Jewish in EEUU We are: Albert Roig Ares Sarroca Marc Gual Moisés Amín 3rd ESO A

Holocaust The Holocaust also known as haShoah is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, as part of a program of deliberate and systematic state-sponsored extermination planned and executed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler

Exodus jewish The waves of immigration to the United States and elsewhere at the turn of the nineteenth century. the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the majority of the 850,000 Jews previously living in North Africa and the Middle East fled to Israel, joining an increasing number of immigrants from post-War Europe. By the end of the 20th century, Jewish population centers had shifted dramatically, with the United States and Israel being the centers of Jewish secular and religious life.

Jewish refugees In the course of history, Jewish populations have been expelled or ostracized by various local authorities and have sought asylum from anti-Semitism numerous times. After its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel adopted the 1950 Law of Return making Israel a home not only for the inhabitants of the State, but also for all members of the Jewish people everywhere. This law also made Israel an ideal destination for voluntary Jewish immigration.

Events that provoked Immigration s The reforms of Frederick II, Joseph II and Maria Theresa , , World War I The Nazi persecution culminated in the Holocaust of the European Jewry The Jewish exodus from Arab lands. 1960s-1989 State-sponsored persecution in the Soviet Union prompted more than 1 million Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel, 250,000 to the United States

Regions with significant populations Israel 5,393,000 United States 5,275,000 France490,000 Canada374,000 United Kingdom 295,000 Russia225,000 Argentina184,000 Germany120,000 Australia104,000Brazil96,000 Ukraine 77,000 South Africa 72,000 Hungary 49,000 Mexico 40,000 Belgium 31,200 Netherlands 30,000 Italy 28,600 Chile 20,700 Belarus 18,200 Uruguay 18,000 Switzerland 17,900 Turkey 17,800 Venezuela 15,400 Sweden 15,000 Spain 12,000 Iran 10,800 Romania 10,100 Latvia 9,800 Austria 9,000 Azerbaijan 6,800 Denmark 6,400 Panama 5,000

United States of America The jewish abundance in USA, grew slowly for the sigle XVII to beggining of sigle XIX, in that the European Restoration and the consequent denial of rights the reformed Jews of Central Europe provoked a massive emigration of these.