current Hakham Bashi of Turkey Israel Hanukoglu, biochemist Barzillai ben Baruch Jabez, talmudist Victoria Kamhi, pianist Emanuel Karasu, Salonica-born Ottoman statesman Hila Klein, Israeli-American YouTuber; mother is of Turkish-Jewish descent Morris Levy, music industry executive Linet, Turkish-Israeli singer Leandra Medine, author and blogger; father, Mois Medine, is of Turkish-Jewish descent Elijah Mizrachi, Hakham Bashi Darío Moreno, İzmir-born musician Chaim Nahum, Hakham Bashi Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi Joseph Nasi, Portuguese Ottoman trader and the first non-Muslim to be appointed to the rank of Sanjak-bey (governor) Abraham Palacci, grand rabbi of Izmir Joseph Palacci, rabbi of Izmir Rahamim Nissim Palacci, grand rabbi of Izmir Haim Palachi, grand rabbi of Izmir Emin Pasha, physician, naturalist, and governor Mosè Piccio, lexicographer Haim Saban, Israeli-American TV producer; mother was of Turkish-Jewish descent Berry Sakharof, Israeli rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Silvio Santos, media tycoon and television host Izak Senbahar, American real estate developer Lenore Skenazy, activist and founder of the Free-Range kids movement Joseph Taitazak, Spanish-born Ottoman rabbi and Kabbalist Sabbatai Zevi, Sephardic rabbi and Kabbalist See also References Further reading External sources Levine, Rabbi Menachem, The History of the Jews of Turkey, Aish.com "Hayalet Evler: Türk-Yahudi Mimarisinden Örnekler", Beyaz Arif Akbas, Ekim 2012, YGY, In particular on the history of Istanbul Jewry after the fall of the Byzantine Empire, see M. Rosen, Studies in the History of Istanbul Jewry, 1453-1923 (Diaspora, 2), Turnhout, 2015 An-Ottoman-Odyssey-A-Rabbi-Rediscovers-Turkeys-Jews-Past-and-Present 16 August 2021 Chabad.com Romaniote Jews topics Israel–Turkey relations Turkey Turkish people of Spanish descent