Jews in the Medieval German Kingdom
... rely on support in their local and regional surroundings, more than this was the case in any other European kingdom. Nevertheless, the kings/emperors remained a crucial factor for the Jews – at least wherever they could still exert or reassert some influence – in that they posed a counterweight to th ...
... rely on support in their local and regional surroundings, more than this was the case in any other European kingdom. Nevertheless, the kings/emperors remained a crucial factor for the Jews – at least wherever they could still exert or reassert some influence – in that they posed a counterweight to th ...
History of the Jews in Europe
Jews, originally Israelite tribes from the Levant in Western Asia, migrated to Europe just before the rise of the Roman Empire. A notable early event in the history of the Jews in the Roman Empire was Pompey's conquest of the East beginning in 63 BCE though Alexandrian Jews had migrated to Rome before this event.The pre-World War II population of the Jews of Europe is estimated at close to 9 million. Around 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, which was followed by emigration of much of the surviving population. The current Jewish population of Europe is estimated at ca. 2 million (0.3%), composed ofAshkenazi Jews (about 1.4 million, mainly in France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Hungary and Belgium)Sephardi Jews (about 0.4 million, mainly in France, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina)Mizrahi Jews (about 0.3 million, mainly in France, Spain, Georgia, the United Kingdom and Azerbaijan)Turkish Jews (some 250,000, also known as Djudios Turkos, with minorities of some 20,000 Selaniklis and 25,000 Sephardics)Italian Jews (some 45,000, mostly Italian)Romaniotes (some 6,000, mostly Greek)Georgian Jews (some 8,500, mostly in Georgia, Russia and Belgium)Crimean Karaites (some 1,500, mainly in Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland)Krymchaks (Jews of Turkic descent in Crimea; some 2000, mainly in Ukraine, Georgia and Russia)Mountain Jews (Jews of the Caucasus)↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