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“Judaism comprises both a religion and a people. While its religious component is well known, the people part is not. Generally speaking, Jews are either Sephardic or Ashkenazi. Originally, Sephardim were those descended from Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula until their expulsion by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492. The term ”Sephardic” comes from ”Sefarad,” a Hebrew word meaning Spain. Today, however, Sephardim has a wider meaning and includes Jewish communities in North Africa, Iraq (Babylon), Syria, Greece, Turkey and most Jews who are not Ashkenazim.
Ashkenazim are those descended from Jews who lived in Germany. ”Ashkenazi” comes from a Hebrew word meaning German. It also has taken on a broader definition ”” not only German Jews, but those of Eastern Europe and Russia as well.”
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