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See also Category:Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin. Pages in category "Surnames of Sephardic origin" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Surnames of Sephardic origin (96 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,461 total.
Historically, Jews used Hebrew patronymic names. In the Jewish patronymic system the first name is followed by either ben- or bat- ("son of" and "daughter of," respectively), and then the father's name. ( Bar-, "son of" in Aramaic, is also seen.) Permanent family surnames exist today but only gained popularity among Sephardic Jews in Iberia and ...
Meir Shmuel Gabay (1933-2010), first and only Israeli to be elected to the United Nations General Assembly for any office. Yakir Gabay (1966-), Israeli-born billionaire who founded Aroundtown SA; son of Meir Shmuel Gabay. David Galula (1919-1967), French military officer and counterinsurgency theoretician.
The Hebrew name is a Jewish practice rooted in the practices of early Jewish communities and Judaism. [4] This Hebrew name is used for religious purposes, such as when the child is called to read the Torah at their b'nei mitzvah. The baby's name is traditionally announced during the brit milah (circumcision ceremony) for male babies, typically ...
Abulafia or Abolafia ( Arabic: أبو العافية Abū l-ʿāfiya, Abou l-Afiyya or Abu l-Afia; or Hebrew: אבולעפיה Abulafia) is a Sephardi Jewish surname whose etymological origin is in the Arabic language. The family name, like many other Hispanic-origin Sephardic Jewish surnames, originated in Spain (Hebrew Sefarad) among Spanish ...
Eastern Sephardim. Eastern Sephardim are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardic Jews mostly descended from Jewish families which were exiled from Iberia in the 15th century, following the Alhambra Decree of 1492 in Spain and a similar decree in Portugal five years later. This branch of descendants of Iberian Jews settled across the Eastern ...
Aryeh Bibi - politician, Iraqi Jewish member of Knesset for Kadima. Born in Baghdad, Iraq. Aryeh Deri - politician, and former leader of Israel's Shas Party. Born in Meknes, Morocco. Yaakov Edri - Member of Knesset for Kadima. Born In Morocco. Gila Gamliel - Member of the Knesset for Likud and minister.