Who Are the Mizrachi Jews?

By Aish.com
The Mizrahi, or Eastern, Jewish community is the most ancient Jewish diaspora community, with roots dating back to Biblical times. Today they make up about half of Israel’s Jewish population.
Featured Image: Cover photo of the Mizrahi music group A-Wa's 2019 album, "Bayti Fi Rasi."
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[@sarita3337]

Beautiful people with a rich cultural history and Torah study! Thank you.

[@emilaslan8452]

Shalom from a Mizrachi-Sephardic Jew with Persian, Iraqi, and Turkish heritage!

[@mcdeadsquirrel]

Thank you x 100000 for this!!!! Upstate NY

[@Jeyisms]

Thank you for this video! My family was always lumped with the Sephardic because of the color of our skin. Either white or brown, Ashkenazim or Sephardim. No proud Persian/Israeli Mizrachim. 🙂

[@joel4535]

I bump into AISH again ! One of the best sources on my journey for true monothism.

[@Pratchettgaiman]

You make the point that Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews should be considered distinct from one another, and then use an image of Maimonides, a Sephardic Jew, as an example of a Mizrahi scholar!

[@SuperChris501]

Good point

[@Raanan613]

HA! You're right, but they probably couldn't resist the optics!

[@tagbarzeev3571]

Mizrahi jews are a older Diaspora group then Sephardic Jews, I believe that both Diaspora groups use a Sephardic minhag.Correct me If I am wrong.

[@mimovk]

Sephardic Jew here ✌🏼 i did a genealogy research few years ago and apparently my family’s roots are from Toledo.

[@sammyperska460]

I just received my dna test and it appears im 28 % mizrahi jewish from iran , iblwags thought im 100% iranian lol

[@jewishwhitetiger]

I have Mizrachi as well✡💯

[@problematic441]

convert brother

[@emilaslan8452]

Part of your Jewish ancestors converted to Islam and became Persians, brother, to avoid horrible anti-Jewish discrimination and violence in the 19th century up to the 1920s. So many Persian Jews did this over centuries to survive. Being of predominantly Persian Jewish heritage, this is part of my family history.

[@Knownonamexo]

@@emilaslan8452 I did DNA too, thought to be Persian, turns out I'm 93% Mizrachi from Iran/Iraq. I did some asking around on both sides of my family, it's probably my paternal grandmothers side. But I'm a female, how does this work? I have been told that it doesn't count unless your mother is jewish. So in Jewish tradition I'm not jewish but DNA says I'm more jewish than most jews?! hahaha it's such a trip. I would love to learn more...

[@emilaslan8452]

@@Knownonamexo according to Jewish law, you're considered Jewish if your direct maternal line is Jewish. That's the religious take.
You may be of predominant Jewish ancestry in ethnic terms without being considered Jewish according to religious Jewish law, halacha, though.

[@bidarvandi]

music was persian sufi/darvish/yazidi

[@bidarvandi]

daniel the profate from shshan was mizrahi(his tomb)

[@ThePanEthiopian]

1:00 Iran🗿

[@mrcountit]

Mizrachi are like the indigenous peoples of what is now Israel, so they are the most important and authentic for having endured, da?

[@izaiahshorten7609]

False the afro Palestinians are. The mizrahi came after. Jews are black aka negro shemite

[@borisschwarz7359]

On my opinion, all of tree.

[@jewishwhitetiger]

Fantastic 👏 ✡😎