Jewish Centers and Peripheries
After World War II, the centre of gravity for world Jewry moved utside Europe. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, large-scale emigration and post-war assimilation resulted in a disheartening contraction of European Jewry, with the notable exception of France. Today, Europe''s Jews number only 17 percent of the world Jewish population. At the beginning of this century, they comprised 83 percent and...
After World War II, the centre of gravity for world Jewry moved utside Europe. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, large-scale emigration and post-war assimilation resulted in a disheartening contraction of European Jewry, with the notable exception of France. Today, Europe''s Jews number only 17 percent of the world Jewish population. At the beginning of this century, they comprised 83 percent and...