Israeli Jews
| יהודים ישראלים | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| Core Jewish population: 6,335,000 74.9% of the Israeli population Enlarged Jewish population (includes non-Jewish relatives of Jews): 6,705,000 79.3% of the Israeli population |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 Israel
|
6,300,000 (September 2015) |
 United States
|
500,000 |
 Russia
|
100,000 (80,000 in Moscow) |
 Canada
|
10,755 – 30,000 |
 United Kingdom
|
~30,000 |
 Australia
|
~15,000 |
 Germany
|
~10,000 |
| Languages | |
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Historical Hebrew, Jewish languages Modern Israeli Hebrew, English, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, French, Amharic |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
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Ashkenazi Jews · Sephardic Jews · Mizrahi Jews, other Semites (Levantine Arabs, Assyrians) and other Jewish ethnic divisions |
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Historical Hebrew, Jewish languages
Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic and other Jewish languages (most endangered, and some now extinct)
Liturgical languages
Hebrew and Aramaic
Israeli Jews (Hebrew: יהודים ישראלים, Yehudim Yisraelim), also known as Jewish Israelis, refers to Israeli citizens or residents who are Jews, and also the descendants of Israeli-Jewish emigrants outside of Israel.
Israeli Jews are found mostly in Israel and the Western world, as well as other countries worldwide, not necessarily only in Jewish communities. Israeli Jews mostly speak Hebrew and most follow at least some religious Jewish practices. Israel, the Jewish state, currently has almost half the world's Jews.
The Jewish population in Israel is composed from all Jewish diaspora communities, including Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Beta Israel, Bene Israel, Karaite Jews, and many other groups. The Israeli Jewish community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions, as well as encompassing the full spectrum of religious observance, from the haredi communities to the hilonim Jewish communities who live a secular lifestyle. Among the Jewish population, over 25% of the schoolchildren and over 35% of all newborns are of mixed ancestry of both Ashkenazi and Sephardi/Mizrahi descent and increases by 0.5% each year. Over 50% of the Jewish population is of at least a partial Sephardi/Mizrahi descent.
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