Syrian Jews

E47147

Jewish ethnic group Mizrahi Jews Sephardi Jews

Syrian Jews are a Jewish community originating from Syria, known for their distinct religious traditions, liturgical customs, and diaspora communities in places like the United States, Israel, and Latin America.

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Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish ethnic group → Mizrahi Jews → Sephardi Jews →
countryOfOrigin	Syria →
culturalPractice	distinctSyrianJewishCuisine → preservationOfArabicMelodiesInLiturgy → strongEndogamyNorms → useOfPizmonimInReligiousCeremonies →
demographicTrend	mostCommunityMembersNowLiveOutsideSyria →
ethnicOrigin	Syria →
experiencedEvent	emigrationFromSyriaIn20thCentury → massAliyahToIsrael → restrictionsOnEmigrationUnderBaathRegime →
historicalCommunityStatus	oneOfOldestJewishCommunitiesInTheMiddleEast →
historicalStatusInSyria	dhimmi →
languageTraditionallySpoken	Arabic → Hebrew → Judeo-Arabic →
majorCommunityCity	Aleppo → Brooklyn → Buenos Aires → Damascus → Jerusalem → Mexico City → New York City → Panama City → Qamishli → São Paulo →
majorDiasporaCommunityIn	Argentina → Brazil → Canada → Chile → Israel → Mexico → Panama → United States → Venezuela →
notableCommunityCenter	Brooklyn Syrian Jewish community → Buenos Aires Syrian Jewish community → Deal New Jersey Syrian Jewish community → Jerusalem Syrian Jewish community →
notableReligiousTextTradition	PizmonimCollections → SyrianSephardiPrayerBooks →
religion	Judaism →
religiousRite	Edot HaMizrach rite → Sephardi rite →
subgroup	Aleppan Jews → Damascene Jews → Halabi Jews → Shami Jews →
traditionalLiturgicalLanguage	Aramaic → Hebrew →
traditionalPrayerRite	Sephardi-Edot HaMizrach nusach →
traditionalReligiousLawAuthority	Ben Ish Chai → Sephardi rabbinic tradition → Shulchan Aruch →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Syrian Jews ("Aleppan Jews") → Syrian Jews ("Damascene Jews") →	subgroup
Syrian American ("Syrian American Jews") →	hasSubgroup
Syrian Jews ("Jerusalem Syrian Jewish community") →	notableCommunityCenter
Mizrahi Jews →	notableSubgroup