1st row: Maimonides • Isaac Abrabanel • Baruch Spinoza • David Nieto • Daniel Mendoza • David Ricardo 2nd row: Moses Montefiore • Benjamin Disraeli • Sabato Morais • Emma Lazarus • Benjamin Cardozo • David de Sola Pool 3rd row: Basil Henriques • Pierre Mendès-France • Sam Costa • Jacques Derrida • Shlomo Amar • Hank Azaria
| Israel | 725,000 | |
| France | 350,000 | |
| United States | 100,000 | |
| Argentina | 60,000 | |
| Canada | 60,000 | |
| Brazil | 60,000 | |
| Mexico | 40,000 | |
| Venezuela | 35,000 | |
| Uruguay | 30,000 | |
| Italy | 30,000 | |
| Turkey | 25,000 | |
| United Kingdom | 18,000 | |
| Spain | 12,000 | |
| Greece | 8,500 | |
| Chile | 8.000 | |
| Morocco | 2–3,000 | |
| Bulgaria | 5,000 | |
| Colombia | 5,000 | |
| Cuba | 3,500 | |
| Serbia | 3,000 | |
| Croatia | 3,000 | |
| Peru | 3,000 | |
| Portugal | 2,500[1] | |
| Tunisia | 1,000 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1,500 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,200 | |
| Netherlands | 1,000 | |
| Gibraltar | 600 | |
| Philippines | 500 | |
| Macedonia | 200 | |
| Egypt | 100 |
Historical: Ladino, Haketia, Judeo-Portuguese, Catalanic, Shuadit, local languages Modern: Local languages, primarily Hebrew, French, English, Spanish
Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, other Jewish ethnic divisions, Arabs, Spaniards, Portuguese.
Sephardi Jews (Hebrew: ספרדי, Standard Səfardi Tiberian Səp̄arədî; plural ספרדים, Standard Səfaradim Tiberian Səp̄arədîm; Spanish Sefardíes; Portuguese Sefarditas, Greek Σεφάρδοι, Turkish Sefarad, Judaeo-Spanish Sefardies) are a subgroup of Jews originating in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, usually defined in contrast to Ashkenazi or Mizrahi Jews.
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Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:49:39 GM
Sephardic Jews. originated from the Middle East, North Africa and Spain. Ashkenazi ones are from Eastern Europe and differ in religious and cultural traditions. Both communities attend separate synagogues in different neighborhoods, ...
