Ashkenazi Jews in Israel

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Ashkenazi Jews in Israel refers to immigrants and descendants of Ashkenazi Jews, who now reside within the state of Israel, in the modern sense also referring to Israeli Jewish adherents of the Ashkenazi Jewish tradition. As of 2013, they number 2.8 million and constitute one of the largest Jewish ethnic divisions in Israel, in line with Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews. Ashkenazim, excluding those who migrated from the former USSR, are estimated to be 31.8% of the Israeli Jewish population in 2018. Ashkenazi Jews are Jews whose ancestors had settled in Central and Eastern Europe, not to be confused with Sephardi Jews who are those that originally settled in Spain and Portugal.

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