Israeli Author Sheds Light in Shadowy Corners
by Stephanie L. Freid
"Coming out" in any culture can be fraught with controversy, internal conflict and emotion. And within religious environs, announcing one's homosexual preferences increases the complications exponentially.
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Shechitah Allowed in New Zealand Until Trial
JTA Staff
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A New Zealand judge has allowed the kosher slaughter of animals to resume until the lawsuit filed by the Jewish community against the government comes to trial.
MOSCOW (JTA) -- Nadezhda Gerzhoy splays her jacket and plops down in the middle of the verdant park, taking in the bright blues and whites of Israeli flags fluttering around her. more...
Sale of Jewish Property in Lithuania Thwarted
PRAGUE (JTA) -- A Lithuanian plan to sell a building that once housed the Vilna Ghetto Jewish library was halted by the U.S. Embassy, JTA has learned.
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The Global Jewish Population
Argentina: 250,000
Armenia: 200
Australia: 100,000
Austria: 10,000
Azerbaijan: 30,000
Bahamas: 200
Belarus: 60,000
Belgium: 40,000
Bolivia: 380
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 600
Brazil: 130,000
Bulgaria: 3,000
Canada: 360,000
Chile: 15,000
Colombia: 5,650
Costa Rica: 2,500
Croatia: 2,000
Cuba: 1,000
Czech Republic: 6,000
Denmark: 8,000
Dominican Republic: 250
Dutch Antilles: 400
Ecuador: 1,000
El Salvador: 120
Estonia: 3,000
Ethiopia: 500
Finland: 1,200
France: 600,000
Georgia: 17,000
Germany: 60,000
Gibraltar: 600
Greece: 5,000
Guatemala: 1,200
Hong Kong: 2,500
Hungary: 80,000
India: 6,000
Iran: 25,000
Iraq: 120
Ireland: 1,000
Israel: 4,600,000
Italy: 35,000
Jamaica: 300
Japan: 2,000
Kazakhstan: 15,000
Kenya: 400
Kyrgystan: 4,500
Latvia: 15,000
Lithuania: 6,000
Luxembourg: 600
Mexico: 40,700
Moldova: 30,000
Monaco: 1,000
Morocco: 7,500
Netherlands: 30,000
New Zealand: 5,000
Norway: 1,500
Panama: 7,000
Paraguay: 1,200
Peru: 3,000
Philippines: 250
Poland: 8,000
Portugal: 900
Puerto Rico: 3,000
Romania: 14,000
Russia: 550,000
Singapore: 300
Slovakia: 6,000
South Africa: 106,000
South Korea: 150
Spain: 14,000
Suriname: 200
Sweden: 18,000
Switzerland: 18,000
Syria: 250
Tahiti: 120
Tajikistan: 1,800
Thailand: 250
Tunisia: 2,000
Turkey: 25,000
Turkmenistan: 1,200
United Kingdom: 300,000
United States: 5,800,000
Ukraine: 400,000
Uruguay: 32,500
Uzbekistan: 35,000
US Virgin Islands: 400
Venezuela: 35,000
Yemen: 800
Yugoslavia: 2,500
Zaire: 320
Zimbabwe: 925
Armenia: 200
Australia: 100,000
Austria: 10,000
Azerbaijan: 30,000
Bahamas: 200
Belarus: 60,000
Belgium: 40,000
Bolivia: 380
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 600
Brazil: 130,000
Bulgaria: 3,000
Canada: 360,000
Chile: 15,000
Colombia: 5,650
Costa Rica: 2,500
Croatia: 2,000
Cuba: 1,000
Czech Republic: 6,000
Denmark: 8,000
Dominican Republic: 250
Dutch Antilles: 400
Ecuador: 1,000
El Salvador: 120
Estonia: 3,000
Ethiopia: 500
Finland: 1,200
France: 600,000
Georgia: 17,000
Germany: 60,000
Gibraltar: 600
Greece: 5,000
Guatemala: 1,200
Hong Kong: 2,500
Hungary: 80,000
India: 6,000
Iran: 25,000
Iraq: 120
Ireland: 1,000
Israel: 4,600,000
Italy: 35,000
Jamaica: 300
Japan: 2,000
Kazakhstan: 15,000
Kenya: 400
Kyrgystan: 4,500
Latvia: 15,000
Lithuania: 6,000
Luxembourg: 600
Mexico: 40,700
Moldova: 30,000
Monaco: 1,000
Morocco: 7,500
Netherlands: 30,000
New Zealand: 5,000
Norway: 1,500
Panama: 7,000
Paraguay: 1,200
Peru: 3,000
Philippines: 250
Poland: 8,000
Portugal: 900
Puerto Rico: 3,000
Romania: 14,000
Russia: 550,000
Singapore: 300
Slovakia: 6,000
South Africa: 106,000
South Korea: 150
Spain: 14,000
Suriname: 200
Sweden: 18,000
Switzerland: 18,000
Syria: 250
Tahiti: 120
Tajikistan: 1,800
Thailand: 250
Tunisia: 2,000
Turkey: 25,000
Turkmenistan: 1,200
United Kingdom: 300,000
United States: 5,800,000
Ukraine: 400,000
Uruguay: 32,500
Uzbekistan: 35,000
US Virgin Islands: 400
Venezuela: 35,000
Yemen: 800
Yugoslavia: 2,500
Zaire: 320
Zimbabwe: 925
Internet Resources on Israel
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