Sephardic Jews - Wikipedia Sephardic Jews, [a] also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, [b] [1] and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, [2] are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and their descendants [2] The term "Sephardic" comes from Sepharad, the Hebrew word for Iberia These
Who Are Sephardic Jews? - 19 Facts You Should Know Sephardic Jews (also known as Mizrahim) are an ancient Jewish community, comprised mostly of the descendants of the Spanish exiles as well as those from historically Muslim lands The Sephardic diaspora once extended from Morrocco to Romania, and from the United Kingdom to India
Sephardi | Meaning, Customs, History, Facts | Britannica The chief rabbinate of Israel has both a Sephardic and an Ashkenazi chief rabbi The designation Sephardim is frequently used to signify North African Jews and others who, though having no ancestral ties to Spain, have been influenced by Sephardic traditions, but the term Mizrahim is perhaps more properly applied
Who Are Sephardic Jews? - My Jewish Learning Wherever Sephardic Jews traveled, they brought with them their unique ritual customs, language, arts, and architecture Sephardic synagogues often retain the influence of Islam in their architecture by favoring geometric, calligraphic, and floral decorative motifs
Who Are Sephardic Jews? | Aish The term, “Sephardic Jews,” technically refers to the descendants of the great Jewish community of Spain—infamously exiled in the late 15th century—except that like most things relating to the long, difficult history of diaspora Jewry, it isn’t that simple
Who Are the Sephardim? - Magen David Sephardic In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Sephardic women began to be recognized for their contributions to Sephardi culture They became active music, poetry, theater, and fashion design, and many were authors of well-regarded fiction and non-fiction
Who are Sephardic Mizrahi Jews? - Sephardi Mizrahi Education Toolkit One school of thought defines these groups based on geography and language, distinguishing between Sephardic Jews, who trace their ancestry to the Iberian Peninsula, and Mizrahi Jews, with Middle Eastern locales of origin
Who are Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews? The Sephardic Jewish American Research Study will explore the ways in which self-identified Sephardic and Mizrahi American Jews describe what these categories mean to them We aim to formulate a more precise and data-driven working definition of ‘Sephardic’ and ‘Mizrahi’ based on these findings
Judaism: Sephardim - Jewish Virtual Library Similar to Spain and Portugal during the Golden Era, the Sephardic upper class in the Ottoman empire were employed as translators The Sephardic communities in the Arab world were more receptive to modernity than their Ashkenazi counterparts in Europe The Zionist movement became popular among Sephardic
The Sephardic Jews: Heritage, history, and culture The Sephardic Jews, originating from the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), represent one of the two major Jewish ethnic divisions, the other being the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern and Central Europe The term “Sephardic” comes from “Sepharad,” a Biblical location identified by many as Spain