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Many of the Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition settled in the Ottoman Empire, leaving behind, at the wake of Empire, large Sephardic communities in South-East Europe: mainly in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ivan Ceresnjes, architect-researcher, former president of the Jewish community in Bosnia and Herzegovina and vice-chairman of the Yugoslav Federation of Jewish Communities from 1992–1996[1]
- Kalmi Baruh, writer and philosopher[2]
- Emerik Blum, businessman, founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo[3]
- Oskar Danon, composer and conductor[4]
- David Elazar, Israeli general and Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces[5]
- Jakob Finci, politician, ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Switzerland
- Isaac Pardo, rabbi of Sarajevo
- Robert Rothbart, basketball player (Jewish mother)[6]
- Isak Samokovlija, writer[7]
Bulgaria
- Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist[8]
- Binyamin Arditi
- Aron Aronov, tenor
- Mira Aroyo, member of the band Ladytron
- Gabi Ashkenazi
- Mira Awad
- Sammi The Jew
- Stavri Kalinov, Artist.
- Redjina Kalinova, Artist.
- Iossif Melamed, Producer and Director.
- Michael Bar-Zohar
- Maxim Behar, president of M3 Communications Group
- Shimon Bejarno
- Alexander Bozhkov, vice-premier (Jewish mother)[9]
- Elias Canetti, author and Nobel Prize Winner
- Carl Djerassi
- Marcus Ehrenpreis, Poland-born Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria
- Itzhak & Samuel Fintzi, dramatists[10]
- Pini Gershon
- Moshe Gueron
- Shlomo Kalo
- Nikolay Kaufman, musicologist and composer[11]
- Yehezkel Lazarov
- Moshe Leon
- Etien Levi, singer
- Sabin Levi
- Milcho Leviev, jazz composer (Jewish father)[12]
- Raphael Mechoulam
- Moni Moshonov
- Ya'akov Nitzani
- Ya'akov Nehushtan
- Jules Pascin, artist (Jewish father)[10]
- Isaac Passy, philosopher[10]
- Solomon Passy, foreign minister,[13] son of Isaac Passy
- David Peretz (ja)
- Valeri Petrov
- Georgi Pirinski, Jr.
- David Primo
- Sarah-Theodora
- Victor Shem-Tov
- Molly Sidi (now Molly Resnick), former NBC producer, journalist
- Maxim Staviski
- Angel Wagenstein, author & screenwriter[14]
- Alexis Weissenberg, pianist[15]
- Jaime Yankelevich
- Emanuel Zisman
Croatia
- Josip Frank, Croatian politician
- Blessed Ivan Merz, beatified in 2003
- Branko Grünbaum, mathematician
- Slobodan Lang, physician, politician, humanitarian
- Rikard Lang, prominent Croatian university professor, lawyer and economist, UN's expert
Cyprus
See also: History of the Jews in Cyprus and Category:Jews and Judaism in Cyprus
- Aristobulus of Britannia (converted to Christianity)
- Barnabas (mentioned in the New Testament)
- Mike Brant, French-based singer (Cyprus-born)
- Epiphanius of Salamis (converted to Christianity)
- Arie Zeev Raskin, rabbi
Kosovo
See also: History of the Jews in Kosovo
Montenegro
See also: History of the Jews in Montenegro
Serbia
See also: Category:Serbian Jews, Category:Jewish Serbian history and History of the Jews in Serbia
Turkey
- Music industry executive Morris Levy
- Cantor Rabbi Isaac Algazi
- Seyla Benhabib, political theorist[16]
- Victoria Kamhi, pianist[17]
- Elijah Mizrachi, Hakham Bashi[18]
- Dario Moreno, singer[19]
- Chaim Nahum, Hakham Bashi[18]
- Can Bonomo,the singer who represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012.
References
- ↑ "The Destruction of the Memory of Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe; a Case Study: Former Yugoslavia – Interview with Ivan Ceresnjes". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ http://www.benevolencija.eu.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=70
- ↑
- ↑ Voices of Yugoslav Jewry By Paul Benjamin Gordiejew, Pg 62
- ↑ David Elazar - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- ↑ ספסל- הבית של הכדורסל הישראלי - אינפורמציה, סטטיסטיקה וחדשות יומיות על כל השחקנים, הקבוצות והליגות
- ↑ http://www.serbianstudies.org/home_files/pdf/14_1/Vol14_1_Palavestra.pdf
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"
- ↑ Jews in Bulgaria
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Renowned Bulgarian Jews
- ↑ "Българи юдеи ("Bulgarian Jews")" (in Bulgarian). Ziezi. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ Plovdiv, tourism, property, real estates, Bulgaria, travel agency, hotels, Pictures, maps, tour, restaurant, vacation, holiday, visit, wine, roses, architecture,sea, relaxing, art, artist, craftsmen, souvenirs, comfort, affordable
- ↑ The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ↑ "Abraham le Poivrot" de Angel Wagenstein
- ↑ Alexis Weissenberg (Piano) - Short Biography
- ↑ Continental Philosophy » Book Reviews
- ↑
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Jewish Intellectual Timeline
- ↑ Actors - Dario Moreno
See also
- List of Bosnians
- List of Bulgarians
- List of Croatians
- List of Greeks
- List of Serbs
- List of Slovenians
- List of Turks