Maury Povich

Maury Povich

male, 70 years old
talk show, talk show host, Lithuanian Jewish, Jewish person, University of Pennsylvania, LithuanianJew
Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (born January 17, 1939 in Washington, D.C.) is an American TV talk show personality who currently hosts his...
Chaim Volozhin

Chaim Volozhin

male, deceased (1821)
Kletsk yeshiva, Nefesh HaChayim, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Orthodox Jewish, Telz Yeshiva, Volozhin…lithuanian, LithuanianJew
Chaim Volozhin (1749-1821) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as "Reb Chaim Volozhiner", or simply "Reb Chaim",...
Moshe Feinstein

Moshe Feinstein

male, deceased (1986)
Later Acharonim, Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, reb, Rosh yeshivas, LithuanianJew, de facto…lithuanian
Moshe Feinstein (1895 - 1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and scholar, who was world renowned for his expertise in halakha and was the "de...
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…Lithuanian Jewish, LithuanianJew
Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (1903 - 1993) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was the...

Joseph Klausner

male, deceased (1958)
Olkeniki, Yosef Klauzner, The Hebrew Encylopedia, Doctor of Philosophy, jewish history, zionist…LithuanianJew
Joseph Gedaliah Klausner , also known as Yosef Klauzner (יוסף קלוזנר) was a Jewish scholar born in Olkeniki, Lithuania who emigrated to the Britis...
Tony Tenser

Tony Tenser

male
Lithuanian-Jewish, LithuanianJew, Tigon British Film Productions, Jewish, Exploitation film, English…lithuanian
Tony Tenser (born 1920) is an English-born film producer of Lithuanian-Jewish descent. He specialised in producing Exploitation film movies and...
Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

male, deceased (1955)
Lithuanian Jewish, Knife of the Party, jerome, LithuanianJew, comedian, Jewish American
Samuel "Shemp Howard" Horwitz (March 17, 1895 - November 22, 1955) was part of the Three Stooges comedy team. He was called "Shemp" because "Sam"...
Aharon Leib Shteinman

Aharon Leib Shteinman

male, 97 years old
steinman, rabbi, Shtainman, Khentshin, Moshe Chaim Rotenberg, Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman…LithuanianJew, lithuanian
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (also: Shtainman or Steinman is a prominent Haredi rabbi currently living in Bnei Brak, Israel. He belongs to...
Aharon Kotler

Aharon Kotler

male, deceased (1962)
LithuanianJew, Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Orthodox Judaism, Rosh yeshivas, Haredi rabbi in the United States, yeshiva
Rabbi Aharon (or Ahroyn, Aaron, Aron) Kotler (1891 - 1962) was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the United States of...

Robert Briscoe

male, deceased (1969)
Jewish, Fianna Éireann, Irish War of Independence, Teachtaí Dála, Member of the 7th Dáil, Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician…LithuanianJew, Lithuanian-Jewish
Robert Briscoe, son of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who was elected a Teachta Dála in the Irish general el...