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Originally Posted by Zerton
So is New York actually the city with the highest Jewish population in the world?
2 million+ Jews in NY; 400,000 in Tel Aviv, and the total population of Jerusalem is 800,000 (and it's ~60% Jewish).
Edit: Nevermind, it's Tel Aviv (population 3.7 million, not 400,000). NY is still #2, which is pretty impressive.
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Probably the city, yes, but metro, no. Tel Aviv probably has more.
Keep in mind, though that the NYC metro numbers typically used by local Jewish groups are much smaller than the MSA/CSA/urban area boundaries. The local estimates are only for NYC and a few counties in NY and NJ. They aren't counting the enormous Jewish populations on the metropolitan fringe, in Rockland and Orange Counties, and in Lakewood and Deal, NJ.
Rockland County, NY is estimated to have the highest % Jewish of any U.S. county (but again, hard to agree on an exact count when it isn't a Census count). Most Jewish town in the U.S. (and probably anywhere outside of Israel) is Kiryas Joel, NY, which is in Orange County, NY.