List of Jews in religion
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Scholars
- Felix Adler
- Hugo BergmannHugo BergmannSamuel Hugo Bergman, or Samuel Bergman was a German and Israeli Jewish philosopher.-Biography:...
(born in Prague) - Max BodenheimerMax Bodenheimer----Max Isidor Bodenheimer was a lawyer and one of the main figures in German Zionism.In 1914, he was one of co-founders of German Committee for Freeing of Russian Jews, and seems to be an author of conception of establishment League of East European States-German client state with autonomous...
- David CasselDavid CasselDavid Cassel was a German historian and Jewish theologian.-Life:Cassel was born in Gross-Glogau, a city in Prussian Silesia with a large Jewish community. He graduated from its gymnasium....
- Ismar ElbogenIsmar ElbogenIsmar Elbogen was a Jewish-German rabbi, scholar and historian....
- Emil Ludwig Fackenheim
- Heinrich GraetzHeinrich GraetzHeinrich Graetz was amongst the first historians to write a comprehensive history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective....
, Jewish historian (born on Posen) - Manuel JoëlManuel JoelManuel Joël or Joel was a German Jewish philosopher and preacher from Birnbaum , Grand Duchy of Posen....
, Jewish philosopher - Isaak Markus JostIsaak Markus JostIsaak Marcus Jost was a Jewish historical writer.He studied at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin. In Berlin he began to teach, and in 1835 received the appointment of upper master in the Jewish commercial school at Frankfort-on-the-Main...
, Jewish historian - Jonas FränkelJonas FränkelJonas Fränkel or Jonas Fraenckel was a German banker and philanthropist; son of Joel Wolf, grandson of David Fränkel, the author of Korban 'Edah....
- Marcus KalischMarcus KalischMarcus Kalisch was a Jewish scholar born in Treptow, Pomerania, and died in Derbyshire, England.He was educated at Berlin University, where he studied classics, philology, and the Semitic languages, and at the Rabbinical College of Berlin...
, Biblical scholar - Jakob KlatzkinJakob KlatzkinJakob Klatzkin, Yakov/Jakub Klaczkin , 1882 - 26 March 1948, Vevey, Switzerland) was a Jewish philosopher, publicist, publisher.He was a son of Rabbi Eliyahu Klaczkin ....
- Israel LewyIsrael LewyIsrael Lewy was a German-Jewish scholar. He was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary and the University in Breslau. In 1874 he was appointed docent at the Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums in Berlin, and in 1883, on the death of David Joël, he was called to the seminary at...
- Moses MendelssohnMoses MendelssohnMoses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the renaissance of European Jews, Haskalah is indebted...
, Jewish Enlightenment philosopher - David RosinDavid RosinDavid Rosin was a German Jewish theologian from Rosenberg, Silesia.Having received his early instruction from his father, who was a teacher in his native town, he attended the yeshibah of Kempen, of Myslowitz , and of Prague ; but, wishing to receive a regular school education, he went to Breslau,...
- Gershom ScholemGershom ScholemGerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Palestine, changed his name to Gershom Scholem , was a German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian, born and raised in Germany...
, Jewish scholar & historian - Ernst SimonErnst SimonErnst Akiba/Akiva Simon, or aqibhah Ernst Simon , was a German-Israeli Jewish educator, and religious philosopher. Along with Martin Buber, he founded in the 1920s one of the earliest Israeli peace groups, Brit Shalom, which advocated for a binational state including Jews and Arabs...
- Friedrich WeinrebFriedrich WeinrebFriedrich Weinreb was a Jewish Hassidic and narrative author....
(born on Lemberg) - Benedict ZuckermannBenedict ZuckermannBenedict Zuckermann was a Jewish scientist in the Diaspora. A native of Germany, he was an Ashkenazic Jew.- Life :Zuckermann was born in Breslau , in the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Silesia...
- Leopold ZunzLeopold ZunzLeopold Zunz was a German Reform rabbi and writer, the founder of what has been termed "Jewish Studies" or "Judaic Studies" , the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual...
, Jewish scholar
Other
- Ayya KhemaAyya KhemaAyya Khema , a Buddhist teacher, was born as Ilse Kussel in Berlin, Germany, to Jewish parents. Khema escaped Nazis persecution during World War II. She eventually moved to the United States. After travelling in Asia she decided to become a Buddhist nun in Sri Lanka in 1979...
, Buddhist teacher (born Jewish) - Adolf LassonAdolf LassonAdolf Lasson was a German Jewish philosophical writer, strident Prussianist, and the father of Georg Lasson.- Biography:...
- Georg LassonGeorg LassonGeorg Lasson was a German Protestant theologian, and a son of Adolf Lasson. He is also known to be an editor of the complete works of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.- Biography:...
- Georg Lasson
- Johannes PfefferkornJohannes PfefferkornJohannes Pfefferkorn was a Jewish-born, German Catholic theologian and writer who converted from Judaism. Pfefferkorn actively preached against the Jews and attempted to destroy copies of the Talmud, and engaged in a long running pamphleteering battle with Johann Reuchlin.-Early life:Born a Jew,...
, antisemitic controversialist (born Jewish) - Friedrich Adolf PhilippiFriedrich Adolf PhilippiFriedrich Adolf Philippi was a Lutheran theologian of Jewish origin.He was the son of a wealthy Jewish banker, a friend of Mendelssohn....
- Johann Peter SpaethJohann Peter SpaethJohann Peter Spaeth, Moses Germanus or Moses Ashkenazi was a German convert to Judaism and writer on religion.-Lutheran convert:...
