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The following is a list of prominent Jews from across the Jewish diaspora, with one example from each country and a link to a list for that country. See also a list of prominent Jews in the arts and sciences. Download high resolution version (1024x1180, 21 KB)Created from Image:Wikipedia blue star of david. ... Jump to: navigation, search Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Judaism affirms a number of basic principles of faith that one is expected to uphold in order to be said to be in consonance with the Jewish faith. ... Look up Jew on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jump to: navigation, search Who is a Jew? (Hebrew: מיהו יהודי?; transliterated as mihu yehudi) can be a complicated question because Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture, making the definition of who is a Jew vary depending on whether a religious, sociological... Jewish leadership: Since 70 AD and the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem there has been no single body that has a leadership position over the entire Jewish community. ... Secular Jewish culture embraces several related phenomena; above all, it is the culture of secular communities of Jewish people, but it can also include the cultural contributions of individuals who identify as secular Jews, or even those of religious Jews working in cultural areas not generally considered to be connected... Jewish ethnic divisions: The most commonly used terms to describe ethnic divisions among Jews presently are: Ashkenazi (meaning German in Hebrew, denoting the Central European base of Jewry); and Sephardi (meaning Spanish in Hebrew, denoting their Spanish and North African location). ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, AÅ¡kanazi,AÅ¡kanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAÅ¡kănāzî, ʾAÅ¡kănāzîm, pronounced sing. ... Sephardim (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew SÉ™fardi, Tiberian Hebrew ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Sfaradim, Tiberian Hebrew ) are a subgroup of Jews, generally defined in contrast to Ashkenazim and/or . ... This article deals with those Jewish communities indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa. ... Yemenite Jews (תֵּימָנִי, Standard Hebrew Temani, Tiberian Hebrew Têmānî; plural תֵּימָנִים, Standard Hebrew Temanim, Tiberian Hebrew Têmānîm) are those Jews who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen (תֵּימָן far south, Standard Hebrew Teman, Tiberian Hebrew Têmān), on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. ... The Bene Israel (Sons of Israel) are a group of Jews who, in the mid-twentieth century, lived primarily in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and parts of Pakistan. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Beta Israel (or House of Israel), known by outsiders by the term Falasha or Falash Mura (exiles or strangers), a term that they consider to be pejorative, are Jews of Ethiopian origin. ... Jump to: navigation, search The number of Jews in the world is difficult to calculate, especially given the constant debates of the definition of Jew. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Early History Tradition places Jews in southern Russia, Armenia, and Georgia since before the days of the First Temple, and records exist from the fourth century showing that there were Armenian cities possessing Jewish populations ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 along with substantial Jewish... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the history of the Jewish people in England. ... History of the Jews in Latin America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jewish languages are a set of languages that developed in various Jewish communities, in Europe, southern and south-western Asia, and northern Africa. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search Yiddish (Yid. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dzhidi, or Judæo-Persian, is the Jewish language spoken by the Jews living in Iran. ... Judæo-Aramaic is a collective term used to describe several Hebrew-influenced Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic languages. ... The Judeo-Arabic languages are a collection of Arabic dialects spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Arabic-speaking countries; the term also refers to more or less classical Arabic written in the Hebrew script, particularly in the Middle Ages. ... Jewish denominations: Over time, the Jewish community has become divided into a number of religious denominations, also called branches or movements. Each denomination has a different understanding of what principles of belief a Jew should hold, and how one should live as a Jew. ... Jump to: navigation, search Orthodox Judaism is the stream of Judaism which adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmud (The Oral Law) and later codified in the Shulkhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law). It is governed by these works... Conservative Judaism (or Masorti Judaism) is a denomination of Judaism characterized by: A positive attitude toward modern culture The belief that traditional rabbinic modes of study, and modern scholarship and critical text study, are both valid ways to learn about and from Jewish religious texts. ... Reform Judaism is the first modern branch of Judaism; it developed in Germany and is now international, and the largest in North America. ... Reconstructionist Judaism is a denomination of Judaism with a relatively liberal set of beliefs: an individuals personal autonomy should generally override traditional Jewish law and custom, yet also take into account communal consensus, modern culture is accepted, traditional rabbinic modes of study, as well as modern scholarship and critical... Karaite Judaism is a Jewish denomination characterized by reliance on the Tanakh as the sole scripture, and rejection of the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmuds) as halakha (Legally Binding, i. ... Alternative Judaism refers to several varieties of modern Judaism which fall outside the common Orthodox/Non-Orthodox (Reform/Conservative/Reconstructionist) classification of the four major streams of todays Judaism. