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The opening as it read in 2020

They married indigenous women and their descendants are of mixed ancestry (mestizo). In the 21st century, Belém has about 1000 Jewish families and Manaus about 140 such families, most descended from these 19th-century Moroccans. A small Jewish community was established in Iquitos by immigrants from Morocco during the rubber boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Other than Lima , with a larger, mostly Ashkenazi Jewish community, Iquitos has the only organized Jewish community in Peru. Since the late 20th century, some of these Sephardic descendants have studied Judaism and formally converted in order to be accepted by Israel as Jews. Hundreds from Iquitos have emigrated to Israel since then, including about 150 from 2013 to 2014.¹

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Ethno-religious group in South America Ethnic group Amazonian Jews ( ; ; ; ) are the Jews of the Amazon basin , mainly descendants of Moroccan Jews who migrated to northern Brazil and Peru in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The migrants were attracted to the growing trade in the Amazon region, especially during the rubber boom , as well as to the newly established religious tolerance . They settled in localities along the Amazon River , such as Belém , Cametá , Santarém , Óbidos , Parintins , Itacoatiara and Manaus in Brazil, some venturing as far as Iquitos in Peru. During the 20th century, the Jews of the region became concentrated in its urban areas, and some moved to other Brazilian cities such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo , joining other Jewish communities there. In the 21st century, in northern Brazil there were significant Jewish communities in Belém and Manaus, active with various institutions, as well as smaller communities in Macapá and Porto Velho . Of the approximately 120,000 Jews in the whole country, about 20% were estimated to be of Moroccan origin, mostly descendants of migrants to the Amazon basin. In parallel to the established Jewish communities, many of the original migrants dispersed and married into the local population. As a result, a significant portion of the general population of the Amazon region has partial Moroccan Jewish ancestry. Despite not being considered Jews under religious law , which requires Jewish matrilineal descent or conversion to Judaism , many of these descendants cherish their Jewish ancestry and some keep Jewish practices to various degrees. In Iquitos, most of them formally converted to Judaism and moved to Israel under its Law of Return .

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Ethno-religious group in South America Ethnic group Amazonian Jews ( Portuguese : judeus da Amazônia ; Spanish : judíos de la Amazonia ; Hebrew : יהודי האמזונס , romanized : yehudei haAmazonas ; Ladino : ג׳ודיוס די אמאזוניה, djudios de Amazonia ) are the Jews of the Amazon basin , mainly descendants of Moroccan Jews who migrated to northern Brazil and Peru in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The migrants were attracted to the growing trade in the Amazon region, especially during the rubber boom , as well as to the newly established religious tolerance . They settled in localities along the Amazon River , such as Belém , Cametá , Santarém , Óbidos , Parintins , Itacoatiara and Manaus in Brazil, some venturing as far as Iquitos in Peru. During the 20th century, the Jews of the region became concentrated in its urban areas, and some moved to other Brazilian cities such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo , joining other Jewish communities there. In the 21st century, in northern Brazil there were significant Jewish communities in Belém and Manaus, active with various institutions, as well as smaller communities in Macapá and Porto Velho . Of the approximately 120,000 Jews in the whole country, about 20% were estimated to be of Moroccan origin, mostly descendants of migrants to the Amazon basin. In parallel to the established Jewish communities, many of the original migrants dispersed and married into the local population. As a result, a significant portion of the general population of the Amazon region has partial Moroccan Jewish ancestry. Despite not being considered Jews under religious law , which requires Jewish matrilineal descent or conversion to Judaism , many of these descendants cherish their Jewish ancestry and some keep Jewish practices to various degrees. In Iquitos, most of them formally converted to Judaism and moved to Israel under its Law of Return .

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