Jew

The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. This article discusses the term as describing an ethnic group; for a consideration of Jewish religion, please refer to Judaism.

Notes

• {{note|jppistudy}}{{note_label|jppistudy|1|a}}{{note_label|jppistudy|1|b}}{{note_label|jppistudy|1|c}}{{note_label|jppistudy|1|d}} Data based on a study by Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI). See Jewish people near zero growth by Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, June 24, 2004.
• {{note|jewsbycountrypage}} See, for example Jews by country page for higher estimates.
• {{note|centralstatistics}} Data based on a study by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. See Israel’s population is 6.8 million by Zeev Klein, Globes online September 13, 2004. Includes (about 370,000) Israeli citizens living in the West Bank and Gaza.
• {{note|1993russiancensus}} 1993 Russian census. Some estimates are much higher, the US State Department Religious Freedom Report http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35480.htm estimates the number of Jews in Russia alone at 600,000 to 1 million.
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• {{note|www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.856}} {{Web reference_simple | title= airlifted tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews | URL=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/ejhist.html#operation1/ | date= July 7 | year= 2005 }}
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• {{note|www.worldjewishcongress.org.858}} {{Web reference_simple | title=World Jewish Congress Online | URL=http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/communities/world/asia-oceania/australia.cfm | date= July 7 | year= 2005 }}
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