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Sephardi Jews
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,200,000 up to 16% of world Jewish population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Israel | 1.4 million |
 France | 300,000–400,000 |
 United States | 200,000–300,000 |
 Argentina | 50,000 |
 Spain | 40,000 |
 Canada | 31,000 |
 Turkey | 26,000 |
 Italy | 24,930 |
 Mexico | 15,000 |
 United Kingdom | 8,000 |
 Panama | 8,000 |
 Colombia | 7,000 |
 Morocco | 6,000 |
 Greece | 6,000 |
 Tunisia | 2,000 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,000 |
 Bulgaria | 2,000 |
 Cuba | 1,500 |
 Serbia | 1,000 |
 Netherlands | 600 |
 Macedonia | 200 |
| 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]
- ↑
- 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.
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