XIXth century CE

Hebraist woman of letters from Galicia, born in Lemberg in 1813 and died in that city in 1891. Initiated into Hebrew from childhood, she received advanced Hebrew education, maintained at age fourteen…

German rabbi

economist

rabbi (1811-1886)

Austrian publisher

American jurist born in Washington on January 11, 1869, trained at Johns Hopkins University (bachelor's degree in 1890) and then at George Washington University (law degrees in 1892 and 1893).…

American woman of letters born on June 15, 1865 in San Francisco, where her parents had emigrated from France and where she was educated. Author of short stories published in various American…

South African merchant and Member of Parliament for the Cape born in Great Yarmouth in 1838 and died in London on March 18, 1899. Apprenticed in Manchester then a merchant in Montreal, he opened a…

Austrian historian and pedagogist born in Holleschau, Moravia, on July 16, 1823, and died in Vienna on October 29, 1892. Trained in Hebrew from childhood then intended for the rabbinate, he joins the…

English journalist and Anglo-Jewish historian born in London on January 20, 1857, who began his career at the "Jewish World" in 1874, where he was the principal editorialist until 1893, before…

Austrian composer born in Weisskirchen, Moravia, in February 1840, and died in Vienna on March 23, 1886, son of a wealthy businessman who intended him for commerce but who revealed very early a bent…

Jurist, publicist and American philanthropist born in Hinzweiler, Bavaria, on October 28, 1836, emigrated to the United States in 1848. Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1861, he settled in Washington,…

American woman of letters born in Insterburg, in Prussia, on August 5, 1869, who emigrated to the United States at a young age with her parents and was educated in the public schools of Cleveland,…

German rabbi born in Darmstadt on April 29, 1801 and died in Copenhagen on December 3, 1891, trained from childhood by his father and then, from 1817, in Mainz and Würzburg. Doctor of Giessen in…

Russian historian born in Saint Petersburg and died in Heidelberg in 1900, son of a bookseller, trained at the gymnasium of his native city and then at the University of Leipzig, where he devoted…

German surgeon born in Märkisch Friedland, West Prussia, on March 21, 1836, and died in Berlin on February 18, 1902, graduated from Berlin University in 1860, where he established himself as a…

German woman of letters born in Gleiwitz, Silesia, on April 2, 1850, daughter of Max Hirschfeld, publishing under the pseudonym Ulrich Frank. Trained in Breslau and Vienna, she settled in 1880 in…

German jurist and politician born on January 19, 1817 and died in Hamburg on October 12, 1895. A prominent figure in German political life, he sat in the Reichstag of North Germany before 1871 and…

Austrian chemist

Austrian physician born in Praschnoaugezd, Bohemia, on December 8, 1816, trained in philosophy at the Prague gymnasium and in medicine at the University of Vienna. Assistant physician at the Vienna…

Hungarian deputy born in Újpest on 18 June 1864, trained at the gymnasium and technical school of Budapest, then initiated into the paternal tannery before a long journey through Germany, Egypt,…

German poet and essayist born in Odessa on October 20, 1820, and died in Dresden on August 13, 1865, trained in medicine and philosophy in Leipzig. He began with translations from Latin under the…

German playwright and journalist born in Hamburg on February 12, 1810 and died in Berlin on October 24, 1884, doctor of the University of Berlin in 1831. After adventures in Paris and a stint in…

Russian pedagogue and author born in Wilno in 1852, trained at the rabbinical school of his native city, where he obtained his diploma in 1872 and has taught in Jewish elementary schools since. He…

American chemist and inventor born in New York on September 26, 1846, trained in the city's public schools and at the College of the City of New York. He is credited with introducing hydrogen…

American musician and novelist born in London in September 1803 and died in New York on March 14, 1882. Orchestra conductor in his native city, he emigrates in 1839 to New York, where he becomes…

English lawyer born in London in 1844 and died on March 12, 1892, trained at Neumegen school and at University College London. Associate in a solicitors' firm and then student of Murphy, counsel to…

