Jews have been present in Asia since the beginning of their history. Some examples of ancient Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

(

Persian Jews Iranian Jews, (; ) also Persian Jews ( ) or Parsim, constitute one of the oldest communities of the Jewish diaspora. Dating back to the History of ancient Israel and Judah, biblical era, they originate from the Jews who relocated to Iran (his ...

) and

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

(

Iraqi Jews The history of the Jews in Iraq (, ', ; , ) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity . Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities. The Jewish community in Mesopotamia, kn ...

); the

Georgian Jews The Georgian Jews ( ka, ქართველი ებრაელები, tr, ) are a community of Jews who migrated to Georgia during the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE.The Wellspring of Georgian Historiography: The Early Medi ...

Bukharian Jews Bukharan Jews, also known as Bukharian Jews, are the Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahi Jewish sub-group of Central Asia that dwelt predominantly in what is today Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan. The group's name is derived from the E ...

, and

Mountain Jews Mountain Jews are the Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahi Jewish subgroup of the eastern and northern Caucasus, mainly Azerbaijan, and various republics in the Russian Federation: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria. M ...

. Through the centuries, they also established Jewish communities in eastern parts of Asia. There are some Jews who migrated to India, establishing the

Bene Israel The Bene Israel (), also referred to as the "Teli, Shanivar Teli" () or "History of the Jews in India, Native Jew" caste, are a community of Jews in India. It has been suggested that they are the descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes via t ...

, the

Baghdadi Jews Baghdadi Jews (; ) or Iraqi Jews are historic terms for the former communities of Jewish migrants and their descendants from Baghdad and elsewhere in the Middle East. They settled primarily in the ports and along the trade routes around the In ...

and the

Cochin Jews Cochin Jews (also known as Malabar Jews or Kochinim from ) are one of the oldest groups of History of the Jews in India, Jews in India, with roots that are claimed to date back to the time of King Solomon. The Cochin Jews settled in the King ...

of India ( Jews in India); and the former Jewish community in Kaifeng, China. Here is a partial list of some prominent Asian Jews, arranged by country. Those regions of Asia where Arabic or Russian or Turkish predominate are excluded from this list (except for the

from India and Southeast Asia); see Middle Eastern Jews,

Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. They traditionally speak Yiddish, a language ...

and

Sephardi Jews Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and their descendant ...

for information on these populations.

Armenia

Levon Aronian Levon Grigori Aronian (; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at the age of 17. He is a former world rapid and blit ...

, Armenian chess player (part Jewish)

Azerbaijan

* Misha Black, designer *

Bella Davidovich Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich (Бэлла Миха́йловна Давидо́вич; born July 16, 1928) is a Soviet and American pianist. Biography Davidovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, into a Jewish family of musicians and began study ...

, pianist * Gavril Abramovich Ilizarov, Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus *

Lev Landau Lev Davidovich Landau (; 22 January 1908 – 1 April 1968) was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. He was considered as one of the last scientists who were universally well-versed and ma ...

, physicist, Nobel Prize (1962). Russian-speaking Ashkenazi. * Lev Nussimbaum, writer (a.k.a. Kurban Said) * Vladimir Rokhlin, mathematician. Russian-speaking Ashkenazi.

Afghanistan

A small community of Jews lived mainly in

Herat, Afghanistan Herāt (; Dari/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the List of cities in Afghanistan, third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the ...

and

Kabul Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province. The city is divided for administration into #Districts, 22 municipal districts. A ...

, but they emigrated to

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

and the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

. In September 2021, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan,

Zablon Simintov Zablon Simintov or Zebulon Simentov (; ; born 1959) is an Afghan-born Israeli former carpet trader and restaurateur. Between 2005 and his evacuation to Israel in 2021, he was widely believed to be the only Jew still living in Afghanistan. He was ...

, fled

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

's capital

in response to the Taliban takeover several weeks prior.

China

* Morris Cohen, bodyguard of

Sun Yat-Sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...

