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List of Jews in religion

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This is a list of notable Jews in religion.

Contents

Biblical figures

See: List of Jewish Biblical figures.

High Priests

See: List of High Priests of Israel.

Rabbis

See: List of rabbis.

Rosh yeshivas

See: List of rosh yeshivas.

Karaite Jewish Hakhamim

See: List of Karaite Jews.

Scholars

  • Felix Adler
  • Hugo Bergmann (born in Prague)
  • Max Bodenheimer
  • David Cassel
  • Ismar Elbogen
  • Emil Ludwig Fackenheim
  • Jonas Fränkel
  • Heinrich Graetz, Jewish historian (born in Posen)
  • Manuel Joël, Jewish philosopher
  • Isaak Markus Jost, Jewish historian
  • Marcus Kalisch, Biblical scholar
  • Jakob Klatzkin
  • Israel Lewy
  • Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish Enlightenment philosopher
  • David Rosin
  • Gershom Scholem, Jewish scholar and historian
  • Ernst Simon
  • Friedrich Weinreb (born in Lemberg)
  • Benedict Zuckermann
  • Leopold Zunz, Jewish scholar
  • Other

  • Ayya Khema, Buddhist teacher (born Jewish)
  • Adolf Lasson
  • Georg Lasson
  • Johannes Pfefferkorn, antisemitic controversialist (born Jewish)
  • Friedrich Adolf Philippi
  • Johann Peter Spaeth (Moses Germanus Ashkenazi), a Christian German Proselyte
  • Edith Stein, canonized nun, Holocaust victim (born Jewish)
  • Hungary

  • Joseph Breuer
  • Henrik Bródy
  • J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain
  • Abraham Hochmuth
  • Sanz-Klausenberger rebbe from Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Ludwig Lichtenstein
  • Puppa rebbe and Greenwald (Grűnwald, Grinvald) family from Pápa, Huszt, Belz
  • Sándor Scheiber, rabbi and director of the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary
  • Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, rabbi and first Jewish professor in Cambridge
  • Isaac Tyrnau
  • Joachim Jacob Unger
  • Wahrmann family
  • Michoel Ber Weissmandl
  • Béla Wenckheim
  • Other religious leaders

  • Selig Brodetsky, President of the British Board of Deputies
  • Barnett Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
  • Greville Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
  • Ewen Montagu, President of the United Synagogue
  • Claude Montefiore, co-founder of British Liberal Judaism
  • Anthony Rothschild, first president of the United Synagogue
  • Rebbetzins

  • Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Hungarian born founder of Hineni
  • Chaya Mushka Schneerson, rebbetzin of Chabad
  • Other religious leaders (including Jews associated with religions outside of Judaism)

  • Apostles, the "Twelve Apostles", first followers of Jesus
  • Neal Chase, exilarch Guardian of the Baha'is Under the Provisions of the Covenant
  • Ram Dass, modern American Hindu author
  • Jacob Frank, self-proclaimed messiah in Poland, founder of Frankists
  • Maurice Frydman Polish Jew who lived in India and was involved in translating Nisargadatta's "I am That." Was close to Gandhi and Nehru
  • Jesus, inspired the creation of Christianity
  • John the Baptist, revered by Christians
  • Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal (raised Catholic)
  • John Joseph O'Connor
  • Saint Peter, considered the first Pope
  • Saul of Tarsus, early Christian leader
  • Edith Stein, Catholic nun, Holocaust victim
  • St. Teresa of Avila, Catholic saint (parents were Conversos)
  • References

    List of Jews in religion Wikipedia


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