Judaism is one of the most ancient religions known and also one of the most time-faring. Jewish thought and scholarship has sometimes led the world, in science and politics Jews have made massive impacts. Perhaps the first religion to be comprehensively monotheistic, from it sprang both Islam and Christianity.
2000 years of bloody Anti-Semitism; its foundation and history
There are 267 000 Nominal Jews in England & Wales (0.5% of the population).
The 2001 Census revealed there are 267 000 Jews in Britain, although because of the religious and cultural identity of the Jews, that doesn't indicate what proportion are religious "practising" Jews or which ones are secular non-religious Jews.
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By Vexen Crabtree 2004 Oct 06