List of South-East European Jews

Many of the Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition settled in the Ottoman Empire, leaving large Sephardic communities in South-East Europe: mainly in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia (though the latter in particular also had a large Ashkenazi population).

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Judah Alkalai, rabbi, early member of the Zionist movement [ [http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/PEOPLE/BIOS/alkalai.html Alkalai, Judah (1798-1878) ] ]
* Sven Alkalaj, minister of foreign affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina [ [http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/global.php?id=994693 Family Security Matters ] ]
* Ivica Ceresnjes, architect-researcher, former president of the Jewish community in Sarajevo [ [http://www.seean.uni-bonn.de/publications/reviews/posts/051103.html] ]
* Kalmi Baruh, writer and philosopher [http://www.benevolencija.eu.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=70]
* Emerik Blum, businessman, founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo [ [www.ceeol.com] ]
* Oskar Danon, composer and conductor [Voices of Yugoslav Jewry By Paul Benjamin Gordiejew, Pg 62]
* David Elazar, Israeli general and Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9389289/David-Elazar David Elazar - Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ]
* Robert Rothbart, basketball player (Jewish mother) [ [http://www.safsal.co.il/article.aspx?id=6463 ספסל- הבית של הכדורסל הישראלי - אינפורמציה, סטטיסטיקה וחדשות יומיות על כל השחקנים, הקבוצות והליגות ] ]
* Isak Samokovlija, writer [http://www.serbianstudies.org/home_files/pdf/14_1/Vol14_1_Palavestra.pdf]

Bulgaria

* Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"]
* Maxim Behar, president of M3 Communications Group
* Alexander Bozhkov, vice-premier (Jewish mother) [ [http://www.sefarad.org/publication/lm/037/7.html Jews in Bulgaria ] ]
* Elias Canetti, an author an a Nobel Prize Winner
* Marcus Ehrenpreis, Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria
* Itzhak & Samuel Fintzi, dramatists [http://www.omda.bg/engl/HISTORY/jewsreno.htm Renowned Bulgarian Jews ] ]
* Milcho Leviev, jazz composer (Jewish father) [ [http://www.plovdivcityguide.com/newsfiles/news.php?id=130&lang_id=3 Plovdiv, tourism, property, real estates, Bulgaria, travel agency, hotels, Pictures, maps, tour, restaurant, vacation, holiday, visit, wine, roses, architecture,sea, relaxing, art, artist, craftsmen, souvenirs, comfort, affordable ] ]
* Jules Pascin, artist (Jewish father)
* Isaac Passy, philosopher
* Solomon Passy, foreign minister [ [http://sofia.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/document.asp?DocumentID=70965&MissionID=11 The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ] ] , son of Isaac Passy
* Angel Wagenstein, author & screenwriter [ [http://www.bulgaria-france.net/wag.html "Abraham le Poivrot" de Angel Wagenstein ] ]
* Alexis Weissenberg, pianist [ [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Weissenberg-Alexis.htm Alexis Weissenberg (Piano) - Short Biography ] ]
* Etien Levi, singer
* Aron Aronov, tenor

Croatia

* David Frankfurter, student [ [http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=700923 Genocide: Ch 4 Overview: 1933-1945, Part 2 - Simon Wiesenthal Center Multimedia Learning Center ] ]
* Branko Lustig, film producer [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527322/ Branko Lustig ] ]
*Branko Grunbaum, mathematician
*William Feller, mathematician, among the foremost probabilist outside Russia at the time
* David Schwarz, inventor of the Zeppelin [Encyclopaedia Judaica]
* Slavko Goldstein

Cyprus

* Mike Brant, French-based singer (Cyprus-born)

