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‘Sephardic Jew’

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'Sephardic Jew'

ETYMOLOGY

Apparently from the medieval Franks, whose name was used in the Middle East to refer to all crusaders, and not only those from France. {מאַקס ווײַנרײַך, געשיכטע פֿון דער ייִדישער שפּראַך, 3: 365}