Yemenite Jews

Yemenite Jews (תֵּימָנִי, Standard Hebrew Temani, Tiberian Hebrew Têmānî; plural תֵּימָנִים, Standard Hebrew Temanim, Tiberian Hebrew Têmānîm) are those Jews who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen (תֵּימָן "far south", Standard Hebrew Teman, Tiberian Hebrew Têmān), on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. They are sometimes considered to be Mizrahi.

References

• "The Jews of Yemen, in Yemen 3000 Years of Art and Civilization in Arabia Felix," edited by Werner Daum, page 272, 1987
• "Yemenite Jewry: Origins, Culture, and Literature," page 6, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986)
• "Jewish Communities in Exotic Places," by Ken Brady, Jason Aronson INC. 2000
• "Hokhmei Teiman," by Yeshivat Hod Yoseph