Mizrahi Jews
Descendants of the local Jewish populations from Asia and North Africa
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Summary
Mizrahi Jews is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,551 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Hebrew[3], Judeo-Arabic[4], Judaeo-Spanish[5], Judeo-Persian[6], Judaeo-Georgian[7], Bukharian[8], Judeo-Tat[9]
- Religion or worldview: Judaism[10], Islam[11]
- Country: Israel[12], France[13], United States[14], Canada[15], Iran[16], Azerbaijan[17], India[18], Morocco[19], United Kingdom[20], Yemen[21], Iraq[22], Bahrain[23], Lebanon[24], Argentina[25]
- Subclass of: Jewish people[26]
- Part of: Jewish people[27], Sephardi Jews[28]
- Commons category: Mizrahi Jews[29]
- Has part(s): Arab Jews[30], Georgian Jews[31], Kurdish Jews[32], Sephardi Jews[33], Bukharan Jews[34], Mountain Jews[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mizrahi Jews[36]
- Population: 4,000,000[37]
- Topic has template: Template:Mizrahi Jews topics[38]
- Different from: Mizraim[39]
- Female form of label: mizrachė[40]
- Male form of label: mizrachis[41]
Why It Matters
Mizrahi Jews has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]