XIXth century CE

19th-century German grammarian

Rabbi, poet and biblical commentator, rabbi of Florence.

Orthodox Rabbi (1883-1979)

Born in Mannheim in a German Jewish family, he opened his gallery in Paris in 1907 (28 rue Vignon) and became the principal dealer and publisher of Picasso, Braque, Derain and Juan Gris — the « four…

Dutch community animator in The Hague, died in 1899, D. Polak Daniels presided over the local Jewish community for more than forty years while simultaneously serving during the same period on the…

Talmudist established in Jerusalem in the first half of the nineteenth century, Berakah ben Yom-Tob Danon is the author of the « Bad Ḳodesh », a collection of sermons and glosses on the « Yad » of…

Chief Rabbi of Sarajevo, in Bosnia, and rabbinic author of the first half of the nineteenth century, Meïr Benjamin Menahem Danon writes « Be'er ba-Sadeh », a supercommentary on Rashi's commentary to…

Author and rabbi of Smyrna in the first half of the 19th century, Yom-Tob Danon went to Jerusalem in 1821, where he succeeded Joseph Ḥazan as Chief Rabbi, and wrote the « Kebod Yom-Ṭob », a…

Italian journalist (1876–1965)

French philologist, brother of James Darmesteter, born in Château-Salins on January 5, 1846 and died in Paris on November 16, 1888, Arsène Darmesteter obtains his license in 1864 and becomes, in…

Major modernist Yiddish prose writer, revealed after 1905. His novel Nokh Alemen (1913) was hailed as a masterpiece depicting the decline of Jewish bourgeoisie in the shtetls. He lived in Berlin and…

Rabbi of Tafilalet, 19th century. Born in 5626 (1866), died in 5680 (1920) of the Hebrew era. Son of Messod, himself son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 27-1.

German teacher

Polish rabbi, founder of Agudat Israël

Rabbi of Demnate, 19th century. Mentioned in 5594 of the Hebrew calendar (1834). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 27-1.

Georgian writer

Tunisian rabbi

Rabbi of Rabat, 19th century. Died in 5640 of the Hebrew era (1880). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-4.

Rabbi of Rabat who emigrated to Jerusalem, founder of the Maghrebi community (Edah HaMaaravit).

German educator and Hebraist

Lithuanian rabbi

Rabbi of Mogador (Essaouira), 19th century. Died in 5617 of the Hebrew era (1857). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-1.

Rabbi, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5579 of the Hebrew era (1819). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 26-2.

Rabbi from the Cohen-Scali dynasty of Debdou, who became grand rabbi of Oran.

Rabbi, writer

Yiddish worker and anarchist poet, died of tuberculosis at 26.

rabbin américain

Rabbi of Meknès, 19th century. Mentioned in 5564 of the Hebrew era (1804). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-2.

Rabbi, community leader, liturgical poet (paytan) and linguist of Essaouira (Mogador). One of the great architects of the canon of baqashot (supplication chants) in Morocco. He was one of the…

From a family of rabbis from Salonika who came from Spain via Florence in the early seventeenth century, he became a journalist and one of the founders of Salonika Zionism, first Jewish delegate of…

Ottoman journalist in Judeo-Spanish, editor and director of El Tiempo, the main Ladino periodical of the Ottoman Empire (published from 1872 to 1930, circulation up to 10,000 copies). A vector of…

Russian Hebraist

Rabbi of Mogador (Essaouira), nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5597 of the Hebrew era (1837). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 25-1.

Austrian orientalist (1846–1912)

Austrian historian

Yiddish prose writer, cofounder of the Di Yunge group in New York.

Russian-German sociologist

Tunisian rabbi

Hungarian rabbi

Rabbi of Marrakech, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5623 of the Hebrew era (1863). Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-4.

