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Israeli Author Sheds Light in Shadowy Corners

by Stephanie L. Freid 

"Coming out" in any culture can be fraught with controversy, internal conflict and emotion. And within religious environs, announcing one's homosexual preferences increases the complications exponentially.

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Nir Cohen

Everyday Heroes: Granit Almog-Bareket

Granit Almog-Bareket, director of the community center summer camp in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Yovel neighborhood, is proud of the vision of unity and inclusiveness that her camp represents.  For ten years the 33-year old Jerusalem native has directed the camp as a labor of love... read more on Granit Almog-Bareket

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The Global Jewish Population

Argentina: 250,000

Armenia: 200

Australia: 100,000

Austria: 10,000

Azerbaijan: 30,000

Bahamas: 200

Belarus: 60,000

Belgium: 40,000

Bolivia: 380

Bosnia-Herzegovina: 600

Brazil: 130,000

Bulgaria: 3,000

Canada: 360,000

Chile: 15,000

Colombia: 5,650

Costa Rica: 2,500

Croatia: 2,000

Cuba: 1,000

Czech Republic: 6,000

Denmark: 8,000

Dominican Republic: 250

Dutch Antilles: 400

Ecuador: 1,000

El Salvador: 120

Estonia: 3,000

Ethiopia: 500

Finland: 1,200

France: 600,000

Georgia: 17,000

Germany: 60,000

Gibraltar: 600

Greece: 5,000

Guatemala: 1,200

Hong Kong: 2,500

Hungary: 80,000

India: 6,000

Iran: 25,000

Iraq: 120

Ireland: 1,000

Israel: 4,600,000

Italy: 35,000

Jamaica: 300

Japan: 2,000

Kazakhstan: 15,000

Kenya: 400

Kyrgystan: 4,500

Latvia: 15,000

Lithuania: 6,000

Luxembourg: 600

Mexico: 40,700

Moldova: 30,000

Monaco: 1,000

Morocco: 7,500

Netherlands: 30,000

New Zealand: 5,000

Norway: 1,500

Panama: 7,000

Paraguay: 1,200

Peru: 3,000

Philippines: 250

Poland: 8,000

Portugal: 900

Puerto Rico: 3,000

Romania: 14,000

Russia: 550,000

Singapore: 300

Slovakia: 6,000

South Africa: 106,000

South Korea: 150

Spain: 14,000

Suriname: 200

Sweden: 18,000

Switzerland: 18,000

Syria: 250

Tahiti: 120

Tajikistan: 1,800

Thailand: 250

Tunisia: 2,000

Turkey: 25,000

Turkmenistan: 1,200

United Kingdom: 300,000

United States: 5,800,000

Ukraine: 400,000

Uruguay: 32,500

Uzbekistan: 35,000

US Virgin Islands: 400

Venezuela: 35,000

Yemen: 800

Yugoslavia: 2,500

Zaire: 320

Zimbabwe: 925