fifty new Israeli immigrants from North America welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-8685000/8685168/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b6242e9c58b0e5c6e0ebbb1a12e05f70)
![American Jewish leaders visit Jordanian king in Amman [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-995000/995485/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=edf78655404cc5bcf25503bba1cee910)