Son of Hillel Noah Maggid-Steinschneider. Secretary to S. J. Fuenn, he assisted him with « Ha-Otzar » (1884–1903) and « Keneset Yisrael » (biographical dictionary of Jewish authors and scholars). He…

Rabbi of Marrakech, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5618 of the Hebrew era (1858). Son of Abraham. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 27-1.

Rabbi of Meknès, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5632 of the Hebrew era (1872). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-2.

Rabbi of Algiers in the nineteenth century, reserved toward assimilation into French culture by the Jews of Algeria. Prolific author of responsa, derashot (sermons) and commentaries gathered in…

19th century rabbi (1827–1903)

Rabbinic author of Tunis, Talmudic novellae (Tsemah David, Livorno 1828).

rabbin, théologien et philosophe (1866–1924)

American rabbi

Pioneer Yiddish dramatist and writer (born in Mogilev, Russian Empire), author of plays on urban Jewish working-class life; initially destined for the rabbinate, with advanced Talmudic studies from…

composer and cellist

Lithuanian Jewish writer and translator, born and died in Vilna. He translated into Hebrew works by Friedrich Schiller (William Tell, 1878; Don Carlos, 1879), the Deborah of S. H. Mosenthal (1880)…

Belarusian Haredi rabbi

Labor Zionist leader and Histadrut secretary-general (1930-1946), signatory of Israel's declaration of independence, first Minister of Transportation then Minister of Education of Israel.

cantor, Jewish liturgical music

Born into a Jewish family from Uzlian (Russian Empire, present-day Belarus), son of Abraham Sarnoff and Leah Privin; childhood spent at heder studying Torah before emigration to New York in 1900.…

Poet of the pioneering idylls of the Second Aliyah, Israel Prize 1954.

Rabbi of Marrakech, nineteenth century. Died in 5653 of the Hebrew era (1893). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-2.

Rabbi of Marrakech, nineteenth century. Died in 5658 of the Hebrew Era (1898). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 25-3.

Danish rabbi and academic (1853-1932)

German painter

Chief Rabbi of Saint Petersburg, talmudic scholar from an illustrious rabbinic lineage.

Slovak rabbi

Son of Rebbe Mordechai of Tchernobyl, he was the most famous of the brothers and founded a sumptuous Hasidic court at Talnoye. It is said that he sat on a silver throne bearing the inscription "David…

Dutch mathematician born in Amsterdam on September 23, 1900 into a Jewish family (parents Abraham van Dantzig and Bertha de Kadt, both Jewish). Known in topology for the construction of the solenoid;…

Hebrew poet and novelist from Vienna, assassinated at Auschwitz.

British rabbi

Famous rabbi born in Essaouira; he taught in Marrakech then in Rabat. He subsequently settled in Portugal, where he founded a yeshiva and was rabbi of Shaar Hashamayim in Ponta Delgada (first…

French musician born in Nancy on July 4, 1844 and died in Paris on June 3, 1886, Ernest David completed his musical training under Fétis and published numerous works, including « Music among the Jews…

Violinist and pedagogue born in Hamburg on January 19, 1810 and died suddenly on July 19, 1873 near Kloster, in Switzerland, Ferdinand David began as a virtuoso at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1825.…

Austrian journalist and writer born in Weisskirchen, Moravia, on February 6, 1859, orphaned of his father at age seven, Jacob Julius David entered the University of Vienna in 1878 to study philology…

First Tolner Rebbe

French musician born in Paris on November 12, 1836 and died in the same city on October 3, 1895, Samuel David studied at the Conservatory under Bazin and Halévy, received in 1858 the Grand Prix de…

Russian physician born in Goldingen, in Courland, in 1803 and died in Moscow in 1870, Julius Davidov, graduated from the university of Dorpat in 1833, practiced in his native city until 1838 then in…

Russian Hebraist born in Vilna in 1855 and died in Odessa on January 1, 1898, Juda Löb Davidovich, after years spent working and studying in the West then his service in the Russian army, fails in…

