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The Ottoman Empire became a safe haven for Jews from the Iberian Peninsula fleeing persecution (see Alhambra Decree). By the end of the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire had the largest Jewish population in the world, with 150,000 compared to Poland's and non-Ottoman Ukraine's combined figure of 75,000. [2] [3]
This category includes Jews who were born in or were active within the Ottoman Empire (1300-1923). Ottoman Jews were of a variety of origins and observances, including Sephardi, Mizrahi, Romaniote, Karaite, and others.
Many of the immigrant Jews were elderly and had immigrated to die in the Holy Land, whereas most in the Old Yishuv had lived for centuries in the four Holy cities of Safed, Hebron, Jerusalem, and Tiberias. These Jews were devoted to prayer and the study of Torah, Talmud, or Kabbalah, and had no independent
Jews in Ottoman Palestine under the Ottoman Empire from 1516 to 1917. See related article Old Yishuv. For Jews of the rest of the Ottoman Empire, notably Constantinople and Selanik (Thessaloniki), see Category:Jews from the Ottoman Empire
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire. It includes Ottoman Empire people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in the Ottoman Empire" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century people from the Ottoman Empire. It includes Ottoman Empire people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.