NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of African Jews

There are a small number of Black African groups that practice Judaism, the most prominent of which are the Beta Israel of Ethiopia. However, the vast majority of Jews in Sub-Saharan Africa live in South Africa, and are of Ashkenazi (largely Lithuanian) origin. Small post-colonial communities exist elsewhere. Here is a list of some prominent Sub-Saharan African Jews, arranged by country of origin. Main article: List of Jews. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... From the Arab Expansion until the late twentieth century, Jews were a significant part of the population of Arab countries. ... 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 and Yugoslavia (though the latter in particular also had a large Ashkenazi population). ... Until the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the population of Eastern Europe. ... Before the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the population in Lithuania where they numbered around 240,000, including 100,000 in Vilnius (45% of the citys population). ... Apart from France, established Jewish populations exist in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. ... Jews had lived in the Iberian peninsula since the Dark Ages, experiencing a Golden Age under Arab rule. ... Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbuss crew. ... Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin. ... This is a list of famous Jewish Americans. ... There have been a number of established Asian Jewish communities outside the Arab World: in Iran (Persian Jews) and Kurdistan; the Gruzim and Juhurim of the Caucasus; the Bene Israel and Cochin Jews of India (Jews in India); and the Bukharan Jews of Uzbekistan. ... The vast majority of Jews in Oceania (c. ... // African Jew has a variety of meanings: Scattered Black African tribes who have not historically been part of the international Jewish community, but who claim ancestry to ancient Israel or other connections to Judaism and who practice Jewish rituals or those bearing resemblance to Judaism. ... The Beta Israel (or House of Israel), known by outsiders by the term Falasha (exiles or strangers), a term that they consider to be pejorative, are Jews of Ethiopian origin. ... A satellite composite image of Africa showing the ecological break between North and Sub-Saharan regions Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa south of the Sahara, is the term used to describe those countries of Africa that are not part of North Africa or some areas of West Africa. ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (×Ö·×©×Ö°×›Ö¼Ö²× Ö¸×–Ö´×™ ×Ö·×©×Ö°×›Ö¼Ö²× Ö¸×–Ö´×™× Standard Hebrew, AÅ¡kanazi,AÅ¡kanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, Ê¾AÅ¡kÄƒnÄzÃ®, Ê¾AÅ¡kÄƒnÄzÃ®m, pronounced sing. ...

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Politicians and activists

Other Jewish ANC activists included Ruth First, Albie Sachs and five of the six whites arrested in the Rivonia Trial: Denis Goldberg, Lionel Bernstein, Arthur Goldreich, James Kantor and Harold Wolpe. Yaphet Kotto starring on Homicide. ... Albie Sachs (1935-) is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. ... Ruth First in a newsphoto ten years after her murder. ... Harry Bloom (1913 - 81) was a South African journalist, novelist, and political activist. ... Arthur Chaskalson, (b. ... Abba Eban Abba Eban (××‘× ××‘×Ÿ) (February 2, 1915 â€“ November 17, 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. ... Richard J. Goldstone, (born October 26th, 1938), South African judge and international war crimes prosecutor. ... Joel Goodman Joffe, Baron Joffe, the Lord Joffe CBE, is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. ... Tony Leon Anthony James Leon (born 15 December 1956) is a South African politician and the leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africas main opposition party. ... Joe Slovo Joe Slovo (May 23, 1926 â€“ January 6, 1995) was a South African Communist politician and long time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leading member of the African National Congress. ... ANC redirects here. ... SACP symbol South African Communist Party (SACP) is a political party in South Africa. ... Helen Suzman was born Helen Gavronsky on 7th November 1917 in Germiston, South Africa as the daughter of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants. ... Harold Joseph Hanson (1904 - 1973) was an eminent South African Advocate (QC)and Senior Member of the Johannesburg Bar Council. ... Ruth First in a newsphoto ten years after her murder. ... Albie Sachs (1935-) is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. ... The Rivonia Trial was an infamous trial which took place in South Africa between 1963 and 1964, in which ten leaders of the African National Congress were tried for 221 acts of sabotage designed to ferment violent revolution. // Origins It was named after Rivonia, the suburb of Johannesburg where 19... Arthur Goldreich was an abstract painter born in 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a key figure in the anti-apartheid movement. ...

