Ofra Haza

Ofra Haza

female, deceased (2000)
hatikvah pop singer film actor Israeli Yemenite Jewish voice actor … Yemenite Jew
Ofra Haza November 19 1957 - February 23 2000) was a popular Israeli singer, actress and international recording artist. Of Yemenite Jewish... More
Yigal Amir

Yigal Amir

male, 38 years old
criminal Jewish person Assassin murder Yemenite Jew Bodyguard
Yigal Amir (born May 23, 1970) is the Israeli assassin of the late Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin. The assassination took place November 4,... More

Jacob ben Nathanael

male
maimonides Petah Tikvah Sefer ha-Galui Solomon ha-Kohen Studien und Mittheil Iggeret Teman … Yemenite Jew
Jacob ben Nathanael ibn al-Fayyumi was a "rosh yeshiva" of the Yemenite Jews in the second half of the twelfth century CE. All that is known of him... More
Dhu Nuwas

Dhu Nuwas

male
Jewish royalty Aksumite convert to Judaism Kingdom of Aksum Lakhmid Zafar … Yemenite Jew
Yūsuf Dhū Nuwas was the last king of the Himyarite kingdom of Yemen. Some sources state that he was the successor of Rabia ibn Mudhar, a member of... More

Kfar Tapuach

male
Jewish American Israel Defense Forces West Bank Israeli settlements Israeli settlement Conversion to Judaism … Yemenite Jew
Kfar Tapuach ("lit." Apple-ville) is an Israeli settlement in the Samaria region of the West Bank, founded in 1978. It is one of the five Jewish... More

Yihhyah Qafahh

male, deceased (1932)
Haredi rabbi Yemenite kabbalah zohar Yemenite Jew maimonides
Yihhyah Qafahh (1853-1932) was a prominent Yemenite rabbi of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He founded the Dor Dai movement in... More
Shalom Sharabi

Shalom Sharabi

male
Bet El Yeshiva Beit El Synagogue Yitzhak Mizraḥi Sharabi Ribbi Shalom Mizraḥi deyedi`a Sharabi buried at the Mount of Olives Shevat … Yemenite Jew
Sar Shalom Sharabi (the Rashash). Also known as Ribbi Shalom Mizraḥi deyedi`a Sharabi. (Shar'ab, Yemen 1720 - Jerusalem 1777 (10 "shevat" 5537)) wa... More

Shukr Kuhayl I

male
yemen mari Imam messiah cyrus book of isaiah … Yemenite Jew
Shukr ben Salim Kuhayl I or Mari (Master) Shukr Kuhayl I was a Yemenite messianic pretender of the 19th century. He initially revealed himself in... More
Dana International

Dana International

female, 39 years old
Jewish person Yemenite Jew Israeli MTV From Tel Aviv Compilation album
Dana International (Hebrew: דנה אינטרנשיונל; stage name of Sharon Cohen, born Yaron Cohen in Tel Aviv, Israel on February 2, 1969) is an Israeli tra... More

Yosef Qafih

male
Qafehh Religious Zionist Orthodox rabbi Kafich Yihyeh Qafih Rabbi Yosef Qafih Mishneh Torah … Yemenite Jew
Rabbi Yosef Qafih, also spelled Kafich or Qafehh or Gafeh, was one of the foremost leaders of the Yemenite Jewish community, first in Yemen and... More