Misha Dichter Misha Dichter (born September 27, 1945) is an American pianist. Biography Misha Dichter was born in Shanghai to Polish-Jewish parents who fled during WWII. He moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, at the age of two and began studying ...

, pianist (China-born) *

Israel Epstein Israel Epstein (; 20 April 1915 – 26 May 2005) was a Polish-born Chinese journalist and author. He was one of the few foreign-born Chinese citizens of non-Chinese origin to become a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Early life and educ ...

, journalist, author * Edmond Fischer, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1992) * Jakob Rosenfeld, doctor and general in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

Sidney Shapiro Sidney Shapiro (; December 23, 1915 – October 18, 2014) was an American-born Chinese actor, lawyer, translator, and writer who lived in China from 1947 to 2014. He lived in Beijing for more than 50 years and eventually became a member of the N ...

, member of the People's Political Consultative Council * Zhao Yingcheng, (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: ''Moshe ben Abram''),

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

Georgia

* David Baazov, Zionist activist and rabbi * Ioseb Bardanashvili, composer *

Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili ( ka, რომან იაკობის-ძე ჯინჯიხაშვილი; pronounced ''jin-jee-khash-VEE-lee''; born May 5, 1944) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American chess player. He was awarded t ...

, American chess player * Yasha Manasherov, Israeli Greco-Roman wrestler *

Mikhael Mirilashvili Mikhael Mirilashvili ( ka, მიხო მირილაშვილი, , ; born May 1960) is a Russian- Israeli- Georgian businessman and philanthropist, based in Russia and Israel. Mirilashvili’s business enterprises operate primarily in ...

, businessman and philanthropist *

Tamir Sapir Tamir Sapir (born Temur Sepiashvili, ka, თემურ სეფიაშვილი; 1946/1947 – September 24, 2014) was a Georgian-born, Georgian-American businessman, real estate developer and investor. He was the founder of the Sapir ...

, businessman and investor * Gocha Tsitsiashvili, Israeli Greco-Roman wrestler

Hong Kong

Ellis Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. Retrieved 21 January 2014 An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis. It has also been noted to be a Jewish surname. People with the surname include ...

, Elly, Lawrence, and

Michael Kadoorie Sir Michael David Kadoorie (born 1941) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman, and the chairman and 18% owner of CLP Group, Hong Kong's largest electricity producer. He also owns 47% of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. He is a member of the Ka ...

, businesspeople *

Matthew Nathan Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan (3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939) was a British soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland. He was Under-Secre ...

Hong Kong governor The governor of Hong Kong was the representative of the British Crown in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council and commander-in-chief of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong. ...

(1904) *

Victor Sassoon Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet (20 December 1881 – 13 August 1961)Some sources cite 30 December was a British businessman and hotelier from the wealthy Baghdadi Jews, Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon family, Sassoon merchant and banking family ...

, businessman and hotelier

India

* Sarah Avraham, Indian-born Israeli, 2014 women's world Thai kickboxing champion *

Joseph Rabban Joseph Rabban ( old Malayalam: Issuppu Irappan, also Yusuf/Oueseph Rabban; fl. 1000 AD) was a prominent Jewish merchant and aristocrat in the entrepôt of Kodungallur (Muyirikode) on the Malabar Coast, India in early 11th century AD. Ca ...

, given copper plates of special grants from the

Chera The Chera dynasty ( or Cēra, ), also known as Keralaputra, from the early historic or the Sangam period in Tamil-speaking southern India, ruled over parts of present-day states Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Cheras, known as one of the mu-ventar ...

ruler Bhaskara Ravivarman II from

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

David Abraham Cheulkar David Abraham Cheulkar (21 June 1908 – 2 January 1982), popularly known as David, was an Indian Hindi film actor. In a career spanning four decades, he played mostly character roles, starting with the 1941 film '' Naya Sansar'', and went on ...

, actor *

Nissim Ezekiel Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian poet, actor, playwright, editor, and art critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian poetry in English. He was awar ...

, poet * J F R Jacob, former Governor of

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

and

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

; the Chief of Staff of the

Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...

's Eastern Command * Gerry Judah, artist and designer *

Anish Kapoor Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the United Ki ...

, sculptor (Baghdadi Jewish mother, Indian father) * Samson Kehimkar, musician * Ezekiel Isaac Malekar,

Rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

Pearl Padamsee Pearl Padamsee (1931 – 23 April 2000) was an Indian theatre personality as a stage actress, director and producer of English language theatre in Mumbai active in 1950s–1990s. She acted in a few Hindi and English language films, including ' ...

, theatre personality (part Jewish) *

David and Simon Reuben David Reuben (born 1941) and Simon Reuben (born 1944) are British businessmen. In 2024, they were named the third-richest family in the UK by the '' Sunday Times Rich List'', with a net worth of £24.9 billion. Early life and background Th ...

, businessmen * Nadira, actress of the 1950s and 1960s. * David Sassoon, businessman * Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818 – 24 October 1896), British-Indian merchant *

Sassoon David Sassoon Sassoon David Sassoon (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a British Indian Iraqi businessman, banker, and philanthropist. Sassoon was the first member of the Sassoon family to expand the family's business interests into England. Biography ...

(August 1832 – 23 June 1867), Indian-born British businessman and philanthropist * Solomon Sopher, Jewish community leader * Eli Ben-Menachem, Indian-born Israeli politician * 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 Cochin Jews (also known as Malabar Jews or Kochinim from ) are one of the oldest groups of Jews in India, with roots that are claimed to date back to the time of King Solomon. The Cochin Jews settled in the Kingdom of Cochin in South India, ...

Indian nationalist leader * Bensiyon Songavkar, professional cricketer

Indonesia

* J.B.A.F. Polak, Former Member of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...

, Politician from the

Socialist Party of Indonesia The Socialist Party of Indonesia (, PSI) was a socialist political party in Indonesia which existed from 1948 until 1960, when it was banned by President Sukarno. Origins In December 1945, Amir Sjarifoeddin's Socialist Party of Indonesia (P ...

Iran

Sa'ad al-Dawla Saʿd al-Dawla ibn Ṣafī ibn Hibatullāh ibn Muhassib al-Dawla al-Abharī () (c. 1240 – March 5, 1291) was a Jewish physician and statesman in thirteenth-century Persia (Iran). Biography Originally from the town of Abhar in western Iran ...

, (c. 1240 – March 5, 1291), Physician and statesman * David Alliance, British businessman * Mashallah ibn Athari, eighth-century astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician * Moses ben Hanoch, rabbi * Yossi Banai, performer *

Soleyman Binafard Soleyman Binafard (; born 1933) is a former Iranian sport wrestler who is the only Jew in Iran to join its national wrestling team. He started to wrestle freestyle in 1950 at the age of 15. That year, he won the championship in Tehran's Junior ...

, wrestler *

Sahl ibn Bishr Sahl ibn Bishr al-Israili (c. 786–c. 845) was a Jewish or Syriac Christian astrologer, astronomer and mathematician from Tabaristan. He was the father of Ali ibn Sahl the scientist and physician, who became a convert to Islam. He served as as ...

, nine-century astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician * Jimmy Delshad, Californian politician * Roya Hakakian, writer *

Moshe Katsav Moshe Katsav (; born Musa Qassab; 5 December 1945) is an Israeli former politician and was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its Cabinet of Israel, cabinet. He ...

, Israeli president *

Rita Kleinstein Rita Jahan-Farouz (), known mononymously as Rita, is an Israeli singer and actress. In 2011, she became famous in Iran after the release of various pop records in which she sings in her native Persian language. In 2012, Israeli producer Amer Pay ...

, Israeli singer/actress, known popularly as " Rita" * Janet Kohan-Sedq, track and field athlete * Masarjawaih, physician and translator * Mashallah ibn Athari, astrologer and astronomer *

Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz (; 4 November 1948) is a retired Israeli military officer and politician. He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operati ...

