Armenians in Haifa

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Armenians in Haifa
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Armenian flag by a grocery store on Khuri Street in Wadi Nisnas, Haifa

The

Armenian diaspora in Israel
. They number around 1,500 people or 0.5% of the city's total population.

History

Haifa, a port city in what once was

Jewish families that were allowed to immigrate under the Law of Return.[1] Some of the former residents of the abandoned Armenian village Sheikh Brak in rural Haifa District now, too, live in Haifa city proper.[4]

Wadi Nisnas

While mixed Armenian families can be found in various majority-Jewish districts all around the city and its suburbs, Wadi Nisnas that is home to the older refugee community continues to be the center of Haifa's Armenian life. The Saint Yeghia Armenian Apostolic church that was built between 1925 and 1928 at the corner of Hana Nakara Alley and Khuri Street remains the only Armenian congregation in the city. It is headed by father Dirayr Hovakimyan who immigrated to Israel from Armenia around 2005.[5] Wadi Nisnas is also home to a branch of the Armenian sports and scouting organization Homenetmen on HaZionut Avenue, an Armenian-owned grocery store and an Armenian ceramics art studio, both on Khuri Street.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Lapshin, Alexander (2023), "Haifa, Israel: an Armenian quarter with a unique history", LiveJournal (in Russian)
  2. ^ Shafrir, Asher (2011), "Ethnic minority languages in Israel", Proceedings of the Scientific Conference AFASES (PDF), Brașov, pp. 493–498{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Poltorak, Yuri (2018), "Armenian Presence in Haifa, Israel", From the History of Haifa
  4. ^ Leibovich-Dar, Sara (2005), "The Unseen Village", Haaretz
  5. ^ "The Armenian Church of Saint Yeghia", PikiWiki (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ "Rena's Armenian Ceramics", Afar
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