Kurdish Jews in Israel

Kurdish Jews in Israel
Total population
Israel 300,000[1][2][3]
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Jerusalem, also Tel Aviv and many other places.
Languages
Hebrew (Main language for all generations);
Older generation: Kurdish (Kurmanji, Sorani and Feyli), Persian, Judeo-Aramaic
Religion
Judaism

Kurdish Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Kurdish Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel. They number about 300,000.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Kurdish Jewish Community in Israel". Jcjcr.org. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  2. ^ Berman, Lazar (September 30, 2013). "Cultural pride, and unlikely guests, at Kurdish Jewish festival". timesofisrael.com.
  3. ^ "Inside the Unlikely, Unofficial Ties Between Israel and the Kurds". Haaretz.
  4. ^ "Kurdish Jewish Community in Israel". Jcjcr.org. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  5. ^ Berman, Lazar (September 30, 2013). "Cultural pride, and unlikely guests, at Kurdish Jewish festival". timesofisrael.com.
  6. ^ "Kurdistan". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved January 31, 2021.

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