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History of the Jews in Italy
Aspect of Italian and Jewish history / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The history of the Jews in Italy spans more than two thousand years to the present. The Jewish presence in Italy dates to the pre-Christian Roman period and has continued, despite periods of extreme persecution and expulsions, until the present. As of 2019, the estimated core Jewish population in Italy numbers around 45,000.[1]
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