Bulgarian Jews in Israel
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 43,961[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jerusalem, Tel Aviv | |
| Languages | |
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Hebrew (Main language for all generations); Mainly older people: Bulgarian language | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism |
Bulgarian Jews in Israel, living within the state of Israel and numbering 43,961.[2]
Immigration history
After the establishment of the state of Israel, most of the Bulgarian Jewish population left for Israel, leaving only about a thousand Bulgarian Jews living in Bulgaria today (1,162 according to the 2011 census). According to Israeli government statistics, 43,961 people from Bulgaria emigrated to Israel between 1948 and 2006, making Bulgarian Jews in Israel the fourth largest group to come from a European country, after the Soviet Union, Romania and Poland.[3]
Notable people
- Binyamin Arditi
- Michael Bar-Zohar
- Shimon Bejarno
- Ya'akov Nehoshtan
- Ya'akov Nitzani
- Victor Shem-Tov
- Emanuel Zisman
- Gabi Ashkenazi
- Menachem Ashkenazi
- Moshe Gueron
- Shlomo Kalo
- Rafael Moshe Kamhi
- Shmuel Levi
- Raphael Mechoulam
- Moni Moshonov
- Avraham Ofek
- Israel Pincas
- David Primo
- Rachamim Talbi
- Daniel Zion
See also
- Aliyah
- History of the Jews in Bulgaria
- Jewish ethnic divisions
- One Million Plan
- Bulgaria–Israel relations
References
- ↑ "Immigrants by period if immigration, country of birth and last country of residence" (in Hebrew and English). The Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel). Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "Immigrants by period if immigration, country of birth and last country of residence" (in Hebrew and English). The Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel). Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "Immigrants by period if immigration, country of birth and last country of residence" (in Hebrew and English). The Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel). Retrieved 2008-08-22.
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