11 Facts About British Jewish

From 1990 to 2006, the British Jewish population showed a decrease from 340,000 Jews to 270,000.

From 2005 to 2008, the British Jewish population increased from 275,000 to 280,000, attributed largely to the high birth rates of Haredi Jews.

Towns and villages in Hertfordshire with large British Jewish populations include Bushey, Borehamwood, and Radlett.

British Jewish population has an older profile than the general population.

One of the country's most famous British Jewish schools is the state-funded JFS in London which opened in 1732 and has about 2100 students.

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Union of British Jewish Students is an umbrella organisation that represents British Jewish students at university.

Annual Limmud festival is a high-profile educational event of the British Jewish community, attracting a wide range of international presenters.

The most well known is The British Jewish Chronicle, founded in 1841 and the world's oldest continuously published British Jewish newspaper.

In London, most of the top constituencies with the largest British Jewish populations voted Conservative in the 2010 general election - these are namely, Finchley and Golders Green, Hendon, Harrow East, Chipping Barnet, Ilford North, and Hertsmere in Hertfordshire.

Outside the region, large British Jewish constituencies voted for Labour, namely Bury South and Blackley and Broughton.

The British Jewish presence continued until King Edward I's Edict of Expulsion in 1290.