▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁fle eing ▁the ▁Ham id ian ▁mass ac res ▁of ▁Armen ians , ▁inst ig ated ▁by ▁Ott oman ▁Sultan ▁Abd ul ▁Ham id ▁II . ▁The ▁mass ac res ▁marked ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁mult icult ural ▁period , ▁which ▁had ▁character ized ▁Ur fa ▁and ▁An atol ia ▁in ▁general ▁for ▁mill enn ia . ▁On ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁Land ▁of ▁Israel , ▁some ▁Ur fal im ▁settled ▁in ▁Ale ppo , ▁whereas ▁most ▁moved ▁on , ▁sett ling ▁in ▁T iber ias ▁( Be ir ut ▁Vil ay et ) ▁and ▁mostly ▁Jerusalem ▁( M utes arr ifi yy et ▁of ▁Jerusalem ). ▁Some ▁later ▁moved ▁from ▁Jerusalem ▁to ▁R ish on ▁Le Z ion ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁orch ards . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁with ▁the ▁er u ption ▁of ▁the ▁Ale ppo ▁pog rom , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Jews ▁of ▁Ale ppo ▁fled ▁the ▁city , ▁re loc ating ▁to ▁Israel ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Ur fal im ▁today ▁ ▁A ▁syn agog ue ▁of ▁the ▁Ur fal im ▁community ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁in ▁Bez ale l ▁St ., ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁official ▁institution ▁of ▁this ▁community . ▁Right ▁next ▁to ▁it , ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁street , ▁a ▁syn agog ue ▁of ▁the ▁C erm ikal im ▁is ▁located . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Rel ated ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁Kur d ish ▁Jews ▁Kur ds ▁Ass y ri ans ▁ ▁Other ▁Lev ites