Levi Eshkol

Levi Eshkol

male, deceased (1969) (Israel)
Jewish, Labour Unity, Former Member of the Knesset, Member of the Knesset, knesset, ukrainian…Prime Minister of Israel, State of Israel, landofIsrael
"', born Levi Shkolnik, Hebrew לֵוִי שׁקוֹלנִיק"'; October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 196...
Isaac Alfasi

Isaac Alfasi

male, deceased (1103)
Rishonim, maimonides, Gemara, yeshivot, Joseph Karo, Nashim…landofIsrael
Sefer ha-Halachot extracts all the pertinent legal decisions from the three Talmudic orders Moed, Nashim and Nezikin as well as the tractates of...
Moses

Moses

male
exodus, Religious leader, ancient egypt, Jewish, Red Sea, Old Testament saint…Prophet of Judaism, Prophet of the Hebrew Bible, landofIsrael
Moses (Arabic: موسىٰ, "; Ge'ez: ሙሴ "Musse) was an early Biblical Hebrew religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, military leader and historian...
Rabbi Nathan

Rabbi Nathan

male
babylon, R. Hananiah, Dorot ha-Rishonim, R. Simon ben Gamaliel III, Hor., H. Grätz…Jew of Babylonia, landofIsrael
Rabbi Nathan was a Palestinian tanna of the third generation (2nd century), the son of a Babylonian exilarch. For unknown reasons he left...
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

male, deceased (1922)
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda, Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, buried at the Mount of Olives, vilnius, revival, algiers…landofIsrael, Jews buried in the Mount of Olives, Revival of Hebrew language
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda was principally responsible for the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language from its previous state as a liturgical language. Bo...

Samuel

male
Jewish, Saul the King, landofIsrael, Ancient Israel, books of Samuel, King Saul…Major figure of the Hebrew Bible, Book(s) of Samuel, Book of Judge, Prophet of the Hebrew Bible, Judge of ancient Israel
Samuel or Shmu'el is an important leader of ancient Israel in the Book(s) of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. His status, as viewed by rabbinical...
Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill

male, deceased (1926)
spitalfields, Jews' Free School, Melting Pot, London University, Merely Mary Ann, zionist…East End of London, landofIsrael, Dreamers of the Ghetto, The King of Schnorrers, University of London
Israel Zangwill was an English-born Zionist, humourist and writer. Born to a Russian émigré who had escaped persecution and death in a Czarist mi...
Hillel The Elder

Hillel The Elder

male
golden rule, Tannaim, Shimon ben Gamliel I, ethic of reciprocity, Babylonian Talmud, Gamliel Hazaken…landofIsrael
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...
Arthur Ruppin

Arthur Ruppin

male, deceased (1943)
industry, David Wolfsohnn, Zionist Congress, Palestine Bureau, "The Jews In The Modern World", Yishuv…landofIsrael
Arthur Ruppin (1876-1943) was a Zionist thinker and leader. He was also one of the founders of the city of Tel Aviv, and a pioneering sociologist...
Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

male, deceased (1970)
Israeli, hebrew, Nobel Prize winner, writer, Galician, Nobel laureate in Literature…buried at the Mount of Olives, Israel Prize recipient, landofIsrael, Jews buried in the Mount of Olives
Shmuel Yosef Agnon. One of the central figures in modern Hebrew fiction, Agnon was born in Galicia, later immigrated as a Zionist to Ottoman...