How many American Jews are there? A global study of world religions offers a new estimate

Pew’s latest study counts only Jews by religion, reducing the US Jewish population to 5.7 million.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Counting Jewish populations can be a subjective endeavor.(photo credit: GETTY IMAGES)

In its landmark study of American Jewry in 2020, the Pew Research Center reported that there were an estimated 7.5 million Jews of all ages in the United States.

Now, in a new study released Monday, the center says the number is actually more like 5.7 million.

What happened to 1.8 million American Jews? For the purpose of its latest report, which focuses on global religious population change, Pew is counting only those who self-identify with Judaism as a religion rather than those who identify as Jewish due to “ethnicity, culture or family background.”

Argentina will move embassy to Jerusalem, Milei announces at Israel's Knesset

Argentinian President Javier Milei criticized what he called a “corruption” of Western values, arguing that the global Left has lost its moral compass and was “siding with Hamas.”

By ELIAV BREUER

Argentinian President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on June 11, 2025.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

Argentina will move its embassy to Jerusalem in 2026, Argentinian President Javier Milei announced in a ceremonial speech in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday evening.

Milei began his speech by saying that the “cancer” of antisemitism is spreading once again despite the lessons of the Holocaust. He criticized what he called a “corruption” of Western values, arguing that the global Left has lost its moral compass and was “siding with Hamas.”

NOTICIAS ISRAEL | EN DIRECTO ISRAEL ATACA A IRÁN Y SU PROGRAMA NUCLEAR

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NYC becomes first major US city to create office to combat antisemitism

New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivers a public safety announcement during a media briefing at City Hall’s Blue Room, Lower Manhattan, May 13, 2025. (Photo: Screenshot)

New York City on Tuesday became the first major American city to establish an Office to Combat Antisemitism under the local administration of NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

The new office will be dedicated to "fighting antisemitism in all its forms, including by monitoring court cases and outcomes at all levels of the justice system, liaising with the New York City Law Department on appropriate cases to bring or join, advising on executive orders to issue and legislation to propose to address antisemitism, and working across agencies to ensure New Yorkers feel protected against antisemitism and address incidents of antisemitism," the mayor’s office said in an official statement.

Macron backs down on Palestinian state at upcoming conference

French officials visiting Israel assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the conference would not recognize "Palestine."

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French President Emmanuel Macron looks on before the inauguration of the Saint-Denis Pleyel metro station north of Paris on June 24, 2024. Photo by Yves Herman/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.

(June 8, 2025 / JNS)  An international conference, the brainchild of France, to recognize a Palestinian state, has lowered its sights.

Scheduled for June 16-18 at United Nations headquarters in New York, it will now focus on determining steps toward recognition rather than recognition itself.

La VERDADERA Historia del Pueblo Palestino

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Azerbaijan seeks to defuse tensions between Turkey and Israel in Syria

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2022 (Photo: Office of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan)

The government of Azerbaijan has confirmed its role as a mediator aimed at easing tensions between Turkey and Israel in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. With strong diplomatic and strategic ties to both Ankara and Jerusalem, Azerbaijan is seen as well-positioned to facilitate dialogue between the two regional powers.

“Azerbaijan is making diplomatic efforts for an agreement,” Azerbaijan’s top foreign policy advisor, Hikmet Hajiyev, told Turkish media representatives in the Azeri capital Baku.” He added, “Both Turkey and Israel trust us.”

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Monster Storm at the Sea of Galilee where Jesus Walked

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Empresas alemanas reconocen su rol en el auge del nazismo y llaman a preservar la memoria histórica

El ministro de Armamento y Producción de Guerra del Tercer Reich, Albert Speer, y Adolf Hitler. Foto: Biblioteca del Estado de Baviera

En un gesto inédito de autocrítica y responsabilidad histórica, 49 de las principales empresas alemanas, entre ellas Bayer, Siemens, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche Bahn y Lufthansa, reconocieron públicamente su implicación en el fortalecimiento del régimen nazi y en los crímenes cometidos durante el Tercer Reich. La declaración conjunta fue publicada este 8 de mayo, coincidiendo con el 80 aniversario del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Israel. Timna Valley by drone

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The indestructible myth of famine in Gaza

Universalism is a secular religion whose falsehoods are protected by a doctrine of infallibility.

Charitable organizations distribute hot meals to Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on April 18, 2025. Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90

(May 8, 2025 / JNS)  Yet again, the myth has been revived that there is a famine in the Gaza Strip.

This claim, which has done so much to incite attacks on Jews, has been promulgated repeatedly by mainstream Western media during the past 18 months of war. It is a lie that distorts yet another lie.

Time and again, U.N. agencies and NGOs have warned that famine and starvation are imminent. But this has never happened. More food has been admitted to Gaza than people need.

The UN's Missing Chapter in its Reports

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La película de Tarantino de temática judía, considerada una obra maestra ganadora del Oscar está en Netflix, Amazon y HBO Max

Tiene un puesto privilegiado en más de una lista de las mejores películas y hoy con 2 horas y 30 minutos libres puedes volver a verla en streaming.

