And Arabs too. All semites. But "Jew" is today more a description of a religion and a culture, not so much genetic ancestry. Hebrews might be a better term
Yes, but Jews, Kurds, etc. are part of a closer cluster. Arabs are part of a more extended, Middle Eastern family. This wasn’t known until recently. The opposite was assumed.
In terms of culture, though, we are more related to Arabs. At least, we Mizrahim are. We were known as Jewish Arabs until coming to Israel. Also, our language is Semitic & not Indo-European.
Because of this, it’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that we’re genetically closer to Turks than to Arabs. Nothing against Turks, but we have so much more in common with Arabs!