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Last update - 14:03 06/01/2008 Percent of world Jewry living in Israel climbed to 41% in 2007 By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Europe  The world Jewish population in 2007 is estimated at 13.2 million people, a rise of some 200,000 over 2006, according to a Jewish People Policy Planning Institute report published Sunday. In the past year, the number of Diaspora Jews shrank by 100,000, while Israel's Jewish population rose by 300,000. Israel is now the home of 41 percent of worldwide Jewry, the report said. According to a poll conducted by the institute and included in its report, most American Jews fear for the safety of Israel in the wake of the Second Lebanon War and Iran's nuclear program. Advertisement Respondents from Jewish communities in Europe and Latin America said they were less inclined to feel an affinity with Israel and they believed radical Islam was being dealt with successfully in their countries. According to the report, two tiers exist among Jewish communities abroad: A religious one, whose sense of affiliation to Israel is increasing, and another whose Jewish sense of association is weakening and among whom intermarriage is more commonplace. Institute managing director Avinoam Bar Yosef said the state should allocate more funds to reaching out to the 'second tier' of Diaspora Jews Bookmark to del.icio.us   Power to the people Egypt plans to provide all of Gaza's electricity, to wean dependency on Israel. Calculated escalation Hamas has been trying for some time to create a balance of deterrence with Israel.   1.   a lotta eggs going into this basket,,,,,,,,,, 05:42  |  MIKE 06/01/08   2.   this is it folks 06:16  |  dave 06/01/08   3.   #1 Mike 07:22  |  Hudna lover 06/01/08   4.   Majority of Jews live outside of Israel 08:42  |  Joe 06/01/08   5.   The percentage is off 09:07  |  robert carrington 06/01/08   6.   Lot more than that 09:18  |  Mark 06/01/08   7.   We the senior citizens are abroad. 09:41  |  Stephen. 06/01/08   8.   and braindead politicians are trying to give israel away 10:04  |  victor hardman 06/01/08   9.   when do you all 10:10  |  sam 06/01/08   10.   Pitifully small figures 10:17  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   11.   How about 2050? 10:25  |  Anne 06/01/08   12.   So? Not all Roman-Catholics live in the Vatican or Italy! 10:31  |  Maria 06/01/08   13.   TO Maria #11 11:07  |  Steve Beikirch 06/01/08   14.   #4 - Answer to your question 11:11  |  JES 06/01/08   15.   To Maria/ 12 11:13  |  Anne 06/01/08   16.   59% of Jews 11:21  |  Paul Wood 06/01/08   17.   #12 Maria 11:44  |  Paul Wood 06/01/08   18.   Joe #4 11:49  |  Avi Yerushalmi 06/01/08   19.   #12 Jews are a nation! Not just a religion 12:07  |  L A 06/01/08   20.   To Paul Wood who is not Jew.. 12:39  |  Vital 06/01/08   21.   The real jews? 12:52  |  Anne 06/01/08   22.   Beikirch: I can talk for myself 13:01  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   23.   About the figures. 13:13  |  Ben Alofs 06/01/08   24.   we must return to dispora and wait for true moshiach to call us 13:25  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 06/01/08   25.   to all 13:27  |  danny 06/01/08   26.   jesus & boiling excrement (sic) 13:29  |  lee 06/01/08   27.   #19 L A 13:35  |  John Smith 06/01/08   28.   Percent of World Jewry In Israel Increases 13:49  |  Roger Tucker 06/01/08   29.   #17 Paul Wood 13:54  |  Conroy 06/01/08   30.   Joe 14:10  |  rich 06/01/08   31.   Ben Alofs 14:12  |  rich 06/01/08   32.   Some articles really bring them out of the woodwork 14:24  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   33.   Beikirch: I can talk for myself 14:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   34.   Should bring all jews to Israel 14:30  |  Anwar 06/01/08   35.   estimates of world jewry totals vary from 15 to 12 million 14:32  |  proud joooo 06/01/08   36.   Future does not look good for English in UK 14:54  |  K 06/01/08   37.   # Rich 31 15:36  |  K 06/01/08   38.   Somebody should tell the CIA 15:42  |  Mrs Levys child 06/01/08   39.   The aliah will be incresing in the future 17:59  |  TOMY 06/01/08   40.   What are the other 59% waiting for 18:42  |  Jim 06/01/08   41.   35 Proud Joo..... 18:51  |  Slim 06/01/08   42.   Disengenuous Joe 19:00  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   43.   To Margie in Tel Aviv 19:00  |  Serenity 06/01/08   44.   I agree margie of tel Aviv 19:24  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/01/08   45.   #36 K 19:28  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/01/08   46.   serenity 43 19:34  |  K 06/01/08   47.   Chris the last such party,Kach 19:38  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   48.   Serenity he also said that there were no homosexuals in Iran 19:40  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   49.   45 Chris 20:03  |  K 06/01/08   50.   To Margie and K 20:15  |  Serenity 06/01/08   51.   Ben Alofs 20:44  |  Danite 06/01/08   52.   To Margie and K 20:46  |  Serenity 06/01/08   53.   #42 Margie from SA hiding from the truth 20:55  |  Labhras 06/01/08   54.   50 serenity 21:06  |  K 06/01/08   55.   Something screwy here. 21:25  |  Colin Wright 06/01/08   56.   Re Steve Beikirch #13 21:30  |  Colin Wright 06/01/08   57.   to #22 Margie in Tel Aviv. 21:36  |  Colin Wright 06/01/08   58.   serenity 21:36  |  K 06/01/08   59.   #13 To Steve Beikirch 21:48  |  Maria 06/01/08   60.   #23 why does it matter to dr ben ? 21:56  |  victor hardman 06/01/08   61.   To L A #19 21:59  |  Maria 06/01/08   62.   Demographics inside Israel is what counts 22:09  |  Pink Panter 06/01/08   63.   Friends of Israel who speak Spanish needed 22:32  |  KUTW 06/01/08   64.   #13 Steve Beikirch 22:48  |  Maria 06/01/08   65.   Colin Wright 23:14  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 06/01/08   66.   israel not for every jew 23:14  |  glen 06/01/08   67.   glen and israel 23:39  |  haim 06/01/08   68.   ben alofs specialises in jewish affairs 23:45  |  dutch100000 06/01/08   69.   I believe there are around 15 milion Jews around the world! 23:48  |  Johnny 06/01/08   70.   Weird that a people who got a homeland, choose to not go there 00:13  |  American GI 07/01/08   71.   haim 67 02:09  |  glen 07/01/08   72.   Jews Israel 03:49  |  Daoud 07/01/08   73.   Jews 03:56  |  Dave 07/01/08   74.   #61 To Maria you are confusing territory with identity 05:39  |  L A 07/01/08   75.   TO Margie in Tel Aviv #22 06:22  |  Steve Beikirch 07/01/08   76.   33% of Armenians in Armenia ... 66% of Greeks in Greece ... 07:33  |  Serge 07/01/08   77.   #75 - Steve Beikirch 08:04  |  JES 07/01/08   78.   #64 L A 08:55  |  Maria 07/01/08   79.   #64 you responce is too insulting to warrant a reply. 11:56  |  L A 07/01/08   80.   #76 Serge hits the point home, Lahbras pay attention 22:35  |  Noam 07/01/08   81.   Part 2 of my response 22:39  |  Noam 07/01/08   82.   one most be crazy to move to israel 14:24  |  Nathaniel 09/01/08   83.   Nathaniel 16:45  |  Deborah 09/01/08   84.   Like lambs to the slaughter 16:46  |  Pat Robertson 09/01/08   85.   #70, GI 22:33  |  czech man 09/01/08   86.   Living in Israel 22:56  |  MiriamL. 09/01/08   87.   #57 23:57  |  Moshe 09/01/08   88.   the demographic issue is a fascist issue 01:03  |  john 10/01/08   89.   There were only 20,000 immigrants in 2006 06:43  |  Israel_is_Done 10/01/08   90.   13.2 million - about .2% of the world 18:51  |  Goldberg 10/01/08   91.   i hav a solutionn opennnnn!! urgenttt 03:40  |  mike 29/02/08

Today Online IDF kills 20, including 5 children, in Gaza, West Bank Responses: 269 Barak: Large-scale Gaza operation is 'real and tangible' Responses: 118 Editorial: Decision on Gaza operation should be daring and level-headed Responses: 67 Abbas: I oppose armed struggle, but won't rule it out for future Responses: 91 Pro-Israel evangelical leader Hagee endorses McCain Responses: 56 Rosner's Domain Battle of Ohio: from James Garfield to Hillary Clinton Voters: Obama's not "tough enough" on foreign policy (WTR) Poll: Your solution for the situation in Gaza Prosecutor in AIPAC case to leave before trial? (WTR) Can Obama restore the Black-Jewish alliance? More Headlines 04:17 Gaza offensive looms as violence spirals 23:29 IDF kills 20 Palestinians in Gaza, W. Bank, including 5 children 03:00 ANALYSIS / Uncompromising Hamas is in trouble 20:43 Egypt plans to provide all of Gaza's electricity 22:58 Shin Bet arrests female terror suspect, 17, from East J'lem 04:13 Hundreds attend funeral of student killed in Wednesday's Sderot rocket attack 04:06 Former diplomat: Assad seeks to restart talks with Israel 01:58 Impatient with Syria, U.S. sends warship off Lebanon coast 01:16 Sapir College licks its wounds after student killed by rocket 22:05 U.K. officials: Prince Harry serving on front line in Afghanistan 22:46 German Jewish leader urges Merkel to back Israel's stance on Iran Previous Editions Select Day 28 feb 27 feb 26 feb 25 feb 24 feb 22 feb 21 feb 20 feb 19 feb 18 feb 17 feb 15 feb

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