This is a list of prominent rabbis. Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Rabbis are Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut

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Contents 1 Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) 2 Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot) 3 Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim) 4 Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim) 5 Rabbis: Middle Ages 6 Rabbis: 16th - 18th centuries 6.1 Rabbis: 16th - 17th centuries 6.2 Rabbis: 18th century 7 Orthodox rabbis 7.1 Orthodox rabbis: 19th century 7.2 Orthodox rabbis: 20th century 7.2.1 Chareidi leaders 7.2.2 Modern and Zionist leaders 7.3 Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary 7.3.1 Haredi 7.3.2 Hardal 7.3.3 Modern Orthodox 8 Conservative rabbis 8.1 Conservative rabbis: 19th century 8.2 Conservative rabbis: 20th century 8.3 Conservative rabbis: Contemporary 8.3.1 Conservative rabbinical organizations 9 Union for Traditional Judaism 10 Reform rabbis 10.1 Reform rabbis: 19th century 10.2 Reform rabbis: 20th century 10.2.1 Reform rabbinical organizations 11 Reconstructionist rabbis 11.1 Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century 11.2 Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary 12 Other rabbis 13 References 14 External links 14.1 Orthodox 14.2 Conservative 14.3 Pan-denominational

Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim)

See Mishnah, Tannaim. The Mishnah or Mishna (he משנה "repetition" from the verb shanah he שנה or "to study and review" is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism word /š n/ and /t n/ -->

• Shimon Hatzadik
• Antigonus of Sokho

Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot)

See: Mishnah, Tannaim, Zugot. Simeon the Just ( Hebrew: שמעון הצדיק) (or Shimon HaTzaddik or Shimon the Pious or Simeon the Righteous Antigonus of Sokho ( אנטיגנוס איש סוכו) was the first scholar of whom Pharisee tradition has preserved not only the name but also an important The Mishnah or Mishna (he משנה "repetition" from the verb shanah he שנה or "to study and review" is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism word /š n/ and /t n/ --> Zugot (תְּקוּפָת הַזּוּגוֹת ( (təqūphāth hazZūghôth) refers to the period during the time of the Second Temple (515 BCE - 70 CE in which

• Jose ben Joezer, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence. Yose ben Yoezer (also spelt Jose ben Joezer) was a rabbi of the early Maccabean period, possibly a disciple of Antigonus of Soko and member of the ascetic For the Arab month by this name see Nasi (month. Also the Malay/Indonesian word for rice The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly The Maccabees ( Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim or Maqabim; Greek Μακκαβαῖοι, /makav'εï/ were
• Jose ben Johanan, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence. Jose ben Jochanan ( Hebrew: יוסי בן יוחנן, Yose ben Yochanan or Joseph ben Johanan) was Nasi (president of the Sanhedrin Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין "Chief of the Court" The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly The Maccabees ( Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim or Maqabim; Greek Μακκαβαῖοι, /makav'εï/ were
• Joshua ben Perachyah, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus. Joshua ben Perachya ( יהושע בן פרחיה) was Nasi of the Sanhedrin in the latter half of the second century BCE For the Arab month by this name see Nasi (month. Also the Malay/Indonesian word for rice The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly John Hyrcanus ( Yohanan Girhan) (reigned 134 BCE - 104 BCE died 104 BCE was a Hasmonean ( Maccabeean Leader of the 2nd century BC
• Nittai of Arbela, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus. Nittai of Arbela ( Hebrew: נתאי הארבלי) was Av beit din or vice-president of the Sanhedrin under the Nasi Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין "Chief of the Court" The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly John Hyrcanus ( Yohanan Girhan) (reigned 134 BCE - 104 BCE died 104 BCE was a Hasmonean ( Maccabeean Leader of the 2nd century BC
• Judah ben Tabbai, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome. Judah ben Tabbai (son of good was a Jewish tanna of the early first century BCE For the Arab month by this name see Nasi (month. Also the Malay/Indonesian word for rice The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly Alexander Jannaeus (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai) king of Judea from (103 BCE to 76 BCE son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his SALOME (pronounced in English using the French sah-loh-may is the Open Source Integration Platform for Numerical Simulation
• Simeon ben Shetach, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome. Simeon ben Shetach or Shimon ben Shetach (c 120-40 BCE was a Pharisee scholar and Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reigns of Alexander Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין "Chief of the Court" The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly Alexander Jannaeus (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai) king of Judea from (103 BCE to 76 BCE son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his SALOME (pronounced in English using the French sah-loh-may is the Open Source Integration Platform for Numerical Simulation
• Shemaya, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II. For the Arab month by this name see Nasi (month. Also the Malay/Indonesian word for rice The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly Hyrcanus II, a member of the Hasmonean dynasty was the Jewish High Priest and King of Judea in the 1st century BCE
• Avtalyon, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II. Abht'alyon, also Avtalyon, Avtalion and Abtalion (אבטליון was a Rabbinic sage in the early pre- Mishnaic era who lived at the Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין "Chief of the Court" The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly Hyrcanus II, a member of the Hasmonean dynasty was the Jewish High Priest and King of Judea in the 1st century BCE A convert to Judaism.
• Hillel the Elder, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great. Hillel (הלל (born Babylon traditionally c110BCE-10CE in Jerusalem) was a famous Jewish religious leader one of the most important figures in Jewish For the Arab month by this name see Nasi (month. Also the Malay/Indonesian word for rice The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly Herod (הוֹרְדוֹס Horodos, Greek: Herōdes) also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (73 BC – 4 BC in Jericho
• Shammai, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great. Shammai (50 BCE&ndash30 CE Hebrew: שמאי was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century and an important figure in Judaism 's core work of Rabbinic literature Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין "Chief of the Court" The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly Herod (הוֹרְדוֹס Horodos, Greek: Herōdes) also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (73 BC – 4 BC in Jericho

Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim)

See Mishnah, Tannaim. The Mishnah or Mishna (he משנה "repetition" from the verb shanah he שנה or "to study and review" is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism word /š n/ and /t n/ -->

• Akiva, 1st century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah
• Judah haNasi, 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
• Shimon bar Yochai, 1st century mystic, reputed author of the Zohar
• Yohanan ben Zakkai, 1st century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah
• Eliezer son of Jose the Galilean (?-c. Akiva redirects here For other people and things with this name see Akiva (disambiguation. Shimon bar Yohai, ( Aramaic: רבן שמעון בר יוחאי Shimon son of Yohai, Simon son of Yohai or Rashbi (רשב"י pronounced Yochanan ben Zakai (יוחנן בן זכאי c 30 BCE - 90 CE) was one of the Tannaim, an important Jewish sage in the era of the Second Temple Jose the Galilean ( Hebrew: יוסי הגלילי Yose ha-Gelili) was a Jew who lived in the first and second centuries of the common 160), famous for Baraita of Thirty-Two mitzvoth. Baraita ( Aramaic ברייתא "external" "outside" pl The father of Rabbi Hananiah. Hananiah may refer to Hananiah (Book of Daniel, or Shadrach Biblical figure Hananiah (Samaritan, 4th century BC governor of Samaria See the fifth chapter of Hulin, and Moed Katan 28. Hulin ( Chinese: 虎林 "tiger forest" is a city on Muling River with a population of around 200000 in Heilongjiang province China Mo'ed Katan (Hebrew מועד קטן, lit "little festival" is the eleventh tractate Seder Moed of the Mishnah and the Talmud

Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim)

See Talmud and Amora. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history

• Abaye, 3rd century Talmudist
• Abba Arika, known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora. Abaye ( אביי) was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia, known as an Amora; born about the close of the third century Abba Arika (175–247 ( Talmudic Aramaic: tmr אבא אריכא) (born Abba bar Aybo was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia Moved from Israel to Babylon, 3rd century.
• Abbahu, 4th century Talmudist
• Eleazar Kalir, early Talmudic liturgist and poet
• Hamnuna - Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name. Abbahu ( אבהו) was a Jewish Talmudist known as an Amora, who lived in the Land of Israel, of the 3rd amoraic generation (about 279-320 Eleazar ben Kalir ( אלעזר בן קליר) was one of Judaism 's earliest and most prolific of the ''paytanim'', liturgical poets
• Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, 3rd century, in Judea, grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah
• Hillel II, 4th century creator of the Hebrew calendar, in Judea, son of Judah Nesiah, grandson of Gamaliel IV
• Judah II, 3rd century sage, sometimes called Judah Nesi'ah and Rebbi like his grandfather
• Judah III, 4th century scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, and grandson of Judah II
• Rabbah bar Nahmani
• Rav Ashi, 5th century Babylonian Talmudic sage - primary redactor of the Babylonian Talmud
• Rav Nachman
• Rav Papa
• Rava, important Amora
• Ravina, primary aide to Rav Ashi in the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
• Resh Lakish
• Shmuel (Talmud), rabbi of Nehardea, physician
• Yochanan, primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud
• Rav Jonah

