known as Kathy Barr (1929–2008), American singer/vocalist Places Abulafia / Abuelafia / Abouelafia Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo, Spain: built around 1358 for Don Samuel Abulafia, treasurer of King Pedro the Cruel, and decorated with fine stucco work and a magnificent wooden ceiling; the El Greco house nearby is thought to be on the site of Abulafia's palace. Etz Haim Abulafia, Tiberias, Israel: synagogue by the Sea of Galilee originally built in the eighteenth century for Rabbi Haim Abulafia as part of a program for the resettlement of Tiberias. Agnon House, 2 Rokach Street, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv–Jaffa: residence of Solomon and Rebecca Abulafia, co-founders of Tel Aviv, in which the Israeli writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon lived for a time. Abuelafia Bakery, established in 1879, is a prominent bakery and tourist destination in Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yafo, owned by the Arab Israeli Aboulafia family (written both as Abuelafia and Abouelafia on the storefront signage), possibly descended from converted Sephardic Jews of the 15th century. References Arabic-language surnames Jewish surnames Sephardic surnames Arab-Jewish surnames Maghrebi Jewish surnames