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Haskalah & Emancipation1801-1900 apr. J.-C.

XIXth century CE

Émancipation, émigration et naissance du sionisme

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Saadia Alhabuz

mentionné en 1816

Rabbi 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 1837

Rabbi 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 1873

Rabbi, 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 1810

Rabbi 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 1824

Rabbi 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 1819

Rabbi 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

1823–1897

Italian-American rabbi

Sabetay Djaen

1883–1947

Bulgarian-Argentinian rabbi

Sabina Spielrein

1885–1942

Physician 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)

1876-1961

Educator 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 1827

Rabbi 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 1802

Rabbi 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

1880–1945

Born 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

1872-1940

Kabbalist born in Baghdad, disciple of Ben Ich Haï, died in Jerusalem.

Salman Mutsafi

1900–1974

Saloman, 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

1880–1943

Psychoanalyst, member of the Vienna and then Berlin societies; victim of the Shoah.

Salomon (Shlomo) Twena

1856–1913

Born 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. 1804

From Tétouan, emigrated in 1790; became Chief Rabbi of Gibraltar.

Salomon Berdugo (Chlomo Berdugo)

1854–1906

Chief rabbi of Meknès, decisioner and poet; author of Em le-Mesorot.

Salomon Bochner

1899–1982

Galician-born Jewish mathematician, known for the Bochner integral and work in analysis, probability and differential geometry; professor at Princeton.

Salomon Breuer

1850–1926

German rabbi

Salomon Carlebach

1845–1919

German rabbi

Salomon Cohn

1822–1902

German Orthodox rabbi

Salomon Eliézer Alfandari

v.1826–1930

Rabbi and kabbalist (Saba Kadisha), chief rabbi of Damascus then of Safed.

Salomon Formstecher

1808–1889

German rabbi

Salomon Frankfurter

1856–1941

Austrian archaeologist, historian and librarian (1856-1941)

Salomon Frensdorff

1803–1880

German academic (1803–1880)

Salomon Funk

1866–1928

Rabbi 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

1882–1961

Israeli architect

Salomon Grayzel

1896–1980

American historian

Salomon Grumbach

1884–1952

Born 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

1882–1942

Polish rabbi

Salomon Herxheimer

1801–1884

German rabbi

Salomon Hugo Lieben

1881–1942

Received 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

1846-1902

Lexicographer and poet, author of the biblical concordance Heikhal ha-Kodesh.

Salomon Poliakof

1889–1958

French rabbi

Salomon Reinach

1858–1932

Archaeologist and philologist, curator of national museums (Museum of Saint-Germain-en-Laye), author of a comprehensive history of religions, Orpheus (1909).

Salomon Samuel

1867–1942

German writer

Salomon Stricker

1834–1898

Austrian pathologist and histologist (1834–1898)

Salomon Ulmann

1806–1865

French 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

1853–1936

Italian 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

1859–1932

Samelsohn, 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

1872–1921

German rabbi

Samson Raphael Hirsch

1808–1888

Rabbi 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

1838–1905

Born 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

1852–1935

Rabbi, scholar, community leader (1852-1935)

Samuel Aboulker

1815–1890

Rabbinic 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

1809–1891

rabbin réformé germano-américain

Samuel Alman

1878–1947

Russian conductor and composer (1877–1947)

Sámuel Áron

1830–1905

rabbi

Samuel Azarja Rudelsheim

1869–1918

English 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

1841–1899

Rabbi and Hebraist (1841–1899)

Samuel Baeck

1834–1912

German rabbi

Samuel Bronfman

1889-1971

Canadian businessman, philanthropist (1891-1971)

Samuel Brot

1885–1963

Samuel David Luzzatto (le Shadal)

1800–1865

Italian 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

1851–1939

Polish 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

1819–1882

German rabbi

Samuel Fränkel

1801–1881

German industrialist (1801-1881)

Samuel Freund

1868–1939

German rabbi

Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin (né S. Rahamin Samuel Talkar)

1880–1964

Born 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

1882-1974

American film producer (1882–1974)

Samuel Hayyim Ghiron

1829–1895

Born 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

1858–1922

Italian rabbi

Samuel Holdheim

1806–1860

German rabbi (1806-1860)

Samuel Jacob Rubinstein

1888–1964

French rabbi

Samuel Joseph Fuenn

1818-1891

Writer, editor and scholar of Vilna (Rashif), figure of the Eastern Haskala.

Samuel Klein

1886–1940

20th-century historical-geographer (1886–1940)

Sámuel Kohn

1841–1920

Hungarian rabbi, historian (1841-1920)

Samuel Krauss

1866–1948

Hungarian archaeologist

Samuel Kristeller

1820–1900

German physician

Samuel Landauer

1846–1937

German orientalist and librarian of Jewish faith

Samuel Leib Gordon (Shalag)

1865-1933

Poet and biblical exegete, school commentary still used in Israel.

Samuel Löw Brill

1814–1897

Hungarian rabbi

Samuel Mendelsohn

1850–1922

American rabbi

Samuel Meyer Isaacs

1804–1878

(1804-1878)

Samuel Mohaliver

1824–1898

Israeli rabbi, pioneer of Zionism (1824-1898)

Samuel Mühsam

1837–1907

Samuel Poznański

1864–1921

Polish rabbi

Samuel Rosenberg

1842–1919

rabbi (1842-1919)

Samuel Rosenman

1896–1973

American 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

1851–1935

American banker born to Jewish immigrants from Bavaria, co-founder of Goldman Sachs alongside his father-in-law Marcus Goldman.

Samuel Solomon Cohon

1888–1959

American 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

1868–1923

Born 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

1811–1877

Born 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

1844–1909

rabbi in Arad, Romania

Sándor Adler

1846–1894

Hungarian rabbi

Sàndor Büchler

1869–1944

Hungarian rabbi

Sándor Diskay

1883–1953

Hungarian photographer, painter

Sándor Radó (Sandor Rado)

1890–1972

Hungarian 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

1859–1913

actor, 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

1900–1993

Nutritionist, chief dietitian of Hadassah hospitals in Mandate Palestine.

Sarah Bernhardt

1844–1923

Born 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

1885-1975

Yiddish poetess, translator and writer (sister of Abraham Reisen).

Sarah Visanska

1870–1926

American 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

1888–1954

Egyptian 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)

1860–1932

Born 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

1850–1918

Rosh yeshiva and paytan of Tripoli, founder of the Talmud Torah Yagdil Torah.

Šaul Barach

1865–1940

Hungarian and Czech rabbi (1865–1940)

Saul de Groot

1899–1986

Dutch political figure

Saül HaCohen

1772–1848

Rabbi of Djerba, Hebrew grammarian, author of Lehem ha-Bikkurim.

Saul Isaac Kämpf

1818–1892

Austrian rabbi

Saul Pinhas Rabbinowitz

1845-1910

Hebrew historian and writer, first secretary of the Hovevei Zion of Russia.

Saul Samuel

1820–1900

Australian colonial merchant, member of parliament, magistrate, pastoralist, and Jewish community leader (1820–1900)

Saul Solomon

1817–1892

Cape Colony politician (1817–1892)

Saul Yanofsky

1861–1938

Russian-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

1899–1990

Renowned 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

1887–1956

International 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

1896–1976

Jewish 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

1898–1980

Hasidic rabbi, resistance fighter

Schnitzer Ármin

1836–1914

Schnitzler, 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…