The Ashkenazi population basically only exploded compared to the Sefaradi and Mizrahi populations because industrialization hit Ashkenazim first.
Eli Sennesh
You know, I'll admit that even myself, before looking into it more, feel for the narrative that the Jewish diaspora has been so skewed European for so long. The reality is that when Europeans hit the new world, the majority of Jews were still in the Middle East.
