Mizrahi (Mizrahi, pl. Mizrahim)
MIZRAHI (mizrahi, pl. mizrahim)
Hebrew word meaning "oriental(s)," "easterner(s)," that is to say, Jews from Arab or Muslim countries who have settled in Israel.
SEE ALSO Sephardim.
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