, Israeli Minister of Transportation * Bahar Soomekh, American actress *

Soleiman Haim Soleiman Hayyim () ( – February 14, 1970), was an Iranian lexicographer, translator, playwright and essayist, often called "Iran's Father of the bilingual dictionary". Biography Hayyim was born into an Persian Jews, Iranian Jewish family. ...

, among first compilers of

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

dictionary

Israel

Japan

Alfred Birnbaum Alfred Birnbaum (born 1955)Our Authors: Alfred Birnbaum
Disney Hyperion, Hyper ...

* Dan Calichman * Julie Dreyfus * Rachel Elior *

Ofer Feldman Ofer Feldman (Japanese language, Japanese: オフェル・フェルドマン; Hebrew language, Hebrew: עפר פלדמן) is an Israeli-born Japanese Professor Emeritus of Political Psychology, and Adjunct Researcher, Doshisha University; & Affili ...

, University professor *

Péter Frankl Péter Frankl (born 26 March 1953 in Kaposvár, Somogy County, Hungary) is a mathematician, street performer, columnist and educator, active in Japan. Frankl studied mathematics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and submitted his PhD ...

, Hungarian mathematician * Shaul Eisenberg, businessman * Martin "Marty" Adam Friedman, rock guitarist * Ayako Fujitani, writer and actress, convert *

Szymon Goldberg Szymon Goldberg (1 June 1909 – 19 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American. Born in Włocławek, Congress Poland, Goldberg played the violin as a child growing up in Warsaw. His first teacher ...

* David G. Goodman, Japanologist (ja) * Karl Taro Greenfeld, journalist and author * Manfred Gurlitt * Jack Halpern, Israeli linguist, Kanji-scholar * Shifra Horn *

Hoshitango Imachi is an Argentine-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler. His highest rank was ''jūryō'' 3. Life and career A former swimming instructor, Salomón was spotted by a visiting Japanese coach at a gym in Buenos A ...

, né Imachi Marcelo Salomon * Chaim Janowski *

Max Janowski Max Janowski (1912 – April 8, 1991) was a composer of Jewish liturgical music, a conductor, choir director, and voice teacher. Born in Berlin into a musical family, Max was the son of Chayim Janowski, a choir director, and Miriam, an opera sing ...

* Charles Louis Kades * Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, née Glickman * Abraham Kaufman *

Michael Kogan Michael "Misha" Kogan (January 1, 1920 – February 5, 1984) was a Ukrainian entrepreneur who founded the Japanese video game company Taito. Early life Kogan was born in Odesa on January 1, 1920 to Riva and Kalman Kogan. His family moved to Har ...

, founder of

Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, Toy, toys, arcade cabinets, and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, Vending machine, vending machines, and Juk ...

* Fumiko Kometani, author and artist, convert * Setsuzo (Avraham) Kotsuji, Hebrew professor, convert * Leonid Kreutzer, pianist * Yaacov Liberman * Henryk Lipszyc * Leza Lowitz, American Japanologist *

Alan Merrill Alan Merrill (born Allan Preston Sachs; February 19, 1951 – March 29, 2020) was an American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. In the early 1970s, he was one of the few resident foreigners in Japan to achieve pop star status there. He wrote t ...

* Sulamith Messerer * Emmanuel Metter *

Albert Mosse Isaac Albert Mosse (1 October 1846 – 31 May 1925) was a German judge and legal scholar. Mosse's importance lies in his work on Japan's Meiji Constitution and his continuation of Litthauer's Comments on the German Commercial Code. Biography M ...

John Nathan John Weil Nathan (born March 1940) is an American translator, writer, scholar, filmmaker, and Japanologist. His translations from Japanese into English include the works of Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburō Ōe, Kōbō Abe, and Natsume Sōseki. Nathan is ...

* Emil Orlík * Klaus Pringsheim Sr. * Roger Pulvers * Ludwig Riess * Joseph Rosenstock, conductor of the

NHK Symphony Orchestra The is a Japanese broadcast orchestra based in Tokyo. The orchestra gives concerts in several venues, including the NHK Hall, Suntory Hall, and the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. History The orchestra was founded as the ''New Symphony Orchestr ...

