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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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Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Judah Alkalai, rabbi, early member of the Zionist movement[1]
- Sven Alkalaj, minister of foreign affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina[2]
- Ivica Ceresnjes, architect-researcher, former president of the Jewish community in Sarajevo[3]
- Kalmi Baruh, writer and philosopher[4]
- Emerik Blum, businessman, founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo[5]
- Oskar Danon, composer and conductor[6]
- David Elazar, Israeli general and Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces[7]
- Robert Rothbart, basketball player (Jewish mother)[8]
- Isak Samokovlija, writer[9]
Bulgaria
- Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist [10]
- Maxim Behar, president of M3 Communications Group
- Alexander Bozhkov, vice-premier (Jewish mother)[11]
- Elias Canetti, an author an a Nobel Prize Winner
- Marcus Ehrenpreis, Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria
- Itzhak & Samuel Fintzi, dramatists[12]
- Nikolay Kaufman, musicologist and composer[13]
- Milcho Leviev, jazz composer (Jewish father)[14]
- Jules Pascin, artist (Jewish father)[12]
- Isaac Passy, philosopher[12]
- Solomon Passy, foreign minister[15], son of Isaac Passy
- Angel Wagenstein, author & screenwriter[16]
- Alexis Weissenberg, pianist[17]
- Etien Levi, singer
- Aron Aronov, tenor
- Mira Aroyo, member of the band Ladytron
- Molly Sidi (now Molly Resnick), former NBC producer, journalist
Croatia
- David Frankfurter, student[18]
- Branko Lustig, film producer[19]
- Branko Grunbaum, mathematician
- William Feller, mathematician, among the foremost probabilist outside Russia at the time
- David Schwarz, inventor of the Zeppelin[20]
- Slavko Goldstein
Cyprus
- Mike Brant, French-based singer (Cyprus-born)
Montenegro
Eitan Ben Elihu (former head of the Israeli air force)
Turkey
- Music industry executive Morris Levy
- Cantor Rabbi Isaac Algazi
- Seyla Benhabib, political theorist[21]
- Victoria Kamhi, pianist[22]
- Elijah Mizrachi, Hakham Bashi[23]
- Dario Moreno, singer[24]
- Chaim Nahum, Hakham Bashi[23]
References
- ^ Alkalai, Judah (1798-1878)
- ^ Family Security Matters
- ^ [1]
- ^ 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
- ^ Encyclopaedia 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
- ^ [2]
- ^ a b Jewish Intellectual Timeline
- ^ Actors - Dario Moreno
See also
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