As an indigenous West Asian people, Jews have been present in western Asia since the beginning of their history. Some examples of ancient Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and Caucasus are: Iran (Persian Jews) and Iraq (Iraqi Jews); the Georgian Jews and Mountain Jews of the Caucasus.

Through the centuries, they also established Jewish communities in eastern parts of Asia. There are Bukharan Jews of Central Asia. Some Jews migrated to India, establishing the Bene Israel, the Baghdadi Jews and the Cochin Jews 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. Note that those regions of Asia where Arabic or Russian or Turkish predominate are excluded from this list (except for the Baghdadi Jews from India and Southeast Asia); see Middle Eastern Jews, Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardi Jews for information on these populations.

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Afghanistan

A small community of Jews lived mainly in Herat, Afghanistan and Kabul, but they emigrated to Israel, Europe and the United States. In September 2021, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan, Zablon Simintov, fled Afghanistan 's capital Kabul in response to the Taliban takeover several weeks prior.

China

Georgia

Hong Kong

India

Iran/Persia

Israel

Japan

Refugees, short expatriates
Other related people to Judaism and Jews in Japan

Ambassadors

Kyrgyzstan

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

See also

References

  1. ↑ p.862 Palgrave Dictionary
  2. ↑ p.865 Palgrave Dictionary
  3. ↑ "Knesset Members - Eli Ben-Menachem". Knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Richard Gottheil, Max Schloessinger. Masarjawaih. Jewish Encyclopedia
  5. ↑ Hebrew Union College Annual Vol. 81 (2010), pp. 105-126 (22 pages) Published by: Hebrew Union College Press
  6. ↑ (ja)

Bibliography

  • ^ Rubinstein, William D. (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230304666. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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