Jews of Europe. The central portion of that region continues to remain the center of gravity of Jewish population, which comprises 9.3% of the total population. From the point of view of the distribution of Jews, Central Europe includes the following countries: Austria, CzechoSlovak a, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Esthonia, Roumania, Ukraine, West Russia, and White Russia. In the countries to the west and south of "Central Europe," namely, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain, Italy, JugoSlavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey in Europe, the percentage of Jews to the total population is .59%, and in the countries to the north and east, namely, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Northern and Eastern Russia, the Jews comprise only .16% of the total population. Several new tables appear in this volume, giving the Jewish population of France and dependencies, of the constituent parts of the former Russian empire, of the Jewish population of the Government of Podolia, Russia, by ages, showing the preponderance of females in a region ravaged by war and pogroms, of the Jewish population of important cities in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and of immigration statistics for Palestine. The population tables for the United States have been copied, without change, from the preceding volume. It should, however, be stated that criticisms of some of the figures given have been received, and that the Bureau of Jewish Research has on its files corrected statistics for a number of cities, and is engaged in making studies for the purpose of a complete revision of the statistics for publication in a future volume of the Year Book. |