What country now has the largest Jewish population in the world?
The United States, the population of which is approximately 3% Jewish. 20. What caused the Jewish population of the United States to grow rapidly after 1881? Prior to 1881 the Jewish population of the United States was very small, about 1/2 of 1% or less, but unfavorable conditions in the Russian Empire during the reigns of Alexander III (1881-1894) and Nicholas II (1894-1917) caused a huge migration to the United States, approximately 2,500,000. Reference: Britton, Behind Communism, p72. 21. From what amazing quarter did important financial assistance come to Communist Russia during its earliest years? A number of very wealthy Jews in Wall Street firms contributed to the Communist regime during its early years when it was already soaked with the blood of innocent people who were being killed, exiled and expropriated simply because of their former class status. The largely Jewish government was taking a terrible vengeance against those who had prospered in the days of the Czars. That W
