XIXth century CE
Émancipation, émigration et naissance du sionisme
Figures of the century (5,555)
Saadia Alhabuz
mentionné en 1816Rabbi of Taza, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5576 of the Hebrew era (1816). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 101-4.
Saadia Amiel
mentionné en 1837Rabbi of Fès, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5597 of the Hebrew era (1837). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 101-4.
Saadia Assayag
mort en 1873Rabbi, nineteenth century. Died in 5633 of the Hebrew era (1873). Son of Yosef. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 100-1.
Saadia Assayag
mentionné en 1810Rabbi of Fès, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5570 of the Hebrew era (1810). Son of Israel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 100-1.
Saadia Ben Olo
mentionné en 1824Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5584 of the Hebrew era (1824). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 100-1.
Saadia Ben Saadon
mentionné en 1819Rabbi of Fès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5579 of the Hebrew era (1819). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 100-1.
Saalschütz, Joseph Lewin
Rabbi and German archaeologist born March 15, 1801 in Königsberg, East Prussia, died in that same city on August 23, 1863. After university studies in Königsberg (doctorate in 1824) and positions as…
Saalschütz, Louis
German mathematician born in Königsberg, Prussia, on December 1, 1835, son of Joseph Lewin Saalschütz. He studied mathematics and physics at the university of his native city from 1854 to 1860,…
Sabato Morais
1823–1897Italian-American rabbi
Sabetay Djaen
1883–1947Bulgarian-Argentinian rabbi
Sabina Spielrein
1885–1942Physician and one of the first psychoanalysts; introduced the concept of death drive.
Sabsovitch, Hirsch Leib
Mayor of Woodbine, in New Jersey, born in Berdiansk, Russia, on February 25, 1860. After secondary studies and two years at the University of Odessa, he went to Zurich in 1882 to study agriculture…
Sacerdote, Donato
Italian poet born in Fossano in 1820, died in that town on 27 November 1883. Passionate since his youth for the comparative study of Greek, Latin and Italian classics, he composed several dramas,…
Sachs, Bernhard
American physician, born in Baltimore on 2 January 1858, trained at Harvard College and at the universities of London, Berlin, Vienna, and Strasbourg, where he obtained his doctorate in 1882. Settled…
Sachs, Johann Jacob
German physician born in Märkisch Friedland on July 26, 1803, died in Nordhausen on January 11, 1846. Graduated from the University of Königsberg in 1827, he established himself as a physician in…
Sachs, Julius
American educator born in Baltimore on 6 July 1849, trained at Columbia University and at Rostock, where he obtained his doctorate in 1867. Founder of the Collegiate Institute of New York and…
Sachs, Michael Jehiel
German rabbi born in Glogau on September 3, 1808, died in Berlin on January 31, 1864. Doctor from Berlin University in 1836, he practices that same year as a preacher in Prague until 1844, then joins…
Sachs, Senior
Russo-French hebraist scholar born in Kaïdany, in the province of Kovno, on June 17, 1816, died in Paris on November 18, 1892. Trained early in Hebrew and Talmud by his father, rabbi of Zhagory, he…
Sachs, Wilhelm
German dentist born in Wesenberg, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on September 22, 1849. Educated at the University of Breslau and at the Philadelphia Dental College, where he obtained his doctorate in…
Sackheim, Abraham ben Joseph
Lithuanian scholar and Talmudist died in Vilna on June 26, 1872. Versed in rabbinic literature, as evidenced by his casuistic commentary on the Haggada of Passover, « Yad ha-Ḥazaqah » (Vilna, 1835),…
Sackheim, Tobiah B. Aryeh Löb
Russian Talmudist and community activist died at an advanced age in Rosinoi, in the province of Grodno, on January 28, 1822, descendant at the sixth generation of Israël b. Shalom of this city,…
Sadqa Hussein (Houtzin)
1876-1961Educator and Sephardic master born in Baghdad, founded a synagogue in Jerusalem.
