✡ Judaism
People in Judaism
Rabbis, religious thinkers and figures central to Jewish tradition.
127 entries
A Aaron ben Gershon abu al-Rabi Sicilian-Jewish cabalist, and astrologer Judaism A Aaron ben Joseph Sason Ottoman Talmudic author Judaism A Aaron ben Solomon ben Hasun 16th-century Jewish Talmudic scholar in the Ottoman Empire Judaism A Aaron HaLevi ben Moses of Staroselye Judaism A Aaron of Neustadt Judaism A Aaron of Pesaro 16th-century Italian Talmudist Judaism A Aaron of Trebowla Ukrainian Jewish writer Judaism 
Aaron Samuel Tamares European Rabbi (1869-1931) Judaism A Abba b. Bizna Judaism 
Abby Stein American author, rabbi, activist speaker Judaism A Abraham de Boton Talmudist and rabbi (c. 1560 – c. 1605) Judaism 
Abraham Gershon of Kitov 18th-century Hasidic rabbi Judaism 
Abraham Isaac Kook Chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865–1935) Judaism A Abraham Kalisker Hasidic rabbi (1741–1810) Judaism A Acharonim Jewish leaders living from the 16th century to today Judaism A Ahai ben Josiah Jewish halakhist Judaism A Aharon of Zhitomir Judaism A Alfandari Family of eastern rabbis Judaism 
Alissa Thomas-Newborn First female American Orthodox Jewish rabbinical leader in Los Angeles, California Judaism A Aryeh Leib of Shpola Hasidic leader in Ukraine (1725–1811) Judaism 
Avigdor Aptowitzer Judaism A Avraham Danzig Rabbi and codifier of Jewish law Judaism 
Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Polish rabbi (1748–1825) Judaism 
Avrohom Bornsztain Polish rabbi (1838–1910) Judaism 
Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik Judaism B Baal Shem Tov Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760) Judaism 
Baruch Ashlag Polish kabbalist rabbi (1907–1991) Judaism B Benjamin ben Samuel 11th-century French Talmudist and liturgical poet Judaism B Bezalel ha-Levi of Zolkiew 18th-century Ukrainian rabbi Judaism B Boaz Cohen Judaism B Boruch of Medzhybizh Rabbi (1753–1811) Judaism 
Chaim Chaykl of Amdur 18th-century Hasidic rebbe Judaism 
Chaim ibn Attar Moroccan rabbi (c. 1696–1743) Judaism 
Chaim Soloveitchik Belarusian rabbi Judaism 
Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz 20th-century Hasidic Rebbe born in Romania Judaism D Dan Ashkenazi Judaism D Daniel HaBavli Judaism D David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo Dutch rabbi (1808 – 1890) Judaism 
David Karliner Polish rabbi and author (1828–1915) Judaism D David Solomon Eibenschutz Rabbi, Kabbalist, and author (b. 1755) Judaism D Dina Brawer Orthodox rabbi in the UK Judaism D Dina Najman American rabbi Judaism 
Dov Ber of Mezeritch Hasidic rabbi (1704–1772) Judaism D Dovid Halberstam Polish Hasidic Jewish religious leader Judaism E Elimelech of Lizhensk 18th century rabbi Judaism G Gedaliah Cordovero Safed-born Talmudic scholar (1562 - 1625) Judaism 
Gilah Kletenik American Jewish cleric and academic Judaism 
Hanoch Albeck Austrian/Israeli Professor of Talmud (1890–1972) Judaism H Haviva Ner-David Israeli feminist activist and Open Orthodox rabbi Judaism H Herbert Danby Anglican priest and Oxford University professor (1889–1953) Judaism 
Hillel the Elder Jewish sage (c. 110 BCE – 10 CE) Judaism 
Hoshea Friedman Hasidic Rabbi and IDF General Judaism 
Isaac Aboab I 14th-century Spanish Talmudic scholar Judaism I Isaac Berechiah Canton Italian Talmudist Judaism I Isaac Breuer Judaism I Isaiah di Trani Italian Jewish writer and Talmudic scholar Judaism I Isaiah di Trani the Younger Italian Talmudist and commentator Judaism 
Israel Yitzhak Kalish Hasidic rebbe Judaism J Jacob Alyashar Ottoman Talmudist & emissary (1730–c.1790) Judaism 
