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The Friedman Family
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Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Friedman lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Ruzhin Hasidic dynasty. Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin (1796-1850), great-grandson of the Maggid of Mezritch.
Geographic origin: Ruzhin, Ukraine
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Friedman — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/friedmanVariants of the name (15)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin14
BoianBoyanerFreedmanFreemanFridmanFriedman (Boyan)Friedman (Chortkov)Friedman (Husiatyn)Friedman (Liska)FriedmannHusiatynerOlaszliszkaRizhinerRuzhiner
עברית · Hebrew1
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Notable figures
- 1.
Rabbi Israël de Ruzhin
Fondateur, hassidisme royal
- 2.
Yitzhak Friedman de Boyan
Fondateur de la dynastie de Boyan
- 3.
David Moshe Friedman
Chortkover Rebbe · 1827-1903
- 4.
Yisroel Friedman de Husiatyn
Rebbe de Husiatyn à Tel-Aviv
- 5.
Tsvi Hirsh Friedman de Liska
Rebbe de Liska
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Friedman.
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Works & texts (5)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
XIXe s.
Hayoshor veHatov
Tzvi Hirsh Friedman de Liska
Livre de Tzvi Hirsh Friedman de Liska. (XIXe s.)
Munkács, 1875–1876 (1re édition, 2 vol.)
Ach Pri Tevuah (enseignements hassidiques)
Tzvi Hirsh Friedman de Liska
Livre (posthume) de Tzvi Hirsh Friedman de Liska. (Munkács, 1875–1876 (1re édition, 2 vol.))
Pachad Yitzchok
Yitzchok Friedman de Boyan
Livre (enseignements hassidiques) de Yitzchok Friedman de Boyan.
Ohalei Yaakov (responsa)
Yaakov de Castro (Maharikash)
Responsa de Yaakov de Castro (Maharikash).
religieux
Ma'ayanah shel Torah
Alexander Zusia Friedman
Anthologie de commentaires sur la Torah compilée par Alexander Zusia Friedman.
Family tree
rootdescentmarriage
Notable figures of the lineage
Avraham HaMalakh Friedman
אברהם המלאך1739–1777
Tzvi Hirsh Friedman de Liska (Hershel Lisker)
צבי הירש פרידמן מליסקא1798–1874
Abraham Matitiahu Friedman
אברהם מתתיהו פרידמן1847–1933
Alexander Zusia Friedman
אלכסנדר זושא פרידמן1897–1943
Avrohom Yaakov Friedman
אברהם יעקב פרידמן1884–1961
David Mosheh Tshortkov
דוד משה פרידמן1827–1903
Itzhak Friedman
יצחק פרידמן1834–1896
Meir Friedmann
מאיר איש-שלום1831–1908
Menachem Mendel Friedman
מנחם מנדל פרידמן1876–1943
Menahem Nahum Friedman
מנחם נחום פרידמן1823–1868
Mordechai Shlomo Friedman
מרדכי שלמה פרידמן1891–1971
Mordekhai Shalom Yosef Friedmann
מרדכי שלום יוסף פרידמן1896–1979
Móric Friedmann
מור פרידמן1827–1891
Shalom Yosef Friedman
שלום יוסף פרידמן1812–1851
Yaakov Friedman de Husiatyn
יעקב פרידמן1878 – 1957
Yisroel Friedman de Husiatyn
1858 – 1949
Yitzchok Friedman de Boyan (le « Pachad Yitzchok »)
יצחק פרידמן1850–1917
Zevi Hirsch Friedman
צבי הירש פרידמן1808–1874
Avrohom Yaakov Friedman
אברהם יעקב פרידמן (השלישי)1928–2013
Denes Friedmann
דינש פרידמן1903–1944
Harry Freedman
1901–1982
Kinky Friedman
קינקי פרידמן1944–2024
Simcha Friedman
שמחה פרידמן1911–1990
Yisrael Friedman
ישראל פרידמן בן-שלום1923–2017
Yisroel Moshe Friedman
ישראל משה פרידמן1955–2020
Yitsḥaḳ Fridman
יצחק פרידמן1903–1992
Yona Friedman
יונה פרידמן1923–2019
Diaspora regions
États-UnisHongrieIsraëlRoumanieUkraine
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Bibliography
- A. Beider ; L. Menk, Dictionnaires des patronymes juifs d'Europe de l'Est (Beider : Empire russe 2008, Royaume de Pologne 1996, Galicie 2004) et judéo-allemands (Menk 2005), Avotaynu
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