Mizrahi

American

[miz-rah-hee, miz-rah-khee] / mɪzˈrɑ hi, mɪzˈrɑ xi /

noun

a member of the Jewish diaspora population that settled in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.

adjective

relating to the Jewish diaspora population that settled in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, or its culture.

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Mizrahi

The other is Shas, which was formed later and represents the Sephardi and Mizrahi – Jews from North Africa and the Middle East.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The real one is already more Mizrahi than they realize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Israel’s census doesn’t record ethnicity, so how Mizrahim vote can only be extrapolated from results in areas with large Mizrahi populations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mizrahi, one of the great artists of ’90s ready-to-wear fashion, has been tossed out.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

“I think it’s fair to say that at the time we had no idea who Isaac Mizrahi was.”

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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