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Sephardi Jews

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Sephardi Jews
יהדות ספרד (Yahadut Sfarad)
Total population
2,200,000
up to 16% of world Jewish population
Regions with significant populations
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel1.4 million
File:Flag of France.svg France300,000–400,000
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States200,000–300,000
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina50,000
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain40,000
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada31,000
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey26,000
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy24,930
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico15,000
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom8,000
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama8,000
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia7,000
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco6,000
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece6,000
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia2,000
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina2,000
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria2,000
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba1,500
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia1,000
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands600
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia200
Languages
Historical: Ladino, Arabic (Andalusian), Haketia, Judeo-Portuguese, Berber, Catalanic, Shuadit, local languages
Modern: Local languages, primarily Modern Hebrew, French, English, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Ladino, Arabic.
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, other Jewish ethnic divisions, Samaritans, other Levantines, Lebanese, Syrians, other Near Eastern Semitic people, Spaniards, Portuguese and Hispanics/Latinos

Sephardi Jews, also known as Sephardic Jews or Sephardim (Hebrew: סְפָרַדִּים, Modern Hebrew: Sfaraddim, also יְהוּדֵי סְפָרַד Y'hudey Spharad, meaning "The Jews of Spain"), are a Jewish ethnic division.[1]

Origin[change]

They emerged as a distinct community around 1000 AD on the Iberian Peninsula. Jews set up communities throughout Spain and Portugal.[1]

Evolution[change]

In the late 15th century, when all Jews were expelled from Spain, they migrated and set up new communities in the countries of England, the Netherlands, North Africa, Anatolia, the Levant (Eastern Mediterranean), and the Balkan countries, as well as the Americas, where they kept their traditions and religious practices.[1]

For hundreds of years and through the 20th century, Sephardi Jews have continued to speak their Judeo-Spanish language, commonly called the Ladino, alongside the language of their place of residence.[1]

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References[change]

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    • Gerber, Jane S. (1992). The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience. The Free Press. ISBN 9780029115732. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
    • Benbassa, Esther; Rodrigue, Aron (2000). Sephardi Jewry: A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries (1 ed.). ISBN 9780520218222. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
    • Cohen, Mark R. (2005). "Chapter 2 The Origins of Sephardic Jewry in the Medieval Arab World". Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry. New York University Press. doi:10.18574/nyu/9780814797419.003.0005. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
    • Lehmann, Matthias B. (2008). "Rethinking Sephardi Identity: Jews and Other Jews in Ottoman Palestine". Jewish Social Studies. 15 (1: Sephardi Identities). Indiana University Press: 81–109. JSTOR 40207035. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
    • Ben-Ur, Aviva (2009). Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History. New York University Press. doi:10.18574/nyu/9780814739150.001.0001. ISBN 9780814739150. Retrieved December 25, 2024.