Rappaport
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Rapaport, Rap(p)oport or Rapa Porto (Hebrew: רפפורט) is a family name
from an Italian
(Jewish
) Kohen
itic pedigree
. It takes its origins in the Rapa family of Porto located in Province of Mantua
, Italy.
. Several decades later the family disappeared from Germany, probably on account of the Jews' expulsion from Mainz on October 29, 1462. In 1467, in Mestre
, near Venice
, the wealthy Chayyim Rappe is found as alms' collector for the poor of the Holy Land
. In Venice, the physician R. Moses Rap was exempted in 1475 from wearing the Jew's badge
.
In the middle of the 16th century there appeared in Italy a Kohenitic family of the name of Porto. On March 18, 1540, R. Isaac Porto ha-Kohen obtained from the Duke of Mantua
permission to build an Ashkenazic
synagogue
. The name of the family was not derived from the Portuguese
city of Porto
, nor from the Bavaria
n city of Fürth
as some authors have suggested, but instead from Porto, near Mantua, where the above-named Isaac Porto ha-Kohen lived. An alliance between the Rabe and Porto families explains the combination of the two family names in Rapoport; in 1565, officiating in the above-mentioned synagogue of Mantua, there is found a Rabbi Solomon ben Menahem ha-Kohen Rapa of Venice, while a Rabbi Abraham Porto ha-Kohen (1541–76) was parnas of the community.
During the same time period, a branch of the family settled in Prague
in central Europe, as evidenced by burials with the name Porta in 1589 and Port in 1598.
The Polish
branch of the family explains its name through the following legend: one Easter
a certain Jew, to prevent his enemies from smuggling the body of a Christian
child into his house, closed all possible entrances and openings except the chimney. Down the chimney however, the dreaded corpse fell, but when a crowd stormed the house nothing but a partridge (Old German
, "Rephuhn" or "Raphuhn") was found in the fireplace. But the "Von den Jungen Raben" (the house shield name of Judengasse "From the young crow (cf. raven)") in the signature
of Abraham Menahem ha-Kohen Rapa von Port at the end of his Pentateuch commentary, and the additional fact that the coat of arms of the family bears a raven, clearly show that signifies "Rabe
" (Middle High German, "Rappe"). The family name, therefore, at the end of the 16th century seems to be clearly established as Ha-Kohen Rabe. Part of the Polish branch changed their name into Wrona, which is Polish
for crow. Another possibility is that these Wrona's originated from Verona
in Italy. The Yiddish (or Hebrew) transcription of Wrona and Verona are identical (waw resh waw nun he).
By the middle of the 17th century authors belonging to the Rapa-Port family were living in Poland and Lithuania
, the name having meanwhile undergone the following modifications: Rapiport, Rapoport, Rapperport, and Rappert. The family spread principally from Cracow
and Lemberg
(Lviv); in the latter place, in 1584, was born the famous Talmud
ist Abraham Rapa von Port (called also Schrenzel). In 1650 Rapoports lived in Dubno
and Krzemeniec; in the 18th century descendants of R. Judah Rapoport are found in Smyrna
and Jerusalem. About 1750 there were two Rapoports in Dyhernfurth (Silesia
) — one named Israel Moses and the other R. Meïr: the former came from Pińczów
, the latter from Krotoschin. Both found employment in the printing establishment at Dyhernfurth.
A notable scholar of this branch included R. Khaim haKohen Rapoport, who lived in Lviv and died there in 1771. He was one of the key "talmudists" involved in the Frankist
debates set up by the Archbishop Dembowski in 1757. R. Khaim's descendants include the Rapoport-Bick dynasty
. R. Khaim's pedigree is known from his personal and his descendants' writings. It is reconstructed here:
Family name
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from an Italian
Italy
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(Jewish
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
) Kohen
Kohen
A Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....
itic pedigree
Pedigree chart
A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation to the next, most commonly humans, show dogs, and race horses....
. It takes its origins in the Rapa family of Porto located in Province of Mantua
Province of Mantua
The Province of Mantua is a province in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua.-Communes:It includes 70 comuni , ranging in area from Viadana, with 102.19 km², to Mariana Mantovana, with 8.81 km²....
, Italy.
