There are only 15,000,000 Jews in a world of 6 billion people. They are 1/4 of 1% of the world, yet they are in the news every day, frequently persecuted or oppressed, and yet they survive, often thrive and are significant in the headlines almost daily. Welcome to what it means to be God's people. By: Wallace Erickson Source: Wallace Erickson, Chicago conversation, 1990