History of the Jews in Kurdistan
Jews of Kurdistan (Hebrew: יהודי כורדיסטן, Yehudei Kurdistan, lit. Jews of Kurdistan; Aramaic: אנשא דידן, Nashi Didan, lit. our people; Kurdish: Kurdên cihû) are the ancient Eastern Jewish communities, inhabiting the region known as Kurdistan in northern Mesopotamia, roughly covering parts of northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. Their clothing and culture is similar to neighbouring Kurdish Muslims and Assyrians. Until their immigration to Israel in the 1940s and early 1950s, the Jews of Kurdistan lived as closed ethnic communities.The Jews of Kurdistan largely spoke Aramaic, as a lingua franca, with some additionally speaking Kurdish dialects, in particular the Kurmanji dialect in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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History of the Jews in Kurdistan
Jews of Kurdistan (Hebrew: יהודי כורדיסטן, Yehudei Kurdistan, lit. Jews of Kurdistan; Aramaic: אנשא דידן, Nashi Didan, lit. our people; Kurdish: Kurdên cihû) are the ancient Eastern Jewish communities, inhabiting the region known as Kurdistan in northern Mesopotamia, roughly covering parts of northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. Their clothing and culture is similar to neighbouring Kurdish Muslims and Assyrians. Until their immigration to Israel in the 1940s and early 1950s, the Jews of Kurdistan lived as closed ethnic communities.The Jews of Kurdistan largely spoke Aramaic, as a lingua franca, with some additionally speaking Kurdish dialects, in particular the Kurmanji dialect in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Jews of Kurdistan (Hebrew: יהו ...... rdistan's Jews live in Israel.
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Kurdische Juden oder auch Kurd ...... igen Süd- und Südostanatolien.
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Les Juifs Kurdes ou Juifs du K ...... villes et villages de la zone
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Курдистанские евреи (лахлу́хи, ...... ется около 100 тысяч лахлухов.
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يهود كرد وهم اليهود ألذين تعود ...... عيش أغلبهم حالياً في إسرائيل .
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Jews of Kurdistan (Hebrew: יהו ...... ji dialect in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Kurdische Juden oder auch Kurd ...... igen Süd- und Südostanatolien.
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Les Juifs Kurdes ou Juifs du K ...... villes et villages de la zone
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Курдистанские евреи (лахлу́хи, ...... фактически не имеет подтвержде
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يهود كرد وهم اليهود ألذين تعود ...... عيش أغلبهم حالياً في إسرائيل .
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Histoire des Juifs au Kurdistan
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History of the Jews in Kurdistan
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Kurdische Juden
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Курдистанские евреи
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يهود كرد
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Kurdish Jews
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