List of South-East European Jews
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Many of the Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition settled in the Ottoman Empire, leaving large Sephardic communities in South-East Europe: mainly in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia (though the latter in particular also had a large Ashkenazi population).
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[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ivan Ceresnjes, architect-researcher, former president of the Jewish community in Bosnia and Herzegovina and vice-chairman of the Yugoslav Federation of Jewish Communities from 1992–1996[1]
- Kalmi Baruh, writer and philosopher[2]
- Emerik Blum, businessman, founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo[3]
- Oskar Danon, composer and conductor[4]
- David Elazar, Israeli general and Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces[5]
- Robert Rothbart, basketball player (Jewish mother)[6]
- Isak Samokovlija, writer[7]
[edit] Bulgaria
See also: Category:Bulgarian Jews
- Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist [8]
- Binyamin Arditi
- Aron Aronov, tenor
- Mira Aroyo, member of the band Ladytron
- Gabi Ashkenazi
- Mira Awad
- Michael Bar-Zohar
- Maxim Behar, president of M3 Communications Group
- Shimon Bejarno
- Alexander Bozhkov, vice-premier (Jewish mother)[9]
- Elias Canetti, an author an a Nobel Prize Winner
- Carl Djerassi
- Marcus Ehrenpreis, Poland-born Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria
- Itzhak & Samuel Fintzi, dramatists[10]
- Pini Gershon
- Moshe Gueron
- Shlomo Kalo
- Nikolay Kaufman, musicologist and composer[11]
- Yehezkel Lazarov
- Moshe Leon
- Etien Levi, singer
- Sabin Levi
- Milcho Leviev, jazz composer (Jewish father)[12]
- Jules Pascin, artist (Jewish father)[10]
- Isaac Passy, philosopher[10]
- Solomon Passy, foreign minister,[13] son of Isaac Passy
- David Peretz (ja)
- Valeri Petrov
- Georgi Pirinski, Jr.
- David Primo
- Sarah-Theodora
- Victor Shem-Tov
- Molly Sidi (now Molly Resnick), former NBC producer, journalist
- Maxim Staviski
- Angel Wagenstein, author & screenwriter[14]
- Alexis Weissenberg, pianist[15]
- Jaime Yankelevich
- Emanuel Zisman
[edit] Croatia
See also: Category:Croatian Jews
- David Frankfurter, student[16]
- Branko Lustig, film producer[17]
- Branko Grünbaum, mathematician
- David Schwarz, inventor of the Zeppelin[18]
- Slavko Goldstein, historian
[edit] Cyprus
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- Aristobulus of Britannia (converted to Christianity)
- Barnabas (mentioned in the New Testament)
- Mike Brant, French-based singer (Cyprus-born)
- Epiphanius of Salamis (converted to Christianity)
- Arie Zeev Raskin, rabbi
[edit] Greece
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See also: Category:Greek Jews
[edit] Kosovo
See also: History of the Jews in Kosovo
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[edit] Montenegro
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See also: History of the Jews in Montenegro
[edit] Serbia
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[edit] Slovenia
See also: Category:Slovenian Jews
[edit] Turkey
See also: Category:Turkish Jews
- Music industry executive Morris Levy
- Cantor Rabbi Isaac Algazi
- Seyla Benhabib, political theorist[19]
- Victoria Kamhi, pianist[20]
- Elijah Mizrachi, Hakham Bashi[21]
- Dario Moreno, singer[22]
- Chaim Nahum, Hakham Bashi[21]
[edit] References
- ^ "The Destruction of the Memory of Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe; a Case Study: Former Yugoslavia – Interview with Ivan Ceresnjes". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. December 2008. http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=624&PID=0&IID=2692&TTL=The_Destruction_of_the_Memory_of_Jewish_Presence_in_Eastern_Europe;_A_Case_Study:_Former_Yugoslavia. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ http://www.benevolencija.eu.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=70
- ^ [www.ceeol.com]
- ^ Voices of Yugoslav Jewry By Paul Benjamin Gordiejew, Pg 62
- ^ David Elazar - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- ^ ספסל- הבית של הכדורסל הישראלי - אינפורמציה, סטטיסטיקה וחדשות יומיות על כל השחקנים, הקבוצות והליגות
- ^ http://www.serbianstudies.org/home_files/pdf/14_1/Vol14_1_Palavestra.pdf
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"
- ^ Jews in Bulgaria
- ^ a b c Renowned Bulgarian Jews
- ^ "Българи юдеи ("Bulgarian Jews")" (in Bulgarian). Ziezi. http://ziezi.net/tribal/iudei.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ Plovdiv, tourism, property, real estates, Bulgaria, travel agency, hotels, Pictures, maps, tour, restaurant, vacation, holiday, visit, wine, roses, architecture,sea, relaxing, art, artist, craftsmen, souvenirs, comfort, affordable
- ^ The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ "Abraham le Poivrot" de Angel Wagenstein
- ^ Alexis Weissenberg (Piano) - Short Biography
- ^ Genocide: Ch 4 Overview: 1933-1945, Part 2 - Simon Wiesenthal Center Multimedia Learning Center
- ^ Branko Lustig
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica
- ^ Continental Philosophy » Book Reviews
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b Jewish Intellectual Timeline
- ^ Actors - Dario Moreno
