JEWISH AMERICANS：QUEST TO MAINTAIN IDENTITY.pptVIP

Copyright ? 2010 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. JEWISH AMERICANS: QUEST TO MAINTAIN IDENTITY CHAPTER 14 Jewish Americans US has the largest Jewish population in the world America’s 6 million Jews account for 46% of world’s population Play a prominent role in worldwide Jewish community 2nd largest Jewish population in Israel and only nation in which Jews are majority American Jews superficially resemble Asian Americans in that both are largely free from poverty Anti-Semitism Anti-Jewish prejudice and discrimination Anti-Semitism is as old as relat