Rabbis: Middle Ages

See: Geonim and Rishonim. Hillel son of Gamaliel III, was a Jewish scholar in the 3rd century CE Hillel II, ( Hebrew: הלל נשיאה Hillel the Nasi) also known simply as Hillel held the office of Nasi of the ancient Jewish Judah II was a famous Jewish sage who lived in Tiberias in the Land of Israel, in the middle of the third century CE Judah III ( Hebrew: יהודה נשיאה) held the office of Nasi of the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin between 290 and 320 CE Rabbah bar Nachmani ( Hebrew: רבה בר נחמני (c 270 -c Rav Ashi ( רב אשי) ("Rabbi Ashi" (352&ndash427 was a celebrated Jewish religious scholar a Babylonian amora, who reestablished You might be looking for Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Rav Nachman bar Yaakov (died 320 (רב נחמן בר יעקב was a Jewish Talmudist Rav Papa (רב פפא (died 375 was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia. Rava (רבא was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an Amora, born in 270 and one of the most often-cited Rabbis in the Ravina was the name of two Jewish sages ( Amoraim) from the time of the Gemara: Ravina I Ravina II It Simeon ben Lakish (in Hebrew, Shimon ben Lakish; in Aramaic, Shimon bar Lakish or bar Lakisha) Samuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba ( Hebrew: שמואל) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an Rabbi Yochanan refers to several rabbis of the Talmud: (when "Rabbi Yochanan" is stated without qualification it refers to Rabbi Yochanan bar Nafcha Jonah ( Hebrew: רבי יונה) was a Palestinian Amora of the 4th century the leading rabbinical authority in the 4th amoraic generation Geonim ( Hebrew: גאונים also transliterated Gaonim) were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura

• Abba Mari, (Minhat Kenaot), 13th century French Talmudist
• Don Isaac Abravanel, (Abarbanel), 15th century philosopher and Torah commentator
• Jacob Berab, 15th-16th century proponent of Semichah (Ordination)
• Abraham ibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), 12th century Spanish philosopher
• Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura) 15th century commentator on the Mishnah
• Abraham ben David of Posquières, 1100s, France. Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph, was a Provençal rabbi, born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century Isaac ben Judah or Yitzchak ben Yehuda Abravanel (1437 - 1508 (יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל was a Jewish Statesman, philosopher Jacob Berab, also Jacob Berav, Yaakov Berav, Yaakov Bei Rav, Talmudist and Rabbi; born at Moqueda near Toledo Semicha (סמיכה "leaning the hands" also semichut (סמיכות "ordination" or semicha lerabbanut (סמיכה לרבנות "rabbinical Abraham ibn Daud ( Hebrew Avraham ben David ha-Levi; Arabic ابراهيم ابن داود) was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer Obadiah ben Abraham ( Hebrew: עובדיה מברטנורא) of Bertinoro was a Jewish Rabbi and a commentator on the Mishnah Rabbeinu Abraham ben David was a Provençal rabbi, a great commentator on the Talmud, Sefer Halachot of rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi and
• Abraham ibn Ezra, (Even Ezra), 12th century Spanish-North African Biblical commentator
• Amram Gaon, 9th century organizer of the siddur
• Asher ben Jehiel, (Rosh), 13th century German-Spanish Talmudist
• Bahya ibn Paquda, (Hovot ha-Levavot), 11th century Spanish philosopher and moralist
• Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel), 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Dunash ben Labrat, 10th century grammarian and poet
• Eliezer ben Nathan, 12th century poet and pietist
• Hasdai Crescas, (Or Hashem), 14th century Talmudist and philosopher
• Rabbenu Gershom, 11th century German Talmudist and legalist
• Gersonides, Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag), 14th century French Talmudist and philosopher
• Hillel ben Eliakim, (Rabbeinu Hillel), 12th century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
• Ibn Tibbon, a family of 12th and 13th century Spanish and French scholars, translators, and leaders
• Isaac Alfasi, (the Rif), 12th century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot". Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra ( Hebrew: אברהם אבן עזרא or ראב"ע, also known as Abenezra) (1092 or 1093–1167 was one of the Amram Gaon ( עמרם גאון) (died 875 was a famous Gaon or head of the Jewish Talmud Academy of Sura ( Asher ben Jehiel ( Hebrew, אשר בן יחיאל, or Asher ben Yechiel sometimes Asheri) (1250 or 1259 &ndash 1328 was an eminent Rabbi and Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda (also Pakuda Bakuda Hebrew: בחיי אבן פקודה) was a Jewish philosopher and Rabbi who lived at Saragossa Chananel ben Chushiel or Hananel ben Hushiel (חננאל בן חושיאל was a Rabbi, Talmudist and a student of one of the last Geonim. Dunash ha-Levi ben Labrat (920-990 ( Hebrew: דוֹנָש הלוי בֵּן לָבְרָט Arabic: دناش بن لبراط was a medieval Jewish commentator Eliezer ben Nathan ( Hebrew: אליעזר בן נתן) of Mayence (1090-1170 Ra'aven (ראב"ן was a Halakist and liturgical Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas ( Hebrew: חסדאי קרשקש) (born in Barcelona,c Gershom ben Judah, (c 960 -1040? -1028? best known as Rabbeinu Gershom ( Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom" and also commonly Levi ben Gershom ( לוי בן גרשום) better known as Gersonides or the Ralbag (1288-1344 was a famous Rabbi, philosopher Mathematician Hillel ben Eliakim, known in Hebrew to Talmud scholars as Rabbeinu Hillel, ( "Our Rabbi Hillel") was a Jewish Ibn Tibbon ( Heb אבן תבון) is a family of Jewish rabbis and translators that lived principally in Provence in the twelfth and Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013 - 1103 - also Isaac Hakohen, Alfasi or the Rif (רי"ף - was a Talmudist and Posek (decisor
• Jacob ben Asher, (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim), 14th century German-Spanish Halakhist
• Joseph Albo, (Sefer Ikkarim), 15th century Spain
• Joseph ibn Migash 12th century Spanish Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of Maimonides
• Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam), 13th century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
• Mordecai ben Hillel, (The Mordechai), 13th century German Halakhist
• Nahmanides, Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban), 13th century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
• Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon) 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Nissim of Gerona, (RaN), 14th century Halakhist and Talmudist
• Rashi, (Solomon ben Yitzchak), 11th century Talmudist, the primary commentator of Talmud
• Elazar Rokeach, (Sefer HaRokeach) 12th century German rabbinic scholar
• Saadia Gaon, (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur) 10th century Exilarch and leader of Babylonian Jewry
• Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, 12th-13th century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator
• Tosafists, (Tosfot) 11th, 12th and 13th century Talmudic scholars in France and Germany
• Yehuda Halevi, (Kuzari), 12th century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to Zion

