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Brisker (Yiddish: בריסק‎) is Rabbinic name and Jewish surname of:

  • Rev Chaim Brisker (Soloveitchik) (1853–1918), a rabbi and Talmudist
  • Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty ("Brisker")
  • Brisker method (Yiddish: Brisker derekh‎), a reductionistic approach to Talmud study innovated by Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk
  • Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brisk") (1886 in Valozhyn – 1959)
  • Gordon Brisker (1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio – 2004), an American jazz tenor saxophonist
  • John Brisker (born 1947 in Detroit, Michigan), an American professional basketball player
  • Mark Brisker (born 1969), American-Israeli basketball player
  • References

    Brisker Wikipedia