Romanian Jews
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Romanian Jews are a historically significant Jewish community from Romania, known for their rich cultural life, contributions to Romanian society, and tragic persecution during the Holocaust.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romanian Jew | 1 |
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish community
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chief Rabbinate of Romania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenshipIssues | denied full citizenship in 19th century Romania ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContribution |
Romanian cinema
ⓘ
Romanian commerce ⓘ Romanian journalism ⓘ Romanian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian medicine ⓘ Romanian music ⓘ Romanian political life ⓘ Romanian science ⓘ Romanian theater ⓘ |
| culturalInstitution |
Jewish State Theatre in Bucharest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish museums in Romania ⓘ |
| currentMajorDiaspora |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestRecordedPresence | Romanian principalities in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| estimatedHolocaustVictims | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| experienced |
antisemitic legislation in interwar Romania
ⓘ
restrictions on professions and education ⓘ waves of emigration to North America ⓘ waves of emigration to Palestine and Israel ⓘ waves of emigration to Western Europe ⓘ |
| heritageIncludes |
Ashkenazi traditions
ⓘ
Romaniote traditions ⓘ Sephardi traditions ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Banat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bessarabia NERFINISHED ⓘ Bukovina NERFINISHED ⓘ Maramureș NERFINISHED ⓘ Moldavia NERFINISHED ⓘ Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallachia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
Hebrew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ladino NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| legalStatusChange | granted formal citizenship after World War I ⓘ |
| maintains |
Jewish cemeteries in Romania
ⓘ
Jewish community organizations in Romania ⓘ synagogues in Romania ⓘ |
| majorCommunityCenters |
Bucharest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chișinău NERFINISHED ⓘ Cluj NERFINISHED ⓘ Czernowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Iași NERFINISHED ⓘ Oradea NERFINISHED ⓘ Timișoara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableHistoricalPeriod |
19th century emancipation struggles
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ communist Romania ⓘ interwar Romania ⓘ post-1989 Romania ⓘ |
| notableReligiousMovement |
Hasidic Judaism
NERFINISHED
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Haskalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| persecutedBy |
Antonescu regime
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Romanian authorities allied with Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| persecutedDuring | Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationTrend | sharp decline in Romania after World War II ⓘ |
| postWarEmigrationPeak |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ late 1940s ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Holocaust research in Eastern Europe
ⓘ
Romanian-Jewish literature ⓘ studies on antisemitism in Romania ⓘ |
| victimsOf |
Iași pogrom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transnistria deportations ⓘ forced labor ⓘ ghettoization ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Romanian Jew