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In reply to the discussion: "New Israel" , a not so modest proposal [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(101,606 posts)Mizrahi Jews constitute one of the largest Jewish ethnic divisions among Israeli Jews. Mizrahi Jews are descended from Jews in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, who had lived for many generations under Muslim rule during the Middle Ages. The vast majority of them left the Muslim-majority countries during the ArabIsraeli conflict, in what is known as the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries.
As of 2005, 61% of Israeli Jews were of full or partial Mizrahi ancestry
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