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===Did you know?===
*Columbus took Jews with him in hopes they could translate Oriental languages.
*Jewish births are sometimes [[Jewish Records in Other Denominations|listed in local church records]].
*Emma Lazarus, daughter of Sephardic Jews, wrote the famous poem inscribed on the [[Jewish Emigration and Immigration|Statue of Liberty]], "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
*Jews are the oldest&nbsp;group with their national identity and cultural heritage intact.<ref>Joseph Aaron, "Fun Jewish Facts" in Jewish News Online at http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=338 (accessed 15 August 2009).</ref><br><br><br>
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===Ethnic Divisions of Judaism===
===Ethnic Divisions of Judaism===