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• ASIA MINOR — ASIA MINOR. The westernmost peninsula of Asia, also known as Anatolia. There is no specific information as to when Jews first reached Asia Minor, but it was probably not later than the sixth century B.C.E. Evidence is found in Joel (4:4–6) which… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Asia Minor — • The peninsular mass that the Asiatic continent projects westward of an imaginary line running from the Gulf of Alexandretta (Issus) on the Mediterranean to the vicinity of Trebizond (Trapezus) on the Black Sea Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ASIA — History Jewish history originated in this continent, in the Near Eastern complex of the Fertile Crescent. The journeyings of the patriarchs led from ur of the Chaldees in present day iraq through the Fertile Crescent to egypt . In antiquity,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

• Jews and Judaism in the African diaspora — The Jewish people have had a long history in Africa, dating to the Biblical era. As the African diaspora grew, because of the movement of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, African Jews were part of that diaspora. In addition,… …   Wikipedia

• Asia — • Article intended to give a rapid survey of the geography, ethnography, political and religious history of Asia, and especially of the rise, progress, and actual condition of Asiatic Christianity and Catholicism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Jews —    Jews comprised one of the most sizeable and important minorities in Byzantium (q.v.). Benjamin of Tudela (q.v.) describes Jewish communities in numerous cities, including many cities in Greece (q.v.). He mentions 2,000 Jews living in Thebes (q …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• History of the Jews in Japan — Jews are a minor ethnic and religious group in Japan, presently consisting of only about 1,000Fact|date=September 2007 people or about 0.0008%Fact|date=September 2007 of Japan s total population. Though Judaism has existed and been practiced on a …   Wikipedia

• Jews —    Without the benefit of clairvoyance, one might have argued in the 1920s that the situation of Germany s Jews was that of complete and final arrival. Emancipated by Bismarck in the 1860s and 1870s, the Jews had weathered a bitter but contained… …   Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik

• Bukharan Jews — Infobox Ethnic group group = Bukhar(i)an Jews pop = approx. 150,000 200,000 region1 = flag|Israel pop1 =100,000 120,000 ref1 = region2 =flag|United States pop2 = 50,000 60,000 ref2 = region3 = flagcountry|European Union pop3 = 5,000 10,000 ref3 …   Wikipedia

• History of the Jews in China — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …   Wikipedia