Survey Shows World Jewish Population Rose to 15.2 Million in 5781, Just Shy of 1939’s 16.6 Million

Times of Israel: According to the Jewish Agency for Israel, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.2 million, compared to 15.1 million in 5781. In 1939, the global population of Jewish people reached 16.6 million, and shortly thereafter that population was decimated by the Nazis and their European henchmen from France, Holland and Belgium in the West to Poland, the Baltic States, and Ukraine in the East. In six years, the worldwide Jewish population