Greece

* Maurice Abravanel, conductor [ [http://www.maurice-abravanel.com/isaack_abrabanel_more.html Isaack Abrabanel more ] ]
* Allatini Brothers, entrepreneurs [ [http://cat.he.net/~archaeol/online/features/greece/ Preserving Jewish Heritage in Greece ] ]
* Saul Amarel, Artificial Intelligence pioneer [ [http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/tributes.html Tributes ] ]
* Gina Bachauer, pianist [Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1978, p. 227]
* Avraam Benaroya, leader of the workers' movement [ [http://www.sephardicstudies.org/thes2.html Jewish Community of Thessaloniki (Salonika) ] ]
* Isaak Benrubi, philosopher [Isaac Benrubi, Juif fidele, patriot genevois, cosmopolite fervent", manuscript deposited at the Bibliotheque Public et Universitaire de Geneve, 1981.]
* Isaac & Daniel Carasso, founders of Danone [ [http://www.public-histoire.com/saga/yaourt/yaourt7.html] ]
* Aaron Castro, founder of the Castro fashion company [http://www.castro.com/corporate/aboutCastro/aboutCastro_en.asp]
* Albert Cohen, novelist [ [http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/misgav/eng/program.htm] ]
* Roza Eskenazi, Rebetika singer [ [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/eskenazi.htm Roza Eskenazi ] ]
* Mordechai Frizis, World War II colonel, first Greek senior officer killed in action [ [http://www.sefarad.org/publication/lm/039/3.html Mordechai Frizis ] ]
* Karolos Koun, famous theatrical director, revived Ancient Greek Comedy
* Mordechai Mano, ship-owner [http://mano.gns.co.il/swf/en_history.swf]
* Yehuda Poliker, son of Holocaust survivors from Thessaloniki, he has been called the "father of Greek music in Israel" and is quite popular in both Israel and Greece. [ [http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/israel_36?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com Israel: National Geographic World Music ] ]
* Philo, classical philosopher [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0042-6032(199503)49%3A1%3C1%3AWDCOAC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1] ]
* Maria Rezan, journalist [http://www.kis.gr/chronika_jul_aug_2002.pdf]
* Raphaël Salem, mathematician [ [http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Printonly/Salem.html Salem (print-only) ] ]
* David Saltiel, musician [http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/organizations/ghm/ghm_21_03_03.rtf]
* Sabbatai Zevi, claimed Messiah, came from a Romaniotes family [ [http://www.jews-for-allah.org/Jewish-Converts-to-Islam/RabbiMessiahMuslimSabbataiZevi.htm Sabbatai Zevi ] ]

Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia

* Esma Redzepova, Romany singer (half Jewish) [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5zkqoaeauijm~T1 AllMusic biography] ]

erbia

* Boris Tadic, politic (mother Jewish)
* David Albahari, writer [ [http://www.blesok.com.mk/tekst.asp?lang=eng&tekst=112 Blesok07, essays - David Albahari: The Burden of Mimicry ] ]
* Danilo Kiš, writer (Jewish father) [Balkan Blues: Writing Out of Yugoslavia - Page 178, by Joanna Labon - 1995]
* Moša Pijade, communist politician [Jewish book annual - Page 150 by Jewish Book Council of America]
* Seka Sablic
* Predrag Ejdus
* Mira Adanja Polak
* Rahela Ferari
* Eva Ras (father Jewish)
* Jasna Ciric
* Sonja Licht
* Jelena Tinska
* Srdjan Saper
* Filip David
* Neda Arnerić
* Leon Koen
* Zoran Šami
* Tatjana Lenard
* Mirjana Marković
* Klara Mandić
* Đorđe David
* David Albahari
* Enriko Josif
* Oskar Davičo
* Jovan Bajford
* Robert Čoban
* Vladan Alempijević
* Aleksandar Timofejev

Montenegro

Turkey

* Music industry executive Morris Levy
* Cantor Rabbi Isaac Algazi
* Seyla Benhabib, political theorist [ [http://www.continental-philosophy.org/category/book-reviews/ Continental Philosophy » Book Reviews ] ]
* Victoria Kamhi, pianist [ [http://www.spanport.ucsb.edu/projects/ehumanista/volumes/volume_03/Articles/060403Meizel.pdf] ]
* Elijah Mizrachi, Hakham Bashi [http://jewishintellectualtimeline.com/ Jewish Intellectual Timeline ] ]
* Dario Moreno, singer [ [http://listing-index.ebay.com/actors/Dario_Moreno.html Actors - Dario Moreno ] ]
* Chaim Nahum, Hakham Bashi

References

ee also

*List of Bosnians
*List of Bulgarians
*List of Croatians
*List of Greeks
*List of Serbs
*List of Slovenians
*List of Turks