sephardi

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I believe you mean Sephardi Jews, Ashkenazi Jews are mostly of European descent.

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Quick take

A Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose native language was Ladino.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose native language was Ladino.

adjective

Of or relating to Jews of Iberia and their traditions, customs, and rituals.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sephardi.

noun

A Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose native language was Ladino.

adjective

Of or relating to Jews of Iberia and their traditions, customs, and rituals.

Example sentences

I believe you mean Sephardi Jews, Ashkenazi Jews are mostly of European descent.

And if you knew any Sephardi Israelis, like some of my coworkers, you'd know they mostly feel treated differently.

Also her amazing Book of Jewish Food, which has a strong emphasis on Sephardi and Mizrahi cookery.

Most Sephardi Jews would not marry Eastern European nor consider them to be Jewish at this stage.

The vast majority of Sephardi and Mezrahi in Israel are from what are now muslim countries in the Middle East.

In the orthodox community it is very common to intermarry between religious Sephardi and Ashkenazi jews.

More than half of the Israeli population are of Mizrahi (Arab) and Sephardi (North African) ancestry.

I, myself, have 0% < x < 25% Sephardi with another 0% < x < 25% Ashkenazi heritage.

Roman Abramovich was granted Portuguese Nationality in April last year as a Sephardi Jew.

It is kind of like a Palestinian senator pushing a bill to protect Sephardi and Misrahi jews from discrimination by Ashkenazi jews in Californian workplaces.

Even many Sephardi jews, from the Med (i.e.

>> western armed Eastern European terrorist gangs > The majority of Israelis (45%) are Mizrahi or Eastern Sephardi That's irrelevant to the OP's point.

Quote examples

"From 1948 to 1980, over 850,000 Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews were expelled, fled or evacuated from Arab and Muslim countries."

>"More than half of the Israeli population are of Mizrahi (Arab) and Sephardi (North African) ancestry." The Sephardi are Jews from the Iberian Peninsula who were expelled in the 15th century by Ferdiand and Isabella in the Alhambra Decree.

There were a lot of massive ethnic cleansings and deportation events post-WW2 based on the "ethnostates are good" / "minorities are the fifth column" ideas that were all fucked up and Sephardi/Mizrahi don't have a privilege in saying theirs was uniquely evil.

Proper noun examples

They are a bit more than half Mizrahi/Sephardi/Beta-Israel (not European) and a bit less than half Ashkenazi (European).

However, when you see a Jew with the last name Ashkenazi, it's safe to assume they're Sephardi.

Hertzl, a proud ethnic Jew (Sephardi), despised the Eastern European mob that would eventually take Zionism over and Judaism and turn it into a farce.