Dutch people in Israel

Ethnic group

Dutch people in Israel
Nederlanders in IsraëlLanguages

Dutch
Religion
Mostly Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Judaism

Dutch people in Israel (Dutch: Nederlanders in Israël) include Israeli citizens or residents who were born in the Netherlands or are of Dutch descent.

## List of Dutch Israelis

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### Arts

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* Helen Berman \- painter (Dutch-born)
* Hannah Yakin \- painter (Dutch-born)

### Business

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* Dov Frohman \- director-general of Intel Israel, inventor of the EPROM (Dutch-born)

### Civil service

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* Ya'akov Arnon \- director-general of the Israeli ministry of Finance (Dutch-born)

### Music

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* Keren Ann \- recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer
* Carmit Bachar \- singer (American-born, of mixed Dutch-Israeli descent, with some Indonesian, Jewish, and Chinese roots)
* Bart Berman \- pianist and composer (Dutch-born)

### Politics

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* Ophir Pines-Paz \- Knesset member and former cabinet minister (was a citizen of the Netherlands; Dutch-born father)

### Science

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* Martin van Creveld \- military historian
* Chaim Elata \- professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chairman of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity
* Manfred Gerstenfeld \- political scientist

### Sports

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* Daniël de Ridder \- soccer player
* Levie Van Ouwerkerk \- soccer player

### Theatre

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* Nissan Nativ \- Israeli actor and theater educator (fled Germany to Amsterdam, then made aliyah)

## See also

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* Israel–Netherlands relations
* List of Dutch Jews
* History of the Jews in the Netherlands

## References

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Dutch diaspora

Africa|

* Afrikaners
* Boers
* Cape Dutch
* Basters
* Coloureds
* Griqua

Asia|

* Indonesia
* Indo
* Totok
* Sri Lanka
* Burghers

Middle East|

* Israel

Europe|

* Finland
* Poland
* Olenders
* Vilamovians
* Vistula delta Mennonites
* United Kingdom

North America|

* Canada
* Mexico
* United States
* Aruba
* Curaçao

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

South America|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile
* Suriname

See also: Flemish people and Frisians

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Demographics of Israel

Israelis by religion|

* Judaism
* Rabbinic
* Conservative
* Reform
* Karaite
* Haymanot
* Islam
* Sunni
* Shia
* Ahmadiyya
* Christianity
* Eastern Orthodox
* Catholic
* Protestant
* Druzism1
* Samaritanism
* Bahai
* Hinduism
* Buddhism

Jews|

* Ashkenazim
* Romanian
* Russian
* Bulgarian
* Moroccan
* Turkish
* Mizrahim
* Iraqi
* Iranian
* Kurdish
* Yemenite
* Karaites
* Romaniotes
* Italkim
* Indian
* Cochin
* Bene Israel
* Bnei Menashe
* Bene Ephraim
* Ethiopian
* Beta Israel
* Falash Mura

Arabs|

* Arab Muslims
* Madani and Fellahin
* Bedouin
* Galilee
* Negev
* Arab Christians
* Druze1
* Lebanese

Other Semitic|

* Assyrians
* Samaritans
* Arameans2
* Maronites
* Lebanese

Other non-Semitic groups|

* African Americans
* Armenians
* Dutch
* Indians
* Russians
* Subbotniks
* Circassians
* Bosniaks
* Vietnamese

Foreign nationals|

* African-American Hebrews
* Chinese
* Filipinos
* Greeks
* Turks
* Kurds
* Palestinians
* Doms (Gypsy)
* Sudanese

* 1 Druze have a status aparte from Muslim Arabs in Israel, since 1957.
* 2 Arameans have a status aparte from Christian Arabs in Israel, since 2014.

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* Israel
* Netherlands

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