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Israeli Americans (Hebrew: ישראלים אמריקאיים), are Americans of Israeli descent (Both Jewish and Non-Jewish). According to the 2000 census, the Israeli American population at that time consisted of 106,839 people.[2]
Demographics
Los Angeles has the largest Israeli population in the United States and is home to the largest community of Israelis outside of Israel[3][4]. They make a considerable presence in Encino, an upper income neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, and elsewhere in the valley and L.A.'s Westside. New York has the second largest Israeli population in the United States. Several other major cities have large Jewish communities, including Miami, Boston, and San Francisco.
In recent decades, considerable numbers of Israelis, estimated broadly from 200,000 to three times that figure, have moved abroad.[5] Reasons for emigration vary, but generally relate to a combination of economic and political concerns.
Culture and organizations
A number of Israeli American organizations exist for various purposes, including the Council of Israeli Community, Israeli Leadership Club, the Israeli American Study Initiative (of the UCLA), and the Israeli Business Network of Beverly Hills.
In addition, certain Israeli-American communities have their own newspapers which are printed in Hebrew, arrange their own cultural, entertainment and art events (including celebrations of the Israeli independence day which usually takes place in Israeli-American demographic centers) and some have the Israeli Network channel which consists a selection of Live broadcasts as well as reruns of Israeli television news broadcasts, entertainment programs and Israeli sport events.
Relationship with Jewish Americans
Israeli Americans are generally seen as having less interaction with the Jewish American (non-Israeli) community and its institutions, often preferring to maintain ties of association with other Israeli Americans.[6] In return, Jewish Americans, especially religious Jewish Americans, tend to maintain little contact with the Israeli American community besides participation in religious ceremonies.[7] In particular, religious American Jews view "yordim" as being the antithesis of the Jewish people's "eternal hope" of return and permanent settlement in Israel.[8]
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Israel festival draws 35,000, By Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2007
- ^ Thousands Witness Historic Flag Raising Commemorating Israel's 60th Anniversary, Consulate-General of Israel, Los Angeles, Sep 29, 2008
- ^ Andrew I. Killgore."Facts on the Ground: A Jewish Exodus from Israel" Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March 2004, pp.18-20
- ^ Telushkin, Joseph (1991). Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History. New York: William Morrow & Co.. pp. p. 341. ISBN 0-688-08506-7.
- ^ Eshman, Rob (2008-05-16), "Polished Diamonds", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles: p. 8, http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=19396, retrieved 2008-05-18 .
- ^ Proud Of Aliyah Rates?, 2008-09-05, http://teaneck-talk.blogspot.com/2008/09/proud-of-aliyah-rates.html, retrieved 2008-09-22
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