Jay Rubin Jay Rubin (born 1941) is an American translator, writer, scholar and Japanologist. He is one of the main translators of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami into English. He has also written a guide to Japanese, ''Making Sense of Jap ...

* Arie Selinger * Ben-Ami Shillony, Israeli Japanologist * Kurt Singer *

Beate Sirota Gordon Beate Sirota Gordon (; October 25, 1923 – December 30, 2012) was an Austrian and American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate. Born in Vienna, Austria, she moved to the Empire of Japan in 1929 with her father, the pianist ...

, former Performing Arts Director of Japan Society and

Asia Society The Asia Society is a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States (Manhattan, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle) and around the world (Hong Ko ...

* Leo Sirota * Zerach Warhaftig ; Refugees, short expatriates * Moshe Atzmon * George W. F. Hallgarten *

Albert Kahn (banker) Albert Kahn (3 March 1860 – 14 November 1940) was a French banker and philanthropist, known for initiating '' The Archives of the Planet'', a vast photographical project. Spanning 22 years, it resulted in a collection of 72,000 colour p ...

Mirra Alfassa Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother or ''La Mère'', was a French-Indian spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of ...

Emil Lederer Emil Lederer (22 July 1882 – 29 May 1939) was a Bohemian-born German economist and sociologist. Purged from his position at Humboldt University of Berlin in 1933 for being Jewish, Lederer fled into exile. He helped establish the "University ...

* Karl Löwith *

Norman Mailer Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least ...

Leo Melamed Leo Melamed (born March 20, 1932) is an American attorney, finance executive, and a pioneer of financial futures. He is the chairman emeritus of CME Group (formerly the Chicago Mercantile Exchange). Personal life Melamed was born Leibel Melamdo ...

Franz Oppenheimer Franz Oppenheimer (March 30, 1864 – September 30, 1943) was a German sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the fundamental sociology of the State (polity), state. Life and career Franz Oppenheimer was born int ...

* Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky (

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

) *

Hayyim Selig Slonimski Ḥayyim Selig ben Ya'akov Slonimski (; March 31, 1810 – May 15, 1904), also known by Hebrew abbreviations, his acronym ḤaZaS (), was a Hebrew publisher, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, science writer, and rabbi. He was among the first t ...

; Other related people to Judaism and Jews in Japan * Hana Brady, and George Brady * Jeremy Glick * Lili Kraus * Samuel Ullman

Ambassadors

* Eli Cohen

Kazakhstan

* Alexander Mashkevich, businessman (Kyrgyz-born)

Singapore

* David Marshall, first Chief Minister of Singapore, founder and first chairman of the main opposition party the

Workers' Party of Singapore The Workers' Party (WP) is a major social democratic political party in Singapore and one of the two contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP). The WP sits on the centre-left o ...

Sri Lanka

* Sidney Abrahams, Chief Justice * Hedi Keuneman, political activist * Anne Ranasinghe, poet *

Leonard Woolf Leonard Sidney Woolf (; – ) was a British List of political theorists, political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant. He was married to author Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party and the Fabian Socie ...

, British administrative officer and author, later married author Virginia

Tajikistan

* Rena Galibova, actress, "People's Artist of Tajikistan" * Meirkhaim Gavrielov, journalist and political opposition leader * Malika Kalantarova, dancer, "People's Artist of Soviet Union" * Fatima Kuinova, singer, "Merited Artist of the Soviet Union" * Shoista Mullodzhanova, shashmakon singer, "People's Artist of Tajikistan" (viewed as the Queen of Tajik music) *

Moses Znaimer Moses Znaimer (; born 1942) is a Canadian media executive. He is the co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia. Early life and education Znai ...

, TV producer * Rus Yusupov, designer and tech entrepreneur.

Uzbekistan

* Ari Babakhanov, musician *

Yefim Bronfman Yefim Naumovich Bronfman (; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist. Biography Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He was born into a musical Jewish family. His father Naum ...

, 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"

References

Bibliography

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