Jewish Ethnic Subdivisions of Europe
Main article: Jewish ethnic divisions- Ashkenazim (German Jews)
- Sephardim (Iberian/Hispanic Jews of Portugal and Spain)
- Romaniotes (Greek Jews)
- Italian Jews (also known as Bnei Roma)
- Georgian Jews and Armenian Jews
- Crimean Karaites and Krymchaks (Jews of Turkic descent in Crimea)
Read more about this topic: History Of The Jews In Europe
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