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Mizrahi Jews
Mizrahi Jews or Mizrahim, (Hebrew: מזרחים, Modern Mizraḥim Tiberian Mizrāḥîm ; "Easterners"), also referred to as Edot HaMizrach (Communities of the East) are Jews descended from the Jewish communities of the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The term Mizrahi is used in Israel in the...
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Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul (pronounced /ˈæbduːl/; born June 19, 1962) is an American pop singer, record producer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.
In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought...
Date of birth:
- Jun 19, 1962 (age 47 years)
Shaul Mofaz
Shaul Mofaz (help·info) (Hebrew: שאול מופז,Persian: شائول موفاز, born 4 November 1948) is an Israeli politician and former soldier who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. He formerly served as former Minister of Defense,...
Date of birth:
- Nov 4, 1948 (age 61 years)
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Dr. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (born March 28, 1941 as Jeffrey Lloyd Masson in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author, residing in New Zealand. Masson is best known for his conclusions about Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis. In his book The Assault...
Date of birth:
- Mar 28, 1941 (age 68 years)
Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza (Hebrew: עפרה חזה) (Arabic: عوفرة حازة أو عفراء هزاع) (19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was a popular Israeli singer, actress and international recording artist.
Her music, inspired by her love of her Yemenite Jewish culture, fused...
Date of birth:
- Nov 19, 1957
Date of death:
- Feb 23, 2000 (age 42 years)
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian, actor and writer, whose style is often described as observational comedy. Aside from being a stand-up comedian, he is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of...
Date of birth:
- Apr 29, 1954 (age 55 years)
Silvan Shalom
Silvan Shalom (help·info) (Hebrew: סילבן שלום, born 4 October 1958) is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Likud and the country's Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development. He previously served as the country's Foreign...
Date of birth:
- 1958 (age 52 years)
Moshe Katsav
Moshe Katsav (Hebrew: משה קצב), (born Mūsā Qasāb ((Persian: موسى قصاب)) December 5, 1945 in Yazd, Iran), is a former President of Israel and member of the Israeli Knesset.
The end of his term of President was marked by controversy, and from 25...
Date of birth:
- Dec 5, 1945 (age 64 years)
Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi
Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi (born 21 June 1946) is the co-founder, with his brother Charles, of the advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C; Saatchi, where he currently serves as Executive Director.
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, to Jewish...
Date of birth:
- Jun 21, 1946 (age 63 years)
Charles Saatchi
Charles Saatchi (born 9 June 1943) (Arabic: تشارلز ساعاتجي) was the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, leading the world's largest advertising agency until they were forced out in 1995. In the...
Date of birth:
- Jun 9, 1943 (age 66 years)
Isaac Mizrahi
Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer and the creative director of Liz Claiborne. He is best known for his eponymous fashion lines.
Mizrahi was born in Brooklyn, NY, and comes from Jews who lived in Egypt. Although...
Date of birth:
- Oct 14, 1961 (age 48 years)
Subliminal
Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimoni (Hebrew: יעקב "קובי" שמעוני, born November 13, 1979), generally known by his stage name Subliminal (Hebrew: סאבלימינל), is an Israeli hip hop artist and music producer.
Subliminal was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to a mother from...
Date of birth:
- Nov 13, 1979 (age 30 years)
Michael Kadoorie
The Hon. Sir Michael David Kadoorie, GBS (born 1941, Hong Kong) is a business executive and philanthropist. In early 2007, he is the fourth wealthiest person in Hong Kong and Greater China Region, after Li Ka Shing, Lee Shau Kee and the Kwok...
Date of birth:
- 1941 (age 69 years)
Ovadia Yosef
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף) (born September 23 1920, Basra, Iraq and now living in Jerusalem) is a Mizrahi Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and recognized halakhic authority. He is the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, although he...
Date of birth:
- Sep 23, 1920 (age 89 years)
Eli Yishai
Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai (Hebrew: אליהו "אלי" ישי, born 26 December 1962) is an Israeli politician and head of the Shas party. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas, and as both one of four Deputy Prime Ministers and Minister of...