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jewish political movements refer to the organized efforts of Jews to build their own political parties or otherwise represent their interest in politics outside of the Jewish community. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings, please see Zionism (disambiguation) Zionism is Jewish patriotism that supports the Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel where the Jewish nation originated and where Jewish kingdoms and self governing states existed at various times. ... General Zionists were centrists within the Zionist movement. ... Revisionist Zionism is a right wing tendency within the Zionist movement. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Bundist demonstration, 1917 The General Jewish Labour Union of Lithuania, Poland and Russia, in Yiddish the Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poyln un Rusland (אַלגמײַנער ײדישער אַרבײטערסבונד אין ליטאַ, פוילין און רוסלאַנד), generally called The Bund (בונד) or the Jewish Labor Bund, was a Jewish political party operating in several European countries between... Jump to: navigation, search Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (plural: kibbutzim) is an Israeli collective community. ... Jewish history is the history of the Jewish people, faith (Judaism) and culture. ... This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. ... Schisms among the Jews: // First Temple era Based on the historical narrative in the Bible and archeology, Levantine civilization at the time of Solomons Temple was prone to idol worship, astrology, worship of reigning kings, and paganism. ... Jump to: navigation, search In compiling the history of ancient Israel and Judah, there are many available sources, including the Jewish Tanakh (the Old Testament) and other Jewish texts such as the Talmud, the Ethiopian book of history known as the Kebra Nagast, the writings of historians such as Nicolaus... Jump to: navigation, search The Temple in Jerusalem or the Holy Temple (Beit HaMikdash בית המקדש in Hebrew) was built in ancient Jerusalem and was the center of Israelite and Jewish worship, primarily for the offering of sacrifices known as the korbanot. ... Jump to: navigation, search Babylonian captivity, or Babylonian exile, is the name generally given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. ... The Hasmonean Kingdom (pronunciation) in ancient Judea and its ruling dynasty from 140 BC to 37 BC was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after Judah the Maccabee defeated the Seleucid army in 165 BC. Origin of the Hasmonean dynasty The origin of the Hasmonean dynasty is... Jewish-Roman War can refer to several revolts by the Jews of Judea against the Roman Empire: The First Jewish-Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes called the First Jewish Revolt. ... The Pharisees (from the Hebrew perushim, from parash, meaning to separate) were, depending on the time, a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE–70 CE). ... Jump to: navigation, search Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: Tefutzah, or Galut, exile) refers to the dispersion of the Jewish people throughout the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Talmud (תלמוד) is considered an authoritative record of rabbinic discussions on Jewish law, Jewish ethics, customs, legends and stories. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article incorporates text from the public domain 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia == Jews in the Middle Ages : The history of Jews in the Middle Ages (approximately 500 CE to 1750 CE) can be divided into two categories. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Haskalah (Hebrew: השכלה; enlightenment, intellect, from sekhel, common sense) was a religious movement among European Jews in the late 18th century that advocated adopting enlightenment values, pressing for better integration into European society, and increasing education in secular studies, Hebrew, and Jewish history. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning pious, from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning loving kindness) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Jump to: navigation, search Children survivors of the Holocaust before their liberation The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political groups during World War II by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. ... Main article: Israel. ... Jump to: navigation, search Related articles: anti-Semitism; history of anti-Semitism; modern anti-Semitism This article deals with various persecutions that the Jewish people have experienced throughout history. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... This is a partial chronology of hostilities towards or discrimination against the Jews as a religious or ethnic group. ... Jump to: navigation, search The new anti-Semitism refers to the contemporary international resurgence of anti-Jewish incidents and attacks on Jewish symbols, as well as the acceptance of anti-Semitic beliefs and their expression in public discourse. ... Jump to: navigation, search // By type List of Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society List of Jewish Nobel Prize winners List of Jewish nobility List of Jews in business List of Jewish criminals List of Jewish inventors List of Jews in law List of Jews in literature and journalism List... Jump to: navigation, search Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: Tefutzah, or Galut, exile) refers to the dispersion of the Jewish people throughout the world. ... See related articles List of Jews by country, List of British Jews, List of French Jews, etc. ...

