List of Israeli Mizrahi 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.

Traditionally the terms "Mizrahi Jews" and "Sephardi Jews" were used as all encompassing terms referring to the Jews descended from the Jewish communities of Iberia, North Africa and the Middle East; but due to the melting pot effect of the Israeli society the terms have gradually become more vague. Many Israeli descendants of Mizrahi and Sephardi Jewish immigrants have gradually adopted the Israeli culture and intermarried with descendants of other Jewish communities.

Politicians

Aryeh Deri - politician, and former leader of Israel's Shas Party
Aryeh Bibi - politician, Iraqi Jewish member of Knesset for Kadima. Born in Baghdad.
Robert Tiviaev- politician, Mountain Jew, current member of Knesset for Kadima. Born in Daghestan.
Eli Yishai - politician, and current leader of Israel's Shas Party
Silvan Shalom - politician who previously served as Israel's Foreign Minister and Finance Minister
Dalya Itzik - politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima
Shlomo Ben Ami - diplomat, politician and historian
Amir Peretz - politician and member of the Knesset for the Labour Party
David Levy - politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1969 and 2006
Meir Sheetrit - politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima
Yoel Hasson - politician, member of Knesset for Kadima.
Yitzhak Mordechai - former general and former politician
Michael Ben-Ari – Israeli politician and current member of the Knesset
Mordechai Zar – Israeli politician and former member of the Knesset
Moshe Katsav – Former President of Israel (2000–2007)
Shaul Mofaz – Former Israeli Minister of Defense, currently number two on the Kadima list in the Knesset
Yaakov Edri - Member of Knesset for Kadima. Born In Morocco.
Orly Levy – former model who is currently a politician
Gila Gamliel - Member of the Knesset for Likud and minister
Haim Amsalem – politician. Former member of the Shas Party. In 2011 Amsalem established the Whole Nation party.
Shimon Ohayon - politician. MK member for the Likud party.
Moshe Kahlon - Kulanu Party Chairman, member of the Knesset and current Finance Minister
Miri Regev - Member of the Knesset and minister

Military

Gabi Ashkenazi – Former Chief of the IDF General Staff
Shaul Mofaz – Former Israeli Minister of Defense, FormerChief of the IDF General Staff
Moshe Levi - Former Chief of the IDF General Staff
David Elazar - FormerChief of the IDF General Staff
Eli Cohen – Israeli spy who worked in Syria and was eventually exposed and executed in Syria in 1965
Moshe Barazani - Iraqi Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi
Eitan Ben Eliyahu – Former Major General in the Israeli Defence Forces
Dan Halutz – Former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Yitzhak Mordechai - former general and former Israeli Minister of Defense
David Salomon - former British Naval commander, Israeli spy in the Mossad, and helped capture Adolf Eichmann
Miri Regev - former IDF Spokeswoman
Gadi Eizenkot - current chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces

Activists

Abie Nathan – Humanitarian and peace activist

Religious figures

Elazar Abuhatzeira, Orthodox Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist.
Rabbi Amram Aburbeh, Chief Rabbi of Petah Tikva
Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and Rishon LeZion
Rabbi Shalom Arush, is an Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions. Arush is considered one of today's leading Hasidic spiritual guides.
Mordechai Eliyahu, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel 1983–93, (1929–2010)
Yosef Chaim HaCohen, Rabbi, Rabad, Rosh Av Beth Din Chief judge of the Ma'araviim congregation in Jerusalem he:יוסף חיים הכהן
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, Israeli Jewish spiritual leader and Kabbalist who lives in New York City.
Moshe Shmuel Shapira, rosh yeshiva of Beer Yaakov
Yosef Qafih, Yemen-born rabbi and scholar
Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak, a Yemenite Haredi rabbi
Ovadia Yoseph, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

Isaac Mizrachi- fashion designer Shai Agassi

Shai Agassi - Israeli entrepreneur. The founder and CEO of Better Place, which has developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel technology.
Haim Saban – Israeli-American television and media proprietor. Saban was ranked by Forbes as the 104th richest person in America.
Lev Leviev – diamond tycoon
Yitzhak Tshuva - Israeli business magnate.

