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List of Asian Jews

As an indigenous West Asian people, Jews have been present in western Asia since the beginning of their history. Some examples of ancient Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and Caucasus are: Iran (Persian Jews) and Iraq (Iraqi Jews); the Georgian Jews and Mountain Jews of the Caucasus.

Through the centuries, they also established Jewish communities in eastern parts of Asia. There are Bukharan Jews of Central Asia. Some Jews migrated to India, establishing the Bene Israel, the Baghdadi Jews and the Cochin Jews of India (Jews in India); and the former Jewish community in Kaifeng, China.

Here is a partial list of some prominent Asian Jews, arranged by country. Note that those regions of Asia where Arabic or Russian or Turkish predominate are excluded from this list (except for the Baghdadi Jews from India and Southeast Asia); see Arab Jews, Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardi Jews for information on these populations.

Armenia

Azerbaijan

See also: List of Azerbaijani Jews
  • Misha Black, designer; brother of Max Black
  • Bella Davidovich, pianist
  • Gavril Abramovich Ilizarov, Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus
  • Lev Landau, physicist, Nobel Prize (1962). Russian-speaking Ashkenazi.
  • Lev Nussimbaum, writer (a.k.a. Kurban Said)
  • Vladimir Rokhlin, mathematician. Russian-speaking Ashkenazi.

Afghanistan

A small community of Jews lived mainly in Herat, Afghanistan and Kabul, but they emigrated to Israel, Europe and the United States. Today, Zablon Simintov remains in Afghanistan 's capital Kabul.

China

See also: History of the Jews in China

Georgia

  • David Baazov, Zionist activist and rabbi
  • Ioseb Bardanashvili, composer
  • Roman Dzindzichashvili, American chess player
  • Yasha Manasherov, Israeli Greco-Roman wrestler
  • Mikhael Mirilashvili, businessman and philanthropist
  • Tamir Sapir, businessman and investor
  • Gocha Tsitsiashvili, Israeli Greco-Roman wrestler

Hong Kong


India

Iran/Persia

Israel

Further information: List of Israelis

Japan

Further information: List of Japanese Jews
Refugees, short expatriates


Other related people to Judaism and Jews in Japan

Ambassadors

  • Eli Cohen

Kyrgyzstan

Philippines

  • Emil Bachrach businessman[6]
  • Elizabeth Zimmerman
  • Sara Duterte
  • Mike Hanopol

Singapore

  • David Marshall, first Chief Minister of Singapore, founder and first chairman of the main opposition party the Workers' Party of Singapore

Sri Lanka

Tajikistan

  • Rena Galibova, actress, "People's Artist of Tajikistan"
  • Malika Kalantarova, dancer, "People's Artist of Soviet Union"
  • Fatima Kuinova, singer, "Merited Artist of the Soviet Union"
  • Shoista Mullodzhanova, shashmakon singer, "People's Artist of Tajikistan" (viewed as the Queen of Tajik music)
  • Moses Znaimer, TV producer

Uzbekistan

See also

References

  1. ^ p.862 Palgrave Dictionary
  2. ^ p.865 Palgrave Dictionary
  3. ^ "Knesset Members - Eli Ben-Menachem". Knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. ^ Richard Gottheil, Max Schloessinger. Masarjawaih. Jewish Encyclopedia
  5. ^ (ja)
  6. ^ L. Friedfeld & P. Metoudi (31 July 2015). Israel and China: From Silk Road to Innovation Highway. Partridge Publishing India. p. 33–. ISBN 978-1-4828-5160-1.

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