Date of birth:
- Dec 26, 1962 (age 47 years)
Yitzhak Navon
Yitzhak Navon (Hebrew: יצחק נבון, born 9 April 1921) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and author. He was the fifth President of Israel.
Born in Jerusalem, Navon is a multilingual descendant of a Sephardi family of rabbis. On his father's side, he...
Date of birth:
- Apr 9, 1921 (age 88 years)
Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini (born 29 March 1959) is a professor of economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University and chairman of Roubini Global Economics, an economic consultancy firm.
After receiving BA in political economics at Bocconi...
Date of birth:
- Mar 29, 1959 (age 50 years)
Ben Ish Chai
Yosef Chaim (1 September 1832 – 30 August 1909) (Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד) was a leading Hakham (Sephardic Rabbi), authority on Jewish law (Halakha) and Master Kabbalist. He is best known as author of the work on Halakha Ben Ish Chai (בן איש חי) (...
Date of birth:
- Sep 1, 1832
Date of death:
- Aug 30, 1909 (age 77 years)
Zohar Argov
Zohar Argov (Hebrew: זוהר ארגוב, born Zohar Orkabi on July 16. 1955, died 6 November 1987) was a popular Israeli singer and a distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene.
The most serious hurdle on the way to stardom was Argov's socioeconomic...
Date of birth:
- 1958
Date of death:
- Nov 6, 1987 (age 29 years)
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Brigadier-General (Res.) Binyamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer (Hebrew: בנימין "פואד" בן אליעזר; Arabic: بنيامين بن إليعازر, born 12 February 1936) is an Israeli politician and former soldier of Iraqi origin. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset...
Date of birth:
- Feb 12, 1936 (age 73 years)
Dorrit Moussaieff
Dorrit Moussaieff (Hebrew & Bukhori: דורית מוסאיוף), (born January 12, 1950) is the Israeli-born British First Lady of Iceland, a jewellery designer, editor, businesswoman, and socialite.
Moussaieff was born in Jerusalem to a wealthy devout...
Date of birth:
- Jan 12, 1950 (age 60 years)
Edmond Safra
Edmond J. Safra (Arabic: ادموند يعقوب صفرا; August 6, 1932, Beirut, Lebanon – December 3, 1999, Monaco) was a Jewish Brazilian-naturalized, Lebanese banker who continued the family tradition of banking in Lebanon, Brazil and Switzerland. He was...
Date of birth:
- Aug 6, 1932
Date of death:
- Dec 3, 1999 (age 67 years)
Yitzhak Mordechai
Yitzhak Mordechai (Hebrew: יצחק מרדכי, born 22 November 1944) was an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life in 2000 after being indicted for sexual assaults during his military...
Date of birth:
- Nov 22, 1944 (age 65 years)
Yossi Benayoun
Yossef Shai Benayoun (Hebrew: יוסף שי בניון; born 5 May 1980), is an Israeli football player currently playing for Liverpool in the English Premier League. Benayoun plays as an attacking midfielder, occupying the space just behind the striker. In...
Date of birth:
- May 5, 1980 (age 29 years)
Shoshana Damari
Shoshana Damari (Hebrew: שושנה דמארי, Arabic: شوشانه (شمعه) ذمار) (born 1923 - died February 14, 2006) was an Israeli singer and actress.
Shoshana Damari was born in Dhamar, Yemen. She fled persecution and dhimmi status to pre-independence Israel...
Date of birth:
- 1923
Date of death:
- Feb 14, 2006 (age 83 years)
Gali Atari
Avigail "Gali" Atari (born December 29, 1953, in Rehovot, Israel) is an Israeli actress and singer.
She first appeared on the international scene in 1971, when she represented Israel at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan with the songs "All...
Date of birth:
- Dec 29, 1953 (age 56 years)
Mordechai Eliyahu
Mordechai Eliyahu (Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu, Hebrew: מרדכי אליהו, born 12 March 1928, Jerusalem) is a prominent rabbi, posek and spiritual leader. He served as the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1983 to 1993.