English Orientalist born in London in 1811 and died suddenly of cholera on 19 July 1832, Arthur Lumley Davids devoted himself from his earliest years to mechanics, music and experimental philosophy,…

German journalist born in Danzig, Prussia, on December 19, 1835 and died in Berlin on February 6, 1897, Georg Davidsohn, initially destined for commerce, went to Berlin in 1856 as an economic…

Russian publicist and translator born in Kopyl, in the Governorate of Minsk, in 1855, Leon Davidsohn, trained from childhood in the Talmud and Hebrew, writes Hebrew verses from the age of nine,…

German journalist born in Danzig on April 26, 1853, younger brother of Georg Davidsohn, Robert Davidsohn joined the editorial staff of the « Berliner Börsen-Courier », where his satirical critiques…

Professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages at New College Edinburgh, born in Kirkhill, Scotland, in 1831 and died in Edinburgh on January 26, 1902, Andrew B. Davidson, graduate of Aberdeen University…

English orientalist of Jewish birth who died in 1871, Benjamin Davidson worked for the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among Jews and directed from its founding in 1847 the college…

English technical author and pedagogue born in Hull in 1828 and died in London on March 9, 1878, Ellis A. Davidson studied at the School of Design and the School of Art at South Kensington before…

Philosopher and lecturer born to Presbyterian parents in Deer, near Aberdeen, Scotland, on October 25, 1840 and died in Montreal on September 14, 1900, Thomas Davidson, a graduate of the University…

German Zionist writer and publicist, born in Dresden, died in Tel-Aviv. Co-founder and co-editor of the journal Ost und West (Berlin, 1901–1923) and of the journal Palästina. Practical Zionist, he…

Philanthropist born in London in 1811 and died on January 6, 1870, Alfred Davis, who started as a simple merchant before founding his own firm, one of the most important in England in the import…

Archaeologist born in Cheltenham in 1843 and died in London on July 14, 1900, eldest son of John Davis of Derby, Frederick Davis, trained at the schools of Derby and Belper then engaged in…

English dramatist and journalist born around 1848, James Davis (known as Owen Hall) obtained his law degree from University College London in 1869, practiced as a solicitor (1874-86) before turning…

English painter born in London, Miriam Isabel Davis undertook, after a visit to the galleries of Venice, Florence, and Rome, systematic artistic training at the Bloomsbury School of Art; she…

English educator and author born in London in 1830, trained at the Jews' Free School where he becomes master of talmud-torah then director of the Gates of Hope School of Sephardic Jews, Myer David…

Traveler and archaeologist born in 1812 and died in Florence on January 6, 1882, Nathan Davis spent long years in North Africa, converted to Christianity from his youth; he edits in 1852 the « Hebrew…

Actor born in Warsaw on May 15, 1818 and died in Dresden on February 1, 1872, Bogumil Dawison made his debut at the Warsaw Theatrical School in 1835, appeared in 1837 at the Polish Theatre, then made…

Turkish rabbi established in Aleppo, in Asiatic Turkey, in the first half of the 19th century, Abraham ben Isaïe Dayan wrote the « Shir Ḥadash », Arabic glossary of the Psalms (Livorno, 1841), the «…

Yiddish poetess and philosopher, figure of the Lwów avant-garde.

Antisemitic clerical agitator born in Vienna in 1846 and died in that city on March 21, 1901, Franz Deckert published in 1893 a pamphlet intended to substantiate the accusation of ritual murder…

President of chamber at the Supreme Court of Budapest, born in 1839 in Aszód, Sigmund Decsey studied law in Budapest, where he founded with Desider Szilágyi — future minister of Justice and president…

American author born June 27, 1867 in New Orleans, daughter of Rabbi Max Del Banco who died shortly after her birth, Miriam Del Banco grew up in Saint Louis and studied at the Normal School of Cape…

Russian Talmudist and rabbi of Deliatitz, active in the early nineteenth century, Elijah ben Abraham Deliatitz wrote the « Shene Eliyahu », notes on the commentaries of the Gaon of Vilna to the Avot…