Sajó, Aladár
Hungarian author born in Waitzen on September 8, 1869, trained in law in Budapest while devoting himself to novel writing. Lieutenant in a light infantry battalion in Bosnia from 1892 to 1894, he…
Salaman, Annette A
English woman of letters died on April 10, 1879, youngest daughter of S. K. Salaman and sister of the musician of the same name. Bedridden for part of her youth, she gathered scriptural extracts…
Salaman, Charles Kensington
Pianist, composer and English polemicist born in London on March 3, 1814, died in that city on June 23, 1901. An early prodigy elected member of the Royal Academy of Music at the age of ten, he…
Salaman, Charles Malcolm
English journalist and dramatist born in London September 6, 1855, son of composer Charles Kensington Salaman. Author of the poetry collection 'Ivan's Love-Quest' (London, 1879) and lyricist for many…
Salamon, Nahum
English inventor born in London in 1828, died in that city on November 23, 1900. Considered the true founder of the British sewing machine trade, he introduced into England the « Howe » machine from…
Salant, Samuel
Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi communities of Jerusalem born on January 2, 1816 in Byelostok, Russia. He left in 1840 for Jerusalem, where he arrived in 1841, visited as an emissary the communities of…
Salem Elkayam
mentionné en 1827Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5587 of the Hebrew era (1827). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 99-2.
Salem II Malka
mentionné en 1802Rabbi of Fès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5562 of the Hebrew era (1802). Son of Yitshak b Yosef, himself son of Salem I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 99-2.
Salem Shaloam David
Chinese convert to Judaism, born in Hankow, China, of Chinese parents in 1853, under the name of Feba. Orphaned in 1861 during the Taiping Rebellion, he was taken in after his captivity among the…
Salgó, Jakob
Hungarian psychiatrist born in Pest in 1849, trained in Pest, Vienna (doctorate in 1874) and Göttingen, where he was assistant to Max Leidesdorf. Privatdozent in 1879, chief physician of the Swetlin…
Salis (Bezalel) Daiches
1880–1945Born Bezalel Daiches in Vilna, son of Rabbi Israel Hayyim Daiches. Trained at the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary, doctor of philosophy from the University of Leipzig (thesis on David Hume). Rabbi of the…
Salkind, Salomon ben Baruch
Hebrew poet and Lithuanian teacher at the rabbinical seminary of Wilna, where he dies on March 14, 1868. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including "Shirim li-Shelomoh" (Wilna,…
Salkinson, Isaac Edward
Russian Hebraist converted to Christianity, born in Wilna, died in Vienna on June 5, 1883. Having left for America with the intention of entering a rabbinical seminary, he was diverted from Judaism…
Salman Eliyahou
1872-1940Kabbalist born in Baghdad, disciple of Ben Ich Haï, died in Jerusalem.
Salman Mutsafi
1900–1974Saloman, Geskel
Painter born of German parents on April 1, 1821 in Tondern, in Schleswig, died on July 5, 1902 in Stockholm. Trained in Copenhagen, where his family settled after his birth, he painted from his youth…
Saloman, Nota S
Danish physician born in Tondern, in Schleswig-Holstein, on March 21, 1823, died in Copenhagen on March 20, 1885. Graduate of the University of Copenhagen in 1850, he practices at sea then at the…
Saloman, Siegfried
Danish violinist and composer born in Tondern, in Schleswig-Holstein, on October 2, 1816, died on July 22, 1899 on the island of Dalarö, in Sweden, brother of Geskel and Nota Saloman. Child prodigy…
Salomea Kempner
1880–1943Psychoanalyst, member of the Vienna and then Berlin societies; victim of the Shoah.
Salomon (Shlomo) Twena
1856–1913Born and raised in Baghdad, Salomon Twena settled in Calcutta in 1880 where he founded a Hebrew printing house that published more than 70 books, largely his own works, as well as Judeo-Arabic…
Salomon Abudarham (Chlomo Abudarham)
m. 1804From Tétouan, emigrated in 1790; became Chief Rabbi of Gibraltar.
Salomon Berdugo (Chlomo Berdugo)
1854–1906Chief rabbi of Meknès, decisioner and poet; author of Em le-Mesorot.
