Crimean Karaites or simply Karaites, also known more broadly as Eastern European Karaites, are a traditionally Turkic-speaking Judaic ethnoreligious group native to Crimea. Nowadays, most Karaim in Ea
Karaite men in traditional garb, Crimea, 19th century.
Cemetery near Feodosia (Crimea)
Former Karaim Kenesa in Kyiv
Showcase of the Crimean Karaites traditional lifestyle in Trakai, Lithuania
Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish sect characterized by the recognition of the written Tanakh alone as its supreme authority in halakha and theology, and rejection of Rabbinic authority or tradit
Crimean Karaites
…to be Karaites in Eastern Europe are not members of the Karaite ethnoreligious community, and are not accepted as legitimate Karaites. Turkic-speaking Karaite Jews (in the Crimean Tatar language, Qaraylar) have lived in Crimea for centuries. Most modern scientists regard them as descendants of Karaite Jews who…
Karaite synagogue in Jerusalem
The Karaite Synagogue [he] in the Old City of Jerusalem
Karaim synagogue in Trakai
Eupatorian Kenassas of Crimean Karaites