Russian rabbi and mathematician, Nissan Deliatitz is the author of « Ḳeneh Ḥokmah », a manual of algebra in five parts (Vilna, 1829); Benjacob calls him the son of Abraham Deliatitz, while Fürst…

Christian Hebraist born in Leipzig on 23 February 1813 and died in that city on 4 March 1890, Franz Delitzsch, professor in Rostock (1846), Erlangen (1850) and again in Leipzig from 1867, developed…

French dramatist born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on May 30, 1870, trained at the École Monge and then associated with his father's colonial trade before turning to theater under the pseudonym "Trebla,"…

Lawyer, scholar and American author born on February 3, 1833 in Zirke, in the province of Posen, Lewis Naphtali Dembitz began in 1853 the practice of law at the Kentucky bar in Louisville; delegate…

Rabbi and Galician historian born in Cracow on June 29, 1820 and died in that city on November 20, 1892, Ḥayyim Nathan Dembitzer, fatherless from 1833, receives rabbinical ordination from Salomon…

Russian physician born in Poniewież, in the governorate of Kovno, in 1846, Isaac Dembo is graduated in medicine from Saint Petersburg University in 1870, engages in the medical service of the army…

Prince of San-Donato, Russian jurist and philanthropist born in 1839 and died in 1885, from a noble family whose genealogy goes back to 1672, Pavel Pavlovitch Demidov, after studying law in Saint…

German jurist born in Mainz on March 3, 1829, brother of Friedrich Dernburg, Heinrich Dernburg, graduate of Berlin in 1851, became privatdozent in Heidelberg the same year, professor in Zurich in…

Hungarian rabbi and author born in Neutra, Hungary, in 1805 and died on June 1, 1878, student of R. Moses Sofer (Schreiber) in Pressburg, Gabriel L. Dessauer serves forty years as rabbi in…

German actor known by the stage name Dessoir, born in Posen on December 15, 1810 and died on December 30, 1874 in Berlin, Leopold Dessauer made his debut in 1825 in his native city, joined the…

German conductor and composer born on January 14, 1835 in Leipzig and died on October 28, 1891 in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Felix Otto Dessoff studies at the Leipzig Conservatory (1851-54) then conducts…

German diplomat born in Hanover on July 24, 1807 and died in that city on March 17, 1856, Johann Hermann Detmold established himself as a lawyer in Hanover in 1830, was elected in 1838 to the…

Austrian educator and translator of the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth century, Samuel Detmold collaborates on the German translation of the Bible published by the Meassefim…

Hungarian merchant and financier born in Arad on November 17, 1852, trained in Budapest and Berlin, Alexander Deutsch de Hatvan directed the house Ignatz Deutsch & Sons and rendered great services to…

French financier died on April 18, 1889, at the head of the house A. Deutsch & Fils of Paris, one of the most prominent financiers of the city, whose firm plays a driving role in the organization of…

Hungarian journalist and economist born in Budapest on October 21, 1848, trained in Budapest and Paris, Anton Deutsch has collaborated since 1870 in the « Pester Lloyd », where he signs economic…

German novelist born in Nàmestovo, a small Hungarian village, on February 23, 1846, daughter of a rabbi of German culture, Caroline Deutsch begins to write verses from her earliest age, obtains in…

Hungarian rabbi and Talmudist born around 1760 and died in 1830 in Nové Mesto (Waag-Neustadtl), Hungary, David b. Menahem Mandel Deutsch first served in Szerdahely then, after 1810, in…

Orientalist born in Neisse, Silesia, on October 28, 1829 and died in Alexandria, Egypt, on May 12, 1873, Emanuel Oscar Menahem Deutsch, trained by his uncle David Deutsch and then at the University…