Piensa en algunas de las mejores películas que se ambientan durante o después de los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y para muchos La lista de Schinder no puede faltar, La vida es bella o hasta para algunos el triángulo amoroso de Pearl Harbor. Sin embargo, es Quentin Tarantino quien tiene una de las mejores cintas sobre esta época haciendo lo que más le gusta: dos historias que convergen en una misma.

Estrenada en 2009, la trama sigue a un grupo de soldados judíos estadounidenses que tienen la misión de sembrar el terror entre los nazis de la Francia ocupada. Al mismo tiempo, una mujer judía que perdió todo planea su venganza contra los altos mandos del Tercer Reich.

Israel should annex at least part of Judea and Samaria

Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel, is “someone who has a long record of being vocally supportive of annexation.”

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (left), MK Danny Danon (center) and former Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (right) at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Dec. 20, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

(March 25, 2025 / JNS)  Israel’s strength stems from its people, but its continued presence on the Jewish nation’s historic homeland is vastly important as well—both from a security as well as a nationalistic perspective.

With a deeply pro-Israel U.S. administration currently in the White House under President Donald Trump’s second term, the question many Israelis have today is whether Israel will annex any part of Judea or Samaria.

Desmontando el "informe" de Amnistía Internacional sobre Israel

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Washington warns Iran of 'severe consequences' if it rejects US proposed nuclear deal

U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 1, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

The Trump administration is warning Iran of “severe consequences” if it rejects Washington’s nuclear deal proposal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

“If they don’t accept these terms, it’s not going to be a good day for the Iranians,” an unnamed senior U.S. official told the WSJ.

The U.S. proposal, which is defined as a “term sheet,” is reportedly intended as Washington’s foundation for a broader framework aimed at addressing the Iranian nuclear threat through diplomatic channels.

El arte israelí se exhibe en el corazón del barrio judío de Barcelona

La exposición 'Am Israel Jai' reúne a artistas internacionales para mostrar "la cultura, los valores, la alegría y la resiliencia" de su pueblo mediante una muestra que se podrá visitar hasta el 30 de agosto.

Enseñar “la cultura, los valores, la alegría y la resiliencia” del pueblo judío en el corazón del Call de Barcelona. Esa es la finalidad que busca la exposición Am Israel Jai, inaugurada este jueves en el Centro Judaica.

La muestra, que ha sumado decenas de obras de artistas internacionales, ha congregado a más de 200 asistentes en el día de su estreno, un éxito en el que han estado presentes el embajador de Israel en funciones, Dan Poraz, el cónsul del país en la capital catalana, Yosef David Sánchez-Molina, y el rabino de la comunidad judía Jabad-Lubavitch Barcelona, David Libersohn.

‘A prize for genocidal Oct 7’: PM Netanyahu rebukes sanction threats by UK, France & Canada over Gaza offensive & aid

Leaders threaten to recognize ‘Palestine,’ impose sanctions against Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Screenshot/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an unusually sharp rebuke on Monday evening after a statement by the leaders of the UK, France, and Canada, who threatened to recognize a Palestinian state and to issue sanctions if Israel didn’t stop the Gaza offensive and restore aid to the enclave.

“By asking Israel to end a defensive war for our survival before Hamas terrorists on our border are destroyed and by demanding a Palestinian state, the leaders in London, Ottawa and Paris are offering a huge prize for the genocidal attack on Israel on October 7 while inviting more such atrocities,” Netanyahu hit back in a statement.

Israel won’t work with UN relief chief sans apology, Danon says

“We are not planning a genocide. This is outrageous that a senior U.N. official would use that language,” the Israeli envoy told JNS.

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, March 20, 2025. Credit: Liri Agami/Flash90.

(May 21, 2025 / JNS)  Danny Danon, the Israeli envoy to the United Nations, expects an apology from Tom Fletcher, the U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, for his comments last week about Gaza to the U.N. Security Council.

“For those killed and those whose voices are silenced, what more evidence do you need now? Will you act decisively to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?” Fletcher told the council on May 13. “Or will you say instead that ‘we did all we could?’”

Revelan más detalles del posible ataque de Israel a Irán

Israel se prepara para un ataque rápido contra las instalaciones nucleares de Irán si las negociaciones entre Estados Unidos e Irán fracasan, según informaron a Axios dos fuentes israelíes con conocimiento de las conversaciones.

En los últimos días, la comunidad de inteligencia israelí ha pasado de creer que un acuerdo nuclear estaba cerca a pensar que las conversaciones podrían fracasar pronto, según las fuentes.

Una fuente afirmó que el ejército israelí cree que su ventana operativa para llevar a cabo un ataque exitoso podría cerrarse pronto, por lo que Israel tendrá que actuar con rapidez si las conversaciones fracasan.

La fuente se negó a explicar por qué el ejército cree que un ataque sería menos efectivo posteriormente.

Micro History: Peace with Jordan (1994)

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Pastor Gary Hamrick on the Significance of Israel to Bible-Believing Christians

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Israel 'number 1 priorty' for Trump – Evangelical advisor Mike Evans

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