Genealogy Projects tagged with Kurdên cihû on the Geni Family Tree

Kurdish Jews - Kurdên Cihû

Jews of Kurdistan יהודי כורדיסטן‎, Kurdên cihû are the ancient Eastern Jewish communities, inhabiting the region known as Kurdistan in northern Mesopotamia, roughly covering parts of Iran, northern Iraq, Syria and eastern Turkey. Their clothing and culture is similar to neighbouring Kurdish Muslims and Christian Assyrians. >>Until their immigration to Israel in the 1940s and early 1950s, the Je...