Salomon Bochner
1899–1982Galician-born Jewish mathematician, known for the Bochner integral and work in analysis, probability and differential geometry; professor at Princeton.
Salomon Breuer
1850–1926German rabbi
Salomon Carlebach
1845–1919German rabbi
Salomon Cohn
1822–1902German Orthodox rabbi
Salomon Eliézer Alfandari
v.1826–1930Rabbi and kabbalist (Saba Kadisha), chief rabbi of Damascus then of Safed.
Salomon Formstecher
1808–1889German rabbi
Salomon Frankfurter
1856–1941Austrian archaeologist, historian and librarian (1856-1941)
Salomon Frensdorff
1803–1880German academic (1803–1880)
Salomon Funk
1866–1928Rabbi and Talmudic scholar, he served as rabbi in Boskowitz (Boskovice, Moravia) from 1894 to 1915, then settled in Vienna. Vice-rabbi provincial and honorary citizen of Boskowitz. He devoted his…
Salomon Gepstein
1882–1961Israeli architect
Salomon Grayzel
1896–1980American historian
Salomon Grumbach
1884–1952Born into a modest Alsatian Jewish family in Hattstatt (Haut-Rhin), he became one of the best-known foreign policy journalists of the interwar period, then Socialist deputy (Mulhouse, Paris, Castres…
Salomon Henoch Rabinowicz
1882–1942Polish rabbi
Salomon Herxheimer
1801–1884German rabbi
Salomon Hugo Lieben
1881–1942Received his general and Jewish education in Prague and taught religion there. In 1906 he founded and directed the Jewish Museum of Prague, in the old cemetery. Published works on the history of Jews…
Salomon Mandelkern
1846-1902Lexicographer and poet, author of the biblical concordance Heikhal ha-Kodesh.
Salomon Poliakof
1889–1958French rabbi
Salomon Reinach
1858–1932Archaeologist and philologist, curator of national museums (Museum of Saint-Germain-en-Laye), author of a comprehensive history of religions, Orpheus (1909).
Salomon Samuel
1867–1942German writer
Salomon Stricker
1834–1898Austrian pathologist and histologist (1834–1898)
Salomon Ulmann
1806–1865French rabbi
Salomon Zalman ben Isaac
Salomon Zalman ben Isaac, Polish rabbi died in Warsaw in 1838, first held the rabbinate of Mszczonów then of Praga, before being called to the rabbinate of Warsaw which he retained until his death.…
Salomon, Abraham
Abraham Salomon, English artist, born in London in May 1824 and died in Biarritz in 1862. Admitted at eighteen to the Royal Academy school, he exhibited regularly at its annual salon from 1843 until…
Salomon, Edward
Edward Solomon, English musician and composer, was born in London in 1856 and died there on 22 January 1895. Largely self-taught, gifted for melody and orchestration, he composed numerous comic…
Salomon, Max
German physician born in Schleswig, in Schleswig-Holstein, on April 5, 1837, son of Jacob Salomon. Trained at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Kiel (doctorate in 1861), he became in 1862…
Salomon, Philip S
Philip S. Salomon, attorney general of Fiji, is born in Lee, Essex, on October 15, 1830, and dies in New South Wales on March 24, 1895. After Australia and New Zealand, he settles in Fiji in 1870 and…
Salomon, William
American financier born in Mobile, Alabama, on October 9, 1852, great-great-grandson of Haym Salomon. Settled in New York in 1864, he entered in 1867 the service of Philip Speyer & Co, was…
Salomons, Sir Julian Emanuel
Australian statesman born in Birmingham in 1834. Admitted to the bar in January 1861, he emigrated to New South Wales, where he practiced successfully before the Supreme Court of Sydney and defended…
Salomonsen, Carl Julius
Danish bacteriologist born in Copenhagen on December 6, 1847, son of Martin Salomonsen. Graduated in medicine from Copenhagen in 1871, he became private docent in 1878, assistant professor in 1883…
Salomonsen, Martin
Danish physician born in Copenhagen on March 9, 1814, died in that city on December 21, 1889, father of Carl Julius Salomonsen. Graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1838, he became…