• Algeria (list) – Jacques Derrida, philosopher
• Antigua & Barbuda (list) – Jamaica Kincaid, writer (convert)
• Argentina (list) – Lalo Schifrin, composer
• Australia (list) – John Monash, WWI general
• Austria (list) – Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst
• Azerbaijan (list) – Lev Landau, physicist
• Azerbaijan (list) – Garry Kasparov, Chessmaster
• Belarus (list) – Marc Chagall, painter
• Belgium (list) – Ilya Prigogine, chemist
• Bosnia-Herzegovina (list) – Isak Samokovlija, writer
• Brazil (list) – Clarice Lispector, writer
• Bulgaria (list) – Elias Canetti, writer
• Cameroon (list) – Yaphet Kotto, actor (Cameroonian father)
• Canada (list) – Leonard Cohen, singer & poet
• Canada (list) – Lorne Michaels, TV producer
• Chile (list) – Mario Kreutzberger, TV host
• China (list) – Michael Kadoorie, businessman
• Colombia (list) – Jorge Isaacs, poet
• Croatia (list) – Mira Furlan, actor
• Cuba (list) – Fabio Grobart, communist party founder
• Cyprus (list) – Mike Brant, French-based singer
• Czech Republic (list) – Franz Kafka, writer
• Denmark (list) – Arne Jacobsen, architect & designer
• DR Congo (list) – Olivier Strelli, fashion designer
• Egypt (list) – Sylvain Sylvain, musician
• El Salvador (list) – Juan Lindo, president (half-Jewish)
• Estonia (list) – Louis I. Kahn, architect
• Finland (list) – Moses Pergament, composer
• France (list) – Émile Durkheim, sociologist
• French Polynesia (list) – Alexander Salmon, Tahitian prince
• Georgia (list) – Melvin Calvin, chemist (Georgian mother)
• Germany (list) – Albert Einstein, physicist
• Germany (list) – Arnold Schoenberg, composer, musician
• Gibraltar (list) – Don Pacifico, businessman
• Greece (list) – Hank Azaria, actor (Greek grandparents)
• Guatemala (list) – Francisco Goldman, author (half Jewish)

• Guyana (list) – Janet Jagan, president
• Honduras (list) – Ricardo Maduro, president
• Hungary (list) – John Von Neumann, mathematician
• Iceland (list) – Dorrit Moussaieff, first lady
• India (list) – Nissim Ezekiel, poet
• Indonesia (list) – Xaviera Hollander, writer (half-Jewish)
• Iran (list) – Elie Tahari, fashion designer
• Iraq (list) – Maurice & Charles Saatchi, advertisers
• Ireland (list) – Chaim Herzog, President of Israel
• Israel (list*) – Itzhak Perlman, violinist (*most are Jewish)
• Italy (list) – Amedeo Modigliani, artist
• Italy (list) – Primo Levi, writer
• Jamaica (list) – Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records (half-Jewish)
• Japan (list) – David Rosen, founder of SEGA (unconfirmed)
• Kazakhstan (list) – Vladimir Zhirinovsky, politician (half-Jewish)
• Kyrgyzstan (list) – Alexander Mashkevich, businessman
• Latvia (list) – Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
• Lebanon (list) – Edmond Safra, banker
• Lithuania (list) – Emma Goldman, anarchist
• Luxembourg (list) – Hugo Gernsback, science-fiction pioneer (unconfirmed)
• Macedonia (list) – Esma Redzepova, Romany singer (half-Jewish) (unconfirmed)
• Mexico (list) – Frida Kahlo, painter (Jewish father)
• Moldova (list) – William F. Friedman, cryptologist
• Monaco (list) – Franz Schreker, composer (half Jewish)
• Morocco (list) – Natacha Atlas, singer (half-Jewish)
• Mozambique (list) – Ruth First, ANC activist
• Myanmar (list) – Ike Isaacs, jazz player
• Netherlands (list) – Baruch Spinoza, philosopher
• Netherlands Antilles (list) – Daniel De Leon, socialist leader
• New Zealand (list) – Julius Vogel, prime-minister
• Norway (list) – Jo Benkow, opposition leader
• Panama (list) – Eric Arturo Delvalle, president
• Peru (list) – Isaac Goldemberg, poet
• Poland (list) – Roman Polanski, director
• Portugal (list) – Luis De Torres, explorer
• Romania (list) – Tristan Tzara, poet
• Russia (list) – Boris Pasternak, poet
• Serbia and Montenegro (list) – Danilo Kis, writer (half-Jewish)
• Singapore (list) – David Saul Marshall, Chief Minister
• Slovakia (list) – Ivan Reitman, film director
• Slovenia (list) – Alexander Beliavsky, chess player (unconfirmed)
• South Africa (list) – Nadine Gordimer, writer
• Spain (list) – Maimonides, philosopher
• Sri Lanka (list) – Anne Ranasinghe, poet
• Sudan (list) – Nessim Gaon, financier
• Sweden (list) – Oskar Klein, physicist
• Switzerland (list) – Felix Bloch, physicist
• Syria (list) – Jerry Seinfeld, actor (Syrian mother)
• Tajikistan (list) – Moses Znaimer, tv producer
• Trinidad and Tobago (list) – Nathaniel Nathan, chief justice
• Tunisia (list) – Alain Boublil, librettist
• Turkey (list) – Neil Sedaka, singer/songwriter (Turkish father)
• Ukraine (list) – Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• United Kingdom (list) – Harold Pinter, playwright
• United States (list) – Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter
• Uruguay (list) – Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor
• Uzbekistan (list) – Yefim Bronfman, pianist
• Venezuela (list) – Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist
• Virgin Islands (UK) (list) – Camille Pissarro, artist
• Virgin Islands (US) (list) – Judah Benjamin, politician
• Yemen (list) – Ofra Haza, singer (Yemenite parents)
• Zambia (list) – Stanley Fischer, economist
• Zimbabwe (list) – Alexander Pines, chemist

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Lev Davidovich Landau Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian language: Ле́в Дави́дович Ланда́у) (January 22, 1908 – April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics whose broad field of work included the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity, quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics and particle physics. ... 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. ... Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (, pronounced with stress falling on the second syllable: kas-PA-rov) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players in history. ... Jump to: navigation, search Until the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the population of Eastern Europe. ... 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Bram Strochlic- Phillips Exeter Academy, Renowned leader of the "Jews for Jesus" movement, famous for contraverisal televised cross-dresser wedding.