Nora Arnezeder
Arnezeder in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: 8 May, 1989
Ethnicity:
*father – Austrian
*mother – Sephardi Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish
Nora Arnezeder is a French actress and singer. She has starred in the films Army of the Dead, The Words, and Paris 36.
Her father, Wolfgang Arnezeder, is Austrian (and Catholic). Her mother, Piera (Schinasi), is an Egyptian Jew. She is from the Italian Jewish Schinasi family, a Sephardi family from Livorno, Tuscany, on one side, and of Russian Jewish/Romanian Jewish descent on the other. Nora’s great-grandparents moved to Alexandria before WWI.
She is a relative of painter Daniel Schinasi.
Nora’s maternal grandfather was the son of Albert Schinasi and Céline Jabès, who were Sephardi Jews. A photo of Céline can be seen here. Albert may have been from Damascus, Syria. Céline was born in Cairo, Egypt, the daughter of Joseph Jabès and Fortunée Gallico.
Nora’s maternal grandmother is named Aimee Abecassis (possibly born as Aimee Nahmias, the daughter of Berthe Lazarowitch/Lazarovitz). Berthe was born in Egypt, to Russian Jewish parents. A picture of Berthe can be seen here. Berthe was born in Odessa, now Ukraine, the daughter of Zindel Lazarovitz, who was a Romanian Jew.
Source: http://madame.lefigaro.fr
>Jabès (daughter of Joseph Jabès and Fortunée Gallico)
Nora’s maternal grandfather was likely the son of Albert Schinasi and Céline Jabès.
Nora’s maternal grandfather is named Aimee Abecassis (possibly born as Aimee Nahmias, the daughter of Berthe Lazarowitch). Berthe was born in Egypt, to Russian Jewish parents.
Photo of her great-grandmother Celine:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGPbZDDgxE6/
Photos of her great-grandmother Berthe:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUPp2qPAaE0/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rjif8i2vm/
And referred to her as “nona” (nonna, grandmother in Italian).
What exactly is the difference between Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews? Ashkenazi Jews are European Jews. Sephardi Jews had lived in MENA countries after expulsion from Spain.
There seems to be a big overlap between the latter two.
Sephardi Jews whose ancestors hail from the Middle East and North Africa consider themselves as Mizrahi Jews as well.
Add that ‘Mizrahi Jewish’ tag.
No that’s not accurate, her ancestors originate from the iberian penisula which is Spain and Portugal. There would be an inception if her mothers ancestors settled in the Maghreb region of North Africa or the Middle east. But, that’s not the case since Italy is in Europe.
Either way I think it should her ‘Ethnicity’ should be updated to this:
*mother: Sephardi Jewish (from Egypt and Italy)
if she is of Egyptian-Jewish descent it means she’s also of Mizrahi Jewish heritage
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yet a Jew, espeially Sephardic Jews who have lived in any Muslim-Arab country (such as Egypt) for several genrations are automatically considered of Mizrahi Jewish background
Several generations? Her mother’s family is from Livorno, Italy.
Nora’s great-grandparents moved to Alexandria (Egypt) before WWI (before 1914).
That means hers (1st generation), her mother (2nd generation), her grandmother (3rd generation), and her great-grandmother (4th generation), and perhaps even another ancestor of that lineage.
I guess they still are Sephardic.