Syrian Jews

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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.


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

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