English financier born in Frankfurt am Main on February 5, 1801 and died in Brighton on October 20, 1882, son of Benedict de Worms of Frankfurt. Brought to England at a young age and then established…

French jurist born in Frisange, Luxembourg, on May 23, 1838, trained at the universities of Heidelberg and Paris (doctorate in law in 1864). Rewarded by the Institut de France in 1863 and again in…

French actor born in Paris on 21 March 1837, graduate of the Conservatoire in 1857 with first prize in tragedy and second prize in comedy. Engaged at the Comédie-Française, where he made his debut in…

French physician born in Paris on January 24, 1830 and died in that city on April 15, 1898, a graduate of the university of Strasbourg in 1852. Surgeon during the Crimean War, he is assistant…

English financier and farmer born in Frankfurt am Main in 1805 and died in London in 1867, grandson of Meyer Anselm of Rothschild and son of Benedict of Worms. In 1841, he purchases with his brother…

Auditor at the French Council of State, son of Émile Worms, born in Rennes on December 8, 1869, trained at the Lycée Charlemagne and at the École Normale Supérieure of Paris (Doctor of Law in 1891,…

French lawyer, younger brother of Émile Worms, born in Luxembourg on November 16, 1853, trained in Paris and Rennes (doctorate in law in 1878). Prefectural councillor of Ille-et-Vilaine in 1880, he…

French composer born in Paris on November 1, 1851, trained at the Paris Conservatoire under Bazin and Marmontel, where he won the Prix de Rome in 1875. Author of a large number of concert overtures,…

Russian pedagogue and author born in Mitau on 12 September 1812 and died in that city on 16 August 1868. Married in 1834, ruined, he became a tutor and then, in 1840, attracted the attention of Max…

German Christian Hebraicist born in Hainewalde on July 22, 1839, devoted almost exclusively to rabbinic literature. After commentaries on Hosea (1868) and Joel (1872), he published in 1878 the most…

American journalist born in Bayreuth, Germany, in 1819, and died in New York on September 14, 1876, trained at the University of Erlangen. Editor-in-chief of the « Bayreuth Tageblatt » during the…

Hungarian journalist and author born in 1817, a peddler in Pesth who became a chorister then journalist, who obtained in 1848, at the beginning of the March movement, permission to publish « Der…

Poet and playwright of the Hebrew renaissance, born in Slutsk.

rabbi, Israel

Grand rabbi of Warsaw

Jewish healer of the Atlas, figure studied by ethnographer Yoram Bilu.

Rabbi of Fès, 19th century. Died in 5610 of the Hebrew era (1850). Son of Shlomo Shmuel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 65-2.

Rabbi of Tafilalet, 19th century. Died in 5640 of the Hebrew era (1880). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-2.

Rabbi of Marrakech, 19th century. Died in 5637 of the Hebrew era (1877). Son of Mordekhay. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-3.

Grand Rabbi and kabbalist of the Tafilalet, author of the Abir Yaakov, grandfather of Baba Salé.

Dayan and rosh yeshiva

Rabbi, 19th century. Died in 5618 of the Hebrew calendar (1858). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 64-1.

Orthodox communal rabbi, Talmudist, Halachist, rabbinical author and scholar

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Died in 5650 of the Hebrew era (1890). Son of Mordekhay, himself son of Yaakov, himself son of Yekutiel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-1.

Rabbi

Iraqi rabbi

Rabbi of Mogador (Essaouira), active in the 7th century of the Hebrew era (1840–1939). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 65-4.

Rabbi of Meknes, 19th century. Mentioned in 5594 of the Hebrew era (1834). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 65-4.

Rabbi, 19th century. Mentioned in 5611 of the Hebrew era (1851). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 68-1.

Son of Rabbi Yisrael Yitzhak Kalish of Vorka (Warka), he founded around the mid-nineteenth century the hassidic court of Amshinov (Mszczonów), a branch of the Warka hasidism stemming from Peshischa.…

Rabbi of Fes, nineteenth century. Died in 5564 of the Hebrew era (1804). Son of Mordekhay. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 67-4.

The Ridvaz, commentator of the Talmud of Jerusalem, founder of a yeshiva in Safed.