Salvatore Pincherle
1853–1936Italian Jewish mathematician born in Trieste to a Jewish family, founder of functional analysis in Italy, first president of the Unione Matematica Italiana (1922-1936), and namesake of the Pincherle…
Sam Poons
1859–1932Samelsohn, Julius
German ophthalmologist born in Marienburg, West Prussia, on April 14, 1841, died in Cologne on March 7, 1899. Trained at the universities of Breslau and Berlin (doctorate in 1864), he established…
Samfield, M
American rabbi born in Markstift, Bavaria, in 1846, trained by his father, at the Talmudic school of rabbi Lazarus Ottensoser in Hochstädt, at the public school in Fürth and at the University of…
Sammter, Asher
German rabbi born in Derenburg, near Halberstadt, on January 1, 1807, died in Berlin on February 5, 1887. Rabbi and preacher in Liegnitz, Prussian Silesia, from 1837 to 1854, where he introduced…
Samson Hochfeld
1872–1921German rabbi
Samson Raphael Hirsch
1808–1888Rabbi of Frankfurt, founder of German Neo-Orthodoxy and of the doctrine Torah im Derekh Eretz. Author of the Nineteen Letters on Judaism.
Samuel (Siegfried) Bing
1838–1905Born in Hamburg in a major Jewish family with commercial interests, S. Bing settled in Paris. He was a major promoter of Japanese art in the West and, in December 1895, opened the gallery « Maison de…
Samuel Aaron Goldstein
1852–1935Rabbi, scholar, community leader (1852-1935)
Samuel Aboulker
1815–1890Rabbinic judge in Algiers, from a family of notables long established in Algeria; a portrait of him is held in the Museum of Art and History of Judaism (MAHJ). He is the ancestor of a lineage of…
Samuel Adler
1809–1891rabbin réformé germano-américain
Samuel Alman
1878–1947Russian conductor and composer (1877–1947)
Sámuel Áron
1830–1905rabbi
Samuel Azarja Rudelsheim
1869–1918English rabbi in the Netherlands (1869-1918)
Samuel B. Moses Phinehas
Polish rabbi died in Posen on 25 November 1806, descendant of R. Joshua, author of the « Maguiné Shelomo », and related to the Heilprin family. Rabbi of Bilgoraj, near Zamość, at twenty-three years…
Samuel Back
1841–1899Rabbi and Hebraist (1841–1899)
Samuel Baeck
1834–1912German rabbi
Samuel Bronfman
1889-1971Canadian businessman, philanthropist (1891-1971)
Samuel Brot
1885–1963Samuel David Luzzatto (le Shadal)
1800–1865Italian scholar, exegete, and poet, professor at the rabbinical college of Padua, a figure of the science of Judaism. He defended a traditional approach against German rationalism.
Samuel Dickstein
1851–1939Polish mathematician of Jewish origin, born and died in Warsaw (killed by a German bomb in September 1939). His work focused mainly on algebra and the history of mathematics; his bibliography…
Sámuel Ehrenfeld
1835–1883(1835-1883) Slovakian-German rabbi
Samuel Ephraim Meyer
1819–1882German rabbi
Samuel Fränkel
1801–1881German industrialist (1801-1881)
Samuel Freund
1868–1939German rabbi
Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin (né S. Rahamin Samuel Talkar)
1880–1964Born S. Rahamin Samuel Talkar in a Bene Israel Jewish family, he became a renowned painter and playwright before converting to Islam upon his marriage. A prominent figure in Indian art of the early…
Samuel Goldwyn
1882-1974American film producer (1882–1974)
Samuel Hayyim Ghiron
1829–1895Born in Ivrea, qualified as a literature teacher in 1854, appointed rabbi of Turin in 1877. Author of a prayer ritual with Italian translation (Livorno, 1879), an elegy on Hillel Cantoni (Turin,…
Samuel Hirsch Margulies
1858–1922Italian rabbi
Samuel Holdheim
1806–1860German rabbi (1806-1860)
Samuel Jacob Rubinstein
1888–1964French rabbi
Samuel Joseph Fuenn
1818-1891Writer, editor and scholar of Vilna (Rashif), figure of the Eastern Haskala.
