Mizrahi Jews

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Mizrahi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group originating from Middle Eastern and North African countries, with distinct religious traditions, languages, and cultural practices shaped by centuries of life in the Islamic world.

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Generate an image of Mizrahi Jews (Mizrahi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group originating from Middle Eastern and North African countries, with distinct religious traditions, languages, and cultural practices shaped by centuries of life in the Islamic world.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethnic group ⓘ
Middle Eastern Jews ⓘ
ethno-religious group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mizrahim ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Oriental Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
continentOfOrigin Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Algeria ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Bukharan Jewish communities ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews

Egypt ⓘ
Georgian Jewish communities ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Kurdish Jewish communities ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
Yemenite Jewish communities ⓘ
cuisine Middle Eastern Jewish cuisine ⓘ
culturalInfluence influenced by Arabic culture ⓘ
influenced by Berber and Maghrebi cultures ⓘ
influenced by Kurdish culture ⓘ
influenced by Persian culture ⓘ
culturalPractice distinct wedding and life-cycle customs shaped by Islamic-world surroundings ⓘ
use of amulets and folk traditions influenced by local cultures ⓘ
culturalRevival renewal of Mizrahi music, liturgy, and identity in late 20th century ⓘ
demographics communities in Canada ⓘ
communities in France ⓘ
communities in Latin America ⓘ
communities in the United States ⓘ
large population in Israel ⓘ
etymology Hebrew word "Mizrah" meaning "East" or "Orient" ⓘ
heritageStatus many communities largely left or were expelled from Arab and Muslim countries in mid-20th century ⓘ
historicalContext distinct from Ashkenazi Jews of Europe ⓘ
distinct from Sephardi Jews of Iberian origin ⓘ
lived for centuries under Islamic rule ⓘ
historicalExperience experienced discrimination and marginalization in early Israeli statehood ⓘ
identityDebate sometimes grouped together with Sephardi Jews in Israel ⓘ
term overlaps but is not identical with Sephardi Jews ⓘ
languageTradition Hebrew ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
Judeo-Aramaic ⓘ
Judeo-Kurdish ⓘ
Judeo-Persian ⓘ
Judeo-Tat ⓘ
majorMigrationWave mass immigration to Israel after 1948 ⓘ
musicTradition piyyutim and liturgical music with Middle Eastern maqam scales ⓘ
notableSubgroup Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Georgian Jews ⓘ
Iraqi Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Kurdish Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Libyan Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Moroccan Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Persian Jews ⓘ
Syrian Jews ⓘ
Tunisian Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Yemenite Jews ⓘ
politicalInfluence significant influence on Israeli politics and society ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousLawTradition follow Sephardi rabbinic authorities in halakha ⓘ
religiousRite Mizrahi liturgical traditions ⓘ
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite ⓘ
socialMovement Mizrahi social justice and equality movements in Israel ⓘ
timePeriod developed as a distinct category in the 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → hasEthnicSubdivision → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Jews → hasEthnicSubdivision → Yemenite Jews ⓘ
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Jews → hasEthnicSubdivision → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
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Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Yemenite Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Iraqi Jews ⓘ
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Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Moroccan Jews ⓘ
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Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Tunisian Jews ⓘ
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Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Algerian Jews ⓘ
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Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Egyptian Jews ⓘ
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Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Syrian Jews ⓘ
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Judeo-Arabic → usedBy → Yemeni Jews ⓘ
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Mountain Jews → relatedGroup → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Yemenite Jews ⓘ
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Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Maghrebi Jews ⓘ
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Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Syrian Jews ⓘ
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Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Iraqi Jews ⓘ
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Sephardi Jews → differentiatedFrom → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews → alsoKnownAs → Mizrahim ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Mizrahi Jews → alsoKnownAs → Oriental Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Mizrahi Jews → notableSubgroup → Iraqi Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Mizrahi Jews → notableSubgroup → Moroccan Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Mizrahi Jews → notableSubgroup → Tunisian Jews ⓘ
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Mizrahi Jews → notableSubgroup → Libyan Jews ⓘ
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Mizrahi Jews → notableSubgroup → Kurdish Jews ⓘ
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Shalom Aleichem → usedBy → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → majorSubtradition → Mizrahi Judaism ⓘ
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Romaniote Jews → distinctFrom → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Gorskie Yevrei → partOf → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Bukharan Jews → religiousTradition → Mizrahi Judaism ⓘ
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Musaf → usedBy → Mizrahi communities ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Machzor → usedBy → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Kol Nidre → recitedBy → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Jewish Americans → ethnicOrigin → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Palestinian Jews → hasPart → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite → associatedWithCommunity → Edot HaMizrach communities ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Syrian Jews → subgroup → Halabi Jews ⓘ
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Syrian Jews → subgroup → Shami Jews ⓘ
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Georgian Jews → partOf → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Georgian Jews → relatedEthnicGroup → Kurdish Jews ⓘ
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Italkim → distinctFrom → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Moshe Katsav → ethnicGroup → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Eliyahu Sasson → ethnicGroup → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Aleinu → usedBy → Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit → memberOfPoliticalParty → Sephardim and Oriental Communities ⓘ
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Jewish printing → associatedWithCommunity → North African Jews ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews
Kingship verses → usedBy → Mizrahi communities ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews