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<u>Jews</u> - In 1912 there were an estimated 240,000 Jews in the area of the Kingdom of Romania. First arriving from Poland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 1800s, in the late 1800s Jews constituted a majority in the ten northernmost towns of Moldavia, especially Iaşi (Jassy). Bucharest also had a significant number of Jews. Today, the largest segment of the Jewish population (about 17,000) live in Bucharest. <br>  
<u>Jews</u> - In 1912 there were an estimated 240,000 Jews in the area of the Kingdom of Romania. First arriving from Poland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 1800s, in the late 1800s Jews constituted a majority in the ten northernmost towns of Moldavia, especially Iaşi (Jassy). Bucharest also had a significant number of Jews. Today, the largest segment of the Jewish population (about 17,000) live in Bucharest. <br>  


== Ethnic Changes in the Area of Romania<br>  ==
== Ethnic Changes in the Area of Romania<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Romania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1989-1997.</ref>  ==


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