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Jewish genealogy is the study of Jewish families and the tracing of their lineages and history. The Pentateuchal equivalent for "genealogies" is "toledot" (generations). In later Hebrew, as in Aramaic, the term and its derivatives "yiḥus" and "yuḥasin" recur with the implication of legitimacy or nobility of birth. [ 1 ]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Khazar Khaganate, 650–850 The Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry, often called the Khazar myth by its critics, is a largely abandoned historical hypothesis [by whom?] that postulated that Ashkenazi Jews were primarily, or to a large extent, descended from Khazar converts to Judaism. The ...
The findings were found to be consistent with modern-day non-Jewish Arabic-speaking Levantine populations (such as Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians, and Druze) and Jewish groups (such as Moroccan Sephardi Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, and Iranian Jews), "having 50% or more of their ancestry from people related to groups who lived in the Bronze Age ...
The 2004 article on the genetic ancestry of the Samaritans by Shen et al. concluded from a sample comparing Samaritans to several Jewish populations, all currently living in Israel—representing the Beta Israel, Ashkenazi Jews, Iraqi Jews, Libyan Jews, Moroccan Jews, and Yemenite Jews, as well as Israeli Druze and Palestinians—that "the ...
The Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory (日ユ同祖論, Nichiyu Dōsoron) is a fringe theory that appeared in the 17th century as a hypothesis which claimed the Japanese people were the main part of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. A later version portrayed them as descendants of a tribe of Central Asian Jewish converts to Nestorian ...
Pages in category "Jewish genealogy" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Jewish Naturalization Act 1753, an attempt to legalise the Jewish presence in Britain, remained in force for only a few months. Practising Jews were finally allowed to sit in Parliament after the passage of the Jews Relief Act 1858, which was a significant step on the path to Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom.
Note: Listed are American people for whom reliable sources have been found indicating full or partial Jewish ancestry, but who do not necessarily identify as, or are not necessarily practicing, Jews. For Americans who are, see Category:American Jews