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פיזור המוצא האתני יהודי ספרדי - צפון אפריקאי - MyHeritage

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פיזור המוצא האתני יהודי ספרדי - צפון אפריקאי - MyHeritage

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This MyHeritage web page provides a comprehensive analysis of the worldwide distribution of North African Sephardic Jewish ethnicity, based on DNA data from the company's users. The page serves as an educational resource about the geographic spread of this specific Jewish ethnic group, presenting statistical data showing which countries have the highest concentrations of people with North African Sephardic Jewish ancestry. According to the user data, Israel leads with 22.8% of its MyHeritage DNA users showing this ethnicity, followed by Cyprus (9%), Italy (8.3%), Guatemala (7.4%), and Panama (6.6%). The page offers rich historical context about North African Sephardic Jews, who are part of the broader "Mizrahi" Jewish population and include those known as "Maghrebi Jews" - referencing their western geographic heritage from Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia. The content traces their origins back to ancient times, explaining that Jews first arrived in North Africa either as traders for the ancient Kingdom of Israel or following upheavals after the destruction of Solomon's Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. These early settlers integrated among the Berber populations, with their descendants becoming today's Moroccan Jews. The historical narrative continues through the Roman period in Algeria and describes how Libyan and Tunisian Jewish communities were established centuries earlier under Greek rule in the 3rd century BCE. A pivotal moment in this ethnic group's history occurred in 1492 when the Spanish Inquisition and expulsion from Spain created a massive wave of Jewish migration from the Iberian Peninsula to North Africa - over a thousand years after the initial Jewish settlement in the region. The page concludes with more recent history, noting that following Israel's establishment in 1948, the vast majority of North African Jews emigrated to Israel through the 1970s in successive waves of mass migration. A significant portion also relocated to France, leaving only small communities (primarily a few thousand in Morocco) remaining in North Africa today. The page functions as both a genealogical tool and historical educational resource, targeting individuals researching their ancestry as well as those interested in Jewish diaspora history. It combines MyHeritage's DNA testing services with scholarly historical information, presented in Hebrew but accessible to users seeking to understand their genetic heritage within a broader historical and cultural framework. The page also includes typical website navigation elements and promotional content for MyHeritage's DNA testing kits, positioning genetic testing as a way to "discover your ethnic origins and find new relatives."

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פיזור המוצא האתני יהודי ספרדי - צפון אפריקאי - MyHeritage. (2025, 11 22). www.myheritage.com. https://www.myheritage.com/ethnicities/north-african-jewish/ethnicity-worldwide-distribution

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Domain www.myheritage.com
File Size 418 KB
Archived 2025-11-22T14:43:31.634569
Document ID #91
Languages 5 available