List of Jews in religion

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This page is a list of Jews.
For more on who is considered Jewish, see Who is a Jew?.

[edit] Biblical figures

See: List of Jewish Biblical figures.

[edit] Rabbis

See: List of rabbis.

[edit] Religious Figures by Country

[edit] Germany

[edit] Rabbis

• Hermann Adler
• Nathan Marcus Adler
• Samuel Adler (rabbi)
• Amnon of Mainz (Amnon of Mayence, Mentz), medieval rabbi, paytan
• Amram of Mayence (Mentz), rabbi of whom the following legend is told, Christian saint
• Yair Bacharach
• Leo Baeck, Reform rabbi & scholar
• Jacob ben Asher, medieval rabbi (German-born?)
• Isaac ben Jacob Bernays/Isaac Bernays (27 November, 1792 Weisenau (now Mainz), - 1 May, 1849, Hamburg), Jewish theologian
• Jakob Bernays (11 September, 1824 Hamburg - 26 May, 1881 Bonn), classical philologist (Klassischer Philologe), Judaist, philosophy historian (philosopheriehistoriker)
• Carlebach family
  • Ephraim Carlebach
  • Joseph Carlebach
  • Shlomo Carlebach
• Mordecai ben Hillel
• Asher ben Jehiel, medieval rabbi and Talmudist, father of Jacob ben Asher
• Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi
• Gershom ben Judah
• Yehuda ben Meir
• Eliezer ben Nathan, medieval rabbi
• Yaakov ben Yakar
• Wolf Breidenbach
• Israel Bruna (born at Bruenn)
• Yosef Burg
• David Einhorn, Reform rabbi
• Jacob Emden
• Ettlinger pedigree
• David Fränkel
• Hugo Chanoch Fuchs
• Abraham Geiger, Reform rabbi
• Jakob Guttmann (rabbi)
• Julius Guttmann
• Isaak (Yitzhak) Heinemann (1876, Frankfurt/Main - 1957, Jerusalem), Judaist
• Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller
• Susannah Heschel
• Samson Raphael Hirsch, Orthodox rabbi
• Samuel Holdheim, Reform rabbi
• Walter Homolka
• Israel Isserlin
• Regina Jonas, Reform rabbanith
• Kaufmann Kohler, Reform rabbi
• Pinchas Lapide
• Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin
• Gunther Plaut
• Petachiah of Ratisbon, medieval rabbi, traveller
• Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg
• Elazar Rokeach
• Meir of Rothenburg
• Shimon Schwab
• Moses Sofer
• Moritz Spanier (1853-1938), Jewish theologian
• Hermann Tietz (rabbi) (born on Posen district)
• Abraham of Worms

[edit] Scholars

• Felix Adler
• Hugo Bergmann (born in Prague)
• Max Bodenheimer
• David Cassel
• Ismar Elbogen
• Emil Ludwig Fackenheim
• Heinrich Graetz, Jewish historian (born on Posen)
• Manuel Joël, Jewish philosopher
• Isaak Markus Jost, Jewish historian
• Jonas Fränkel
• Marcus Kalisch, Biblical scholar
• Jakob Klatzkin
• Israel Lewy
• Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish Enlightenment philosopher
• David Rosin
• Gershom Scholem, Jewish scholar & historian
• Ernst Simon
• Friedrich Weinreb (born on Lemberg)
• Benedict Zuckermann
• Leopold Zunz, Jewish scholar

[edit] Other

• Ayya Khema, Buddhist teacher (born Jewish)
• Adolf Lasson
  • Georg Lasson
• Johannes Pfefferkorn, antisemitic controversialist (born Jewish)
• Friedrich Adolf Philippi
• Johann Peter Spaeth (Moses Germanus Ashkenazi), a Christian German Proselyte
• Edith Stein, canonized nun, Holocaust victim (born Jewish)

[edit] Hungary

• Taub family and Kaliv rebbi from Nagykalló
• Teitelbaum family of Satmar (Sátoraljaújhely, Szatmárnémeti, Máramarossziget)
• Ratzfert rebbe and Teitelbaum family from Újfehértó (scion of Satmar, Klauzenberg, Brazil)
• Eliezer Berkovits, rabbi
• Joseph Hirsch Weiss (Weissfeld), rabbi
• Solomon Aaron Wertheimer, rabbi, scholar
• Joseph Breuer
• Henrik Bródy
• Sándor Büchler, rabbi, educator, historian
• Aaron Chorin, rabbi
• Leopold Cohen, rabbi, Messianic
• Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, rabbi
• Solomon H. Sonneschein, rabbi
• Aaron Tanger, rabbi
• Isaac Tyrnau
• Joachim Jacob Unger
• Wahrmann family
  • Israel ben Solomon Wahrmann, rabbi and Talmudist
  • Judah Wahrmann, rabbi
• Aaron Wise (Weisz Áaron), rabbi
• Stephen Samuel Wise, Zionist leader & rabbi
• Puppa rebbe and Greenwald (Grűnwald, Grinvald) family from Pápa, Huszt, Belz
• Sanz-Klausenberger rebbe and Halberstam family from Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
• Ludwig Lichtenstein
• Michoel Ber Weissmandl
• Béla Wenckheim

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Other religious leaders

• Selig Brodetsky, President of the British Board of Deputies
• Barnett Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
• Greville Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
• Ewen Montagu, President of the United Synagogue
• Claude Montefiore, co-founder of British Liberal Judaism
• Anthony Rothschild, First president of the United Synagogue

[edit] United States

[edit] Other

• Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis - Hungarian born founder of Hineni

[edit] Other religious leaders (including Jews associated with religions outside of Judaism)

• Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, 10th century purported Karaite
• Anan ben David, purported founder of the Karaites
• Ya'acov Al-Kirkisani, Karaite leader
• Daniel Al-Kumisi, 9th Century Karaite leader
• Apostles, the "Twelve Apostles", first followers of Jesus
• Aviel Barclay, first certified Soferet S"M (female Torah and Mezuzah scribe)
• Jacob Frank, self-proclaimed messiah in Poland, founder of Frankists
• John the Baptist (Yochanan HaMatbil), revered by Christians
• Jesus of Nazareth, (Yeshua HaNatzerat) inspired the creation of Christianity
• Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal (raised Catholic)
• Mary (Miriam), mother of Jesus
• Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus
• Ram Dass, modern American Hindu author
• Simon of Galilee, considered the first Pope
• St. Teresa of Avila, Catholic saint (parents were Conversos)
• Saul of Tarsus (Paul), early Christian leader
• Edith Stein, Catholic nun, Holocaust victim
• Swami Paramatmananda (born Neil Rosner), was involved in setting up Mata Amritanandamayi Center in San Ramon, CA
• Akiva Eger, Intermediary between the Prussian Emperors, Wilhelm I and II, and the Prussian Jewish communities.
• Maurice Frydman Polish Jew who lived in India and was involved in translating Nisargadatta's "I am That." Was close to Gandhi and Nehru