Toledano
Encyclopedia
Toledano is a family name derived from the city of Toledo, Spain
. Bearers of the name can be found mainly in Spanish
-speaking countries, the United States
, France
, Canada
, Israel
, and Australia
. Among Ladino
-speaking Sephardi Jews in their various diasporas, the Toledano surname is still prevalent, indicating an ancestry traced back to Toledo, Spain. It should also be noted that the Toledano name was also retained among non-Jews in various Spanish-speaking countries.
The Jewish Toledanos were expelled from Spain in 1492. After the expulsion from Spain the Toledanos went to Safad, Salonika, and Morocco
. They arrived in Fez, Morocco
during the 16th century from Salonika and from there went to Meknes
and became leaders of the community from the 16th century until the present day.
Toledo, Spain
Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...
. Bearers of the name can be found mainly in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
-speaking countries, the United States
United States
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, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Among Ladino
Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish , in Israel commonly referred to as Ladino, and known locally as Judezmo, Djudeo-Espanyol, Djudezmo, Djudeo-Kasteyano, Spaniolit and other names, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish...
-speaking Sephardi Jews in their various diasporas, the Toledano surname is still prevalent, indicating an ancestry traced back to Toledo, Spain. It should also be noted that the Toledano name was also retained among non-Jews in various Spanish-speaking countries.
The Jewish Toledanos were expelled from Spain in 1492. After the expulsion from Spain the Toledanos went to Safad, Salonika, and Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. They arrived in Fez, Morocco
Fes
Fes or Fez is the second largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca, with a population of approximately 1 million . It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region....
during the 16th century from Salonika and from there went to Meknes
Meknes
Meknes is a city in northern Morocco, located from the capital Rabat and from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway. Meknes was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail , before it was relocated to Marrakech. The...
and became leaders of the community from the 16th century until the present day.
Notable Bearers
- Ya'akov Moshe ToledanoYa'akov Moshe ToledanoRabbi Ya'akov Moshe Toledano was an Israeli rabbi who served as Minister of Religions for two brief periods between 1958 and 1960. He also served as chief rabbi of Cairo, Alexandria and Tel Aviv....
, an Israeli Sephardic-haredi rabbi, chief rabbi of Cairo, Alexandria and Tel Aviv - Ralph de ToledanoRalph de ToledanoRalph de Toledano was a major figure in the conservative movement in the United States throughout the second half of the 20th century.-Early years:...
(1916, Tangiers - 2007, Bethesda, Maryland), Jewish Moroccan-American political activist - Shmuel ToledanoShmuel ToledanoShmuel Toledano is an Israeli former Mossad employee and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Democratic Movement for Change and Shinui between 1977 and 1981.- Biography :...
, an Israeli Mossad employee and politician - Samuel ToledanoSamuel ToledanoSamuel Toledano was a Spanish Jewish communitary leader, lawyer.Descendent of an old Jewish family from the medieval Toledo,...
(1929, Tangiers - 1996, Madrid), Jewish Moroccan-Spanish community leader - Avraham "Avi" ToledanoAvi ToledanoBorn in Meknes in Morocco April 4, 1948, Avraham Toledano is known to European audiences for his involvement with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1982 he represented Israel in Harrogate, UK with the uptempo revivalist number Hora...
(born 1948, MeknesMeknesMeknes is a city in northern Morocco, located from the capital Rabat and from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway. Meknes was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail , before it was relocated to Marrakech. The...
), Moroccan-Israeli singer, Eurovision nominee - Sidney Toledano (born 1951), CEO of the Christian Dior S.A.
- Éric Toledano (born 1971), a French film director, actor
- Valérie Tolédano (born ?), a French actress
- Avraham ToledanoAvraham ToledanoAvraham Toledano was the Mashgiach ruchani of the Yeshivat Haraayon Hayehudi and was number four on the Kach Knesset list in 1988. He was briefly the leader of Kach after Rabbi Meir Kahane was murdered and before Baruch Marzel took over.-Biography:...
, the Mashgiach ruchani of the Yeshivat Haraayon Hayehudi
- Vicente Lombardo ToledanoVicente Lombardo ToledanoVicente Lombardo Toledano was one of the foremost Mexican labor leaders of the 20th century. He founded the Confederation of Mexican Workers , the national labor federation most closely associated with the ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party , for most of the last sixty-five years...
(1894 - 1968), Mexican politician and teacher - José Antolin ToledanoJosé Antolin ToledanoJosé Antolin Toledano, , is a Spanish industrialist.Toledano has spent his whole professional career in the automotive industry. Since 1995 hs has been the Chairman of Grupo Antolin, a Spanish multinational company that designs and manufactures interior automotive components.-External links:*...
(born 1936, Quintana del Puente, Palencia, Spain), a Spanish industrialist - Yuriorkis Gamboa (Toledano) (born 1981), Cuban boxer
- Fernando Usero ToledanoFernando UseroFernando Usero Toledano is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Asteras Tripoli F.C...
(born 1984, Brazatortas, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha), a Spanish professional footballer - Hilda Toledano (a literary pseudonym; 1907 - 1995)
See also
- Toledano TraditionZ'ev ben Shimon HaleviZ'ev ben Shimon Halevi is an author of books on the Toledano Tradition of Kabbalah, a teacher of the discipline, with a worldwide following, and a founder member of the Kabbalah Society.-Early life:...
- Tullis-Toledano ManorTullis-Toledano ManorTullis-Toledano Manor, also known as, the Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis House, was a red clay brick mansion on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi. It was considered an example of Greek Revival architecture...
(also known as the Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis House), a red clay brick mansion - Anales toledanosAnales toledanosThe Anales toledanos are a series of three Old Spanish annals covering the medieval history of the Kingdom of Toledo: the primeros begin with the County of Castile and carry their history forward to 1219, the segundos end in 1250, and the terceros in 1303 . They are a valuable source to the...
("Annals of Toledo") - Toledana
- Toledo (disambiguation)
External links
- Toledano (Jewish EncyclopediaJewish EncyclopediaThe Jewish Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia originally published in New York between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901...
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