British Jews

British Jews
Total population
United Kingdom: 277,613 – 0.4% (2021/22 Census)
England: 269,283 – 0.5% (2021)
Scotland: 5,847 – 0.1% (2022)
Wales: 2,044 – 0.07% (2021)
Northern Ireland: 439 – 0.02% (2021)
Other estimates:
Core Jewish population: 290,000 (2018)
Enlarged Jewish population (includes non-Jewish relatives of Jews): 370,000 (2018)
Regions with significant populations
London, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Gateshead, Brighton, St Albans, Southend; also Hertsmere, Epping Forest and East Renfrewshire
Languages
Primarily English; also Yiddish, largely spoken by Hassidic Jews; historically Spanish and Portuguese among Sephardim; immigrant languages include or have included Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and French amongst many others
Religion
Judaism or irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Anglo-Israelis and other Jews

British Jews (often referred to collectively as British Jewry or Anglo-Jewry) are British citizens who are Jewish. The number of people who identified as Jews in the United Kingdom rose by just under 4% between 2001 and 2021.