History of The Jews in Europe

History Of The Jews In Europe

Judaism in Europe has a long history, beginning with the conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean by Pompey in 63 BCE, thus beginning the History of the Jews in the Roman Empire, though likely Alexandrian Jews had migrated to Rome slightly before Pompey's conquest of the East.

The pre-World War II population of European Jews is estimated at close to 9 million. It is believed that around 6,000,000 European Jews died in the Holocaust of 1940-1945. Further population drain is due to emigration, and the current Jewish population of Europe is estimated at ca. 2 million (0.3%), composed of

  • Ashkenazi Jews (about 1.4 million, mainly in France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Hungary and Belgium)
  • Sephardi Jews (about 0.4 million, mainly in France, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Mizrahi Jews (about 0.3 million, mainly in France, Georgia and the United Kingdom)
  • Italian Jews (some 45,000, mostly Italian)
  • Romaniotes (some 6,000, mostly Greek)
  • Georgian Jews (some 8,500, mostly in Georgia, Russia and Belgium)
  • Armenian Jews (some 750, mostly in Armenia)
  • Crimean Karaites (some 1,500, mainly in Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland)
  • Krymchaks (Jews of Turkic descent in Crimea; some 2000, mainly in Ukraine, Georgia and Russia)

Read more about History Of The Jews In Europe:  Demographics, Jewish Ethnic Subdivisions of Europe

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