Yakar is a surname and it may refer to:

People with the surname

Noa Kazado Yakar (born 2003), Israeli acrobatic gymnast. Rachel Yakar (1938– 2023), French soprano Yaakov ben Yakar (990–1064), German Talmudist. Judah ben Yakar (born 1201-1218?), talmudist and kabbalist.

Other Yakar Synagogue, Old Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem, including the Yakar Center for Social Concern and the Center for Arts and Creativity: an Anglo and Israeli congregation.

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