Friday, May 1, 2009

Aproximately how many Jews originally from Iran live in Israel today

Aproximately how many Jews originally from Iran live in Israel today?

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'Persian Jews' 150,000 to '200,000' (est.) Israel 75,000 to 135,000 Iran approx. 25,000 to 40,000 United States 75,000
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Although some Jews originally supported the revolution as an agent of democracy, some 70 to 90 percent of Iran's Jewish population -- estimated at anywhere between 70,000 and 120,000 -- has since left the country, driven by fear of persecution under the sometimes violently anti-capitalist, anti- Zionist regime. The majority of them went to Israel, but some 50,000 to 55,000 Iranian Jews now live in the United States, mostly in Los Angeles and on Long Island, N.Y. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/10877/edition_id/208/format/html/displaystory.html