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==Jewish Records== | ==Jewish Records== | ||
*See [[Finland Jewish Records]] for more resources.<br> | *See [[Finland Jewish Records]] for more resources.<br> | ||
Many of the first Jews to arrive were | Many of the first Jews to arrive were Russian soldiers (known as cantonists) in the 1800s who stayed in Finland after their military service ended. The two synagogues in active use today in Finland were built by Jewish congregations in Helsinki and Turku in 1906 and 1912, respectively. The Vyborg Synagogue (built 1910–1911) was destroyed by Russian air bombings on 30 November 1939, the first day of the Winter War. Today, Finland is home to around 1,800 Jews, of which 1,400 live in the Greater Helsinki area and 200 in Turku. Finnish and Swedish are the most common mother tongues of Jews in Finland, and many also speak Yiddish, German, Russian or Hebrew.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of the Jews in Finland," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Finland, accessed 7 Oct 2024.</ref><ref>Number of individuals in Jewish communities in Finland 2013-2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/533059/annual-number-of-individuals-identifying-as-jewish-in-finland/, accessed 7 Oct 2024.</ref> | ||
==Orthodox Records== | ==Orthodox Records== | ||
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