Italian Jews

Italian Jewish people
Italkim
יהודים איטלקים
Total population
60,000
Regions with significant populations
 Italy30,000 (secular and religious)[a]
 Israel30,000[2]
Languages
Italian, Hebrew, Judeo-Italian languages and dialects (historically), Yiddish, Ladino
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Jews, Sephardi Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Israelis

Italian Jews (Italian: ebrei italiani; Hebrew: יהודים איטלקים) or Roman Jews (Italian: ebrei romani; Hebrew: יהודים רומים) can be used in a broad sense to mean all Jews living in or with roots in Italy, or, in a narrower sense, to mean the Italkim, an ancient community living in Italy since the Ancient Roman era, who use the Italian liturgy (or "Italian Rite") as distinct from those Jewish communities in Italy dating from medieval or modern times who use the Sephardic liturgy or the Nusach Ashkenaz.

  1. ^ Cf. the demographic statistics by Sergio DellaPergola, published on World Jewish Population Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, American Jewish Committee, 2007. URL accessed 13 March 2013.
  2. ^ Kjeilen, Tore. "Israel / Peoples - LookLex Encyclopaedia". Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2010-02-28.


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