Earliest history
The names of Rapa or Rappe ha-Kohen(-Tzedeq (Rapa Katz) are met with in about 1450. At that time Meshullam Kusi (abbreviated from "Jekuthiel") Rapa ha-Kohen Tzedeq, the earliest known member of the family, lived on the Rhine, probably in MainzMainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
. Several decades later the family disappeared from Germany, probably on account of the Jews' expulsion from Mainz on October 29, 1462. In 1467, in Mestre
Mestre
Mestre is a city part of the comune of Venice, in Veneto, northern Italy.The city is connected to Venice by a large rail and road bridge, called Ponte della Libertà ....
, near Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, the wealthy Chayyim Rappe is found as alms' collector for the poor of the Holy Land
Holy Land
The Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Kingdom of Israel as defined in the Tanakh. For Jews, the Land's identifiction of being Holy is defined in Judaism by its differentiation from other lands by virtue of the practice of Judaism often possible only in the Land of Israel...
. In Venice, the physician R. Moses Rap was exempted in 1475 from wearing the Jew's badge
Yellow badge
The yellow badge , also referred to as a Jewish badge, was a cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments in order to mark them as Jews in public. It is intended to be a badge of shame associated with antisemitism...
.
In the middle of the 16th century there appeared in Italy a Kohenitic family of the name of Porto. On March 18, 1540, R. Isaac Porto ha-Kohen obtained from the Duke of Mantua
Mantua
Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...
permission to build an Ashkenazic
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew name for this region and thus for Germany...
synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
. The name of the family was not derived from the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
city of Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
, nor from the Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n city of Fürth
Fürth
The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....
as some authors have suggested, but instead from Porto, near Mantua, where the above-named Isaac Porto ha-Kohen lived. An alliance between the Rabe and Porto families explains the combination of the two family names in Rapoport; in 1565, officiating in the above-mentioned synagogue of Mantua, there is found a Rabbi Solomon ben Menahem ha-Kohen Rapa of Venice, while a Rabbi Abraham Porto ha-Kohen (1541–76) was parnas of the community.
During the same time period, a branch of the family settled in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
in central Europe, as evidenced by burials with the name Porta in 1589 and Port in 1598.
Eastern European branches
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
branch of the family explains its name through the following legend: one Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
a certain Jew, to prevent his enemies from smuggling the body of a Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
child into his house, closed all possible entrances and openings except the chimney. Down the chimney however, the dreaded corpse fell, but when a crowd stormed the house nothing but a partridge (Old German
Old German
Old German usually refers to Old High German, but it could also refer to:*Old Low German *Altdeutsche Tracht , a dress style popular among early 19th century German radicals...
, "Rephuhn" or "Raphuhn") was found in the fireplace. But the "Von den Jungen Raben" (the house shield name of Judengasse "From the young crow (cf. raven)") in the signature
Signature
A signature is a handwritten depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is a signatory. Similar to a handwritten signature, a signature work describes the work as readily identifying...
of Abraham Menahem ha-Kohen Rapa von Port at the end of his Pentateuch commentary, and the additional fact that the coat of arms of the family bears a raven, clearly show that signifies "Rabe
Rabe
-Surname:Rabe is a German surname meaning "raven" and may refer to:* David Rabe* Eckard Rabe* Folke Rabe* Jean Rabe* John Rabe, a German businessman in Nanjing during Japanese occupation; known for rescuing more than 200,000 Chinese from the Nanjing Massacre...
" (Middle High German, "Rappe"). The family name, therefore, at the end of the 16th century seems to be clearly established as Ha-Kohen Rabe. Part of the Polish branch changed their name into Wrona, which is Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
for crow. Another possibility is that these Wrona's originated from Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
in Italy. The Yiddish (or Hebrew) transcription of Wrona and Verona are identical (waw resh waw nun he).
By the middle of the 17th century authors belonging to the Rapa-Port family were living in Poland and Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, the name having meanwhile undergone the following modifications: Rapiport, Rapoport, Rapperport, and Rappert. The family spread principally from Cracow
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
and Lemberg
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
(Lviv); in the latter place, in 1584, was born the famous Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
ist Abraham Rapa von Port (called also Schrenzel). In 1650 Rapoports lived in Dubno
Dubno
Dubno is a city located on the Ikva River in the Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Dubno Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
and Krzemeniec; in the 18th century descendants of R. Judah Rapoport are found in Smyrna
Smyrna
Smyrna was an ancient city located at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Thanks to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to prominence. The ancient city is located at two sites within modern İzmir, Turkey...
and Jerusalem. About 1750 there were two Rapoports in Dyhernfurth (Silesia
Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
) — one named Israel Moses and the other R. Meïr: the former came from Pińczów
Pinczów
Pińczów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 .-History:...
