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Abulafia (surname) Abulafia or Abolafia ( ar, أبو العافية ', ' or '; or he, אבולעפיה ') is a Sephardi Jewish surname whose etymological origin is in the Arabic language. The family name, like many other Hispanic-origin Sephardic Jewish surnames, or ...
, Sephardic Jewish surname * Todros ben Joseph Abulafia (1225 – c. 1285), prominent Sephardic Jew *
Abraham Abulafia Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia ( he, אברהם בן שמואל אבולעפיה) was the founder of the school of "Prophetic Kabbalah". He was born in Zaragoza, Spain in 1240 and is assumed to have died sometime after 1291, following a stay on the ...
(1240 – c. 1291), kabbalist * the conspiracy-generating computer in Umberto Eco's ''
Foucault's Pendulum ''Foucault's Pendulum'' (original title: ''Il pendolo di Foucault'' ) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, and an English translation by William Weaver appeared a year later. ''Foucault's P ...
'' (named after Abraham Abulafia) *
Meir Abulafia :''Meir Abulafia is commonly known as "the Ramah" (Hebrew: רמ"ה). He should not be confused with Moses Isserles, known as "the Rema" or "the Rama" (Hebrew: רמ"א).'' Meir ben Todros HaLevi Abulafia ( ; c. 1170 – 1244), also known as the Rama ...
(''Ramah''), major 13th-century Sephardic rabbi *
Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia (born 1660 in Hebron, died 1744 in Tiberias, Ottoman Syria) was a rabbinical authority. He was the grandfather of Hayyim ben David Abulafia and grandson of Isaac Nissim aben Gamil. Abulafia was a rabbi in Smyrna, where ...
(1660–1744) * David Abulafia (born 1949) *
Yossi Abulafia Yossi Abulafia ( he, יוסי אבולעפיה; born 1944) is an Israeli writer and illustrator of children's books, as well as a graphic artist, cartoonist, director and screenwriter of animation films. Biography Abulafia was born in Tibe ...
, author *
Louis Abolafia Louis Abolafia (February 23, 1941 – October 30, 1995) was an artist, social activist, and folk figure. His candidacy for president of the United States under the Nudist Party on the Hippie 'Love Ticket' various times in the 1960s and onward was ...
(1941–1995), artist and candidate for the United States presidency during the 1960s {{disamb