(Moses Germanus Ashkenazi), a Christian German Proselyte - Edith SteinEdith SteinSaint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, sometimes also known as Saint Edith Stein , was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and nun, regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church...
, canonized nun, Holocaust victim (born Jewish)
Hungary
- Joseph BreuerJoseph BreuerJoseph Breuer was a rabbi and community leader in Germany and the United States. He was a Rabbi of one of the large Jewish synagogues founded by German-Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi oppression that had settled in Washington Heights, New York....
- Henrik BródyHenrik BródyHeinrich Brody or Bródy Henrik was a Hungarian rabbi. He was born in Ungvár, a town historically part of Hungary, now of the Ukraine.He was a descendant of Abraham Broda...
- J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain http://books.google.com/books?id=LLuPS1yVDf8C&pg=PA400&lpg=PA400&dq=%22joseph+herman+hertz%22+hungary&source=web&ots=yzEE5q1HYi&sig=z0OEjo8iYkucEdcU-EfylBpxLTw
- Sándor ScheiberSándor ScheiberSándor Scheiber was a Hungarian rabbi and an eminent Jewish scholar. From 1950 until his death he was director of the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest.- Biography :...
, rabbi and director of the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary - Solomon Marcus Schiller-SzinessySolomon Marcus Schiller-SzinessySolomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, sometimes Solomon Mayer Schiller-Szinessy was a Hungarian rabbi and academic...
, rabbi and first Jewish professor in Cambridge - Isaac TyrnauIsaac TyrnauIsaac Tyrnau, aka Isaak Tyrnau was an Austrian rabbi, active in the late 14th century; he is most famous for his Sefer haMinhagim .- Biography :Little is known about his life...
- Joachim Jacob UngerJoachim Jacob UngerJoachim Jacob Unger was an Austrian rabbi.He studied at the University of Berlin , and was appointed rabbi of Jihlava, Moravia, in 1860...
- WahrmannWahrmannWahrmann is a surname and may refer to:* Israel ben Solomon Wahrmann , Hungarian rabbi and Talmudist** Judah Wahrmann , rabbi, son of Israel Wahrmann** Moritz Wahrmann , Hungarian politician, grandson of Israel...
family - PuppaPuppa (Hasidic dynasty)Puppa is the name of a Hasidic dynasty within Judaism. The dynasty is named after the town of its origin , also known in Hungarian as Pápa. Before World War II, Puppa had an important yeshiva which produced many well-known Orthodox rabbis in Hungary. The whole community was deported to Auschwitz...
rebbe and Greenwald (Grűnwald, Grinvald) family from PápaPápaPápa is a historical city in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 33,000 inhabitants, it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the region....
, Huszt, BelzBelzBelz , a small city in the Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river and the Rzeczyca stream.... - Sanz-Klausenberger rebbe and HalberstamHalberstam- Etymology and history :Many other surnames beginning with "Halber" may have originated from Halberstam when immigrants came to America seeking more American-sounding names.- People :...
family from KolozsvárCluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
(now Cluj-NapocaCluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
) - Ludwig LichtensteinLudwig LichtensteinLudwig Lichtschein was a Hungarian rabbi.Lichtschein was born Komorn, studied at Pápa, and was rabbinical assessor of Austerlitz, Nagykanizsa, and Esztergom...
- Michoel Ber WeissmandlChaim Michael Dov WeissmandlChaim Michael Dov Weissmandl was a rabbi and shtadlan...
- Béla WenckheimBéla WenckheimBaron Béla Wenckheim was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for several months in 1875.- References :...
Other religious leaders
- Selig BrodetskySelig BrodetskySelig Brodetsky was a British Professor of Mathematics, a member of the World Zionist Executive, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the second president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.-Background:Brodetsky was born in Olviopol , Ukraine, the second of 13 children...
, President of the British Board of Deputies - Barnett Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
- Greville JannerGreville JannerGreville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone is a British Labour politician, lawyer and author. A QC since 1971, he was a Labour MP from 1970 to 1997...
, President of the British Board of Deputies - Ewen MontaguEwen MontaguCaptain The Hon. Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu, CBE, QC, DL, RNR was a British judge, writer and Naval intelligence officer....
, President of the United Synagogue - Claude MontefioreClaude MontefioreClaude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore was son of Nathaniel Montefiore, and the great nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore. Some identify him as a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics.-Education:He was educated at...
, co-founder of British Liberal Judaism - Anthony Rothschild, first president of the United Synagogue
Other religious leaders (including Jews associated with religions outside of Judaism)
- Apostles, the "Twelve Apostles", first followers of Jesus
- Jacob FrankJacob FrankJacob Frank was an 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi and also of the biblical patriarch Jacob...
, self-proclaimed messiah in Poland, founder of Frankists - John the BaptistJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
, revered by Christians - JesusJesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
, inspired the creation of Christianity - Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal (raised Catholic)
- Ram DassRam DassRam Dass is an American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. He is known for his personal and professional associations with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, for his travels to India and his relationship with the Hindu guru Neem...
, modern American Hindu author - Saint PeterSaint PeterSaint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
, considered the first Pope - St. Teresa of AvilaTeresa of ÁvilaSaint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...
, Catholic saint (parents were Conversos) - Saul of Tarsus, early Christian leader
- Edith SteinEdith SteinSaint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, sometimes also known as Saint Edith Stein , was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and nun, regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church...
, Catholic nun, Holocaust victim - Maurice FrydmanMaurice FrydmanMaurice Frydman , aka Swami Bharatananda , was an engineer and humanitarian who spent the later part of his life in India...
Polish Jew who lived in India and was involved in translating Nisargadatta's "I am That." Was close to Gandhi and Nehru