| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Be'er Sheva and many other places | |
| Languages | |
| Hebrew (Main language for all generations); Older generation: Arabic language (Judeo-Arabic languages) and other languages like Judeo-Persian, Kurdish, Georgian, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Bukhori, Juhuri | |
| Religion | |
| Sephardic Judaism, Yemenite Nusach |
Mizrahi Jews constitute one of the largest Jewish ethnic divisions among Israeli Jews. Mizrahi Jews are descended from Jews in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia and parts of the Caucasus, who had lived for many generations under Muslim rule during the Middle Ages. The vast majority of them left the Muslim-majority countries during the Arab–Israeli conflict, in what is known as the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries. According to a survey conducted in 2005, 61% of Jewish Israelis identified as either Mizrahi or Sephardic.[1]