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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ashkenazi Jews of Switzerland

The Ashkenazi Jews of Switzerland, numbering approximately 18,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Jewish ethnocultural community originating in medieval Central Europe and later concentrated in Eastern Europe, historically linked by Yiddish language, shared ancestry, and distinctive religious and cultural traditions. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Eastern Yiddish is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Ashkenazi Jew

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Switzerland
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Eastern Yiddish (ydd)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 18,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000593

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

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%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Yiddish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Yiddish, Eastern Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Yiddish:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Eastern Yiddish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Einspruch✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Eastern Yiddish bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Ashkenazi Jews:
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Pray specifically for the Ashkenazi Jews of Switzerland

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Jew, Ashkenazi Across Countries (ROP3 - 104247) reported in the following countries:

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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Ashkenazi JewsPG047229Ashkenazi JewsUnited States192,000Engaged yet UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG043418Ashkenazi JewsCanada13,500Engaged yet UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG024618Ashkenazi JewsTurkmenistan800Unengaged and UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG024274Ashkenazi JewsKazakhstan1,400Unengaged and UnreachedRussianJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG024065Ashkenazi JewsAzerbaijan18,000Unengaged and UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG000877Ashkenazi JewsPoland3,200Unengaged and UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG000864Ashkenazi JewsMoldova3,800Unengaged and UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG000833Ashkenazi JewsHungary48,000Engaged yet UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG000795Ashkenazi JewsGeorgia3,000Engaged yet UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG000593Ashkenazi JewsSwitzerland18,000Unengaged and UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism
Ashkenazi JewsPG000246Ashkenazi JewsGermany8,600Unengaged and UnreachedEastern YiddishJudaism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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