, the latter from Krotoschin. Both found employment in the printing establishment at Dyhernfurth.
A notable scholar of this branch included R. Khaim haKohen Rapoport, who lived in Lviv and died there in 1771. He was one of the key "talmudists" involved in the Frankist
Jacob Frank
Jacob 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...
debates set up by the Archbishop Dembowski in 1757. R. Khaim's descendants include the Rapoport-Bick dynasty
Rapoport-Bick (rabbinic dynasty)
The Rapoport-Bick dynasty was the most important of all the non-chasidic rabbinic dynasties of Medzhybizh, in Ukraine. The Rapoport dynasty traces its roots back to Rabbi Jacob Emden who was involved in the Frankist debates of 1757 and his father Rabbi Tsvi Hirsh Ashkenazi, known as the Chacham Tsvi...
. R. Khaim's pedigree is known from his personal and his descendants' writings. It is reconstructed here:
- R Yakov Moshe Kohen Rapa (15th century)
- R. Abraham Menakhem Kohen Rapa
- R. Gershon Kohen Rapa (born 1538), Porto, Italy
- R. Simcha Katz Rapa
- R. Moses Jeremiah Katz Rapoport, rabbi in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
- R. Meir haKohen Rapoport (d. 1600), rabbi in 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....
- R. Nakhman Rapoport (d. 1674), rabbi in Kamenets-Podolsky, PoznańPoznanPoznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, Dubno - R. Simkha haKohen Rapoport (d. 1717)
- R. Khaim haKohen Rapoport (died 1771), head of the Jewish Court in Lviv
- R. Arieh Lieb Rapoport (d. 1759), rabbi in Prezwork
- R. Dov Berish Rapoport (d. 1823), rabbi in MedzhybizhMedzhybizhMedzhybizh, previously known as Mezhybozhe, population 1731, is a town in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is located in the Letychivsky Raion , 25 kilometres from the Khmelnytskyi on the main highway between Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia at the confluence of the Southern Buh and...
, married into the EmdenEmdenEmden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...
family - Rapoport-Bick (rabbinic dynasty)
List of persons with the surname Rappaport
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, American actor - David RappaportDavid RappaportDavid Stephen Rappaport was an English actor, probably one of the best known dwarf actors in television and film...
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, acting director of the National Hurricane Center - Gerbert Rappaport, Austrian screenwriter and film director; often spelled Herbert Rappaport
- Helen RappaportHelen RappaportHelen Rappaport is a British historian, author, and former actress. As a historian, she specialises in the Victorian era and revolutionary Russia.-Biography:...
, English historian - Mark RappaportMark RappaportMark Rappaport is an American independent/underground film director who has been working sporadically since the early 1970s. A lifelong New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Brooklyn College in 1964...
, American film director - Richard RappaportRichard RappaportRichard Rappaport, born 1944 in Pittsburgh, is a classically trained painter of portraits and large-scale figurative works whose pictorial evolution has spiraled towards and away from the Renaissance ideal for half a century....
, American painter - Roy RappaportRoy RappaportRoy A. Rappaport was a distinguished anthropologist known for his contributions to the anthropological study of ritual and to ecological anthropology.-Biography:...
, anthropologist - Solomon Anski, Yiddish writer (born Solomon Zangwill Rappaport, Rappoport)
- Emil Stanisław RappaportEmil Stanisław Rappaport- External links :* *...
, Polish Supreme Court judgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
List of persons with the surname Rapaport
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, Swedish actress - David Rapaport, Hungarian psychologist
- Martin RapaportMartin RapaportMartin Rapaport is an American entrepreneur and founder of the Rapaport Diamond Report. Rapaport is a maverick within the diamond industry, and is often recognized for his signature bow tie. He is a member of the board of Jewelers for Children and an early proponent of the Kimberley Process...
, American entrepreneur - Michael RapaportMichael RapaportMichael David Rapaport is an American, actor, director and a comedian. He has acted in more than forty films since the early 1990s...
