Berel Wein

Berel Wein

male
Jewish, Modern Orthodox, Modern Orthodox Judaism, Haredi Judaism, Haredi, Orthodox Judaism…Jewish American, jewishhistory
Rabbi Berel Wein,the founder and director of The Destiny Foundation since 1996, has, for over 25 years, been identified with the popularization of...
Jacob Rader Marcus

Jacob Rader Marcus

male, deceased (1995)
Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati, Reform Judaism, World War I, jewishhistory, Reform rabbi, World War II
Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995) was a scholar of Jewish history and a Reform rabbi. Born in New Haven, Pennsylvania, United States, into a...

David Solomon

male
hebrew, educator and writer, The Whole of Jewish History in One Hour, Anthropology of religion, yeshivot, Jewish Studies…jewishhistory
David Solomon is an educator, scholar and writer. Perhaps best known for his teaching in the area of Jewish Studies, Solomon has also made...
Ismar Schorsch

Ismar Schorsch

male
Columbia University, Arnie Eisen, American university and college president, Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, Jewish Theological Seminary, Conservative Judaism…jewishhistory, Jewish Theological Seminary employee
Ismar Schorsch (1935-) was the sixth Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and is the Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish...

David Berger

male
Relations between Catholicism and Judaism, Chabad messianism, Yeshiva University faculty, Yeshiva University alumni, graduate school, Orthodox Judaism…Jewish-Christian relations, jewishhistory
David Berger is a rabbi, a professor of history at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and a visiting professor at Yeshiva...
Benjamin Of Tudela

Benjamin Of Tudela

male
Middle Ages, Fl., explorer, Jewish person, floruit, spanish conquistador…jewishhistory, Jewish Spanish history, Jewish
Benjamin of Tudela (fl. 12th century) was a medieval Navarrese Jewish rabbi and explorer. In his journey he passed through large swathes of Europe,...
Judas MacCabeus

Judas MacCabeus

male
167BCE, Maccabean revolt, Mattathias, Nine Worthies, Seleucid Empire, Killed in action…Jewish person, jewishhistory
Judas Maccabeus was the third son of the Jewish priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167BCE-160 BCE) and is...
Mitchell Bard

Mitchell Bard

male
jewishhistory, Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, Jewish Virtual Library, Scholar of antisemitism, The Jenny Jones Show, University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Mitchell Geoffrey Bard is an American foreign policy analyst and historian who specializes in U.S.-Middle East policy. He is the Executive Director...
Hillel The Elder

Hillel The Elder

male
golden rule, Tannaim, Shimon ben Gamliel I, ethic of reciprocity, Babylonian Talmud, Gamliel Hazaken…jewishhistory, Jewish person
Hillel (הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod, Augustus, and probably Jesus; he is one of...