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Jewishness and religiosity
Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law) Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks) Chabad: Jews affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement
Connections
Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations Ethnic: Jews whose Jewish identity is primarily ethnic
Age
Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older Younger: Jews in their 30s or younger
Ancestry
Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage Sephardim: Jews with Sephardi or Mizrahi heritage Syrian: Jews with recent ancestry in Syria Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran Bukharian: Jews with ancestry in Central Asia, such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Juhuro: Jews with ancestry in the Caucasus region, such as Azerbaijan and Dagestan, also known as Kavkazi, Gorsky, or Mountain Jews Russian: Jews whose ancestors were Russian-speaking Jews and migrated to English-speaking countries from the Soviet Union or Russia from the 1980s to the present North African: Jews with ancestry in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, or Egypt Yemenite: Jews with ancestry in Yemen Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire Kurdistan: Jews with ancestry in the Kurdish region of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey Iraqi: Jews with ancestry in Iraq
Other

ashlonak

ashtidek

ayouni

b'ursek

bda’alak ana

bilmilah

in anal abuk ujabak

ja'ale

kilish al

sambousak

sambusak

tbeet

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