Brazilian Jews

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Brazilian Jews are a diverse Jewish community in Brazil, composed largely of Ashkenazi and Sephardic descendants, known for their cultural integration, active religious life, and contributions to Brazilian politics, arts, and commerce.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Brazilian Jews canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish community ⓘ
ethnoreligious group ⓘ
built Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue ⓘ
celebrate Carnival with Jewish-themed events ⓘ
citizenship Brazilian ⓘ
commonMigrationDestination Argentina ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
United States ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
culturalIntegration high ⓘ
diasporaRelation Jewish diaspora ⓘ
educationEmphasis high ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
faceIssue antisemitism ⓘ
intermarriage ⓘ
fieldOfContribution academia ⓘ
arts ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
law ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
politics ⓘ
haveInstitution Jewish cemeteries ⓘ
Jewish community centers ⓘ
Jewish day schools ⓘ
kosher restaurants ⓘ
synagogues ⓘ
haveMedia Jewish community radio programs ⓘ
Jewish community websites ⓘ
Jewish newspapers in Portuguese ⓘ
haveOrganization Bnei Akiva Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Bnei Akiva

Confederação Israelita do Brasil ⓘ
Federação Israelita do Estado de São Paulo ⓘ
Hebraica Rio ⓘ
Hebraica São Paulo ⓘ
Jewish Agency for Israel Brazil office ⓘ
historicalPresenceSince colonial period ⓘ
KahalZurIsraelSynagogueClaim first synagogue in the Americas ⓘ
KahalZurIsraelSynagogueLocation Recife ⓘ
languageUsed Hebrew ⓘ
Ladino ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
largestCommunityInCountry São Paulo ⓘ
mainImmigrationOrigins Eastern Europe ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
mainImmigrationWaves early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
maintainPractice Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies ⓘ
Jewish holidays ⓘ
kosher dietary laws ⓘ
majorCityOfResidence Belém ⓘ
linked to: Belém do Pará

Porto Alegre ⓘ
Recife ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
São Paulo ⓘ
notableHistoricalCommunity Recife Jewish community ⓘ
populationEstimate over 100000 ⓘ
relationWithStateOfIsrael strong cultural ties ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousDenomination Chabad-Lubavitch ⓘ
Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Reform Judaism ⓘ
run Jewish cultural festivals ⓘ
Jewish philanthropic organizations ⓘ
typicalSocioeconomicStatus predominantly middle class and upper middle class ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaime Lerner → ethnicGroup → Brazilian Jews ⓘ
Adolpho Leirner → ethnicGroup → Brazilian Jews ⓘ