Jacob Barit Russian Rabbi Judaism 
Jacob ben Asher German rabbinic authority (c. 1269 - c. 1343) Judaism J Jennie Rosenfeld Judaism J Joseph ben Jacob of Pinczow Judaism 
Joseph Karo Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575) Judaism J Joshua Berman American rabbi, biblical scholar, and professor (b. 1964) Judaism J Judah ben Joseph ibn Bulat Judaism 
Klonimus Kalman Epstein Leader of the Chassidic movement Judaism 
Lajos Blau Jewish–Hungarian scholar and professor (1861–1936) Judaism 
Levi Cooper Judaism L Lila Kagedan Female Orthodox Jewish rabbi Judaism M Maiden of Ludmir Female rebbe (1805–1888) Judaism 
Maimonides Judaism M Meir Yechiel Halevi Halstock Hassidic rabbi Judaism M Melitz Polish Hasidic dynasty Judaism 
Menachem Mendel of Kotzk Polish rabbi Judaism 
Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk Early leader of Hasidic Judaism Judaism 
Menachem Mendel Schneerson Seventh Chabad Rebbe (1902–1994) Judaism 
Menashe Klein Czechoslovak-born Israeli-American rabbi Judaism M Mimi Feigelson American Orthodox Jewish rabbi and educator Judaism 
Miriam Gonczarska Polish Jewish spiritual leader (1972–2026) Judaism M Mishael Zion Israeli rabbi Judaism M Monsieur Chouchani Jewish teacher Judaism 
Mordecai Benet Judaism 
Mordechai Hager Grand Rabbi of Vizhnitz Judaism M Moses Alashkar Judaism M Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov Judaism 
Myriam Ackermann-Sommer First woman to be ordained as an Orthodox rabbi in France (born 1996) Judaism 
Nachmanides 13th century Catalonian rabbi and scholar Judaism 
Noah Dana-Picard Israeli mathematician and Talmudic scholar Judaism 
Nosson Nochum Englard American rabbi Judaism 
Pinchas Horowitz Judaism P Posek Type of Jewish legal scholar Judaism 
Rabbi Akiva Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c. 135 CE) Judaism 
Rachel Kohl Finegold Judaism 
Rashi French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105) Judaism 
Rebbe Orthodox rabbinic title, especially in Hasidism Judaism 
Saadia Gaon 10th-century rabbi Judaism S Saadia Ibn Danan Last Jewish rabbi of Islamic Granada (fl. 1465–1492/3) Judaism 
Salomon Buber Galician Jewish scholar and editor (1827–1906) Judaism 
Samson Raphael Hirsch 19th century German Jewish theologian Judaism S Sara Hurwitz South African-born American rabbi (born 1977) Judaism S Saul Berlin German rabbi (1740–1794) Judaism 
Shalom Berger Jewish scholar Judaism 
Shimon Agassi Iraqi rabbi (1852–1914) Judaism 
Shimon Maryles Hasidic rabbi (1758–1849) Judaism 
Shimon Sholom Kalish Polish rabbi (1882–1954) Judaism 
Shira Marili Mirvis Israeli rabbi (born 1980) Judaism 
Shlomo Goldman American rabbi (1947–2017) Judaism 
Shlomo ibn Aderet Medieval rabbi, halakhist, and Talmudist Judaism 
Sholom Noach Berezovsky Jewish religious leader, author Judaism 
Shraga Feivish Hager American rabbi Judaism 
Simchah ben Abraham Calimani Venetian rabbi and author Judaism 
Solomon Eliezer Alfandari Ottoman rabbi, kabbalist and rosh yeshiva (c.1826–1930) Judaism T Tzvi Hersh Friedlander Judaism 
Wilhelm Bacher Hungarian scholar, rabbi and linguist (1850–1913) Judaism Y Yaakov de Castro 16th-17th century rabbinic scholar and judge Judaism 
Yaakov Koppel Altenkunshtadt Judaism 
Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II American rebbe (born 1948) Judaism Y Yakov Leybovich Fishman Russian Orthodox rabbi Judaism 
Yankev-Meyer Zalkind British rabbi Judaism Y Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam Judaism 
Yehuda Benasouli Spanish rabbi (1933–2010) Judaism Y Yidele Horowitz Judaism 
