Jewish Population in American Cities ... There Are Jewish People Everywhere!

Recently Tzedakah Ministries ran across a chart that details the Jewish population in the major Metropolitan cities. As could be expected NewYork leads the way with almost 1.5 million Jewish residents. However, the following information, as to where Jewish people live in these United States, might come as a surprise to you.

One of the major arguments this ministry hears against Jewish evangelism is "Our church cannot be involved in Jewish evangelism because there are no Jewish people in our community." The ministry's first response is ... regardless of whether there is one or one million they still need Jesus as their Messiah. Right? The second response is ... you might be surprised as to how many Jewish people are living in your neighborhood. Therefore, I decided to share the Jewish population of some non-so-traditional places with you in this article.

For example, the Jewish population of Birmingham, Alabama, is 5,300. In fact, two Jewish believers came from Birmingham; however, one was shunned by a Baptist church in the city for his ethnic heritage and did not receive Messiah Jesus until he moved from the Bible Belt to the "Windy City" of Chicago. The other man became a believer but not because of the Birmingham churches.

Atlanta, Georgia, has a Jewish population of 119,800. Indianapolis, Indiana has 10,000 Jewish residents. Here is the Jewish population for a few other American cities: Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas - 16,000; Louisville, Kentucky - 8,700; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota - 40,200; Omaha, Nebraska - 6,100; Cincinnati, Ohio - 22,500; Portland, Oregon - 25,500; Memphis, Tennessee - 7,800; Salt Lake City, Utah - 4,200; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 21,100. This is a grand total of 253,000 Jewish souls!

So why were these cities chosen as opposed to some others such as Boston or San Francisco? Well, we know that there is a large Jewish population in Boston (200,000+) but did you expect there to be 4,200 Salt Lake City Jews ... in the heart of Mormon country? If churches joined together to reach the Jewish community of Salt Lake City just imagine what the potential impact for reaching the Mormon community might be? Only God knows. And we might be surprised by His plan if we as Christians and churches simply obeyed the command of Acts 1:8; Romans 1:16; and Romans 11:11.

Another reason why these cities were selected is that these represent twelve states that Tzedakah Ministries has not yet visited. Would you pray that pastors and churches in these states would open their eyes and have this ministry, or any Jewish ministry designed to equip the local Christians in the work of Jewish evangelism, in their churches? For what might happen if the Christians in these states opened their heart (and their Bible!) to Jewish evangelism?

Jewish Population in Selected U.S. Cities