Samuel Klein
1886–194020th-century historical-geographer (1886–1940)
Sámuel Kohn
1841–1920Hungarian rabbi, historian (1841-1920)
Samuel Krauss
1866–1948Hungarian archaeologist
Samuel Kristeller
1820–1900German physician
Samuel Landauer
1846–1937German orientalist and librarian of Jewish faith
Samuel Leib Gordon (Shalag)
1865-1933Poet and biblical exegete, school commentary still used in Israel.
Samuel Löw Brill
1814–1897Hungarian rabbi
Samuel Mendelsohn
1850–1922American rabbi
Samuel Meyer Isaacs
1804–1878(1804-1878)
Samuel Mohaliver
1824–1898Israeli rabbi, pioneer of Zionism (1824-1898)
Samuel Mühsam
1837–1907Samuel Poznański
1864–1921Polish rabbi
Samuel Rosenberg
1842–1919rabbi (1842-1919)
Samuel Rosenman
1896–1973American Jewish judge and lawyer, counsel and chief speechwriter to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman, credited with coining the term "New Deal".
Samuel Sachs
1851–1935American banker born to Jewish immigrants from Bavaria, co-founder of Goldman Sachs alongside his father-in-law Marcus Goldman.
Samuel Solomon Cohon
1888–1959American Jewish rabbi (1888-1959)
Samuel, Haeem
Indian community activist born in Alibag, near Bombay, in 1830, educated at the Robert Money School of Bombay. Entered government service in 1851, pensioned in 1878, he obtained for Bnei Israel…
Samuel, Harry Simon
English politician born on 31 August 1853, son of Horatio S. Samuel and Henrietta Montefiore. Trained at Eastbourne College and St John's College, Cambridge (degree in 1875), he failed to be elected…
Samuel, Herbert
English politician born in London in 1870, youngest son of Edwin L. Samuel and nephew of Sir Samuel Montagu. Trained at Balliol College Oxford, where he receives honors in history and his Master's…
Samuel, Isaac
English ḥazan born in London on March 9, 1833. Appointed officiating minister of the congregation of Bristol in 1860, he becomes principal ḥazan of the synagogue of Bayswater in 1864, teaches…
Samuel, Sampson
Attorney and secretary of the Council of Jewish Delegates of London, born in 1804, died in London on 10 November 1868. First active on the London Stock Exchange, he then turned to law and became…
Samuel, Simon
German pathologist born in Glogau on October 5, 1833, died in Königsberg, in East Prussia, on May 9, 1899. Trained in medicine in Berlin and Vienna (doctorate in 1855), he established himself as a…
Samuel, Sir Marcus, Bart
English financier and Lord Mayor of London born in London in 1853, son of Marcus Samuel and principal associate of the Samuel shipping house, Samuel & Co of Yokohama, charged in 1898 with placing the…
Samuel, Sir Saul, Bart
Australian statesman born in London on November 2, 1820, died in that city on August 29, 1900. Emigrated to New South Wales in 1832, he began his public career in 1846 as a magistrate, entered the…
Samuel, Sydney Montagu
Author and English community activist born in London on June 21, 1848, died in June 1884, trained at University College London. Honorary Secretary of the Board of Guardians from 1878, he traveled to…
Samuele Colombo
1868–1923Born in Pitigliano into an observant Jewish family, student of Israël Costa and Elia Benamozegh at the Rabbinical College of Livorno (rabbinical diploma 1893, degree in liberal arts from Pisa). Upon…
Samuele Salomone Olper
1811–1877Born in Rovigo to a father who came from Venice, ordained rabbi at the seminary of Padua (1837), he was vice-rabbi in Venice, then chief rabbi of Florence (1849–1853), of Casale Monferrato…
Samuelson, Sir Bernhard
English merchant and politician born in Liverpool on November 22, 1820, died on May 10, 1905. After an apprenticeship in commerce in Liverpool (1835-41) and management of continental affairs for the…
