1. Jewish Population Distribution

2. Population of Jews in America

3. Facts About Population of Jews in America Cities with the Largest Jewish Population in the Diaspora New York, USA Miami, USA Los Angeles, USA Paris, France Philadelphia, USA Chicago, USA San Francisco, USA Boston, USA 1,750,000 535,000 490,000 350,000 254,000 248,000 210,000 208,000 London, UK Moscow, Russia Buenos Aires, Argentina Toronto, Canada Washington DC, USA Kiev, Ukraine Montreal, Canada St. Petersburg, Russia 200,000 180,000 175,000 165,000 110,000 100,000 The majority of Jewish immigrants remained in the states that they arrived in The three cities with the largest Jewish population in the Diaspora are in the united states. They are:

4. Facts about Jews in American Politics The first Jew elected into a political office was in 1845. The first Jew in the Senate was David Levy Yulee from Florida, however he denounced his religion and was still attacked by anti-Semitism. Out of the 109 United States Supreme Court Justices only 7 have been Jewish. In the past few years more Jews have become increasingly involved because of Senator Joe Lieberman’s candidacy for Vice President in the 2000 election.

5. The Political Identity of Jews Democrat The viewpoints of democracy are associated to internationalism and liberalism. This directly correlates to the Jewish belief system, three reasons

6. Jewish beliefsDemocracy/Liberali sm Large emphasis on education and intellectual freedom Charity and helping the weak and oppressed Human pleasure is separate from G-d, the need to make the world a better place Affirmative action- allowing everyone the right of education Women’s rights and pro-choice Social justice organizations and the focus on the people

7. Political Opinions of Jews

8. Number of Jews elected into the United States Congress

9. The Assimilation Process and Affect on Jews in Politics Jews have created a support system set up as a government. It began at a time when there was an extreme amount of anti-Semitism. Jews keep their political life separate from their religious life. This is nearly impossible to maintain if a Jew were to become president or vice president. A question to ponder…Can Jews separate their strong connection to Jerusalem and Israel and to the United States?