Azoulay, sometimes spelled Azoulai, Azulai or Azulay ( he, אזולאי), etc. is a
Sephardi Jewish
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefa ...
surname
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Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
, common among Jews of
Moroccan descent.
People
Azoulay family of Fes
Azoulay, is the name of a notable Jewish family descended from Spanish exiles who, after the
expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and following decades, settled in the city of
Fez, Morocco
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès, Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the List of cities in Morocco, second largest city i ...
. The family includes:
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Abraham Azulai
Abraham ben Mordecai Azulai (c. 1570–1643) ( he, אברהם בן מרדכי אזולאי) was a Kabbalistic author and commentator born in Fez, Morocco. In 1599 he moved to Ottoman Palestine and settled in Hebron.
Biography
In Hebron, Azulai wr ...
( 1570 – 1643) – Kabbalistic author and commentator best known for his ''Chessed le-Avraham''
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Chaim Yosef David Azulai
Haim Yosef David Azulai ben Yitzhak Zerachia (1724 – 1 March 1806) (), commonly known as the Hida (the acronym of his name, ), was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious ...
(1724–1807) – a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings.
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Raphael Isaiah Azulai (died 1830) – rabbi and writer.
Others
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André Azoulay
André Azoulay ( ar, أندري أزولاي, Berber: ⴰⵏⴷⵔⵉ ⴰⵣⵓⵍⴰⵢ, born 17 April 1941) is a Moroccan Jewish senior adviser to king Mohammed VI of Morocco. – Senior adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco
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Audrey Azoulay
Audrey Azoulay (; born 4 August 1972) is a French civil servant and politician who has been serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2017, becoming the second female le ...
– French Minister of Culture
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Blanche Azoulay
Blanche Azoulay was the first woman to become a lawyer in Algeria
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- Algerian lawyer
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Daniel Azulay
Daniel Azulay (May 30, 1947 – March 27, 2020) was a Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator, with vast and diverse performance in the press and on TV as a draftsman. He is most known for the children's franchise ''Turma do ...
– Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator
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Shay K. Azoulay – Israeli writer
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Jean-Luc Azoulay
Jean-Luc Azoulay also known by the pseudonym Jean-François Porry (born 1947 in Sétif, then French Algeria) is a French television producer. He was born in Algeria to a Sephardic Jewish family.
In 1987, with the ''Club Dorothée'', he developed ...
– French filmmaker, see
AB Disques
AB Disques is a record label created by AB Productions in 1991 to release the records of their house singers. Previously, the records produced by the company were simply stamped "AB Productions" or "AB Hits". AB Disques was one of the premier ind ...
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Ariella Azoulay
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay ( he, אריאלה עאישה אזולאי; born Tel Aviv, 1962) is an author, art curator, filmmaker, and theorist of photography and visual culture. She is a professor of Modern Culture and Media and the Department of ...
– Israeli scholar and documentarian, see
Herzliya Biennial The Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art (in Hebrew: הביאנלה בהרצליה ,הביאנליה בהרצליה לאמנות עכשווית) was an art biennial event held in the city of Herzliya, Israel.
The first year that the biennial took ...
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Jom Tob Azulay Jom Tob Azulay (born 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a filmmaker and former diplomat. He has taught film at Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Career
From 1971 to 1974, he served as deputy-consul of Brazil in Los Angeles whil ...
– Brazilian film producer and director
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Simon Azoulay Pedersen
Simon Azoulay Pedersen (born 14 December 1982) is a former Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* ...
– Danish football player.
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Yinon Azulai
Yinon Azulai (, born 10 July 1979) is an Israeli politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Shas.
Political career
Azulai was sixteenth on the Shas list for the 2015 Knesset elections, but failed to become a Knesset member when Sh ...
, Israeli politician
See also
* ''
Azoulay v. The Queen'', landmark 1952
Canadian Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to be ...
case, wherein Dr. Leon Azoulay was accused of murder after the death of a patient receiving an abortion
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The Policeman
''The Policeman'' ( he, השוטר אזולאי, HaShoter Azoulay, lit=The Policeman Azoulay) is a 1971 Israeli feature film, written and directed by satirist Ephraim Kishon. The title character is played by Shaike Ophir (credited as Shay K. Ophi ...
'', Hashoter Azoulay was the original title of the Israeli film ''The Policeman''
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Maghrebi Jewish surnames
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