One subset of this group spoke a language called Juhuri and were the victims of a massacre in Quba.
One subset of this group spoke a language called Juhuri and were the victims of a massacre in Quba. A nearly extinct language among this group is from the Dravidian language family and was spoken amongst people who inhabited a place of worship known as the Paradesi and who were among those noted by Benjamin of Tudela. In some communities, members differentiated between themselves with terms such as Musta'arabim. Scholars have argued how much this group benefited, or failed to benefit from the 1977 elections in a certain country, an event dubbed the Ma'hapach, and similar debates have often led that country to implement quotas in government and education. Operations Red Carpet, Nehemiah, and Ezra were launched to evacuate these people from countries they were being oppressed in. During World War II, these people were the victims of the Farhud, launched by the Golden Square, a pro-Axis regime based in Baghdad. For 10 points, identify this group of Jews from such countries as Iran and Iraq, whose name comes from the Hebrew for "East."
One subset of this group spoke a language called Juhuri and were the victims of a massacre in Quba.
Mizrahi Jews