1st row: MaimonidesIsaac AbrabanelBaruch SpinozaDavid NietoDaniel MendozaDavid Ricardo 2nd row: Moses MontefioreBenjamin DisraeliSabato MoraisEmma LazarusBenjamin CardozoDavid de Sola Pool 3rd row: Basil HenriquesPierre Mendès-FranceSam CostaJacques DerridaShlomo AmarHank Azaria

Total population Sephardi Jews 1.5 - 2.0 million (estimate)[citation needed] up to 20% of the total 'Jewish World' population Regions with significant populations
Israel 725,000
France 350,000
United States 100,000
Argentina 60,000
Canada 60,000
Brazil 60,000
Mexico 40,000
Venezuela 35,000
Uruguay 30,000
Italy 30,000
Turkey 25,000
United Kingdom 18,000
Spain 12,000
Greece 8,500
Morocco 2-3,000
Bulgaria 5,000
Colombia 5,000
Cuba 3,500
Serbia 3,000
Croatia 3,000
Peru 3,000
Portugal 2,500[1]
Tunisia 1,000
Puerto Rico 1,500
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,200
Netherlands 1,000
Gibraltar 600
Macedonia 200
Languages

Historical: Ladino, Haketia, Judeo-Portuguese, Catalanic, Shuadit, local languages Modern: Local languages, primarily Hebrew, French, English, Spanish

Religion

Judaism

Related ethnic groups

Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, other Jewish ethnic divisions, Arabs, Spaniards, Portuguese.

Sephardi Jews (Hebrew: ספרדי‎, Standard Səfardi Tiberian Səp̄arədî; plural ספרדים, Standard Səfaradim Tiberian Səp̄arədîm; Spanish Sefardíes; Portuguese Sefarditas, Greek Σεφάρδοι, Turkish Sefarad, Judaeo-Spanish Sefardies) are a subgroup of Jews originating in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, usually defined in contrast to Ashkenazi or Mizrahi Jews.

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