2007-02-06 14:48:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes there are about 16,000 Jews that currently reside in Sweden. A hand full of Jews lived in Sweden before WWII and during WWII Danish Jews were able to escape there.
If you want to find out if your background is Jewish go to an Orthodox rabbi in your area and ask him to help you search it out. My rabbi was able to do it for one of my congregants he was able to trace the woman's heritage down to her great, great grandmother to prove that she had Jewish blood and helped her convert back to Judaism after a year of study.
2007-02-08 15:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by MaxNHL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree with above answer. And you're Jewish if your mother is Jewish (Orthodoxy and Conservative, although Conservative in some places will accept you if your father was Jewish and you were raised Jewish) or if your father was Jewish and you were raised Jewish (Reform). You would have to trace your family heritage to find out. If your parents originally were Jews and then converted out, you would have to convert in order to be Jewish.
2007-02-06 23:02:05 · answer #2 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A reliable source indicates 16,000 jews in Sweden. That would be .8% of the population.
2007-02-06 22:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ladysuri nailed it rite on the head
2007-02-06 23:15:06 · answer #4 · answered by NYRNYM38 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