Amazonian Jews (Hebrew: יהודי אמזונאס, "Yehudey Amazonas"; Spanish: Judíos Amazónicos; Portuguese: Judeus Amazônicos) are the communities of mostly Moroccan Jewish descendants found in Amazon basin cities and river villages of Brazil and Peru, including Belém, Santarém, Alenquer, Óbidos, Manaus, Iquitos, Tarapoto and others.
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