Maghrebi Jews

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See Mizrahi Jews, for more information about the Eastern Jews. Maghrebi Jews (מַג׳רֶבִּים or מַאגרֶבִּים, Maghrebim), are a Jewish diaspora group with a long history in the Maghreb, which includes present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. These communities were established long before the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb and continued to develop under Muslim rule during the Middle Ages. Maghrebi Jews represent the second-largest Jewish diaspora group — approximately 1.8 million in France, Canada, Israel, Morocco, and Tunisia — with their descendants forming a major part of the global Jewish population. Maghrebi Jews have lived in multiple communities in the northern Maghreb for more than 2,000 years, with the oldest Jewish communities present during Roman times and possibly as early as within Punic colonies of the era of ancient Carthage. Under early Muslim rule, Jews flourished in major urban centers throughout the region. However, they also faced periods of persecution, notably...

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