Editing Alba Iulia (section)

===Jewish history===
[[File:Alba Iulia, sinagogo, 2.jpeg|thumb|Alba Iulia synagogue]]

The Jewish community, which was the first in Transylvania, was established in the 14th century.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Gyémánt |first=Ladislau |date=December 2012 |title=The Transylvanian Jewish Identity's Avatars in the Epoch of Emancipation |url=http://www.studia.ubbcluj.ro/download/pdf/743.pdf |journal=Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Historia |volume=57 |issue=Transylvanian Identities in the Modern Epoch}}</ref> A community was officially founded by permission of Prince [[Gabriel Bethlen]] in 1623.<ref name=":1" /> The 18th century saw an influx of [[Ashkenazim]] from Hungary and Wallachia, as well as Sephardim. From 1754 to 1868, the town rabbi was the chief rabbi of Transylvania. A synagogue was built in 1840, with a Sephardic one following in 1874. Most local Jews in the 19th century worked in viticulture and bought land for growing vines; in the 20th century, they were mainly artisans. By 1930, the 1558 Jews of Alba Iulia represented nearly 13% of the town's population.<ref name=Spector/>

In October 1940, during the [[National Legionary State]], the [[Iron Guard]] terrorized local Jews. The following year, the [[Ion Antonescu]] regime confiscated Jewish property and sent the men to forced labor. After World War II, the community was re-established but soon dwindled as Jews emigrated.<ref name=Spector>Shmuel Spector, Geoffrey Wigoder (eds.), ''The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust: A—J'', p. 25. [[New York University Press]], 2001, {{ISBN|0-8147-9376-2}}</ref>