16 Facts About Jewish Americans

American Jews or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by religion, ethnicity, culture, or nationality.

Large-scale Jewish Americans immigration commenced in the 19th century, when, by mid-century, many German Jews had arrived, migrating to the United States in large numbers due to antisemitic laws and restrictions in their countries of birth.

Americans of Jewish descent have been successful in many fields and aspects over the years.

Jewish Americans served as Majority Leader until 2014, when he resigned shortly after his loss in the Republican primary election for his House seat.

Jewish Americans organized large-scale boycotts of German merchandise during the 1930s to protest Nazi Germany.

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The American Jewish Americans community was divided over whether or not they agreed with the Israeli response; the great majority came to accept the war as necessary.

Population of Americans of Jewish descent is demographically characterized by an aging population composition and low fertility rates significantly below generational replacement.

Several other major cities have large Jewish Americans communities, including Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia.

Third of intermarried couples provide their children with a Jewish Americans upbringing, and doing so is more common among intermarried families raising their children in areas with high Jewish Americans populations.

American Jewish community includes African American Jews and other American Jews who are of African descent, a definition which excludes North African Jewish Americans, who are currently classified by the U S Census as being white .

The earliest Hispanic Jewish Americans settlers were Sephardi Jews from Spain and Portugal.

Great majority of school-age Jewish Americans students attend public schools, although Jewish Americans day schools and yeshivas are to be found throughout the country.

Many Jewish physicists, including J Robert Oppenheimer, were involved in the Manhattan Project, the secret World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb.

Oscar Brand, from a Canadian Jewish Americans family, has the longest running radio program "Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival" which has been on air consecutively since 1945 from New York City.

German Jewish Americans bankers began to assume a major role in American finance in the 1830s when government and private borrowing to pay for canals, railroads and other internal improvements increased rapidly and significantly.

Since many careers in science, business, and academia generally pay well, Jewish Americans tend to have a somewhat higher average income than most Americans.