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Notable Jewish Religious Leaders

  • Abravanel or Abarbanel, Isaac, Jewish theologian Abravanel or Abarbanel, Judah, Jewish philosopher, physician, and poet Aha of Shabcha, Babylonian rabbi Ahad Ha-am, Jewish thinker and Zionist leader Akiba ben Joseph, Jewish Palestinian religious leader Al-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-Kohen, prominent Jewish Talmudic scholar Amram ben Scheschna, Hebrew scholar Anan ben David, Babylonian Jewish theologian, founder of the Ananites Ashi or Asser, Rab, Jewish scholar of Babylon Baal-Shem-Tov, Jewish founder of modern Hasidism Baeck, Leo, German rabbi and scholar Bar Kokba, Simon, Hebrew hero and leader Berkovits, Eliezer, rabbi, theologian, and educator Bostanai ben Chaninai, first Jewish exilarch Caro or Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, eminent Jewish codifier of law Delmedigo, Elijah ben Moses Abba, Jewish philosopher and Talmudist Deutsch, Gotthard, Austrian Jewish scholar and historian Dubnow, Simon, Jewish historian and ideologist Duran, Jewish family of scholars Einhorn, David, Jewish theological writer and leader of the Reform movement in Judaism in the United States Elijah ben Solomon, Jewish scholar Fackenheim, Emil Ludwig, Canadian-Israeli rabbi and philosopher Frankel, Zecharias, Jewish theologian Friedmann, Meir, Hungarian Jewish scholar Gamaliel of Jabneh, Jewish scholar Gaster, Moses, Romanian Jewish scholar and writer Geiger, Abraham, German rabbi Gersonides, Jewish philosopher Ginsburg, Christian David, English Hebrew scholar Gollancz, Sir Hermann, English rabbi and authority on Hebrew language and literature Gottheil, Gustav, American Reform rabbi Grätz or Graetz, Heinrich, German Jewish historian Herrera, Abraham Cohen de, Jewish philosopher and kabbalist Heschel, Abraham Joshua, American Jewish philosopher and theologian Hillel, Jewish scholar Hirsch, Emil Gustav, American rabbi Hirsch, Samson Raphael, German rabbi and chief exponent of Neo-Orthodoxy Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir, Jewish grammarian, commentator, poet, philosopher, and astronomer Isserles, Moses ben Israel, Polish rabbi, annotator, and philosopher Johanan ben Zakkai, leader of the Pharisees Judah ha-Levi, Jewish rabbi, poet, and philosopher Judah ha-Nasi, Palestinian Jewish communal leader Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, American rabbi Kimhi, family of Jewish scholars and grammarians Kohler, Kaufmann, American rabbi Kook, Abraham Isaac, Jewish scholar and philosopher Krauskopf, Joseph, American rabbi and humanitarian Krochmal, Nachman, Jewish secular historian and writer Luria or Loria, Isaac ben Solomon, Jewish kabbalist Maccabees, family of Jewish leaders Maimonides, Jewish scholar Manasseh ben Israel, Jewish scholar and communal leader Moses, Hebrew lawgiver Onkelos, translator of the Hebrew Bible Rashi, Jewish exegete Roth, Cecil, Jewish historian and educator Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayumi, Jewish scholar Schechter, Solomon, Jewish scholar Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, Jewish scholar Shammai, Jewish sage Silver, Abba Hillel, American rabbi and Zionist leader Sokolow, Nahum, Jewish writer and Zionist leader Soloveitchik, Joseph, Jewish Talmudist and philosopher Szold, Henrietta, American Zionist leader Wiesel, Elie, American writer Wise, Isaac Mayer, American rabbi Wise, Stephen Samuel, American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader Zunz, Leopold, German Jewish scholar

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Biographies: Selected Catholic Religious Leaders

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