Eliyahu was born in the Old City...
Date of birth:
- Mar 12, 1928 (age 81 years)
Chemda
Chemda Khalili (Persian : چمداخلیلی born December 2, 1975) is a New York-based singer-songwriter. She was born to an Iraqi mother and Iranian father of Jewish descent in Tel Aviv, Israel.
In 1995, Chemda made her first professional recording...
Date of birth:
- Dec 2, 1975 (age 34 years)
Dennis William Sciama
Dennis William Siahou Sciama FRS (18 November 1926 – 18 December 1999) was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considerd as one...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1926
Date of death:
- Dec 18, 1999 (age 73 years)
Lev Leviev
Lev Avnerovich Leviev (born July 30, 1956) is a billionaire businessman, with a net worth of roughly $1.5 billion following the 2008 global financial crisis. He was once described by New York Times as the wealthiest Jew in the world. Leviev has been...
Date of birth:
- Jul 30, 1956 (age 53 years)
Ninette Tayeb
Ninet Tayeb (Hebrew: נינט טייב, also known just as Ninet or Nina) (born October 21, 1983, in Kiryat Gat, Israel) is an Israeli-Arab pop rock singer and actress who came to fame as the first winner of Kochav Nolad (the Israeli version of Pop Idol)....
Date of birth:
- Oct 21, 1983 (age 26 years)
Loolwa Khazzoom
Loolwa Khazzoom (Arabic: لولوا خزوم) is a Iraqi American Jewish writer who writes about Jewish multiculturalism and the cultural traditions and modern struggles of Sephardi, Mizrahi, Yemenite and Ethiopian Jews. She is involved in the Jewish...
Sami Michael
Sami Michael (Hebrew: סמי מיכאל, born 1926) is an Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel. He was born as Sallah Menasse in Baghdad, Iraq.
Michael grew up and was educated in a mixed neighborhood of Jews,...
Date of birth:
- 1926 (age 84 years)
Avshalom Elitzur
Avshalom Cyrus Elitzur (Hebrew אבשלום כורש אליצור; born 30 May 1957, Iran) is an Israeli physicist and philosopher.
Avshalom Elitzur was a senior lecturer at the Unit for Interdisciplinary Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. He is noted...
Date of birth:
- May 30, 1957 (age 52 years)
Dalia Itzik
Dalia Itzik (Hebrew: דליה איציק), born 20 October 1952, is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female...
Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1952 (age 57 years)
Meir Sheetrit
Meir Sheetrit (Hebrew: מאיר שטרית, born 10 October 1948) is an Israeli politician who currently serves a member of the Knesset for Kadima. He previously served as the country's Minister of the Interior.
Sheetrit was born in Ksar es Souk (now Er...
Date of birth:
- Oct 10, 1948 (age 61 years)
Shlomo Moussaieff
Shlomo Moussaieff (1852-1922) was born in the city of Bukhara in 1852 in what is today Uzbekistan and was one of the founders of the Bukharian Quarter in Jerusalem. He is also the patriarch of the Moussaieff Clan which includes such notable...
Date of birth:
- 1852
Date of death:
- 1922 (age 70 years)
Shai Agassi
Shai Agassi (Hebrew: שי אגסי, born 1968) is Founder and CEO of Better Place (formerly known as Project Better Place). Previously, Agassi was President of the Products and Technology Group (PTG) at SAP AG. He resigned from this position on March 28...
Date of birth:
- 1968 (age 42 years)
Bahar Soomekh
Bahar Soomekh (Persian: بهار سومخ born March 30, 1975) is an Iranian-American Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress and environmental activist. She began acting in the early 2000s, and is perhaps best known for her film roles in the films Crash ...
Date of birth:
- Mar 30, 1975 (age 34 years)
Nadira
Farhat Ezekiel Nadira (5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), commonly known as Nadira was an Indian actress in Bollywood films. She is best remembered for her performance in films in the 1950s and 1960s such as Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972) and...
