Italian Jews
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Italian Jews are a historic Jewish community in Italy, shaped by centuries of interaction with Italian culture and including distinct traditions such as the ancient Roman Jewish rite.
All labels observed (17)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30430 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Italian Jews Context triple: [Jews, hasEthnicSubdivision, Italian Jews]
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Sephardi Jews
Sephardi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group originating from the Iberian Peninsula, whose descendants spread throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East, developing distinctive religious traditions, liturgy, and cultural practices.
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Jews
Jews are an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Israelites and Hebrews, historically associated with Judaism and a shared cultural, religious, and national identity.
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Mizrahi Jews
Mizrahi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group originating from Middle Eastern and North African countries, with distinct religious traditions, languages, and cultural practices shaped by centuries of life in the Islamic world.
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Judeo-Italian
Judeo-Italian is a group of historically Jewish dialects of Italian that blend Hebrew and Aramaic elements with local Italian varieties, traditionally spoken by Jewish communities in Italy.
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Sinti
The Sinti are a traditionally itinerant Romani ethnic group in Central Europe who, like the Roma, were persecuted and targeted for genocide under Nazi rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Italian Jews Target entity description: Italian Jews are a historic Jewish community in Italy, shaped by centuries of interaction with Italian culture and including distinct traditions such as the ancient Roman Jewish rite.
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A.
Sephardi Jews
Sephardi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group originating from the Iberian Peninsula, whose descendants spread throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East, developing distinctive religious traditions, liturgy, and cultural practices.
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B.
Jews
Jews are an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Israelites and Hebrews, historically associated with Judaism and a shared cultural, religious, and national identity.
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C.
Mizrahi Jews
Mizrahi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group originating from Middle Eastern and North African countries, with distinct religious traditions, languages, and cultural practices shaped by centuries of life in the Islamic world.
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D.
Judeo-Italian
Judeo-Italian is a group of historically Jewish dialects of Italian that blend Hebrew and Aramaic elements with local Italian varieties, traditionally spoken by Jewish communities in Italy.
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E.
Sinti
The Sinti are a traditionally itinerant Romani ethnic group in Central Europe who, like the Roma, were persecuted and targeted for genocide under Nazi rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish community
ⓘ
ethno-religious group ⓘ religious minority in Italy ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UCEI ⓘ |
| capitalCommunity | Jewish community of Rome ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
Italian culture
ⓘ
Mediterranean Judaism ⓘ |
| demographicTrend |
declining population in 20th century
ⓘ
emigration to Israel after 1948 ⓘ |
| diasporaCommunityIn |
Argentina
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ France ⓘ Israel ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicOrigin |
Italians
ⓘ
Jews ⓘ |
| hasCuisine | Italian Jewish cuisine ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
distinct synagogue melodies
ⓘ
unique Italian piyyutim ⓘ |
| hasMusicTradition | Italian Jewish liturgical music ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Italian Jews
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Florentine Jews
Italian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Ashkenazi Jews
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Sephardi Jews
Italkim ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Livornese Jews
Italian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Milanese Jews
Roman Ghetto community ⓘ Roman Jews ⓘ Sicilian Jews ⓘ Italian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Triestine Jews
Italian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Turinese Jews
Venetian Jews ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Ancona
ⓘ
Ferrara ⓘ Florence ⓘ Genoa ⓘ Livorno ⓘ Mantua ⓘ Naples ⓘ Palermo ⓘ Pitigliano ⓘ Rome ⓘ Trieste, Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Trieste
Turin ⓘ Venice ⓘ |
| historicalPresenceSinceCentury | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| language |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ Judeo-Italian ⓘ |
| majorOrganization | Union of Italian Jewish Communities ⓘ |
| notableRite |
Italian rite
ⓘ
Roman rite (Jewish) ⓘ |
| partOf | European Jews ⓘ |
| persecutedDuring |
Holocaust
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surface form:
Holocaust in Italy
Italian Racial Laws ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Jewish rite ⓘ |
| victimOf | Fascist antisemitic policies ⓘ |
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Subject: Italian Jews Description of subject: Italian Jews are a historic Jewish community in Italy, shaped by centuries of interaction with Italian culture and including distinct traditions such as the ancient Roman Jewish rite.
Referenced by (33)
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