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Total population | |
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c. 2,500 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Peru | 1,600 prospective converts[1] |
Israeli-occupied West Bank | 900 (est.)[1] |
Languages | |
Spanish, Modern Hebrew, Quechua | |
Religion | |
Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Mestizos, Amerindians, Quechua people, Indigenous peoples of Peru |
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The B'nai Moshe (Hebrew: בני משה, "Children of Moses"), also known as Inca Jews, are a small group of several hundred converts to Judaism originally from the city of Trujillo, Peru, to the north of the capital city Lima. Judaism moved to the south into Arequipa and to other populated cities like Piura.
Most B'nai Moshe now live in Lima and Trujillo. And some B'nai Moshe are in Israel and West Bank, mostly in Kfar Tapuach and Elon Moreh, along with Yemenite Jews, Russian Jews and others.[2]