Jews of the Middle East

GPTKB entity

Statements (100)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mizrahi_Jews
gptkb:Oriental_Jews
gptkbp:cuisine gptkb:Hamin
gptkb:Cholent
gptkb:Kubbeh
gptkb:Sabich
gptkb:Sambusak
Jachnun
Malawach
Shakshuka
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Babylonian_Talmud
gptkb:Geonic_literature
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic_literature
Synagogues with Middle Eastern architecture
gptkbp:culture Distinct liturgical traditions
Traditional foods
Distinct dress
Unique musical styles
gptkbp:demographics Majority now live in Israel
Small communities remain in Iran, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, and elsewhere
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Expulsions and emigration after 1948
Ancient communities dating back to Babylonian exile
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jews of the Middle East
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkb:Judeo-Persian
gptkb:Ladino
Kurdish
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Carnatic_music
gptkb:Piyyut
Andalusian music
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Farhud_(Iraq,_1941)
gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet_(Yemenite_Jews,_1949-1950)
Operation Ezra and Nehemiah (Iraqi Jews, 1950-1952)
Mass emigration to Israel (1948-1970s)
Persecution in Arab countries after 1948
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Yitzhak_Navon
gptkb:Amram_Gaon
gptkb:Isaac_Navon
gptkb:Simon_Halabi
gptkb:David_Levy
gptkb:Dudu_Tassa
gptkb:Eyal_Golan
gptkb:Moshe_Kahlon
gptkb:Ofra_Haza
gptkb:Yehoram_Gaon
gptkb:Zohar_Argov
gptkb:Eli_Amir
gptkb:Shimon_Ballas
gptkb:Samuel_ben_Hofni
gptkb:Saadia_Gaon
gptkb:Yehuda_Burla
gptkb:Albert_Memmi
gptkb:André_Azoulay
gptkb:Claude_Sitbon
gptkb:David_Sassoon
gptkb:Hai_Gaon
gptkb:Ovadia_Yosef
gptkb:Shlomo_Amar
gptkb:Yitzhak_Kaduri
gptkb:Yona_Sabar
gptkbp:populationCenter gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Azerbaijan
gptkb:Bahrain
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Tunisia
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Uzbekistan
gptkb:Yemen
gptkbp:region gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Ashkenazi_Jews
gptkb:Sephardi_Jews
gptkb:Yemenite_Jews
gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews
gptkb:Bukharan_Jews
gptkb:Cochin_Jews
gptkb:Kurdish_Jews
gptkb:Maghrebi_Jews
gptkb:Mountain_Jews
gptkb:Persian_Jews
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Syrian_Jews
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6