Rebbe of Husiatyn, great-great-grandson of R. Israël of Ruzhin. Son-in-law and successor of R. Yisroel Friedman of Husiatyn, he emigrated with the family to the Land of Israel in 1937 and settled in…

Community activist and polemicist Orthodox of Kovno, secretary and right hand of the great decisioner R. Yitzhak Elchanan Spektor. Leader of the Orthodox anti-reform and anti-Haskalah organization «…

Rabbi of Meknès, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5586 of the Hebrew Era (1826). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 68-4.

Rabbi of Marrakech, 19th century. Mentioned in 5648 of the Hebrew era (1888). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 67-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech, 19th century. Mentioned in 5584 of the Hebrew era (1824). Son of Abraham, himself son of Yaakov I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 69-4.

American rabbi

Rabbi, 19th century. Mentioned in 5595 of the Hebrew era (1835). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 71-1.

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Died in 5566 of the Hebrew era (1806). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 67-3.

Rabbi, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5565 of the Hebrew era (1805). Son of Abraham. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-4.

Israeli rabbi

Rabbi and Kabbalist born in Baghdad, Sephardic spiritual leader in Jerusalem (Edah HaHaredith).

rabbi and Judaic scholar (1873-1959)

Rabbi of Marrakech, 19th century. Died in 5578 of the Hebrew era (1818). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 69-1.

Journalist and writer, co-founder of the literary journal Hedim.

Rabbi of Fès, 19th century. Died in 5611 of the Hebrew era (1851). Son of Matatiah I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-2.

Rabbi, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5616 of the Hebrew era (1856). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 69-3.

Kabbalist

American rabbi

founder of Be'er Ya'akov, Israel

Rabbi of Tétouan, 19th century. Mentioned in 5602 of the Hebrew era (1842). Son of Yitshak, himself son of Messod. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 68-1.

Orthodox Jewish pioneer in America

Ottoman rabbi

Grand Rabbi of Skver (1899-1968)

Rabbi of Marrakech, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5641 of the Hebrew era (1881). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 63-3.

Rabbi of Debdou, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5600 of the Hebrew era (1840). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 63-3.

British rabbi

Av beth din of London and then of Jerusalem, author of Hazon Yehezkel on the Tosefta.

Israeli rabbi

Polish rabbi

Israeli rabbi

Polish rabbi

rabbi

Son of Rabbi Fayvl of Gritse, disciple of Yitzhak Kalisz of Vurke; founder of the Hasidic dynasty of Aleksander, one of the greatest courts of central Poland.

Rabbi of Novardok, author of the Arukh HaShulhan, complete codification of Jewish law.

Born in Babrouïsk in 1829, he studied for two years at the Volozhin yeshiva where he became close to the Netziv (whose sister he married). Rabbi of Novozybkov (1864) then of Novardok for 34 years…

Israeli rabbi

Rabbi

Polish rabbi

Trained in traditional study then won over by the Haskalah, he participated from 1891 in the creation of a modernized heder and taught Hebrew in several Russian cities (Kharkiv, Vilna, Kazan) before…

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5599 of the Hebrew era (1839). Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-1.

Grandson of Ezekiel b. Joseph Gabbai, he was the first Jew to hold a position at the Ottoman Ministry of Public Instruction and a figure in the Jewish press in Constantinople.

rabbi and Zionist writer (1843-1913)

Yiddish essayist and memoirist, author of the autobiographical epic « Poyln ».

Yiddish poet and translator (Bible into Yiddish); born in Lithuania.

Rabbi of Fes, 19th century. Died in 5582 of the Hebrew era (1822). Son of Haim I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 55-1.

Rabbi and Kabbalist born in Baghdad, disciple of Ben Ich Haï, teacher in Jerusalem (Porat Yossef).

Av beth-din of Meknès then chief rabbi of Morocco in the twentieth century.

Rabbi of Taza, 19th century. Mentioned in 5564 of the Hebrew era (1804). Son of David. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 55-3.

Odessa editor, co-founder of Sefer ha-Aggadah with Bialik.

