Yakar is a surname and it may refer to:

People with the surname

Noa Kazado Yakar Noa Kazado Yakar (; born November 26, 2003) is an Israeli acrobatic gymnast. She was the silver medalist at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in the acrobatic gymnastics mixed pair event, along with her partner Yonatan Fridman Yonatan Fridman (; bor ...

(born 2003), Israeli acrobatic gymnast *

Rachel Yakar Rachel Yakar (3 March 1936 – 24 June 2023) was a French operatic soprano and academic voice teacher. She was known for Mozart roles such as Elvira in ''Don Giovanni'', Baroque opera and contemporary opera. She was a member of the Deutsche ...

(1938– 2023), French soprano *

Yaakov ben Yakar Yaakov ben Yakar (990 – 1064) was a German Talmudist. He flourished in the first half of the 11th century. He was a pupil of Gershom ben Judah in Mainz, and is especially known as the teacher of Rashi, who characterizes him as ''Mori HaZaken'' (m ...

(990–1064), German Talmudist *

Judah ben Yakar Judah ben Yakar (d. between 1201 and 1218) was a rabbi and talmudist. Born in Provence, he later studied under Isaac ben Abraham of Dampierre in northern France. Surviving documents place him in Barcelona in 1175, and establish that he died betwe ...

(born 1201-1218?), talmudist and kabbalist

Other

* Yakar Synagogue,

Old Katamon Katamon or Qatamon (; ; ; from the Ancient Greek ), officially known as Gonen (; mainly used in municipal publications), is a neighborhood in south-central Jerusalem. It is built next to an old Greek Orthodox monastery, believed to have been cons ...

neighborhood of

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

, including the Yakar Center for Social Concern and the Center for Arts and Creativity: an Anglo and Israeli congregation

References

{{Surname Surnames of Jewish origin