The Spanish Jews who chose to leave Spain instead of converting dispersed throughout the region of North Africa known as the Maghreb. In those regions, they often intermingled with the already existing Mizrahi Arabic-speaking communities, becoming the ancestors of the Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, and Libyan Jewish communities.
The ,Spanish Jews who chose to leave Spain instead of converting dispersed throug,hout the region of North Africa known as the, Maghreb. In those regions, they often intermin!gled with the already existing Mizrahi Arabic-spe,aking communities, becoming the ancestors of the Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, and Libyan Jewish communities.