American Jews (Napoleon's World)

American Jews are Americans who are Jews, whether by religion or ethnicity. The vast majority (nearly 90%) of American Jews are the descendants of Ashkenazi Jews from Central and Eastern Europe, with Mizrahi Jews from the Middle East making up a larger number of Jewish immigrants since the mid-1970s. There are approximately 13,800,000 Jews in the United States (3.5% of the population), making it home to the largest and most vibrant Jewish community in the world, though depending on definitions of the term the population could be even larger. Almost all Jewish Americans are American-born.