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Lists of Jews
by continent
Africa
Sub-Saharan
Asia
Israel
Europe
North America
South America
Oceania
Intercontinental regions
Since antiquity, a number of Jewish communities have been established in many parts of Asia migrating or fleeing eastward from their place of origin in Mesopotamia . Some examples of ancient Jewish communities in Asia are: In Iran (Persian Jews ) and Iraq (Iraqi Jews ); the Georgian Jews and Mountain Jews of the Caucasus ; the Bene Israel , the Baghdadi Jews and the Cochin Jews of India (Jews in India ); and the Bukharan Jews of Central Asia . China once had an established Jewish community in Kaifeng .
Here is a partial list of some prominent Asian Jews, arranged by country of origin. Note that those regions of Asia where Arabic or Russian or Turkish predominate are excluded from this list (except for the Baghdadi Jews from India and Southeast Asia ); see Arab Jews , Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardi Jews for information on these populations.
Azerbaijan [ edit ]
Hong Kong [ edit ]
Sarah Avraham , Indian-born Israeli 2014 women's world Thai kickboxing champion
Joseph Rabban , given copper plates of special grants from the Chera ruler Bhaskara Ravivarman II from Kerala in South India
David Abraham Cheulkar , actor
Nissim Ezekiel , poet
J F R Jacob , former Governor of Punjab and Goa ; the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army 's Eastern Command
Gerry Judah , artist and designer
Anish Kapoor , sculptor (Baghdadi Jewish mother)
Samson Kehimkar , musician
Ezekiel Isaac Malekar , Bene Israel Rabbi
Pearl Padamsee , theatre personality (part Jewish)
David and Simon Reuben , businessmen
Nadira , actress of the 1950s and 1960s.
David Sassoon , businessman
Albert Abdullah David Sassoon , British Indian merchant
Sassoon David Sassoon philanthropist and benefactor of greater Indian Jewish community.
Solomon Sopher , Jewish community leader
Ellis Kadoorie and Elly Kadoorie , philanthropists
Horace Kadoorie , philanthropist
Ruby Myers , Bollywood actress of the 1920s, otherwise known as Sulochana
Lalchanhima Sailo , rabbi
Abraham Barak Salem , Cochin Jew Indian nationalist leader
Bensiyon Songavkar , professional cricketer
Iran/Persia [ edit ]
Michel Abdollahi , German writer
David Alliance , British businessman
Moses ben Hanoch , rabbi
Yossi Banai , performer
Soleyman Binafard , wrestler
Jimmy Delshad , Californian politician
Roya Hakakian , writer
Moshe Katsav , Israeli president
Rita Kleinstein , Israeli singer/actress, known popularly as "Rita "
Janet Kohan-Sedq , track and field athlete
Masarjawaih [ 1] [not in citation given ]
Mashallah ibn Athari , astrologer and astronomer
Shaul Mofaz , Israeli Minister of Transportation
Bahar Soomekh , American actress
Soleiman Haim , among first compilers of Persian dictionary
Kyrgyzstan [ edit ]
Singapore [ edit ]
Sri Lanka [ edit ]
Tajikistan [ edit ]
Uzbekistan [ edit ]
Ari Babakhanov , musician
Yefim Bronfman , pianist
Lev Leviev , diamond tycoon
Ilyas Malayev , musician and poet
Shlomo Moussaieff (businessman) , Israeli businessman
Shlomo Moussaieff (rabbi) , co-founder of the Bukharian Quarter in Jerusalem
Gavriel Mullokandov , shashmakom artist, "People's Artist of Uzbekistan"
Suleiman Yudakov , composer and musician, "People's Artist of the Soviet Union"
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