However, the first Jewish congregation in America, Shearith Israel in New York, was of this type, as were major communities in Venice and Thessalonica.
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}