The Israël Family

ישראל

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Israël lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Patronyme porté par plusieurs figures juives documentées (France). Cette fiche regroupe 2 figures du corpus partageant ce nom ; leurs liens généalogiques précis restent à documenter.

Geographic origin: France

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Israël lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

Collection

Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.

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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/israel">Israël — Zakhor</a>

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Israël — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/israel

Variants of the name (12)

One name, a hundred faces.

The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.

Latin8

ISRRAELBen IsraelBenisraelIsrailYsraelIsdraelIsrael(i)Izarael

עברית · Hebrew1

ישראל

العربية · Arabic1

إسرائيل

Кириллица · Cyrillic2

ИзраильІзраель

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Notable figures

1.
Jean Israël
heroic French Air Force pilot during the Second World War, and a key subject in the non-fi
2.
Moses Israel
Chief Rabbi of Cairo and Alexandria

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 Israël.

Search “Israël” on Yad Vashem

The search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more

Diaspora regions

France

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Israël give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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