Yitzhak Aharon Korff American rabbi Judaism 
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) Russian Rabbi, first of Brisk dynasty Judaism 
Yosef Greenwald Jewish Hasidic religious leader and Holocaust survivor Judaism Z Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes Judaism
Aaron Samuel Tamares European Rabbi (1869-1931) Judaism A Abba b. Bizna Judaism Abby Stein American author, rabbi, activist speaker Judaism A Abraham de Boton Talmudist and rabbi (c. 1560 – c. 1605) Judaism Abraham Gershon of Kitov 18th-century Hasidic rabbi Judaism Abraham Isaac Kook Chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865–1935) Judaism A Abraham Kalisker Hasidic rabbi (1741–1810) Judaism A Acharonim Jewish leaders living from the 16th century to today Judaism A Ahai ben Josiah Jewish halakhist Judaism A Aharon of Zhitomir Judaism A Alfandari Family of eastern rabbis Judaism Alissa Thomas-Newborn First female American Orthodox Jewish rabbinical leader in Los Angeles, California Judaism A Aryeh Leib of Shpola Hasidic leader in Ukraine (1725–1811) Judaism Avigdor Aptowitzer Judaism A Avraham Danzig Rabbi and codifier of Jewish law Judaism Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Polish rabbi (1748–1825) Judaism Avrohom Bornsztain Polish rabbi (1838–1910) Judaism Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik Judaism B Baal Shem Tov Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760) Judaism Baruch Ashlag Polish kabbalist rabbi (1907–1991) Judaism B Benjamin ben Samuel 11th-century French Talmudist and liturgical poet Judaism B Bezalel ha-Levi of Zolkiew 18th-century Ukrainian rabbi Judaism B Boaz Cohen Judaism B Boruch of Medzhybizh Rabbi (1753–1811) Judaism Chaim Chaykl of Amdur 18th-century Hasidic rebbe Judaism Chaim ibn Attar Moroccan rabbi (c. 1696–1743) Judaism Chaim Soloveitchik Belarusian rabbi Judaism Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz 20th-century Hasidic Rebbe born in Romania Judaism D Dan Ashkenazi Judaism D Daniel HaBavli Judaism D David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo Dutch rabbi (1808 – 1890) Judaism David Karliner Polish rabbi and author (1828–1915) Judaism D David Solomon Eibenschutz Rabbi, Kabbalist, and author (b. 1755) Judaism D Dina Brawer Orthodox rabbi in the UK Judaism D Dina Najman American rabbi Judaism Dov Ber of Mezeritch Hasidic rabbi (1704–1772) Judaism D Dovid Halberstam Polish Hasidic Jewish religious leader Judaism E Elimelech of Lizhensk 18th century rabbi Judaism G Gedaliah Cordovero Safed-born Talmudic scholar (1562 - 1625) Judaism Gilah Kletenik American Jewish cleric and academic Judaism Hanoch Albeck Austrian/Israeli Professor of Talmud (1890–1972) Judaism H Haviva Ner-David Israeli feminist activist and Open Orthodox rabbi Judaism H Herbert Danby Anglican priest and Oxford University professor (1889–1953) Judaism Hillel the Elder Jewish sage (c. 110 BCE – 10 CE) Judaism Hoshea Friedman Hasidic Rabbi and IDF General Judaism Isaac Aboab I 14th-century Spanish Talmudic scholar Judaism I Isaac Berechiah Canton Italian Talmudist Judaism I Isaac Breuer Judaism I Isaiah di Trani Italian Jewish writer and Talmudic scholar Judaism I Isaiah di Trani the Younger Italian Talmudist and commentator Judaism Israel Yitzhak Kalish Hasidic rebbe Judaism J Jacob Alyashar Ottoman Talmudist & emissary (1730–c.1790) Judaism Jacob Barit Russian Rabbi Judaism Jacob ben Asher German rabbinic authority (c. 1269 - c. 1343) Judaism J Jennie Rosenfeld Judaism J Joseph ben Jacob of Pinczow Judaism Joseph Karo Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575) Judaism