Today, Sephardic Jews form a major component of the global Jewish population, with the largest population living in Israel. [2] The earliest documented Jewish presence in the Iberian …

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 …

Dec 6, 2025 · 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 …

Sephardic Jews are the Jews of Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Middle East and their descendants. The adjective "Sephardic" and corresponding nouns Sephardi (singular) and …

While “Sephardic” originally referred to Iberian-descended Jews, some use it broadly to include Jews from the Middle East and North Africa (Mizrahi). Sephardic and Mizrahi practices often …

Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic J...

The term Sephardic can refer to ancestry (descendants of Iberian Jews), religious practice (one of the two main Jewish traditions alongside Ashkenazi), or identity (a shared pan-ethnic label …

Jun 23, 2024 · “Sephardi” technically refers to Jews from Spain, but in modern usage refers to Jews who follow Sephardic religious practice and customs, which applies to most of the …

Apr 3, 2025 · Ethnic Sephardic Jews have had a presence in North Africa and various parts of the Mediterranean and Western Asia due to their expulsion from Spain. There have also been …

Sephardic law and customs are the law and customs of Judaism which are practiced by Sephardim or Sephardic Jews (lit. "Jews of Spain"); the descendants of the historic Jewish …