Samuely, Nathan
Austrian ghetto poet born in Stryi, Galicia, in 1846. From the age of seventeen, he published a first narrative in Hebrew, followed by a second and two collections of Hebrew poems drawn from ancient…
Sander Rosenberg
1844–1909rabbi in Arad, Romania
Sándor Adler
1846–1894Hungarian rabbi
Sàndor Büchler
1869–1944Hungarian rabbi
Sándor Diskay
1883–1953Hungarian photographer, painter
Sándor Radó (Sandor Rado)
1890–1972Hungarian Jewish psychoanalyst born in Kisvárda on January 8, 1890, died in New York on May 14, 1972. Met Freud in 1915, was analyzed by Karl Abraham in Berlin, emigrated to the United States in the…
Sándor Veres
1859–1913actor, opera singer (1859-1913)
Sándor, Paul
Hungarian merchant and deputy born in 1860 in Hódmezővásárhely, trained at the commercial academies of Budapest and Dresden. Member of the municipal council and chamber of commerce and industry of…
Sanger, Adolph L
American lawyer and politician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1842, died in New York on 3 January 1894. Graduated from City College and Columbia Law School in 1864, he became commissioner of…
Sanua, James
Egyptian publicist born in Cairo in April 1839. Trained in Egypt and Italy, he became in 1863 professor at the Polytechnic School and school inspector for the Egyptian government, introduced in 1870…
Saphir, Sigmund
Hungarian journalist born in Hungary in 1806 (according to some sources, 1801), died in Pesth on October 17, 1866. He directed several German newspapers in the city, including the "Pesther Tageblatt"…
Sarah Bavly
1900–1993Nutritionist, chief dietitian of Hadassah hospitals in Mandate Palestine.
Sarah Bernhardt
1844–1923Born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris in 1844, to a Dutch Jewish mother (Judith/Julie Bernard). The most famous tragedienne of her time (« the Divine »). She left a body of written work: her memoirs…
Sarah Reisen
1885-1975Yiddish poetess, translator and writer (sister of Abraham Reisen).
Sarah Visanska
1870–1926American clubwoman
Sarasohn, Kasriel H
American journalist born in Paiser, in Russian Poland, in 1835, died in New York on January 12, 1905. Destined for the rabbinate, he abandoned this project in 1866 to emigrate to the United States,…
Sarina Ibrahim
1888–1954Egyptian actress
Sarphati, Samuel
Dutch physician and economist born in Amsterdam on January 31, 1813, died in that city on June 23, 1866. Graduated in medicine from Leiden in 1838, he established himself as a physician in Amsterdam,…
Sassoon Heskel (Sasson Eskell)
1860–1932Born in Baghdad, son of Hakham Heskel, trained in London, Vienna (Diplomatic Academy) and Constantinople (law), polyglot. Deputy for Baghdad to the Ottoman parliament, he became in 1920 Minister of…
Saul Adadi
1850–1918Rosh yeshiva and paytan of Tripoli, founder of the Talmud Torah Yagdil Torah.
Šaul Barach
1865–1940Hungarian and Czech rabbi (1865–1940)
Saul de Groot
1899–1986Dutch political figure
Saül HaCohen
1772–1848Rabbi of Djerba, Hebrew grammarian, author of Lehem ha-Bikkurim.
Saul Isaac Kämpf
1818–1892Austrian rabbi
Saul Pinhas Rabbinowitz
1845-1910Hebrew historian and writer, first secretary of the Hovevei Zion of Russia.
Saul Samuel
1820–1900Australian colonial merchant, member of parliament, magistrate, pastoralist, and Jewish community leader (1820–1900)
Saul Solomon
1817–1892Cape Colony politician (1817–1892)
Saul Yanofsky
1861–1938Russian-born Jewish anarchist and longtime editor of the Yiddish anarchist newspaper Fraye Arbeter Shtime in New York.
