Yemeni Jews

GPTKB entity

Statements (96)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Yemen
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:Yemenite_Hebrew_pronunciation
gptkb:Yemenite_Jewish_music_in_Israeli_culture
gptkb:Yemenite_dance
gptkb:Yemenite_embroidery
distinctive Torah scrolls
unique Jewish poetry
gptkbp:currentPopulationInYemen very small (less than 10 as of 2024)
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Montréal
gptkbp:emigrationReason gptkb:civil_war_in_Yemen
Orthodox Judaism
persecution
economic hardship
gptkbp:halakhicTradition distinct from other Mizrahi Jews
influenced by Maimonides
gptkbp:historicalPresence since antiquity in Yemen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yemeni Jews
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:majorCommunityCenter gptkb:Sana'a
gptkb:Al-Bayda
gptkb:Aden
gptkb:Habban
gptkb:Raydah
gptkb:Saada
gptkbp:majorMigrationEvent gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet
gptkb:1949–1950_airlift_to_Israel
gptkbp:musicBy Yemenite Jewish music
gptkbp:notableDish gptkb:jahnun
gptkb:kubaneh
hilbeh
malawach
zhug
soup with fenugreek
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Baladi_prayer_book
gptkb:Diwan_of_Shalom_Shabazi
gptkb:Midrash_ha-Gadol
gptkb:Tiklal
unique liturgical traditions
baladi and shami prayer rites
distinct pronunciation of Hebrew
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Raydah_Synagogue
gptkb:Sana'a_Synagogue
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Ofra_Haza
gptkb:Shoshana_Damari
gptkb:Yosef_Qafih
gptkb:Yitzhak_Kadoorie
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Shalom_Shabazi
gptkb:Yihya_Qafih
gptkb:Yosef_Qafih
gptkb:Yihya_Saleh
gptkb:Yihya_al-Abyadh
gptkb:Yihya_al-Akbar
gptkb:Yihya_al-Asghar
gptkb:Yihya_al-Baghdadi
gptkb:Yihya_al-Dhahir
gptkb:Yihya_al-Harazi
gptkb:Yihya_al-Kabir
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mashriki
gptkb:Yihya_al-Masri
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutahhar
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutawaddid
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutawakkil
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutawalli
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutawassif
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutawassil
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutawassir
gptkb:Yihya_al-Mutawassit
gptkb:Yihya_al-Qafih
gptkb:Yihya_al-Saadi
gptkb:Yihya_al-Saghir
gptkb:Yihya_al-Sharabi
gptkb:Yihya_al-Tawil
gptkb:Yihya_Yitzhak_Halevi
gptkbp:persecutedBy faced discrimination in Yemen
forced conversions at times
subject to dhimmi status
gptkbp:populationDecline 20th century
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Mizrahi_Jews
gptkb:Sephardi_Jews
gptkb:Jews_of_the_Arabian_Peninsula
gptkb:Adeni_Jews
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:traditionalDress distinctive sidelocks (payot)
embroidered robes
gptkbp:traditionalOccupation gptkb:art
religious scholars
scribes
silversmithing
trading
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hawaij
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5