Leopold Zunz

Leopold Zunz

male, deceased (1886)
Leopold Zunz was the founder of what has been termed the "Science of Judaism" ("Wissenschaft des Judentums"), the critical investigation of Jewish...
Israel Jacobson

Israel Jacobson

male, deceased (1828)
Israel Jacobson was a German philanthropist and reformer. Originally his father's name was Jacob. His parents were in humble circumstances. Owing...
Michael Sachs

Michael Sachs

male, deceased (1864)
Michael Sachs (1808-1864) was a German rabbi. He was one of the first Jewish graduates from the modern universities, earning a Ph.D. degree in...
David Cassel

David Cassel

male, deceased (1893)
David Cassel was a German historian and Jewish theologian. Gross-Glogau was the city of large Jewish community where he graduated from the...
Gustav Gottheil

Gustav Gottheil

male, deceased (1903)
Gustav Gottheil (May 28, 1827, Pinne/Pniewy, Posen district, Prussian Poland - April 15, 1903, New York City) was a Prussian Poland-born American...
Isaac Noah Mannheimer

Isaac Noah Mannheimer

male, deceased (1865)
Isaac Noah Mannheimer (born at Copenhagen October 17, 1793; died at Vienna March 17, 1865) was a Jewish preacher. The son of a "chazzan", he began...

Samuel ben Hofni

male, deceased (1034)
Samuel ben Hofni was the last gaon of Sura. His father was a Talmudic scholar and chief judge ("ab bet din," probably of Fez), one of whose...

Isaac Lattes

male
Isaac ben Jacob Lattes was a Jewish rabbi who lived in Provence. In 1340 he wrote "Toledot Yiẓḥaḳ," in which he gives valuable information concer...

Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach

male, deceased (1872)
Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach (born at Neuwied in 1808; died at Halberstadt, September 301872) was a German rabbi and one of the most prominent leaders...

David Caro

male, deceased (1839)
David Caro (ca. 1782, Fordon, Grand Duchy of Posen-December 25, 1839, Posen) was a Prussian pedagogue. He belonged to the school of the Me'assefim,...