British Jews
British Jews (often referred to collectively as British Jewry or Anglo-Jewry) are British citizens who are Jewish. The number of people who identified as Jews in the United Kingdom rose by just under 4% between 2001 and 2021.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 277,653 (2021 Census) for English and Welsh Jews, 2021 Northern Irish Census for Northern Irish Jews, and (2011 Census) for Scottish Jews; does not include smaller populations in Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies Core Jewish population (2018): 290,000 Enlarged Jewish population (includes non-Jewish relatives of Jews) (2018): 370,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Gateshead, Brighton, St Albans, Southend; also Hertsmere, Epping Forest and East Renfrewshire | |
| Languages | |
| Primarily English; also Yiddish, largely spoken by Hassidic Jews; historically Spanish and Portuguese among Sephardim; immigrant languages include or have included Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and French amongst many others | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism or irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Jews |
| Part of a series on |
| Jews and Judaism |
|---|
|
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.