, American actor and comedian - William J. RapaportWilliam J. Rapaport-Academics:Rapaport has done research and written extensively on Intentionality and Artificial Intelligence. He has research interests in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence , Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Logic and Mathematics, and published many scientific articles on...
, associate professor, University at Buffalo
List of persons with the surname Rappoport
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(born 1938), American journalist and author - Xenia Rappoport, actress
List of persons with the surname Rapoport
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, American photographer - Abraham RapoportAbraham RapoportAbraham Rapoport was a Polish Talmudist; born at Lemberg in 1584; died in 1651 ; son of Rabbi Israel Jehiel Rapoport of Cracow and son-in-law of R. Mordecai Schrenzel of Lemberg. Rapoport was a pupil of R. Joshua Falk ha-Kohen.For forty-five years he was at the head of a large yeshiva at Lemberg...
(Schrenzel), (1584–1651) Polish Talmudist - Amos RapoportAmos RapoportAmos Rapoport is the author of the book House, Form & Culture - which talks about how culture, human behavior, and the environment affect house form....
, professor of Architecture - Anatol RapoportAnatol RapoportAnatol Rapoport was a Russian-born American Jewish mathematical psychologist. He contributed to general systems theory, mathematical biology and to the mathematical modeling of social interaction and stochastic models of contagion.-Biography:...
(1911–2007), mathematical psychologist - Bernard RapoportBernard RapoportBernard Rapoport is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, and is the founder of American Income Life Insurance Company. He has a passion for human rights, education, and literacy.-Background and Education:...
, American entrepreneur and philanthropist - Chaim RapoportChaim RapoportRabbi Chaim Rapoport is an author, lecturer and Judaic scholar. He is a member of the UK’s Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks’ cabinet where he holds the Jewish medical ethics portfolio. Rabbi Rapoport is a visiting professor at the Jewish Learning Exchange in London and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah...
- David C. RapoportDavid C. RapoportDavid Charles Rapoport is UCLA Professor Emeritus of Political Science, and an expert in terrorism. He is the editor of the scholarly journal Terrorism and Political Violence.-Works:...
, UCLA Professor Emeritus of Political Science - Eduardo H. RapoportEduardo H. RapoportEduardo Hugo Rapoport is an Argentinian ecologist and emeritus professor at Universidad Nacional del Comahue. His is widely known for his fundamental work on soil biology, biological invasions, urban ecology and, in particular, for his contributions to the biogeography .Eduardo Rapoport studied at...
, Argentinian ecologist - Henry RapoportHenry RapoportHenry Rapoport was an internationally renowned organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He is widely recognized for his work in the development of the chemical synthesis of biologically important compounds and pharmaceuticals.Henry Rapoport obtained a...
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- Isaac ha-Kohen RapoportIsaac ha-Kohen RapoportIsaac ben Judah ha-Kohen Rapoport was an 18th-century rabbi who lived in Palestine; born and died at Jerusalem, a pupil of R. Hezekiah da Silva....
, 18th century rabbi - Lev Pavlovich Rapoport
- Michael RapoportMichael RapoportMichael Rapoport is a German mathematician. He currently holds a chair for arithmetic algebraic geometry at the University of Bonn...
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, Canadian music critic - Samuel Mitja RapoportSamuel Mitja RapoportSamuel Mitja Rapoport was a prominent physician, biochemist, European Jewish émigré, and Communist who fled to East Germany from McCarthyite persecution in the United States.- Biography :Throughout his life Samuel Mitja Rapoport saw danger and exile...
(1912–2004), physician, biochemist - Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport (1790–1867), Galician rabbi and Jewish scholar
- Sonya RapoportSonya RapoportSonya Rapoport is an American conceptual/digital artist and New media artist who has created computer-assisted interactive installations and participatory web-based artworks.-Early life:...
, American artist - Tom RapoportTom RapoportTom Abraham Rapoport is a German-American cell biologist who studies protein transport in cells.He has been a professor at the Harvard Medical School since 1995, and an HHMI investigator since 1997...
, cell biologist at Harvard Medical School - Vladimir RapoportVladimir RapoportVladimir Abramovich Rapoport was a Soviet cinematographer. Vladimir Rapoport received the Stalin Prize four times: in 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951 and the USSR State Prize in 1971.-Selected filmography:*Golden Mountains *Counterplan...
, Soviet cinematographer