Jewish groups in Argentina include Ashkenazi, Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews. Argentine Jews are currently settled in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios and Tucumán regions. Jewish settlers first arrived in Argentina in the 16th century following persecution during Spanish Inquisition. There are 182,000 Argentine Jews, the largest population in Latin America. Jews returned to Germany in the 1990s though their numbers are still small. Most Jews fled from Germany following the Nazi regime.
Germany has a long history of Jewish occupation and persecution. Germany has a population of about 99,695 Jews. Like most early immigrants to Australia, the first Jews arrived in the 19th century as convicts from England. Australian Jews are found in the cities of Melbourne, Sydney, and other metropolitans areas of Australia. The population of the Australian Jews sits at around 112,500, making it the 9th largest Jewish population in the world. The first Jewish population in Brazil arrived in the 16th century during the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal and later during the Nazi regime and the Russian revolution in the 19th century. The Brazilian Jewish population is concentrated in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Brazil (95,000)īrazil has the 10th largest Jewish population in the world at 95,000. Most sought refuge in some countries in Europe only to be dispersed again during the world wars.
Many of those who practice the Jewish faith were dispersed from their original countries during years of anti-Semitism and persecution. The size of the Jewish population is estimated to be higher than reported. Since the time of the Holocaust, the Jewish population has suffered from a slow and almost stagnant growth. There are more than 13 million Jewish people in the world across every continent, although the largest population is found in Israel.
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