French rabbi

Rabbi of Fez, nineteenth century. Died in 5574 of the Hebrew era (1814). Son of Matatiah I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 55-2.

Rabbi of Fès, 19th century. Born in 5578 (1818), died in 5657 (1897) of the Hebrew era. Son of Yosef. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 55-3.

Rabbi of Sefrou, nineteenth century. Died in 5605 of the Hebrew era (1845). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 55-3.

rabbi

Rabbi of Fès, nineteenth century. Born in 5586 (1826), died in 5652 (1892) of the Hebrew era. Son of Yedidia. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 55-4.

Polish rabbi

Yiddish novelist, author of « Yidn fun a gants yor », died in the Shoah.

Rebbi in Poland/Galicia

Rabbi in Algeria, he played a role in the network of Etz Haïm yeshivot (alongside R. Isaac Morali) and served as minister-officiant of Temple Gouguenheim in Algiers. His son Marcel Loufrani, a…

Rabbi born in Meknès, presented as "descendant of the illustrious Spanish family", who went up to Tiberias in the mid-nineteenth century.

Rebbe of Ger, author of the Sfat Emet, one of the great Hasidic commentaries on the Torah. He led one of the most important Hasidic courts in Poland.

Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Kabbalist

Talmudist and dayyan of Tunis, author of Limmudei Adonaï (1787).

Kabbalist of Baghdad, disciple of Ben Ich Haï, renowned for his amulets and dream interpretation.

Great-grandson of Nehoraï Jarmon, whose grandfather's name he bore. Published "Shouva Israel" (1886), on repentance, and "Na'halote Avote" (poems, 1877).

Polish rabbi and politician

Rabbi of Mogador (Essaouira), 19th century. Mentioned in 5609 of the Hebrew era (1849). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-2.

Rabbi of Meknès, nineteenth century. Died in 5585 of the Hebrew era (1825). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 50-2.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 19th century. Mentioned in 5616 of the Hebrew era (1856). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 50–2.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 19th century. Mentioned in 5594 of the Hebrew era (1834). Son of Mordekhay. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 52-4.

Rabbi, 19th century. Mentioned in 5580 of the Hebrew era (1820). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-1.

Rabbi, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5595 of the Hebrew era (1835). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-2.

Rabbi of Fes, nineteenth century. Born in 5594 (1834), died in 5680 (1920) of the Hebrew era. Son of Matatiah. Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-3.

Rabbi of Meknes, 19th century. Mentioned in 5617 of the Hebrew era (1857). Son of Mordekhay, himself son of Rafael. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 44-3.

Born in Jerusalem in a Sephardic family of rabbis and scholars from Izmir, he was one of the first modern Hebrew writers of Sephardic-Eastern origin. Observing that Hebrew literature depicted only…

American rabbi

Rabbi of Sefrou, 19th century. Died in 5607 of the Hebrew era (1847). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 44-3.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 19th century. Mentioned in 5616 of the Hebrew era (1856). Son of Menahem. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-1.

Poet and journalist, bard of Jerusalem, laureate of the Bialik Prize 1944.

Belarusian rabbi (1869–1941)

Rabbi of Ożarów since 1811, disciple of the Seer of Lublin, of Yehudi ha-Kadosh of Przysucha and of the Ohev Yisrael of Apta. Upon the death of Meïr d'Apta in 1827, his Hasidim took him as their…

rabbi

Polish-born rabbi and halakhic authority (1861-1937) who became rabbi to Toronto's Polish Jewish community and authored the five-volume talmudic responsa collection Shivalim be-Ne'imim, founding…

Israeli politician

Ukrainian rabbi

Chief Rabbi of Bessarabia

Russian rabbi

Name

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5625 of the Hebrew era (1865). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 44-4.

Rabbi of Rabat, active in the 7th century of the Hebrew era (1840–1939). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 54-1.

Rabbi of Rabat, active in the 7th century of the Hebrew era (1840–1939). Son of Yaish. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 52-4.

Rabbi of Fez, nineteenth century. Died in 5595 of the Hebrew era (1835). Son of Matatiah. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 44-1.

