Balkan Jews
Balkan Jews refers to Jewish people who live or lived in the Balkans.
History
A small amount of Jews have resided in the Balkan peninsula since the Antiquity. However, most Jews arrived here after being expelled from Western Europe. The Sephardic Jews came to the Balkans in the 1490s after Spain was established as a Catholic country. Many Ashkenazi Jews also came to the Balkans in the 1400s because of persecution in northern European countries.[1]
See also
- History of the Jews in Albania
- History of the Jews in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- History of the Jews in Bulgaria
- History of the Jews in Croatia
- History of the Jews in Greece
- History of the Jews in Italy
- History of the Jews in Kosovo
- History of the Jews in Monastir
- History of the Jews in Montenegro
- History of the Jews in North Macedonia
- History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire
- History of the Jews in Romania
- History of the Jews in Serbia
- History of the Jews in Slovenia
- History of the Jews in Turkey
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