The history of the Jews in South Florida dates back to the 19th century. Many South Florida Jews are Ashkenazi (descendants of Russian, Polish, and Eastern European ancestry), and Latin American (Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile). Many are also French, Moroccan, Syrian, Bukharan, and Israeli. There is a significant Sephardic and Mizrachi population as well.
Presently, there are approximately 514,000 Jews living in South Florida.
The population of Palm Beach County is 15.8% Jewish. Boca Raton, with an overall population of 100,000 people, has 16 synagogues.[1]
- ^ Passy, Charles (October 23, 2005). "Palm Beach County: More Jewish than New York". Palm Beach Post. p. 1A. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2019.