Hungarian pedagogue born in Trencsén-Bán on 12 June 1819 and died in Budapest on 18 December 1889, Heinrich Deutsch taught in elementary schools in Lovasberény and Kecskemét before being called in…

Hebraist and teacher of the deaf and dumb born in Nikolsburg, Moravia, on March 20, 1813 and died in Vienna on May 1, 1899, collector of Hebrew books, Joël Deutsch entered in 1844 as a teacher at the…

Hebraist and Austrian revolutionary died in Constantinople on March 24, 1877, Simon Deutsch devoted himself early to Hebrew studies in Vienna, where he catalogued with A. Kraft the Hebrew manuscripts…

Hungarian writer, journalist

Hebraist and Russian novelist born in Vilna in 1808 and died in that city on January 24, 1893, Isaac Mayer Dick received the usual Talmudic education from his father, a hazzan, secretly learned…

German artist and engraving professor born in 1817 and died on June 23, 1854, Leopold Dick studied at the Royal Academy of Munich and became known for his lithographic illustrations of the Old…

English novelist born February 7, 1812 in Portsea and died June 9, 1870 at Gad's Hill, near Rochester, in Kent, Charles Dickens interests the Jewish world through two novels with contrasting…

Yiddish novelist born in Zagare, Russia, in 1859, one of the most popular of the second half of the 19th century, Jacob Dienesohn began to write in 1877 with "Ha-Ne'ehabim weha-Ne'imim", then…

German theologian and orientalist born in Illingen, in Württemberg, on April 25, 1823 and died in Berlin on July 4, 1894, August Dillmann succeeds Hengstenberg in Berlin in 1869 after cataloguing the…

Russian jurist born in Ponevej in February 1843, graduate of Moscow University in 1867, Marc Lvovitch Dillon rose through the ranks of the Senate secretariat from 1868 to 1874, then held various…

Russian sculptor born in Saint Petersburg in 1859, Maria Lvovna Dillon entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Petersburg in 1875, from which she graduated in 1888 with a gold medal for…

Italian deputy and journalist born in Turin in 1824 and died in that city on July 16, 1879, son of humble parents who became a teacher at a young age. Giacomo Dina founded the newspaper "L'Opinione"…

Russian rabbi born in Grodno on December 10, 1818 and died in Jerusalem on January 22, 1898, Joshua Löb Diskin served successively in Łomża, Meseritz, Minsk, Kovno, Sklow and finally Brest-Litovsk,…

English statesman born in London on December 21, 1804 and died on April 19, 1881, son of Isaac D'Israeli, from a wealthy Sephardic family of Venice, Benjamin Disraeli was baptized in 1817 after his…

Austrian surgeon born in Fulneck, Moravia, on May 15, 1815 and died in Vienna on July 28, 1898, Leopold Ritter von Dittel, graduated in medicine from Vienna in 1840, became privat-docent there in…

Soldier Beni-Israel born near Bombay around 1830, Abraham Samuel Divekar enlists on March 1, 1851 in the nineteenth regiment of native infantry, promoted jemadar on January 1, 1872 then subadar on…

Soviet Jewish composer (Ukrainian Jewish musicians), the most famous of the Pokrass brothers, authors of film music and famous Soviet songs (« March of the Soviet Tankists »). The surname is spelled…

Hebraist and Russian exegete born in Pinsk on October 17, 1843 and died in New York on January 14, 1900, Abraham Baer Dobsewitch wrote from age thirteen a commentary on the Song of Songs, settled in…

Anglo-American actress and singer born in London in 1852 and died in New York on January 23, 1889, Selina Dolaro studied at the Paris Conservatory under Auber and made her debut on January 20, 1870…

Hebrew poet, Russian, born in Białystok on April 3, 1856, Menahem Mendel Dolitzki leaves his native city in 1880 for Moscow, where he teaches, then emigrates in 1892 to the United States. His first…

Austrian chemist born in Vsetín, in Moravia, on December 8, 1848, Édouard Donath is assistant at Zinck's chemical institute in Berlin in 1869, then at the higher technical school of Brünn in 1870,…