Academic figures

Avshalom Elitzur

Michel Abitbol, historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Amnon Netzer – historian, researcher, professor and journalist.
Avshalom Elitzur – physicist and philosopher
Moshe Bar-Asher – linguist
Smadar Lavie - anthropologist, visiting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley

Cultural figures

Film, TV, and stage

Ze'ev Revach - actor and comedian
Moshe Ivgy - actor
Uri Gavriel - actor
Gabi Amrani - actor
Yosef Shiloach - actor
Ronit Elkabetz - actress and filmmaker
Gali Atari – singer and actress
Ofra Haza – singer, actress and international recording artist.
Liraz Charhi – actress and singer.
Shiri Maimon - singer, TV show host and actress
Alon Abutbul - actor
Yigal Bashan – singer, composer and actor
Sasson Gabai - actor
Yehuda Levi - actor and model
Oshik Levi – singer, actor, and entertainer
Dover Kosashvili - film director and screenwriter

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

Models

Moran Atias

Moran Atias – model
Sandy Bar – model and actress
Yael Abecassis – model and actress
Linor Abargil – Israeli beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998
Miri Bohadana – model and actress
Ilanit Levi – model and actress
Orly Levy – former model who is currently a politician
Mali Levi – model and actress
Natalie Attiya – model and actress
Becky Griffin – model, TV presenter and an actress
Yehuda Levi - actor and model

Popular musicians

Etti Ankri – singer/songwriter
Harel Skaat – singer/songwriter
Ehud Banai – singer/songwriter
Amir Benayoun – singer-songwriter
Boaz Mauda – singer-songwriter
Moshe Peretz – singer-songwriter and composer
Boaz Sharabi – singer/songwriter and composer
Avihu Medina – singer-songwriter and composer
Shlomi Shabat – singer and composer
Avi Toledano – singer and composer
Izhar Cohen - singer and composer
Miki Gavrielov – singer and composer
Dana International – pop singer
Ishtar – vocalist for Alabina
Ahinoam Nini (Noa) – singer
Ninet Tayeb - pop rock singer and actress
Rita – Israeli pop-star
Subliminal (rapper) – Israeli rap singer
Yossi Banai – performer, singer, and actor
Ofra Haza – singer, actress and international recording artist
Oshik Levi – singer, actor, and entertainer
Rami Fortis – rock singer
Corinne Allal – rock singer, composer and songwriter.

Zohar Argov – singer
Shoshana Damari – singer
Gali Atari – singer and actress
Lior Narkis – singer
Margalit Tsan'ani – singer and television personality
Haim Moshe – singer
Daklon – singer
Eyal Golan – singer
Shimi Tavori – singer
Zion Golan – singer
Kobi Oz – singer
Shlomo Bar – singer
Zehava Ben – singer
Kobi Peretz – singer
Moshik Afia – singer
Gad Elbaz – singer
Sarit Hadad – singer
Shiri Maimon - singer, TV show host and actress
Mosh Ben-Ari - musician, lyricist and composer
Yigal Bashan – singer, composer and actor
Sharon Haziz – singer
Yuval Banai – singer
Berry Sakharof – rock guitarist, songwriter and singer

Various

Adi Nes – Photographer

Sports

Association Football

Yossi Benayoun

Omri Casspi

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
Omri Casspi – 6' 9" small forward, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA Draft (Cleveland Cavaliers)^[2]
Tal Ben Haim – center back/right back, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Ham United^[3]
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 Tzuberi

Shahar Tzuberi, Israel, windsurfer, Olympic bronze (RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion^[4]

References

↑ Harush, Moshe (September 22, 2006). "Awat sparks storm with decision to play on Yom Kippur". Ha'aretz. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
↑ Nate Bloom (January 21, 2010). "Jews (and Mel) on the big screen, Winter sports roundup". Jweekly. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
↑ "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.

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