More Jews, by far, are in the United States and Israel than in any other country.
Wikepedia says 5.7 million are in Israel, and 5.3 million in the United States. France is the next highest country, with less than half a million Jewish occupants.
Belonging to a religion that sees America and Israel as gathering points for the house of Israel, I find this significant. Perhaps the day will come when many of them will leave America, for Israel,.I don't know But I do know America is also a gathering place.
I found a website saying 0 percent of the world's Jewish population was in Israel in 1882. By 1900, the percentage was but 1 percent, and by 1939, it was still only 3 percent. In 1948, the year Israel became an official nation, it was still only 6 percent. That more than doubled in the next 7 years, going to 13 percent, and it has climbed in the years since.
Truly, the return of the Jews to the Holy Land is a prophecy being fulfilled in our lifetime.
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