Wikipedia's first sentence called it “father of edmond safra”. Today it says “syrian banker and patriarch of the safra family”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Syrian-Lebanese banker (1891–1963)”. It now reads “Syrian Jewish banker (1891–1963)”.
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Jacob Safra ( ) was the father of Edmond Safra , a Syrian Jewish banker from Aleppo .1 The Safras were bankers and gold traders engaged in the financing of trade between Aleppo , Istanbul and Alexandria . When the Ottoman empire came apart, Jacob Safra, the former partner in Safra Freres, set up a separate banking business under his own name in Beirut in the year 1920. With its base in the Lebanon, the Jacob E. Safra Bank became the bank of choice for many of Syria's and Lebanon's rich Sephardic Jewish families, who trusted the Safras to manage their business and personal financial interests with care and discretion. Later when he moved to Brazil with his son, they founded their first Brazilian financial institution in 1955. Safra Square in Jerusalem is named in honor of him and his wife Esther.2
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Jacob Safra ( ) was a Lebanese Sephardi Jewish banker from Lebanon . The Safras were bankers and gold traders engaged in the financing of trade between Aleppo , Istanbul and Alexandria .
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Jacob Safra ( ) (1891 - 27 May 1963) was a Syrian - Lebanese Jewish banker.The Safras were bankers and gold traders engaged in the financing of trade between Beirut , Aleppo , Istanbul and Alexandria .
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Syrian-Lebanese banker (1891–1963) Jacob Safra ( ; 1891 – 27 May 1963) was a Syrian-Lebanese banker and patriarch of the Safra family . The Safras were bankers and gold traders engaged in the financing of trade between Beirut , Aleppo , Istanbul and Alexandria .
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Syrian Jewish banker (1891–1963) Jacob Safra ( Arabic : يعقوب صفرا ; 1891 – 27 May 1963) was a Syrian banker and patriarch of the Safra family . The Safras were bankers and gold traders engaged in the financing of trade between Beirut , Aleppo , Istanbul and Alexandria .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “father of edmond safra”. Today it says “syrian banker and patriarch of the safra family”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Syrian-Lebanese banker (1891–1963)”. It now reads “Syrian Jewish banker (1891–1963)”. Read the current article and compare.
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father of edmond safra
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syrian banker and patriarch of the safra family
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