Najara family

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Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Hebrew: נאג'ארה) was the name of an Oriental Jewish family, originally from Najera, a Spanish city of Navarre, on the River Najerilla. In the history of rabbinical literature Najaras are found at Algiers, Tunis, Damascus, Gaza, etc. The most significant family members are:

• David Najar
• Israel ben Moses Najara
• Judah ben Jacob Najar
• Levi Najara
• Maimun Najar
• Mordecai Najar
• Moses Najara I
• Moses Najara II
• Nathan Najar

[edit] External Links

• Jewish Encyclopedia article on NAJARA

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.