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…Churches' Yearbook Claims Jewish Growth in This Country 3% Over '64 The Yearbook of American Churches for 1965 lists church and synagogue membership in the United States at 123,307,000. The Jewish figure is given as 5,600,000, corresponding adequate- ly with the U. S. JewiSh population of 5,612,000 that was given last week in the World Jewish Congress survey. The Jewish listing, therefore, is not of synagogue membership but of total populat...…

…Global Total of World Jewry Put at 13,887,000 A survey of Jewish communities made by the World Jewish Congress puts the • global total of Jews at 13,887,000. The survey, carried out by the WJC's Institute of Jewish Affairs, notes that the t majority, 10,885,000, reside in three countries: U. S. A., 5,612,000; USSR 0,000; Israel, 2,273,000. The remaining 3,000,000 are scattered in almost 100 ds. Argentina according to a figure from the D.A.I.A...…