|Core Jewish population: Enlarged Jewish population (includes
non-Jewish relatives of Jews) |Regions with significant
populations| |New York City metropolitan area, Miami
metropolitan area, Los Angeles metropolitan area, Philadelphia
metropolitan area, Houston metropolitan area, Chicago
metropolitan area, and other major metropolitan areas throughout
country| American Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are
American citizens of the Jewish faith or Jewish ethnicity. The
Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly
of Ashkenazi Jews and their U.S.-born descendants. Minority
Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including
Sephardic Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and a number of converts. The
American Jewish community manifests a wide range of Jewish
cultural traditions, as well as encompassing the full spectrum
of Jewish religious observance. Depending on religious
definitions and varying population data, the United States is
home to the largest or second largest (after Israel) Jewish
community