Worldwide population of 14.7 million Jews falls short of pre-war numbers
World Jewry reached a population of 16.6 million right before the start of World War II in 1939.
‘WHAT SET ‘Let Our People Know’ apart from my Birthright trip was the impossibility of looking away from the complex implications of Zionism that are our real birthright as diaspora Jews.’ (photo credit: JSTREET)ByMARCY OSTER/JTA