Saadia Gaon

Saadia Gaon

male, deceased (942)
Sa`īd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi, greek philosophy, Karaism, Rabbinic Judaism, geonic, Saīd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi…Jewishphilosophy, Jewish person, Jewish
Sa'adiah ben Yosef Gaon, ("Sa`īd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi"); was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period. Saadia is kno...
Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Joseph B. Soloveitchik

male, deceased (1993)
Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas, Rosh yeshivas, Rosh Yeshiva, Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty…Jewishphilosophy, Lithuanian Jewish, Jewish philosopher, Jewish person
Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (1903 - 1993) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was the...
Norman Lamm

Norman Lamm

male, 82 years old
Modern Orthodox Judaism, From Brooklyn, Modern Orthodox, Rosh yeshivas, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy…Jewishphilosophy, Jewish person
Rabbi Dr. Norman ("Nachum") Lamm, (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), is a major American Modern Orthodox Jewish communal leader. He...
Isadore Twersky

Isadore Twersky

male, deceased (1997)
From Boston, Hasidic rebbes, Harvard University alumni, Harvard University, Guggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Sciences…American Academy for Jewish Research, Jewishphilosophy, director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Jewish
Isadore Twersky (a.k.a. Yitzhak Twersky) (1930-October 12, 1997) was the "Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy" at Harvard...
Shalom Carmy

Shalom Carmy

male
Yeshiva University faculty, From Brooklyn, Philosopher of Judaism, tenure, Modern Orthodox rabbi, rabbi…Jewishphilosophy, Jewish Studies
Rabbi Shalom Carmy is a tenured professor of Jewish Studies and Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University. A Brooklyn native, he is a prominent...
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

male, deceased (1746)
rabbi, hebrew, Philosopher of Judaism, judaism, Italian, philosopher…Jewish person, Jewishphilosophy
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707-1746 (26 "Iyar" 5506)), also known by the Hebrew acronym RaMCHaL (or RaMHaL, רמח"ל), was a prominent Italian Jewish rabb...
Judith Butler

Judith Butler

female, 53 years old
lesbian, philosopher, state violence, From Cleveland, Jewish person, zionist…Jewishphilosophy, political philosophy, Jewish American, Philosophy of sexuality, Jewish
Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American post-structuralist philosopher who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory,...
Harry Austryn Wolfson

Harry Austryn Wolfson

male, deceased (1974)
Harvard University alumni, Church Father, Harvard University faculty, Judaic studies in academia, Academic, kalam…Islamic philosophy, Jewishphilosophy, Christian Philosophy
Harry Austryn Wolfson was a scholar, philosopher, and historian at Harvard University, the first chairman of a Judaic Studies Department in the...
Tamar Ross

Tamar Ross

female
Jewish, Yeridat ha-dorot, Jewish theology, Musar, Judaism and women, Orthodox Jewish…Jewishphilosophy, philosophy, Jewish ethics
Tamar Ross is a professor of Jewish Philosophy at Bar Ilan University. She has scholarly expertise in the thought of Abraham Isaac Kook, the modern...
Judah Loew ben Bezalel

Judah Loew ben Bezalel

male, deceased (1609)
rabbi, hebrew, Moreinu ha-Rav Loew, judaism, Maharal of Prague, Maharal…jewish mystic, jewish mysticism, Jewish person, Jewishphilosophy
Judah Lew ben Bezalel ("Judah Loew son of Bezalel", also written as Yehudah ben Bezalel Levai [or Loew], 1525 - 17 September 1609 or 18 Elul 5369...