Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Holocaust survivor Jerry Stein, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp and immigrated to Israel this year from the United States, is photographed at his home in Jerusalem ahead of his 97th birthday, Feb. 18, 2026.
(JNS) - Israel is home to some 111,000 Holocaust survivors and victims of antisemitic persecution, according to new government estimates released ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026. Women make up about 63 percent of survivors, most of whom are in their 80s and 90s.
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday that the global Jewish population stood at 15.8 million at the start of 2025, including 7.2 million Jews in Israel, or roughly 45 percent of the total, and 6.3 million in the United States. About 60.5 percent of survivors in Israel were born in Europe, led by immigrants from...
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