Jew, any person whose religion is judaism In the broader sense of the term, a jew is any person belonging to the worldwide group that constitutes, through descent or conversion, a continuation of the ancient jewish people, who were themselves descendants of the hebrews of the bible (old testament). An encyclopedia of information about judaism, jewish practices, holidays, people and beliefs For beginners, intermediate or advanced readers. In the time that has past since that covenant was made, the jewish people have been exiled twice from their land and have inhabited almost every place in the world Today, there are an estimated 15 million jews spread throughout the world.
Even today the various jewish groups—whether orthodox, conservative, or reform —all claim direct spiritual descent from the pharisees and the rabbinic sages As of 2022, israel is a parliamentary democracy with a population of 9.6 million people, of whom 7 million are jewish The largest jewish community outside israel is the united states, while large communities also exist in france, canada, argentina, russia, united kingdom, australia, and germany.
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