Jewish community of Herat

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jewish_community_of_Herat

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:containsCommunity	gptkb:Bukharan_Jews gptkb:Persian_Jews Jewish community of Kabul
gptkbp:declinedAfter	mid-20th century
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite	gptkb:Yu_Aw_Synagogue Gulki Synagogue Ishaq Synagogue Jewish cemetery of Herat Mullah Ashur Synagogue
gptkbp:historicalPopulation	thousands (in the 19th century)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	one of the oldest Jewish communities in Central Asia
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Persian gptkb:Judeo-Persian
gptkbp:lastKnownMemberLeft	2021
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Afghanistan Herat
gptkbp:mainCathedral	gptkb:Yu_Aw_Synagogue Gulki Synagogue Ishaq Synagogue Mullah Ashur Synagogue
gptkbp:notableMigration	gptkb:Iran gptkb:Israel gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:peakPopulationPeriod	late 19th century
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:status	virtually extinct
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Herat_Synagogue gptkb:Jewish_cemetery_in_Herat
gptkbp:bfsLayer	9
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jewish community of Herat