J Joshua Berman American rabbi, biblical scholar, and professor (b. 1964) Judaism J Judah ben Joseph ibn Bulat Judaism Klonimus Kalman Epstein Leader of the Chassidic movement Judaism Lajos Blau Jewish–Hungarian scholar and professor (1861–1936) Judaism Levi Cooper Judaism L Lila Kagedan Female Orthodox Jewish rabbi Judaism M Maiden of Ludmir Female rebbe (1805–1888) Judaism Maimonides Judaism M Meir Yechiel Halevi Halstock Hassidic rabbi Judaism M Melitz Polish Hasidic dynasty Judaism Menachem Mendel of Kotzk Polish rabbi Judaism Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk Early leader of Hasidic Judaism Judaism Menachem Mendel Schneerson Seventh Chabad Rebbe (1902–1994) Judaism Menashe Klein Czechoslovak-born Israeli-American rabbi Judaism M Mimi Feigelson American Orthodox Jewish rabbi and educator Judaism Miriam Gonczarska Polish Jewish spiritual leader (1972–2026) Judaism M Mishael Zion Israeli rabbi Judaism M Monsieur Chouchani Jewish teacher Judaism Mordecai Benet Judaism Mordechai Hager Grand Rabbi of Vizhnitz Judaism M Moses Alashkar Judaism M Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov Judaism Myriam Ackermann-Sommer First woman to be ordained as an Orthodox rabbi in France (born 1996) Judaism Nachmanides 13th century Catalonian rabbi and scholar Judaism Noah Dana-Picard Israeli mathematician and Talmudic scholar Judaism Nosson Nochum Englard American rabbi Judaism Pinchas Horowitz Judaism P Posek Type of Jewish legal scholar Judaism Rabbi Akiva Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c. 135 CE) Judaism Rachel Kohl Finegold Judaism Rashi French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105) Judaism Rebbe Orthodox rabbinic title, especially in Hasidism Judaism Saadia Gaon 10th-century rabbi Judaism S Saadia Ibn Danan Last Jewish rabbi of Islamic Granada (fl. 1465–1492/3) Judaism Salomon Buber Galician Jewish scholar and editor (1827–1906) Judaism Samson Raphael Hirsch 19th century German Jewish theologian Judaism S Sara Hurwitz South African-born American rabbi (born 1977) Judaism S Saul Berlin German rabbi (1740–1794) Judaism Shalom Berger Jewish scholar Judaism Shimon Agassi Iraqi rabbi (1852–1914) Judaism Shimon Maryles Hasidic rabbi (1758–1849) Judaism Shimon Sholom Kalish Polish rabbi (1882–1954) Judaism Shira Marili Mirvis Israeli rabbi (born 1980) Judaism Shlomo Goldman American rabbi (1947–2017) Judaism Shlomo ibn Aderet Medieval rabbi, halakhist, and Talmudist Judaism Sholom Noach Berezovsky Jewish religious leader, author Judaism Shraga Feivish Hager American rabbi Judaism Simchah ben Abraham Calimani Venetian rabbi and author Judaism Solomon Eliezer Alfandari Ottoman rabbi, kabbalist and rosh yeshiva (c.1826–1930) Judaism T Tzvi Hersh Friedlander Judaism Wilhelm Bacher Hungarian scholar, rabbi and linguist (1850–1913) Judaism Y Yaakov de Castro 16th-17th century rabbinic scholar and judge Judaism Yaakov Koppel Altenkunshtadt Judaism Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II American rebbe (born 1948) Judaism Y Yakov Leybovich Fishman Russian Orthodox rabbi Judaism Yankev-Meyer Zalkind British rabbi Judaism Y Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam Judaism Yehuda Benasouli Spanish rabbi (1933–2010) Judaism Y Yidele Horowitz Judaism Yitzhak Aharon Korff American rabbi Judaism Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) Russian Rabbi, first of Brisk dynasty Judaism Yosef Greenwald Jewish Hasidic religious leader and Holocaust survivor Judaism Z Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes Judaism