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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yahudic of Israel

The Yahudic of Israel, numbering approximately 138,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a repatriated diaspora community of Iraqi Jews in Israel. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Judeo-Iraqi Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Yahudic

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Israel
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (yhd)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 138,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011770
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

99%
%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

70%
%
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi Speakers

Media Resources in Judeo-Iraqi Arabic:

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Bible Resources in Judeo-Iraqi Arabic:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Yahudic are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Yahudic:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Yahudic of Israel

For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
read2 Corinthians 6:14

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and want to marry, they will be led to other believers and enter into godly marriages.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Jew, Iraqi Across Countries (ROP3 - 110925) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Judeo-Iraqi ArabsPG000611Judeo-Iraqi ArabsUnited Kingdom6,000Unengaged and UnreachedJudeo-Iraqi ArabicJudaism
Iraqi JewsPG011715Iraqi JewsIraq5Unengaged and UnreachedJudeo-Iraqi ArabicJudaism
YahudicPG011770YahudicIsrael138,000Engaged yet UnreachedJudeo-Iraqi ArabicJudaism

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