Jewish ethnic divisions refers to many distinctive communities within the world's Jewish population. Although external observers have only described "Jewish" as an ethnicity, there are distinct ethnic
Painting of a Jewish man from the Ottoman Empire, 1779
Jewish women in Algeria, 1851
The Suleiman ben Pinchas Cohen family of Yemen, circa 1944
Maltese Jews in Valletta, 19th century
Jews, or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating in the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and com
Jewish ethnic divisions
…the world's Jewish population. Although external observers have only described "Jewish" as an ethnicity, there are distinct ethnic subdivisions among Jews, most of which are primarily the result of geographic branching from an originating Israelite population, mixing with local communities, and subsequent…
Egyptian depiction of the visit of Western Asiatics in colorful garments, labeled as Aamu. The painting is from the tomb of a 12th dynasty official Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan, and dated to c. 1900 BCE. Their nearest Biblical contemporaries were the earliest of Hebrews, such as Abraham and Joseph.
Depiction of King Jehu, tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, 841–840 BCE. This is "the only portrayal we have in ancient Near Eastern art of an Israelite or Judaean monarch".
Gate from the Israelite city of Hazor's royal fort, dating to the time of Ahab, 9th century BCE
Temple menorah depicted on a coin of the Hasmonean king of Judaea Antigonus II Mattathias