Azoulay

Azoulay, sometimes spelled Azoulai, Azulai or Azulay (Hebrew: אזולאי),^[1] etc. is a Sephardi Jewish surname, common among Jews of Moroccan descent.

People[]

Azoulay family of Fes[]

Azoulay, is the name of a notable Jewish family descended from Spanish exiles who, after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492^{[citation needed]} and following decades, settled in the city of Fez, Morocco. The family includes:

• Abraham Azulai (c. 1570 – 1643) – Kabbalistic author and commentator best known for his Chessed le-Avraham
• Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724–1807) – a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings.^[2]
• Raphael Isaiah Azulai (died 1830) – rabbi and writer.

Others[]

• André Azoulay – Senior adviser to King Mohammed VI of Morocco
• Audrey Azoulay – French Minister of Culture
• Blanche Azoulay - Algerian lawyer
• Daniel Azulay – Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator
• Shay K. Azoulay – Israeli writer
• Jean-Luc Azoulay – French filmmaker, see AB Disques
• Ariella Azoulay – Israeli scholar and documentarian, see Herzliya Biennial
• Jom Tob Azulay – Brazilian film producer and director
• Simon Azoulay Pedersen – Danish football player.
• Yinon Azulai, Israeli politician

See also[]

• Azoulay v. The Queen, landmark 1952 Canadian Supreme Court case, wherein Dr. Leon Azoulay was accused of murder after the death of a patient receiving an abortion
• The Policeman, Hashoter Azoulay was the original title of the Israeli film The Policeman

Surname list

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