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Slovak Jews
Slovenskí Židia
יהודים סלובקיים
Total population
Židovská Street, Bratislava
2,000^[1]
Languages
Slovak, Hebrew, Yiddish
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Ashkenazi Jews, Czech Jews, Czech diaspora in Israel

Historical Slovak Jewish population
Year	Pop.	±%
1921	135,918	—
1930	136,737	+0.6%
1950	7,476	−94.5%
1991	912	−87.8%
2001	2,310	+153.3%
2011	1,999	−13.5%
2021	2,007	+0.4%
Source: Data from Slovak and Czechoslovak censuses ^[2]

The history of the Jews in Slovakia goes back to the 11th century, when the first Jews settled in the area.^[3]

^ DellaPergola, Sergio (2016). "World Jewish Population, 2015". In Dashefsky, Arnold; Sheskin, Ira M. (eds.). American Jewish Year Book 2015. American Jewish Year Book. Vol. 115. pp. 273–364. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24505-8_7. ISBN 978-3-319-24503-4. Reprinted as: DellaPergola, Sergio (2016). "World Jewish Population, 2015". Berman Jewish DataBank.
^ Počet veriacich podľa sčítania obyvateľov, domov a bytov na Slovensku
^ Klein-Pejšová, Rebekah (2006). "An overview of the history of Jews in Slovakia". Synagoga Slovaca. Slovak Jewish Heritage Center. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007.