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Altaras Family
Altaras is a Sephardic Jewish surname. It means 'embroiderer' in Arabic. Notable people with the surname include: * David ben Solomon Altaras, eighteenth-century Italian rabbi * Aaron Altaras (born 1995), German actor * Adriana Altaras (born 1960), Croatian born German actress, theater director and writer * Jakob Altaras Prof. Dr. Jakob Altaras (1918–2001) was a Croatian-German physician and president of the Jewish community Giessen. Early life and education Altaras was born as the youngest of six brothers in Split, Croatia on 12 October 1918 to a poor Sephard ... (1918–2001), Croatian-German physician and president of the Jewish community Giessen * Thea Altaras (1924–2004), Croatian-German architect See also * al-Tarās family {{surname, Altaras Surnames of Jewish origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sephardi Jews
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefarditas or Hispanic Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula. The term, which is derived from the Hebrew ''Sepharad'' (), can also refer to the Mizrahi Jews of Western Asia and North Africa, who were also influenced by Sephardic law and customs. Many Iberian Jewish exiles also later sought refuge in Mizrahi Jewish communities, resulting in integration with those communities. The Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula prospered for centuries under the Muslim reign of Al-Andalus following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, but their fortunes began to decline with the Christians, Christian ''Reconquista'' campaign to retake Spain. In 1492, the Alhambra Decree by the Catholic Monarchs of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ben Solomon Altaras
David ben Solomon Altaras ( he, דוד בן שלומה אלטאראס) was an Italian rabbi and editor who flourished at Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ..., 1675–1714. He wrote the short Hebrew grammar in the quarto Bible (Venice, 1675–78). He edited a daily prayer-book (Venice, 1696) and a vocalized edition of the Mishnah with short notes (Venice, 1756–60).So in Jewish Encyclopedia article. The Jewish National and University Library possesses an edition printed in 1737. His will is printed under the title ''Sefer Tsuf Devash'' (Venice, 1714). See also * Altaras family References {{DEFAULTSORT:Altaras, David ben Solomon Sephardi rabbis 17th-century births 18th-century deaths 17th-century Republic of Venice rabbis 18th-century Republic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Altaras
Aaron Altaras (born 21 November 1995) is a German actor. Altaras was born in Berlin, the son of Adriana Altaras and Wolfgang Böhmer. Altaras' mother, a Croatian Jew, was forced to escape Croatia with her parents, Jakob and Thea Altaras, because his grandfather had been politically persecuted by the League of Communists of Croatia. His mother is an actress, theater director, and writer, and his father is a composer. He has a younger brother, Leonard. Altaras attended the Heinz Galinski elementary school in Berlin. During his education at Heinz-Galinski he was discovered by a casting team for the movie ''Mogelpackung Mann''. In 2006 he began attending the gymnasium Jüdische Oberschule Berlin (Berlin Jewish High School). Altaras achieved nationwide attention with the lead role in the ARD TV movie ' based on the childhood and youth memories of Michael Degen, German actor and writer who survived the Nazi regime as a Jewish boy in Germany. Filmography * 2004: ''Mogelpackung M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Altaras
Adriana Altaras (born 6 April 1960) is a German actress, theatre director and author. Early life Altaras was born in Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia to Jewish parents, Thea Altaras (née Fuhrmann) and Jakob Altaras, who were part of the Yugoslav Partisans. Her father started to explore the true causes of the death of his brother, Silvio Altaras, who was killed by the communist regime of the Yugoslavia in early 1945. Because of that, in 1964, the League of Communists of Croatia initiated a court case against her father; as a result of this, she escaped Zagreb with her mother to Italy in 1964, in a car driven by her Italian uncle. She stayed with her mother in Italy for a few years, long enough to learn Italian. From Italy, Altaras moved to Konstanz, Germany in 1967. Career After high school education, Altaras graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts. Altaras completed her academic studies in New York City. She founded the Western Stadthirschen theater in Berlin, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Altaras
Prof. Dr. Jakob Altaras (1918–2001) was a Croatian-German physician and president of the Jewish community Giessen. Early life and education Altaras was born as the youngest of six brothers in Split, Croatia on 12 October 1918 to a poor Sephardic Jewish family of Leon Altaras. He finished elementary school and Classical gymnasium in Split. Altaras studied at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. On a third year, his studies were interrupted by World War II and Independent State of Croatia regime in 1941. Altaras returned to Split from where he moved to Bari, Italy. There he studied and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Bari. After the war he moved back to Zagreb and returned to studies at the University of Zagreb from where he graduated in the 1946. World War II, persecution and career From September 1943, during World War II, he was a member of the Partisan resistance movement in Croatia. When the Split Synagogue was set on fire, Altaras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thea Altaras
Thea Altaras (19242004) was a Croatian-German architect who was known for her research and publications on Jewish monuments in Hesse, Germany. Early life Altaras was born in Zagreb, Croatia on 11 March 1924. She was raised in a wealthy Croatian-Jewish family of; her parents were Žiga and Alma Fuhrmann. During World War II Altaras was imprisoned with her mother and sister Jelka, at the Rab concentration camp. After the capitulation of Italy and the liberation of the camp, Altaras joined the Partisans with her mother and sister. Education After the war, she returned to Zagreb and became a member of the Communist Party of Croatia. She finished high school and then attended the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Zagreb, graduating in 1953. Afterwards, she worked as an architect in Zagreb and later completed her academic studies in Paris, France. Upon her return to Zagreb, she married Jakob Altaras. In 1960 their only daughter Adriana was born. In 1964 her husband was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Tarās Family
The al-Tarās family (Arabic: التاراس) (Hebrew: אלתראס) also called ibn al-Tarās and Altaras is a distinguished Arab Sephardic family originally from Castile, Spain. Members of the family spread to Italy, Turkey, and the Land of Israel, where they produced several rabbis, scholars, printers and businessmen. History The al-Tarās family probably came to Spain in the 8th-century, the family progenitor Hasdai al-Tarās was born around 1000 in Castile. He is the grandfather of Sidi ibn Ibrahim al-Taras and third great grandfather of Azriel ibn Menahem al-Taras, whose son Todros ibn Azriel al-Tarās, founded the Taroç family of Catalonia. The Italian branch of the family became prominent printers with Solomon Altaras supervising the publication of a Sephardi prayer book which appeared in Venice in 1685. His son, David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
