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| "Kehila," plural "Kehilot," refers to a Jewish community (or communities) anywhere in the world. 
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|  Image by Marcin Szala, CC-BY-SA-3.0 |  |  Courtesy of Yossi Nevo, CC-BY-SA-3.0 | 
|  | Sofiya's Yiddish name is "Sofiye," Sofiya [Bulg], Sofia [Eng, Fr, Ger, Ital], Sofya [Turk], Sofiye [Yid], Serdica [Lat, Grk], Ulpia-Serdica, Sredets, Sofija.
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|  | There is no known Yiddish name for Plovdiv. Alternate names: Plovdiv and Пловдив [Bulg], Filibe [Turk],
		 Philippopoli and ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΎΠΟΛΗ[Grk], Vinipoppolis, Poulpoudeva, Plovdin, Ploudin, Pinople, Philippopolis, Philippopel, Filipopol, Filiba.
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