List of Israeli Mizrahi Jews and Sephardi Jews
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This is a list of notable Mizrahi Jews and Sephardi Jews in Israel, including both original immigrants who obtained Israeli citizenship and their Israeli descendants.
It should be noted that although traditionally the terms "Mizrahi Jews" and "Sephardi Jews" were used as all encompassing terms referring to the Jews descended from the Jewish communities of the Middle East, North Africa and the Caucasus, due to the melting pot affect of the Israeli society the terms "Mizrahi Jews" and "Sephardi Jews" gradually become more vague as many of the Israeli descendants of the Mizrahi Jews and Sephardi Jews immigrants gradually adopt the characteristics of the Israeli culture and as more decedents intermarry with descendants of other Jewish communities.
The list is ordered by category of human endeavor. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both of the pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup.
Politicians
Military
Activists
Religious figures
Businesspeople and entrepreneurs
Academic figures
Cultural figures
Film, TV, and stage
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- Eli Yatzpan - television host and comedian
- Meir Suissa - comedian and actor
- Orna Banai - actress, comedian and entertainer
- Shaike Levi - comedian, singer and actor
- Gavri Banai - comedian, singer and actor
- Eli Finish - actor and comedian
- Mariano Idelman - actor and comedian
- Asi Cohen - comedian and actor
- Shalom Assayag - comedian
- Israel Katorza - comedian, actor and screenwriter
- Naor Zion – comedian/actor/director
- Guri Alfi - comedian and actor
- Erez Tal - media personality
- Didi Harari - media personality
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Models
Popular musicians
Various
Sports
- Dudu Aouate – goalkeeper (RCD Mallorca, national team)[1]
- Gai Assulin – winger/attacking midfielder (Manchester City, national team)
- Pini Balili, Israel/Turkey – striker (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, national team)
- Yossi Benayoun – attacking midfielder, national team captain, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Racing Santander, West Ham United, Liverpool, Chelsea
- Tal Ben Haim – center back/right back, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Ham United[2]
- Avi Cohen – defender, Liverpool and national team
- Yaniv Katan – forward/winger (Maccabi Haifa, national team)
- Eli Ohana – won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Bravo Award (most outstanding young player in Europe); national team; manager
- Haim Revivo – attacking/side midfielder (national team), Maccabi Haifa, Celta de Vigo, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray
- Idan Tal – midfielder (Beitar Jerusalem FC & national team)
- Itzik Zohar – attacking midfielder (national team), Maccabi Jaffa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Royal Antwerp, Beitar Jerusalem, Crystal Palace, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Netanya, F.C. Ashdod, Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Sailing
- Shahar Zubari, Israel, windsurfer, Olympic bronze (RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion[3]
Criminals
- Benny Sela – convicted serial rapist and escapee
- Eden-Nathan Zada – Israeli terrorist whom was an army defector when he committed the 2005 Shfar'am shooting attack in which he used his military rifle to shot the passengers of a commuter bus in the Arab village of Shfar'am, murdering four Arab citizens of Israel and wounding twenty-two others.
- Yigal Amir – assassin of the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin
- Yaakov Alperon – Israeli mobster who was murdered in a car bomb attack
- Uzi Meshulam – leader of a radical group of Yemenite Jews who in 1994 violently resisted Israeli law enforcement authorities.
- Aryeh Deri – politician, and former leader of Israel's Shas Party. During 1999 Deri was convicted of taking $155,000 in bribes while serving as Interior Minister and given a three-year jail sentence.
- Yitzhak Mordechai – former general and former politician. Mordechai retired from political life after being convicted of harassing and sexually assaulting two women during his military service.
- Moshe Katsav – Former President of Israel (2000–2007). On 30 December 2010 Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape and obstruction of justice.
- Felix Halfon – Former Israeli footballer who in 2004 was convicted of drug smuggling.
See also
References
- ^ Harush, Moshe (September 22, 2006). "Awat sparks storm with decision to play on Yom Kippur". Ha'aretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/766078.html. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ^ "Avram Grant and Tal Ben-Haim set to miss West Ham game for Jewish holiday", The Telegraph, September 4, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ "Dempsey misses windsurfing medal", BBC Sports, August 20, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2008.