Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel

male, deceased (1972)
Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati, Pacifist, From Warsaw, APT, Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, panentheist…University of Berlin, Conservative Judaism, PhilosopherofJudaism, philosopher, Reform Judaism
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Heschel was a...
Franz Rosenzweig

Franz Rosenzweig

male, deceased (1929)
Alumni of Freiburg University, Bible translator, German, philosopher, Theologian, Death from motor neurone disease…German-language philosopher, PhilosopherofJudaism, North American Judaism
Franz Rosenzweig (December 25, 1886 - December 10, 1929) was an influential Jewish theologian and philosopher.
Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn

male, deceased (1786)
Jewish, Haskalah, from Saxony-Anhalt, German-language philosopher, Reform Judaism, Jewish person…philosopher, Enlightenment philosopher, PhilosopherofJudaism
Moses Mendelssohn (September 6, 1729 - January 4, 1786) was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the renaissance of European Jews, Haskalah,...
Hermann Cohen

Hermann Cohen

male, deceased (1918)
Jewish, PhilosopherofJudaism, German, philosopher, marburg, Jewish person…German-language philosopher, University of Marburg
Hermann Cohen (July 4, 1842 - April 4, 1918) was a German-Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism, and he...
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn

Sholom Dovber Schneersohn

male, deceased (1920)
nishmosei eiden, PhilosopherofJudaism, chasidic, Russian, Old Style and New Style dates, kabbalist…Rebbes of Lubavitch, Orthodox Judaism, Hasidic Judaism
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860-10-24 OS - 1920-03-21 NS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the fifth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch...
Shalom Carmy

Shalom Carmy

male
Yeshiva University faculty, From Brooklyn, PhilosopherofJudaism, tenure, Modern Orthodox rabbi, rabbi
Rabbi Shalom Carmy is a tenured professor of Jewish Studies and Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University. A Brooklyn native, he is a prominent...
Samson Raphael Hirsch

Samson Raphael Hirsch

male, deceased (1888)
University of Bonn alumni, rabbi, PhilosopherofJudaism, Biblical scholar, Orthodox rabbi, Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch was the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. Occasionally termed...
Gershom Scholem

Gershom Scholem

male, deceased (1982)
Fellow of the British Academy, PhilosopherofJudaism, On Kabbalah and its Symbolism, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, Sabbatai Zevi, the Mystical Messiah, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities…Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gershom Scholem (December 5, 1897 - February 21, 1982), also known as Gerhard Scholem, was a Jewish philosopher and historian raised in Germany. He...
Moses Hess

Moses Hess

male, deceased (1875)
Moses (Moshe) Hess, German philosopher, Hegelian philosopher, Communism, bonn, dialectical materialism…19th Century German philosopher, Holy History of Mankind, philosopher, university of bonn, PhilosopherofJudaism
Moses (Moshe) Hess was a German Jewish philosopher and one of the founders of socialism. Hess was born in Bonn. He adopted the name "Moritz," but...
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…Orthodox Judaism, Jewish philosopher, PhilosopherofJudaism
Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (1903 - 1993) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was the...