Saulcy, Louis Félicien Joseph Caignart de
Christian archaeologist and numismatist born in Lille on March 19, 1807, died in Paris on November 5, 1880. Initially a military man, he became curator of the Artillery Museum in Paris in 1842, then…
Sauveur Baranes
1899–1990Renowned lawyer born in Sousse, active member of the Tunisian section of the World Jewish Congress. Zionist activist, he represented the Tunisian Zionist Federation at the Zionist congresses of 1951…
Savielly Tartakower
1887–1956International chess grandmaster, born in Rostov-on-Don in a Jewish family, one of the world's best players between the wars, journalist and author of reputed chess works; he served in the French…
Sax, Julius
Electrical engineer born in Sugarre, Russia, in 1824, died in London in August 1890. Emigrated to England in 1851, he founded a company for the manufacture of scientific instruments, including scales…
Sayce, Archibald Henry
English archaeologist born in Shirehampton on September 25, 1846, fellow of Queen's College, Oxford in 1869 and tutor in 1870, then assistant professor of comparative philology at Oxford from 1876 to…
Schaffer, Schepsel
American rabbi born on May 4, 1862 in Bausk, in Courland, in Russia, descendant of Mordecai Jaffe, author of the « Lévouch ». Trained at the Libau gymnasium, at the University of Berlin and at the…
Schaïkéwitz, Nahum Meïr
Novelist and Judeo-German Russian dramatist born in Niasvij, in the Minsk province, on December 18, 1849. An early storyteller, he began in Hebrew in "Ha-Meliẓ" before becoming theater director in…
Schapira, Hermann
Russian mathematician born in 1840 in Erswilken, near Tauroggen, in Lithuania, died in Cologne on May 8, 1898. Destined for the rabbinate, he chose to devote himself to secular sciences, studied in…
Schapiro, Heinrich
Russian physician born in Grodno in 1853, died in Saint Petersburg on February 14, 1901. Trained at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Medicine (1871-76), he served as military surgeon during the…
Schefftel, Simon Baruch
German Hebraist born on June 14, 1813 in Breslau, died on March 9, 1885. Established as a merchant in Posen in 1848, he withdrew from business in 1871 to prepare a vast Hebrew commentary on the…
Scheid, Élie
French community activist and writer born in Haguenau, Alsace, on October 24, 1841. Prevented by a voice ailment from pursuing a rabbinical career, he founded in 1863 the Ḥevra 'Am Segoula and…
Schenk, Leopold
Austrian embryologist born in Urmény, in the comitat of Nyitra, in Hungary, on August 23, 1840, died in Schwanberg, in Styria, on August 18, 1902. Educated at the University of Vienna (doctorate in…
Scherschewski, Benjamin
Russian physician born in Brest-Litovsk in 1857. Medical graduate of the University of Warsaw in 1883, he went in 1885 to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem, then in Vienna for specialized study,…
Scherschewski, Judah Jüdel ben Benjamin
Lithuanian Talmudist and Hebraist born in 1804, died in Kovno on September 20, 1866. Trained in Talmud under Jacob Meïr Yalovker while working in commerce in Vilna, where he devoted his spare time to…
Scherschewski, Ẓebi Hirsch Ha-kohen
Russian Hebraist writer born in Pinsk in 1840. Self-taught in Hebrew grammar and archaeology from childhood, he was secretary of the Jewish community of Pinsk, then, after a period in Crimea in the…
Schick, Abraham ben Aryeh Löb
Lithuanian Talmudist and author of the 19th century, originating from Slonim, in the government of Grodno. He devoted himself particularly to midrashic and aggadic literature, publishing notably a…
Schick, Élie ben Benjamin
Lithuanian rabbi and preacher, born in Vasilishok, in the governorate of Wilna, in 1809, died in Kobrin, in the governorate of Kovno, on September 2, 1876. Student of Benjamin, grand rabbi of Grodno,…
Schiff, Emil
