Israelis
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Israel
|
c. 8.3 million (including occupied territories) |
 United States
|
106,839 - 500,000 |
 Russia
|
100,000 (80,000 in Moscow) |
 India
|
40-50,000 |
 Canada
|
21,320 |
 United Kingdom
|
11,892 - 50,000 |
 Australia
|
15,000 |
 Germany
|
10,000 |
| Languages | |
| Primarily Hebrew, but also Arabic, Russian, English, French, Amharic, Romanian, Spanish, Georgian, Turkish, Yiddish, Ladino, Ukrainian, Aramaic, Armenian |
|
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Judaism, and minority Islam, Christianity, Druzism, Samaritanism, Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism |
|
Israelis (Hebrew: ישראלים Yiśraʾelim, Arabic: الإسرائيليين al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic society that is home to people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), followed by Arabs (20%) and other minorities (5%). Among the Jewish population, hundreds of thousands of Jews born in Israel are descended from both Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jews. More than 50% of the Jewish population is of at least partial Mizrahi descent.
Large-scale Jewish immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from Jewish diaspora communities in Europe and the Middle East and more recent large-scale immigration from North Africa, Western Asia, North America, South America, the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia introduced many new cultural elements and have had profound impact on the Israeli culture.
Israelis and people of Israeli descent live all over the world: in the United States, Russia with Moscow housing the single largest community outside Israel), India, Canada, the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, and elsewhere. Almost 10% of the general population of Israel is estimated to be living abroad.
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