Italian novelist born in Lugo, in Romagna, on September 21, 1826, persecuted by Austrian authorities for his participation in the revolution of 1848, Cesare Donati left Finale in 1849 for Tuscany,…

Italian lawyer born in Padua on September 4, 1842 and died in Terni on June 11, 1901, Marco Donati left university before the end of his studies to fight under Garibaldi, then completed his law…

Born in Livorno on 26.2.1854, died in Vercelli on 13.10.1934. Graduate « Maskil » from the Rabbinic College of Livorno (1883) then « Chakham ha-shalem » from the Central Rabbinic Institute of Rome…

Hungarian opera singer

Yiddish novelist of Chicago, chronicler of the Pale of Settlement.

American rabbi and writer

Polish rabbi

Polish rabbi

Lithuanian politician

Third Sochatchover Rebbe (1876-1942)

religious leader

Yiddish poet of the Kiev group; killed in the Night of the Murdered Poets.

Founder of the Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in the United States; disciple of Slabodka.

American educator and rabbi born in New York on June 27, 1861, graduate of Columbia College in 1882, then doctor from the University of Heidelberg in 1884 after studies at the seminary of Breslau,…

Rabbi and German author from the vast Treves family, rabbi of Sulzbourg, in Baden, for several decades and died in 1880, Menahem ben Abraham Dreifus is the author of a code of individual duties of…

Dentist and community leader born in Bamberg, Bavaria, in 1824 and died in Manchester on October 21, 1897, Leopold Dreschfeld, who fought during the 1848 revolution, settles in Manchester where he…

French physician born in Strasbourg on February 3, 1849 and died on May 5, 1903, trained in his native city and then at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, where he became an intern in 1873 and then a…

French journalist and dramatist born in Paris on June 21, 1847, Abraham Dreyfus made his debut in 1870 with two poetic fantasies, then multiplied successful comedies — "Un Monsieur en Habit Noir"…

French politician and deputy born in Paris on May 5, 1849, editor at « Siècle », Ferdinand Dreyfus was elected Republican deputy for Rambouillet in March 1880, reelected in August 1881, but lost his…

French politician born in Paris on August 19, 1851, Ferdinand-Camille Dreyfus left his studies to serve as a volunteer during the Franco-Prussian War, directed in 1873 « L'Avenir de la Sarthe » —…

Swiss teacher and editor born in Endingen, in the canton of Aargau, in 1812 and died in Zurich on May 30, 1877, Markus G. Dreyfus, trained at the talmudic school and at the Karlsruhe seminary and…

Rabbi of Mulhouse, in Alsace, died in June 1870, Samuel Dreyfus counts among the first students enrolled in the Rabbinical School of Metz; excellent Hebraist and preacher, ambitioning unsuccessfully…

English Christian Hebraist born in Southampton on October 2, 1846, Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, since 1883, member of the committee for the revision of the Old…

Talmudic scholar and preacher of Stanisławów (originally from Ostrog, according to Ghirondi), died in Safed in the early nineteenth century, Israël Naḥman Drohobiczer, student of Israël Ba'al Shem…

American lawyer and president of Gratz College, born in Philadelphia on March 9, 1821 and died in that city on July 8, 1905, Moses Aaron Dropsie, admitted to the bar in 1851, involved himself in…

Musician born in Russian Poland on December 31, 1861, Michael Drucker studied violin from age five under his father, entered the Kiev Conservatory in 1875, became concert director in Kiev in 1877…

French antisemitic author and former deputy of Algeria, born in Paris on 3 May 1844, Édouard Drumont, of non-Jewish descent contrary to what has sometimes been claimed, launches into journalism after…

Russian-Jewish historian born in Mstislavl, in the governorate of Mogilev, in 1860, graduated from district school in 1877, Simon Doubnov settled in 1880 in Saint Petersburg, where he became a…

