Syrian Jewish community in New York

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (111)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:businessModel	gptkb:jewelry finance real estate retail textiles import/export
gptkbp:communityRule	ban on conversion marriages (1935 edict) preservation of Syrian Jewish identity strong emphasis on endogamy
gptkbp:countryOfCitizenship	gptkb:Damascus gptkb:Middle_East Aleppo
gptkbp:culture	gptkb:charity unique cuisine distinct marriage customs strong community cohesion
gptkbp:diasporaConnections	gptkb:Syrian_Jewish_community_in_Israel gptkb:Syrian_Jewish_community_in_Buenos_Aires gptkb:Syrian_Jewish_community_in_Mexico_City gptkb:Syrian_Jewish_community_in_Panama_City gptkb:Syrian_Jewish_community_in_São_Paulo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Syrian Jewish community in New York
gptkbp:immigrationWave	early 20th century post-World War II
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mainCathedral	gptkb:Congregation_Shaare_Zion gptkb:Edmond_J._Safra_Synagogue gptkb:Magen_David_Synagogue
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Judeo-Arabic English
gptkbp:mainReligiousTradition	gptkb:Jewish_community Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Community_Magazine gptkb:Image_Magazine gptkb:SY_Updates gptkb:Sephardic_Press
gptkbp:memberSchool	gptkb:Magen_David_Yeshivah gptkb:Sephardic_Bikur_Holim gptkb:Sephardic_Community_Center gptkb:Yeshivah_of_Flatbush gptkb:Ahi_Ezer_Yeshiva gptkb:Ohel_Yaakov_Synagogue
gptkbp:neighborhood	gptkb:Brooklyn gptkb:Flatbush gptkb:Deal,_New_Jersey gptkb:Midwood gptkb:Ocean_Parkway
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Sephardic_Heritage_Month charity galas annual community picnics community weddings
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Safra_family gptkb:Sutton_family gptkb:Cohen_family gptkb:Dayan_family gptkb:Kassin_family gptkb:Mizrahi_family gptkb:Franco_family gptkb:Adjmi_family gptkb:Betesh_family gptkb:Dweck_family gptkb:Harari_family gptkb:Sabbagh_family gptkb:Shamah_family gptkb:Shayo_family gptkb:Sitt_family gptkb:Tawil_family gptkb:Zalta_family Jajati family
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Eli_Harari gptkb:Albert_Cohen gptkb:David_Sutton gptkb:Isaac_Shalom gptkb:Joseph_Sitt gptkb:Edmond_J._Safra gptkb:Eli_Azur gptkb:Eli_Cohen gptkb:Albert_Dweck gptkb:Albert_Shamah gptkb:Albert_Zalta gptkb:David_Mizrahi gptkb:David_Tawil gptkb:Eli_Dayan gptkb:Eli_Franco gptkb:Eli_Sabbagh gptkb:Eli_Shama gptkb:Eli_Zalta gptkb:Isaac_Dayan gptkb:Jack_Adjmi gptkb:Jack_Aini gptkb:Jack_Franco gptkb:Jack_Gindi gptkb:Jack_Jajati gptkb:Jack_Sabbagh gptkb:Jack_Shayo gptkb:Joseph_Betesh gptkb:Morris_Franco gptkb:Morris_Mizrahi gptkb:Sam_Betesh gptkb:Sam_Dweck gptkb:Sam_Sutton Eliot Spitzer (maternal lineage)
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Rabbi_Jacob_S._Kassin gptkb:Rabbi_Saul_J._Kassin gptkb:Rabbi_Abraham_Hecht gptkb:Rabbi_Meyer_Tawil
gptkbp:populationEstimate	over 50,000
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chief_Rabbi_of_the_Syrian_Jewish_community_in_New_York
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7