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What population statistics are there about Jews living in South Africa?

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Question: What population statistics are there about Jews living in South Africa?

The following information about South African Jewry comes from the 2005 Annual Assessment by The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI) of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Answer: Jewish Population
1970: 118,000
2005: 73,000
2020 Projected: 57,000

Percentage of Jewish population that attends Jewish Day School
85 percent

Percentage of Jewish population that marries out
20 percent

Percentage of Jewish population that has ever visited Israel
70 percent
[br Immigration to Israel (Aliyah) in 2004
82

Tourists to Israel in 2004
12,609

Violent Anti-Semitic Incidents in 2004
5

Index of World Jewry Population Statistics

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