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Category: Lists of Jews Abraham Manie Adelstein (28 March 1916- 18 October 1992) was a South African born doctor who became the United Kingdoms Chief Medical Statistician. ... Sydney Brenner,CH (born 1927 January 13) is a British biologist active in the United States. ... Max Gluckman, born 26 January 1911 in Johannesburg of Russian Jewish parents, died 1975, was a South African social anthropologist. ... Sir Aaron Klug, OM, FRS (born 11 August 1926 in Zelvas, Lithuania ) is a Lithuanian-born British physicist and chemist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy. ... Ludwig Lachmann (1906 - 1990) a German economist who was an important contributor to the Austrian School. ... Seymour Papert Seymour Papert (born March 1, 1928 Pretoria, South Africa) is an MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and prominent educator. ... Phillip Vallentine Tobias is a South African palaeoanthropologist. ... Joseph Wolpe (1915-1997) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1915, but became an American citizen later in his life. ... Lewis Wolpert is a developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. ... Solly Zukerman - died 1 April 1993 ... Dani Behr (born 9 July 1971 in South Africa) is a British television presenter of South African Jewish descent. ... Harry Bloom (1913 - 81) was a South African journalist, novelist, and political activist. ... Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born on January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, England) is a British actor who became famous playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. ... Johnny Clegg (born June 7, 1953 Lancashire (near Manchester) UK) is a popular musician from South Africa, who has recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka. ... John Cyril Cranko, (August 15, 1927 â€“ June 26, 1973), was a choreographer with the Sadlers Wells Ballet (which later became the Royal Ballet). ... David Goldblatt - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Nadine Gordimer (b. ... Laurence Harvey in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Arthur. ... Ronald Harwood (born November 9, 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a playwright and writer. ... Manu Herbstein is the South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade. ... Daniel (Dan) Jacobson (born March 7, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African novelist and essayist. ... Sid James (8 May 1913 - 26 April 1976) was a film and television actor. ... Laurence (David) Lerner (born 12 December 1925) is a South African born British literary critic and poet. ... Cock-A-Hoop Groovin Manfred Mann was a British R&B and pop band of the 1960s, named after the keyboard player. ... Sarah Gertrude Millin, born Sarah Gertrude Liebson (1889 - 1968) was Lithuania-born South African writer. ... Trevor Rabin (born Trevor Charles Rabin on January 13, 1954) is a South African guitarist and film composer, best known for being the guitarist and writer for the band Yes from 1983 - 1995, and since then, as a film composer. ... Zapiro is the nom de plume of South African political cartoonist Jonathon Shapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications. ... Sir Anthony Sher (born June 14, 1949) is an actor, and novelist. ... Janet Suzman (born February 9, 1939) is a South African actress. ... Rachel Zadok is a writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). ... Raymond Ackerman (10 March 1931 - ) is a South African businessman, best known for founding the Pick n Pay supermarket group, of which he is still (as of 2005) the chairperson. ... Barney Barnato (4 July 1852 - 4 July 1897), born Barnett Isaacs Barnato, was a South African diamond magnate. ... Sol Kerzner (born 1935) is a South African hotel and gambling magnate. ... Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (22 May 1880 â€“ November 25, 1957) â€“ born as Ernst Oppenheimer in Friedberg, Germany â€“ was a diamond, gold mining and financial entrepreneur, and founder of the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa. ... Harry Frederick Oppenheimer (28 October 1908 â€“ 19 August 2000), was a prominent South African businessman and one of the worlds richest men. ... Aron Bacher (b. ... Adam Bacher (born October 29, 1973 in Johannesburg) is a South African cricketer. ... Philip Rabinowitz, also known as God, breaking the Guinness Record for 100 meters sprint. ... Jody David Scheckter (born January 29, 1950) is a former auto racing driver, the 1979 Formula One World Drivers Champion. ... Joel Stransky (born 16th July 1967) is a former South African rugby union footballer, most notable for scoring the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. ... Shaun Tomson was born on August 21, 1955 in Durban, South Africa. ... Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer (1943-) is an economist and the current Governor of the Bank of Israel. ... // By type List of Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society List of Jewish historians List of Jewish members of Academies of Sciences, Humanities or Engineering List of Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities List of Jewish Members of the National Academy of Sciences the United States List... There are a number of traditional Black African communities that practice Judaism, the most prominent of which are the Beta Israel of Ethiopia. ... This is a list of notable South Africans with Wikipedia articles. ...

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