The Krymchaks (Krymchak: sg. кърымчах - qrymchakh, pl. кърымчахлар - qrymchakhlar) are a community of Turkic-speaking adherents of Rabbinic Judaism living in Crimea. They have historically lived in close proximity to the Crimean Karaites. At first krymchak was a Russian descriptive used to differentiate them from their Ashkenazi coreligionists, as well as other Jewish communities in… (More on Krymchaks) |