Jewish community of Hebron

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The Jewish community of Hebron is one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, historically centered around the Tomb of the Patriarchs and marked by a continuous, though often turbulent, presence in the city over many centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish community
diaspora Jewish community
ethno-religious community
associatedWith Hebron Jewish Quarter NERFINISHED
Hebron Jewish cemetery NERFINISHED
centeredAround Tomb of the Patriarchs NERFINISHED
claimsContinuityFrom Second Temple period Jewish community in Hebron
biblical-era Jewish presence in Hebron
commemorates 1929 Hebron massacre NERFINISHED
experienced forced displacement
massacres
periods of coexistence with Muslim and Christian neighbors
periods of persecution
governedUnder Israeli military administration NERFINISHED
hadPropertyAbandonedAfter 1929 Hebron massacre NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalContinuity British Mandate period NERFINISHED
Ottoman period NERFINISHED
ancient period
medieval period
modern period
hasInstitution Hebron yeshiva (in exile in Jerusalem) NERFINISHED
Yeshivat Shavei Hebron NERFINISHED
hasNeighborhood Avraham Avinu neighborhood NERFINISHED
Beit Hadassah NERFINISHED
Beit Romano NERFINISHED
Tel Rumeida NERFINISHED
hasSacredSite Cave of Machpelah NERFINISHED
Tomb of the Patriarchs NERFINISHED
hasStatus highly contested community
historicalLanguages Judeo-Arabic
Ladino
Yiddish
holyCityAlongWith Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Safed NERFINISHED
Tiberias NERFINISHED
isOneOf oldest Jewish communities in the world
language Hebrew
locatedIn Hebron NERFINISHED
Land of Israel NERFINISHED
West Bank
historic region of Judea
maintains religious study institutions
synagogues near Tomb of the Patriarchs
modernCoreGroup Israeli settlers
religious Zionist Jews
populationSize small minority within Hebron
religion Judaism
subjectOf Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED
international diplomatic controversy
sufferedCasualtiesIn 1929 Hebron massacre NERFINISHED
traditionallyRegardedAs one of Judaism’s four holy cities
viewedByOthersAs symbol of Israeli occupation in the West Bank
viewedBySomeAs symbol of Jewish historical attachment to Hebron
wasExpelledBy British authorities after 1929 violence
wasExpelledIn 1929
wasMassacredIn 1929 Hebron massacre NERFINISHED
wasReestablishedAfter Six-Day War NERFINISHED
wasReestablishedIn 1967

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Chida (Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai) represented Jewish community of Hebron
subject surface form: Chida