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Lists of Israelis
By ethnicity
Israeli Jews:
Ashkenazi Jews
Ethiopian Jews
Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews
Arab citizens of Israel:
Arab Muslims ,
Druze ,
Arab Christians
Various:
Circassians
By descent
Afghan ,
Algerian ,
American ,
Argentine ,
Armenian ,
Australian ,
Austrian
Belarusian ,
Belgian ,
Bosnian ,
Brazilian ,
British ,
Bulgarian
Canadian ,
Chilean ,
Chinese ,
Croatian ,
Czech
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Dutch
Egyptian ,
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Ethiopian
Finnish ,
French
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Kazakhstani
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Yemeni
By place of residence
This is a list of notable
Mizrahi Jews and
Sephardi Jews in
Israel , including both original immigrants who obtained Israeli citizenship and their Israeli descendants.
Traditionally the terms "Mizrahi Jews" and "Sephardi Jews" were used as all encompassing terms referring to the Jews descended from the Jewish communities of
Iberia ,
North Africa and the
Middle East ; but due to the
melting pot effect of the Israeli society the terms have gradually become more vague. Many Israeli descendants of Mizrahi and Sephardi Jewish immigrants have gradually adopted the Israeli culture and intermarried with descendants of other Jewish communities.
Government and Politicians
Dudi Amsalem - politician, member of
Likud .
[1]
Haim Amsalem – politician. Former member of the
Shas Party . In 2011 Amsalem established the
Whole Nation party.
[2]
[3]
Shlomo Ben Ami - diplomat, politician and historian
[4]
Michael Ben-Ari – Israeli politician and current member of the Knesset
[5]
Moshe Mizrahi - politician, former member of Knesset for
Israeli Labor Party
Aryeh Bibi - politician,
Iraqi Jewish member of Knesset for
Kadima . Born in
Baghdad , Iraq.
Aryeh Deri - politician, and former leader of Israel's
Shas Party . Born in
Meknes ,
Morocco .
Yaakov Edri - Member of Knesset for
Kadima . Born In
Morocco .
Gila Gamliel - Member of the Knesset for Likud and minister
Sharren Haskel - member of the
Knesset for
Likud .
Yoel Hasson - politician, member of Knesset for
Kadima .
Dalya Itzik - politician who serves as a member of the Knesset for
Kadima
Avigdor Kahalani - former member of the
Labor Party .
Moshe Kahlon - Kulanu Party Chairman, member of the Knesset and current Finance Minister
Moshe Katsav – Former President of Israel (2000–2007)
David Levy - politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1969 and 2006
Orly Levy – former model who is a politician
Shaul Mofaz – Former Israeli Minister of Defense, currently number two on the
Kadima list in the Knesset
Yitzhak Mordechai - former general and former politician
Amir Ohana Israeli lawyer, former
Shin Bet official and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for
Likud
Shimon Ohayon - politician.
MK member for the
Likud party.
Amir Peretz - politician and member of the
Knesset for the
Labour Party
Rafi Peretz (1956-) Israel
Minister of Education and former
Chief Military Rabbi
Miri Regev - Member of the Knesset and minister
Silvan Shalom - politician who previously served as Israel's Foreign Minister and Finance Minister
Meir Sheetrit - politician who serves as a member of the Knesset for
Kadima
Robert Tiviaev - politician,
Mountain Jew , former member of Knesset for Kadima. Born in
Daghestan .
Eli Yishai - politician, and current leader of Israel's
Shas Party
Mordechai Zar – Israeli politician and former member of the Knesset
Jessica Meir - American Astronaut with
NASA
Military
Activists
Religious figures
Elazar Abuhatzeira , Orthodox Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist.
Rabbi
Amram Aburbeh , Chief Rabbi of
Petah Tikva
[21]
Rabbi
Shlomo Moshe Amar , Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and
Rishon LeZion
[22]
Rabbi
Shalom Arush , is an Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions. Arush is considered one of today's leading Hasidic spiritual guides.
[23]
Mordechai Eliyahu , Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel 1983–93, (1929–2010)
Yosef Chaim HaCohen, Rabbi, Rabad, Rosh
Av Beth Din Chief judge of the Ma'araviim congregation in Jerusalem
he:יוסף חיים הכהן
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto , Israeli Jewish spiritual leader and Kabbalist who lives in New York City.
[24]
Moshe Shmuel Shapira ,
rosh yeshiva of Be'er Yaakov
Yosef Qafih ,
Yemen -born rabbi and scholar
Rabbi
Amnon Yitzhak , a Yemenite Haredi rabbi
Ovadia Yoseph , the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
[25]
Rabbi-Cohen Shalomim HaLahawi , Diaspora Mizrahi Rabbi of the Mizrahi-Ethiopian Jewish Int'l Rabbinical Council; Founder of
Cushite Hebrew Yeshiva-Open Int'l University . Family originally from Mt. Carmel, Israel.
Businesspeople and entrepreneurs
Shai Agassi - Israeli Entrepreneur
Academic figures
Avshalom Elitzur - Israeli Physicist
Michel Abitbol , historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem .
[32]
Amnon Netzer – historian, researcher, professor and journalist.
Avshalom Elitzur – physicist and philosopher
Moshe Bar-Asher – linguist
[33]
Yuval Noah Harari - historian and author of books (e.g.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind )
[34]
Smadar Lavie - anthropologist, visiting fellow at the
University of California, Berkeley
Moshe Safdie - architect, educator, theorist, urban planner, author
Maor Farid - researcher at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , social activist and author
Raphael Mechoulam – chemist, discoverer of
tetrahydrocannabinol and
anandamide
Cultural figures
Film, TV, and stage
Models
Popular musicians
Various
Sports
Yossi Benayoun
Dudu Aouate – goalkeeper (
RCD Mallorca , national team)
[36]
Gai Assulin – winger/attacking midfielder (
Manchester City , national team)
Pini Balili , Israel/Turkey – striker (
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv , national team)
Yossi Benayoun – attacking midfielder, national team captain,
Hapoel Be'er Sheva ,
Maccabi Haifa ,
Racing Santander ,
West Ham United ,
Liverpool ,
Chelsea
Tal Ben Haim – center back/right back,
Maccabi Tel Aviv , Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea,
West Ham United
[37]
Avi Cohen – defender, Liverpool and national team
Yaniv Katan – forward/winger (
Maccabi Haifa , national team)
Eli Ohana – won
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and
Bravo Award (most outstanding young player in Europe); national team; manager
Haim Revivo – attacking/side midfielder (national team), Maccabi Haifa, Celta de Vigo,
Fenerbahçe ,
Galatasaray
Idan Tal – midfielder (
Beitar Jerusalem FC & national team)
Itzik Zohar – attacking midfielder (national team), Maccabi Jaffa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Royal Antwerp, Beitar Jerusalem, Crystal Palace, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Netanya, F.C. Ashdod, Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Basketball
Omri Casspi
Olympic Sports Athletes
Shahar Tzuberi
Shahar Tzuberi , Israel, windsurfer, Olympic bronze (
RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion
[39]
See also
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