Mizrahi Jews Furthermore, the percentage of Mizrahim who seek a university education remains low compared to second-generation immigrant groups of Ashkenazi origin, such as Russians. According to a survey by the Adva Center, the average income of Ashkenazim was 36 percent higher than that of Mizrahim in 2004. [[Category:Jewish ethnic groups]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Israel]] [[Category:Jews and Judaism in Western Asia]] [[Category:Mizrahi Jews topics| ]] [[Category:Semitic-speaking peoples]] Mizrahi Jews Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahim (), also referred to as Edot HaMizrach (; "Communities of the East"; Mizrahi Hebrew: '), ("Sons of the East"), or Oriental Jews, are descendants of local Jewish communities in the
Ashkenazi Hebrew from Spain in 1492 (or before) the Sephardic pronunciation of the vowels became standard in all these countries, ironing out any differences that previously existed. This makes it harder to adjudicate between the different theories on the relationship between today's pronunciation systems and those of ancient times. Leopold Zunz believed that the Ashkenazi pronunciation was derived from that of Palestine in Geonic times (7th–11th centuries CE), while the Sephardi pronunciation was derived from that of Babylonia. This theory was supported by the fact that, in some respects, Ashkenazi Hebrew resembles the western dialect of Syriac while Sephardi Hebrew resembles the