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5579 of the Hebrew era (1819). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-4.

Rabbi of Meknès, nineteenth century. Died in 5564 of the Hebrew era (1804). Son of Yaakov. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 52-2.

Disciple of Uri of Strelisk (« ha-Saraf »), he founded in the 1820s a Hasidic court in eastern Galicia, at Stretyn, active until the Shoah. His descendants gave rise to the Stretyn-Zolkiew and…

Rabbi of Salé, 19th century. Mentioned in 5606 of the Hebrew era (1846). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-2.

Maskilic poet, first to introduce socialist themes in Hebrew.

Yiddish critic and dramatist of the Kiev circle (Kultur-lige); died in deportation.

Hasidic rabbi (1808–1883)

Yiddish short-story writer and playwright, voice of immigrant women in New York.

(1888-1956)

Hungarian rabbi (1815–1871)

Hasidic rebbe, son of the "Yid Hakadosh" of Peshischa, defender of R. Simcha Bunim and ancestor of the lineage from which the Biala dynasty descended.

Second rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Aleksander, even more famous than his father the founder. His reputation for scholarship attracted tens of thousands of followers (approximately 40,000 people…

The Gadol of Minsk, posek and rosh yeshiva, author of the responsa Or Gadol.

Polish rabbi

One of the most eminent rabbis of Hungary before the Shoah. Rabbi and av beit din of Vác (Vietzen) from 1884 onwards. Counted, with the Maharshag and R. Mordekhaï Winkler (Levushei Mordechai), among…

Hungarian rabbi

Grand Rabbi of Sanaa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, eminent scholar and reformer of Jewish education, he was at the origin of the Dor Deah ("Generation of Reason") movement in…

One of the great rabbis of Yemen in the nineteenth century, he directed the central yeshiva of Sanaa and was a guide to the community of Kawkaban. He had as disciples Rabbi Shalom Alshich (future…

Royal physician-moneyer, Chief Rabbi of Yemen (1932-1934), disciple of Yahya Qafih.

Rabbi of Tafilalet, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5561 of the Hebrew era (1801). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 63-2.

Rabbi of Tafilalet, 19th century. Mentioned in 5600 of the Hebrew era (1840). Son of Shlomo. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 63-1.

Rabbi of Salé, 19th century. Mentioned in 5571 of the Hebrew era (1811). Son of Benyamin. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 62-4.

Rabbi of Meknès, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5599 of the Hebrew era (1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 62-4.

Chief Rabbi of Yemen, av beit din of Sanaa for nearly thirty years.

Israeli politician

Received the leadership of the dynasty as a child (around four years old) after the premature death of his father Asher II, hence his nickname « Yenuka » (the child) of Stolin. His lineage is among…

Descendant of the Dynów dynasty, he became Rebbe of Bluzhov in 1931. Bergen-Belsen survivor (where he held a famous Seder, source of the Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust), he rebuilt the dynasty in the…

Successor to his father as rebbe of the Hasidim of Zvolin (1888), he settled around 1891 in Modrzyc and founded the dynasty of Modzhitz there. Author of the homiletic collection « Divrei Yisrael » on…

Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty (1895-1977)

Second rebbe of Husiatyn, son of the founder R. Mordechai Shraga Feivish Friedman. He led the court until 1912 then emigrated to Tel-Aviv in 1937, establishing there one of the first great…

Romanian rabbi

Polish rabbi

Polish rabbi

Hungarian rabbi

Rabbi of Salé, 19th century. Mentioned in 5621 of the Hebrew era (1861). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 79-4.

Rabbi of Fès, 19th century. Born in 5596 (1836), died in 5660 (1900) of the Hebrew era. Son of Shmuel, himself son of Menashe. Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 76-2.

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5599 of the Hebrew era (1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 75-1.

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Died in 5563 of the Hebrew era (1803). Son of Abraham. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 73-3.

Israeli rabbi and politician (1893–1948)

Rabbi, 19th century. Mentioned in 5622 of the Hebrew era (1862). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 78-1.