The history of the Jews in French Polynesia can be traced back to the 19th century.
The first Jew to settle in French Polynesia was Alexander Salmon, an English merchant; he married into the Tahitian royal family upon his marriage to Princess Arrioehau, a member of the Tevi tribe.
The majority of Jews in French Polynesia are of North African Sephardi heritage.
The first organized Jewish community was established by Algerian-Jewish refugees in the 1960s.
The Jewish community today is represented by the Association Culturelle des Israelites et Sympathisants de Polynesie (ACISPO), which was established in 1982.