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NAGID — (Heb. נָגִיד, pl. נְגִידִים; Ar. raʾīs al yahūd), the head of the Jewish community in Islamic countries (except under abbasid rule where Jewry was led by the exilarchs ). In the Middle Ages, beginning with the tenth century, there were negidim… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EGYPT — EGYPT, country in N.E. Africa, centering along the banks of the River Nile from the Mediterranean coast southward beyond the first cataract at Aswan. The ancient Egyptians named their land Kemi, the Black Land, while the neighboring Asiatic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
COMMUNITY — antiquity middle ages character and structures functions and duties individual centers the muslim caliphate in the east … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ADEN — ADEN, port and city in S.W. Arabia, now part of the Federation of South Arabia, possibly identical with the Eden referred to in Ezekiel 27:23. Aden had a medieval Jewish community of great importance for the history of Jewish letters. It reached… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤASAN, ABU ALI JEPHETH IBN BUNDĀR — HASAN, ABU ALI JEPHETH IBN BUNDĀR (second half of 11th century), thought to be one of the first of the Yemenite negidim who lived in aden between the 11th and early 14th centuries. His name indicates he was of Persian origin. According to genizah … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHOLAL, NATHAN (Jonathan) HA-KOHEN — (1437–1502), one of the last negidim in Egypt. Sholal was born in Tlemcen (Algeria) to a family of Talmud scholars. He emigrated to Italy and from there to Ereẓ Israel, settling in jerusalem before 1471 (or slightly earlier). Heavy taxation and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judah Loew ben Bezalel — Ladislav Šaloun s statue popularly ascribed to Loew at the new town hall of Prague in the Czech Republic. Judah Loew ben Bezalel, alt. Loewe, Löwe, or Levai, (c. 1520 – 17 September 1609)[1] widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of… … Wikipedia
Judentum im Jemen — Im Verlauf des Unternehmens Magic Carpet (1949–1950) wanderte die gesamte Gemeinde der Teimanim Juden aus Jemen nach Israel aus, über 49.000 Personen. Die meisten hatten nie ein Flugzeug gesehen, gleichwohl glaubten sie an die biblische… … Deutsch Wikipedia
CAIRO — CAIRO, capital of egypt . The presence of Jews in Cairo can be traced to a very early date. Fustat (old Cairo) was founded in 641 by the Arab conqueror of Egypt, ʿAmr ibn al ʿÂṣ, near the Byzantine fortress Babylon. It is almost certain that Jews … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DAVID BEN ABRAHAM MAIMUNI — (1222–1300), nagid of Egyptian Jewry and grandson of maimonides . David was only 15 years old when his father abraham b. moses b. maimon died (1237) and in spite of his youth, he was appointed nagid a few months later. A few years afterward… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
