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 Easter celebrations in the Syriac Quarter of Bethlehem | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,500-5,000[1][2][a] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jish | |
| Languages | |
Modern Hebrew Levantine Arabic (historically South) Neo-Aramaic (Language revitalization)[3] Classical Syriac (Liturgical) | |
| Religion | |
| Syriac Christianity (Maronite Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Syriac Christians, especially Maronites and Assyrians in Israel |
Arameans in Israel (Syriac: ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܒܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ; Hebrew: ארמים בישראל; Arabic: السريان في إسرائيل) also known as Syriacs in Israel are a Christian minority residing in Israel. They claim to descend from the Arameans, an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Middle East in the 1st millennium BC.[4]
Some Syriac Christians in the Middle East espouse an Aramean ethnic identity, and a minority still speak various Neo-Aramaic languages, with the Eastern branch being widely spoken. Until 2014, self-identified Arameans in Israel were registered as ethnic Arabs or without an ethnic identity. Since September 2014, Aramean has become a valid identity on the Israeli population census, making Israel the first country in the world to officially recognize Arameans as a modern community. Christian families or clans who can speak Aramaic and/or have an Aramaic family tradition are eligible to register on the census as ethnic Arameans in Israel.[5]
As of 2017, 16 people had registered as Aramean in the Population Registry.[6] According to interviewees in a 2022 article in Middle Eastern Studies, 2,500 Israelis had registered as Arameans at the Israeli Ministry of Interior, whereas another 2,000 have applied for changing their national denomination from Arab to Aramean. These 4,500 people would constitute c. 1.5% of Israel's Christian population.[2]
- ^ https://www.middleeasteye.net/features/syriac-christians-palestine-keep-hope-alive-amid-fears
- ^ a b Quer, Giovanni M. (2022). "The Israeli Arameans: a people-in-progress". Middle Eastern Studies. 59: 11. doi:10.1080/00263206.2022.2063845. S2CID 255968377.
- ^ [1], "In 2014, Khalloul founded the Israeli Christian Aramaic Association (ICAA), which primarily aims to revitalize and preserve Aramaic Syriac as a language …"
- ^ Ferrand, Antoinette. La diaspora syriaque-orthodoxe de Jérusalem (1831-1948) : Pèlerins, réfugiés et fabrique communautaire à l’époque ottomane et mandataire. Sous la direction de Bernard Heyberger (EHESS).
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