O ffic ers ▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Empire ▁Category : Pe ople ▁educated ▁at ▁P ly mouth ▁College <0x0A> </s> ▁Ur fal im ▁() ▁or ▁Ur fan ▁Jews , ▁also ▁related ▁as ▁Ur fan ▁Lev ites , ▁are ▁a ▁Jewish ▁( pred omin antly ▁Lev ite ) ▁community ▁origin ating ▁from ▁Ur fa , ▁in ▁south - e astern ▁An atol ia , ▁in ▁modern ▁Turkey . ▁Jews ▁from ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁villages ▁of ▁Sur u ç ▁and ▁ Ç erm ik ▁( named ▁Sur u cal im ▁and ▁C erm ikal im ) ▁are ▁also ▁included ▁within ▁the ▁Ur fal im ▁definition , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ge ographic ▁proxim ity ▁among ▁those ▁communities , ▁and ▁due ▁to ▁marriage ▁relations ▁between ▁the ▁three . ▁The ▁community ▁fled ▁Ur fa ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁eventually ▁re loc ating ▁to ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁T iber ias . ▁ ▁History ▁According ▁to ▁several ▁trad itions , ▁Ur fa ▁is ▁the ▁Bib lic al ▁Ur ▁Ka ś dim ▁( U r ▁of ▁the ▁Chal de es , ▁or ▁City ▁of ▁the ▁Chal de es ), ▁though ▁most ▁arch ae olog ists ▁establish ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁Ur ▁Ka ś dim ▁as ▁being ▁identical ▁with ▁Ur ▁in ▁modern - day ▁Ira q . ▁When ▁Alexander ▁the ▁Great ▁conquer ed ▁Ur fa , ▁he ▁renamed ▁it ▁Ru ha . ▁During ▁a ▁significant ▁period ▁of ▁history ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁called ▁in ▁its ▁Greek ▁variation ▁as ▁Ed essa . ▁Trad ition ▁of ▁the ▁Ur fal im ▁tells