Iranian-born Moshe Katsav was the first Israeli president to come from, for 10 points, what major branch of Judaism descended from the Ladino-speaking communities of Iberia who were expelled in 1492, a branch chiefly distinguished from the Ashkenazim?
Customs that seem unfamiliar to some Jews would include eating rice and corn products during passover and having the father walk around a table at a Seder with a bag on his shoulder. However, the first Jewish congregation in America, Shearith Israel in New York, was of this type, as were major communities in Venice and Thessalonica. Iranian-born Moshe Katsav was the first Israeli president to come from, for 10 points, what major branch of Judaism descended from the Ladino-speaking communities of Iberia who were expelled in 1492, a branch chiefly distinguished from the Ashkenazim?
Customs that seem unfamiliar to some Jews would include eating rice and corn products during passover and having the father walk around a table at a Seder with a bag on his shoulder.
{Sephardim} or {Sephardic Judaism}