Romaniote Jews

E11283

Jewish ethnic group religious-ethnic community

Romaniote Jews are a distinct, historically Greek-speaking Jewish community of the Eastern Mediterranean with roots dating back to antiquity, predating both Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewry.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Romaniote Jewish community	1
Romaniote Jews from Ioannina	1
Romaniote Judaism	1
Romaniote rite	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish ethnic group ⓘ religious-ethnic community ⓘ
associatedEmpire	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
associatedPolity	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
countryOfCitizenshipHistorically	Greece ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Byzantine culture ⓘ Greek culture ⓘ
diasporaCommunity	Israel ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distinctFrom	Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ surface form: Ashkenazi Jews Mizrahi Jews ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ
ethnoreligiousIdentity	Jewish ⓘ
experiencedEvent	Holocaust ⓘ
historicalCenter	Asia Minor ⓘ Balkans ⓘ Chios ⓘ Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Corfu ⓘ Crete ⓘ Epirus ⓘ Ioannina ⓘ Lesbos ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessaloniki
historicalContinuity	continuous presence in Greek lands for many centuries ⓘ
historicalLanguageVariety	Yevanic ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin	antiquity ⓘ
HolocaustImpact	severe population loss ⓘ
KehilaKedoshaJaninaLocation	New York City ⓘ
KehilaKedoshaJaninaType	Romaniote synagogue ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	distinct from Ashkenazi ⓘ distinct from Sephardi ⓘ
notableSynagogue	Kehila Kedosha Janina ⓘ
predate	Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ surface form: Ashkenazi Jews Sephardi Jews ⓘ
primaryLanguageHistorically	Greek ⓘ
region	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Greece ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousLawTradition	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
rite	Romaniote rite ⓘ
riteFamily	minhag Romaniot ⓘ
traditionalLanguageScript	Greek alphabet ⓘ Hebrew script ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	commerce ⓘ crafts ⓘ trade ⓘ
vernacularLanguage	Greek ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kehila Kedosha Janina → communityServed → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

Kehila Kedosha Janina → denomination → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romaniote Judaism

Kehila Kedosha Janina → foundedFor → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romaniote Jews from Ioannina

Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

Jews → hasEthnicSubdivision → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

Ioannina → hasReligiousCommunity → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

Ioannina → knownFor → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romaniote Jewish community

Kehila Kedosha Janina → rite → Romaniote Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romaniote rite