Hungarian historian of Jewish literature, born in Bratislava in 1810 and died in Vienna on August 3, 1891. Trained in Talmud at the yeshiva of Moses Sofer in Bratislava and then at that of Würzburg,…

Russian jurist born in Mogilev-on-the-Dnieper in 1836 in a poor Jewish family, died in Saint Petersburg in 1887. Graduate of the School of Agriculture of Gorigoretzk in 1855 then of the Faculty of…

Hebraist and editor, born in Karlsruhe in 1817, died on December 21, 1889. Settled in Paris in 1845 as a language teacher, he founded there a Hebrew publishing house that his son continued after his…

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Austrian jurist born in Prague on January 18, 1843, died in the same city on January 11, 1901. After studying law at the University of Vienna from 1867 onward, he obtained his doctorate in 1871,…

Austrian writer born in Strasnitz, Moravia, on May 6, 1860. After studying Romance and Germanic philology at the universities of Vienna and Paris, he became in 1892 professor at the Ober-Realschule…

Hungarian writer born in Pressburg on October 25, 1822, died in Budapest on November 20, 1881, cousin of Leopold Dukes. After studying law and philosophy at the University of Vienna, he collaborated…

American merchant and community figure, born in Dessau, Germany, in 1813, died in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1888. Settled in Baltimore then, from 1840 onwards, in Galveston, where he made his career…

American military officer born in Alzey, Germany, on October 9, 1807, died in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1883. He served as quartermaster general of the militia of Louisiana during the war of…

German jurist and writer, born in Berlin on January 26, 1812, died in Arnsdorf, in the Riesengebirge, on July 7, 1884. Trained at the universities of Berlin and Bonn, he became a privatdozent of…

German physician born in Jauer, Prussian Silesia, on November 27, 1836. Trained at the universities of Breslau and Berlin, where he received his diploma in 1859, he became privat-docent in 1869,…

Économiste et journaliste. - Rabbin. - Député à la diète de Pozsony, Bratislava (en 1870).

Russian preacher born in Zamość, in the province of Lublin in Poland, died in Slonim in 1827. Disciple of Elijah of Vilna, he was renowned for his homiletic talent as well as for his Hebrew and…

Author and editor born in Swislocz, Russia, in 1805, died in Berlin on November 20, 1858, son of a Rabbinic scholar. He published his first work, notes on « Me'irat 'Enayim », in 1839, then, in 1844,…

Russian grammarian and commentator born in Vilna in January 1821, died in Warsaw in December 1892. Trained in the Talmud and then at the yeshiva of Volozhin, he lived about thirty years in Rossein,…

American rabbi

Italian composer, pianist and pedagogue, born in Alexandria (Egypt) and died in Florence. From a Sephardic family originating in Livorno. Piano professor at the Florence Conservatory from 1890,…

German deputy born in Worms on January 14, 1808, died in Mannheim on February 9, 1879. First Jew appointed by the authorities to serve as a juror, in Mainz in 1847, he there established, despite the…

Holocaust victim, mother of Anne Frank

Psychoanalyst, theorist of the self and depression; imprisoned by the Nazis for resistance.

Neurologist and psychiatrist, pioneer in the psychotherapeutic use of hypnosis.

Hungarian violinist

traditional Algerian singer

Austro-American psychoanalyst born into a Jewish family from Kolomyia. He fled Nazi Austria in 1937-38 and settled in New York. A prolific theorist, he published approximately 25 books and 273…

Austrian composer

Austrian historian

German mathematician

Edoardo Arbib (1840–1906), from the Arbib family that moved from Tripoli to Livorno and then to Italy, fought in Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand, was appointed senator of the Kingdom of Italy,…

Moroccan Kabbalist and professor of Oriental and modern languages of the early 19th century, born in Morocco, established in Amsterdam then in England. A fervent believer in the existence of the Ten…

German classical philologist and historian of religions