Najara family

Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Hebrew: נאג'ארה) was the name of an Sephardic Jewish family, originally from Najera, a Spanish city of Navarre, on the River Najerilla. In the history of rabbinical literature, Najaras are found at Algeria, Tunis, Damascus, Turkey etc. The most significant family members are:

• David Najar
• Israel ben Moses Najara
• Judah ben Jacob Najar
• Levi Najara
• Maimun Najar
• Mordecai Najar
• Moses Najara I
• Moses Najara II
• Nathan Najar

External links

• Jewish Encyclopedia article on NAJARA

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)