Sephardic Jewish Americans

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:containsCommunity	gptkb:Los_Angeles gptkb:Miami gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	Sephardic cuisine Ladino music
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Sephardic_Jews
gptkbp:distinctiveCustoms	Sephardic liturgy Sephardic wedding customs unique Passover traditions
gptkbp:earlySettlement	gptkb:Savannah,_Georgia gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina gptkb:New_Amsterdam
gptkbp:firstSynagogue	gptkb:Shearith_Israel
gptkbp:firstSynagogueFounded	1654
gptkbp:firstSynagogueLocation	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:hasSubgroup	gptkb:Jewish_Americans
gptkbp:historicalEvent	expulsion from Portugal in 1497 expulsion from Spain in 1492 immigration to the United States
gptkbp:holiday	gptkb:Hanukkah gptkb:Passover gptkb:Rosh_Hashanah gptkb:Yom_Kippur
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sephardic Jewish Americans
gptkbp:immigrationWave	early 20th century late 19th century
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Ladino English
gptkbp:notableOriginCountries	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Greece gptkb:Morocco gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Spain gptkb:Syria gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Rita_Levi-Montalcini gptkb:David_Levy_Yulee gptkb:Haim_J._Sabato gptkb:Isaac_Mizrahi
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:American_Sephardi_Federation gptkb:Sephardic_Brotherhood_of_America
gptkbp:populationEstimate	several hundred thousand
gptkbp:primaryAncestry	gptkb:Iberian_Peninsula
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Ashkenazi_Jewish_Americans gptkb:Mizrahi_Jewish_Americans
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:tradition	gptkb:Sephardic_rite
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:White_American
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4