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- Date: 2026-05-10 20:50:21
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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-10 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-10.
Wikipedia Overview
Jewish communities of continental Africa include:Sephardic Jews and Mizrahi Jews who predominantly live in the Maghreb of North Africa, including Moroccan Jews, Algerian Jews, Tunisian Jews, and Libyan Jews. Smaller Sephardic communities also historically lived in Egypt. Some were established as early as before the Roman period in North Africa; others were established following the expulsion from Iberia in the late 15th century.
Berber Jews, the majority of whom were assimilated and converted to Islam, especially during the historical persecutions of the Almohadic Caliphate in the Middle Ages. The modern population of Berber Jews now numbers about 8,000 people in Morocco, many of whom have emigrated to Israel since the creation of the State of Israel, along with smaller numbers throughout Europe and the Americas.
South African Jews and Lemba Jews in Southern Africa.
Beta Israel who live in the Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia and sparsely in Eritrea.
Such historical communities which no longer exist in sub-Saharan Africa as the Jews of Bilad el-Sudan in West Africa, who practiced Judaism prior to the introduction of Islam in the 14th century.
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