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The Brami Family
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Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Brami lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Tunisian Jewish family, also attested in Sousse. Present in trade and crafts in Tunisia, it joined the French and Israeli diaspora after the 1950s. Meaning of the name: derived from Abraham; the -i marks “of the family of…” — source: Dafina, “Les noms des Juifs du Maroc.” Patronymic surname of Hebrew origin, a Frenchification of Abrahami, “the Abrahamite,” a member of the Covenant of the patriarch Abraham, the…
Geographic origin: Tunis, Sousse
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History
Tunisian Jewish family, also attested in Sousse. Present in trade and crafts in Tunisia, it joined the French and Israeli diaspora after the 1950s.
Meaning of the name: derived from Abraham; the -i marks “of the family of…” — source: Dafina, “Les noms des Juifs du Maroc.”
Patronymic surname of Hebrew origin, a Frenchification of Abrahami, “the Abrahamite,” a member of the Covenant of the patriarch Abraham, the first monotheist and founding ancestor of the Hebrew people (Genesis: Abram, “exalted father,” who became Abraham, “father of a multitude of nations”). — Source: J. Toledano, “Une histoire de familles : les noms de famille juifs d'Afrique du Nord.”
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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/brami">Brami — Zakhor</a>Citation
Brami — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/bramiVariants of the name (12)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin11
AbrahamAbrahamiAbrahmiAbramiBrahamiBrahmiBramyLevibramBRAHMYBRAMLYBRAM
עברית · Hebrew1
בראמי
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In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Brami.
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Works & texts (2)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
années 1910–1920
Correspondances et rapports sur la vie juive et le sionisme dans le journal Hatzfira
Joseph Brami
Presse / journalisme de Joseph Brami. (années 1910–1920)
à partir de 1913
Kol Tsion (« La Voix de Sion »), journal sioniste judéo-arabe (rédacteur en chef)
Joseph Brami
Presse / journalisme de Joseph Brami. (à partir de 1913)
Notable figures of the lineage
Places along the journey
Communities crossed
Diaspora regions
TunisieFranceIsraël
The days of this book
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Bibliography
- Abraham I. Laredo, Les Noms des Juifs du Maroc, CSIC, Madrid (1978)
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#maghrebine#tunis#sousse#france#lieu-geo-auto