Austrian journalist, born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, on 30 May 1849, died in Berlin on 23 January 1899. Political editor from 1871 for the Deutsche Zeitung of Vienna, then Berlin correspondent for the…
Schiff, Josef
Austrian stenographer, born February 25, 1848 in Ragendorf, Hungary. Appointed in 1874 professor of stenography at the Academy of Agriculture in Vienna, and in 1898 lecturer on the Gabelsberger…
Schiffer, Feiwel
Hebraist and Russian poet, born in Lasezow, in the governorate of Lublin, around 1810, died after 1866. He lived successively in Josefov, Brody, Szebrszyn, and Warsaw and was one of the most renowned…
Schiffers, Emanuel
Russian chess master, born of German parents in Saint Petersburg on May 4, 1850, died in the same city on December 12, 1904. Having become the best player in Russia, he faced Tchigorine for the first…
Schill, Salomon
Hungarian philologist, born October 14, 1849 in Budapest. After studies at Raab, Budapest and Vienna, he was appointed professor at the gymnasium of Arad in 1874, then in 1878 professor of Latin and…
Schiller-szinessy, Solomon Mayer
Reader of rabbinics at Cambridge University, born in Alt-Ofen, Hungary, in 1820, died in Cambridge on March 11, 1890. Doctor of philosophy from the University of Jena and ordained rabbi, he took part…
Schiller, Armand
French journalist, born in Saint-Mandé (Seine) on August 7, 1857. After studying at the Condorcet lycée and obtaining a law degree, he entered his father's printing business while contributing to…
Schlesinger, Herman
German physician, born in Adelebsen, in Hanover, on 1 April 1856. Graduated in medicine from Göttingen in 1879, he received a prize for a treatise published in 1880 in Archiv für Experimentelle…
Schlesinger, Josef
Austrian mathematician, born in Mährisch-Schönberg on 31 December 1831, son of very poor parents who had to earn his living from childhood. Graduated from the Vienna Polytechnic Institute in 1858,…
Schlesinger, Ludwig
Hungarian mathematician, born in Tyrnau (Nagyszombat) on November 1, 1864, doctor of philosophy from the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin in 1887. He became privat-docent at the University of…
Schlesinger, Sigmund
Austrian writer, born in Vienna in 1811, trained at the Schottengymnasium and then at the university of Vienna, where he obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1835. He published as early as 1828 a…
Schlesinger, Wilhelm S
Austrian physician, born in Tinnye, Hungary, in 1839. Graduated in medicine from the University of Vienna in 1864, he settled in the Austrian capital and received in 1874 the venia legendi in…
Schlomo Bamberger
1835–1918(1835-1918)
Schlomo Friedrich Rülf
1896–1976Jewish German author (1896-1976)
Schmelkes, Gottfried S
Austrian physician, born in Prague on 22 September 1807, died in Interlaken, Switzerland, on 28 October 1870. Graduated in medicine from Vienna in 1837, he became in 1838 physician of the Jewish…
Schmiedl, Adolf
Rabbi and Austrian scholar, born in Prossnitz, Moravia, on January 26, 1821. Rabbi in Gewitsch from 1846 to 1849, he was subsequently called as territorial rabbi in Teschen until 1852, then served…
Schnabel, Isidor
Austrian physician, born in Neubidschow, Bohemia, on November 14, 1842. He received his degree in medicine from Vienna in 1865, and was appointed professor of ophthalmology successively in Innsbruck…
Schnabel, Louis
Austrian teacher and journalist, born in Prossnitz, Moravia, on June 29, 1829, died in New York on May 3, 1897. After teaching in Vienna and then in Paris from 1854 to 1863, he emigrated to America…
Schneour Zalman Schneersohn
1898–1980Hasidic rabbi, resistance fighter
Schnitzer Ármin
1836–1914Schnitzler, Johann
Austrian laryngologist, born in Nagy-Kanizsa, Hungary, on April 10, 1835, died in Vienna on May 2, 1893. Graduated in medicine from Vienna in 1860, he obtained the venia legendi in 1866, became full…