Date of birth:
- Dec 5, 1932
Date of death:
- Feb 9, 2006 (age 73 years)
Elliott Yamin
Elliott Yamin (Hebrew: אליוט ימין) (born Efraym Elliott Yamin on July 20, 1978) is a Jewish-American singer known for his hit single "Wait for You" and placing third on the fifth season of American Idol.
His self-titled album, released March 20,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 20, 1978 (age 31 years)
Amnon Yitzhak
Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak (Hebrew: אמנון יצחק) (b. 1953), is an Orthodox Haredi Israeli rabbi of Yemenite origin.
Rabbi Yitzhak is best known for his involvement in Orthodox Judaism outreach. He engages in public speaking in Israel and around the world...
Date of birth:
- 1953 (age 57 years)
David Reuben
David and Simon Reuben are well known British businessmen and philanthropists. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2008 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK the brothers were placed in the top ten with an estimated fortune of £4.3 billion($8.5...
Avigdor Kahalani
Brigadier-General (Tat Aluf) Avigdor Kahalani (Hebrew: אביגדור קהלני, born 16 June 1944) is a former Israeli soldier and politician.
Kahalani was born in Ness Ziona during the Mandate era. He studied at Tel Aviv University, gaining a B.A. in...
Date of birth:
- Jun 16, 1944 (age 65 years)
Dana International
Sharon Cohen (Hebrew: שרון כהן), professionally known as Dana International (Hebrew: דנה אינטרנשיונל, born Yaron Cohen, 2 February, 1972) is an Israeli pop singer of a Yemenite Jewish origin.
She is most famous for having won the 1998 Eurovision...
Date of birth:
- Feb 2, 1972 (age 37 years)
Yosef Kapach
Yosef Qafiḥ (Hebrew: יוסף קאפח), widely known as Rabbi Kapach (1917-2000), was one of the foremost leaders of the Yemenite Jewish community, first in Yemen and later in Israel. A Religious Zionist at heart, he was the grandson of Rabbi Yihyeh Qafiḥ...
Date of birth:
- 1917
Date of death:
- 2000 (age 83 years)
Shoista Mullodzhanova
Shoista Mullojonova (born as Shushana Rubinovna Mullodzhanova on September 3, 1925) is a famous legendary Tajik Shashmakom singer. She won many awards and titles in her career including the prestigious "People's Artist of the Republic of Tajikistan"...
Date of birth:
- Sep 3, 1925 (age 84 years)
Boaz Sharabi
Boaz Sharabi (Hebrew: בעז שרעבי; born 1947) is an iconic Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, crooner, pianist, actor, tenor, chazan and lyricist, well-known for such integral Israeli classics as Latet, Halevai, At Li Laila, Pamela,...
Date of birth:
- 1947 (age 63 years)
Harel Skaat
Harel Skaat (הראל סקעת) born August 8, 1981, in Kfar Sava, Israel is a singer of Yemenite Jewish descent who quickly rose to fame as the runner-up of the second season of “Kokhav Nolad” ("A Star is Born", an American Idol-like series show) in 2004....
Date of birth:
- Aug 8, 1981 (age 28 years)
Ella Shohat
Ella Habiba Shohat is an Israeli author, activist, orator and Professor of Cultural Studies and Women's Studies at New York University. She is of Iraqi Jewish descent. Ella Shohat was born in Israel to a Baghdadi family. In the past she was an...
Saba Soomekh
Saba Soomekh (born 1976) is an Iranian-born American professor and writer.
Soomekh was born in Teheran, Iran to a Persian Jewish family that moved to Los Angeles, California to escape the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Saba is a sister to actress Bahar...
Date of birth:
- 1976 (age 34 years)
Shahar Zubari
Shahar Zubari (Hebrew: שחר צוברי, Shahar Tzuberi; born September 1, 1986) is an Israeli windsurfer and Olympic bronze medalist, surfing in the "Neil Pryde" RS:X discipline. He was born in Eilat, Israel.
Zubari, an Eilat native, began surfing at the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 1, 1986 (age 23 years)
