Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Hebrew: נאג'ארה) was the name of an Sephardic Jewish family, originally from Najera, a Spanish city of Navarre, on the River Najerilla. In the history of rabbinical literature, Najaras are found at Algeria, Tunis, Damascus, Turkey etc.
Notable people with this family name include:
- David Najar
- Gonzalo Najar
- Israel ben Moses Najara
- Judah ben Jacob Najar
- Levi Najara
- Maimun Najar
- Mordecai Najar
- Moses Najara I
- Moses Najara II
- Nathan Najar
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.