Jew who traces his or her heritage to countries around the Mediterranean Sea, as well as France and the Iberian peninsula.

(Hebrew, "native of Spain"), pl. Sephardim — Jews of Spanish and Portuguese extraction. Following their expulsion in the fifteenth century, the Iberian Jews settled around the Mediterranean, the Balkans, western Europe, and the Americas. See Ashkenazi.

A biblical word which came to describe “Spain” and the Jews from around the Mediterranean.

Jews of Spanish and Portuguese origin, descendants of the Jews expelled from there in 15th century.

(Plural Sephardim) Referring to Jews living round the Mediterranean area. Sepharad = Spain. The word occurs in Obediah v. 20, but there it refers to a place in Asia Minor. Sephardi Jews have a different Jewish accent from the Ashkenazim and also have differences in a few prayers and practices.

Jews of Southern European, North African, and Middle Eastern descent. Ashkenazi Jews come from the rest of Europe and Russia.

Jews originally from Spain & Portugal as well as their decendants.

a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent

Jews of Spanish, Portuguese and North African descent.

Refers to Jews of Spanish, Portugese, North African and Middle Eastern origin and their descendants, who follow in their traditions.

Jews from the Iberian diaspora and their North African and Middle Eastern descendants.