Rabbis: 16th - 18th centuries

See: Acharonim. Jacob ben Asher, in Hebrew Ya'akov ben Asher, (1270-ca 1340 ( Toledo, Spain) was an influential Medieval rabbinic authority Joseph Albo ( Hebrew: יוסף אלבו) (c 1380–1444 was a Jewish philosopher and Rabbi who lived in Spain during the Joseph ben Meir ibn Migash or Migas (1077 - 1141 ( יוסף בן מאיר הלוי אבן מיגאש) was a Rabbi, Posek, and Rosh Yeshiva Moses Maimonides ( March 30 1135 – December 13 1204) also known as the Rambam, was a Rabbi, Physician, and Mordechai ben Hillel, also known as The Mordechai, (c 1250 &ndash 1298 was a 13th century German Rabbi and Posek. Nahmanides (1194 &ndash c 1270 was a Catalan Rabbi, philosopher, Physician, Kabbalist and biblical commentator. Nissim Ben Jacob ( Rav Nissim Gaon, 990-1062 Hebrew: ניסים בן יעקב) was a Rabbi and Talmudist best known today for his Talmudic Rabbi Nissim ben Reuven (1320 - 1380 Hebrew: נסים בן ראובן) of Girona, Catalonia was an influential Talmudist and authority For the astrological concept see Rāshi (Jyotiṣa. Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki, (רבי שלמה יצחקי better known by the acronym Rashi Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus of Worms ( Hebrew: אלעזר מוורמס, also Elazar Rokeach or Rokeiach) (c Samuel ben Judah Ibn Tibbon, more commonly known as Samuel ibn Tibbon ( Hebrew: שמואל בן יהודה אבן תבון, Arabic: Tosafists were Medieval Rabbis who created critical and explanatory Glosses on the Talmud. Yehuda Halevi, in full Yehuda ben Shemuel Ha-Levi, also Judah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi ( Hebrew: יהודה הלוי) (c

Rabbis: 16th - 17th centuries

• Isaac Abendana, 17th century Sephardic scholar in England
• Jacob Abendana, 17th century Sephardic rabbi in England
• Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, 17th century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas
• Bezalel Ashkenazi, ( Shittah Mekubetzet), 16th century Talmudist
• Yair Bacharach, (Havvot Yair), 17th century German Talmudist
• Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK) 16th century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar
• Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, (Bet Hillel), 17th century Lithuanian scholar
• Samuel Edels, (Mahrsha), 16th century Talmudist
• Kalonymus Haberkasten 16th century Polish rabbi; Rosh Yeshiva of many great Rishonim
• David HaLevi Segal,(Taz)16th century Halakhist, major commentatry on the Shulchan Aruch
• Abraham Cohen de Herrera(RabACH), 16th Century Kabbalist and Philosopher Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Isaiah Horowitz (Shlah) 16th century Kabbalist and Author - Eastern Europe and Israel
• Moshe Isserles, (Rema), 16th century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the Shulchan Aruch)
• Yosef Karo, (Mechaber), 16th century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulchan Aruch - code of Torah Law
• Meir ben Isaac and his son Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen of Padua. Isaac Abendana (c 1640 - 1710 was the younger brother of Jacob Abendana, and became hakam of the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in London Jacob Abendana ( 1630 - September 12, 1695) was hakham of London from 1680 until his death Isaac Aboab da Fonseca ( February 1, 1605 &ndash April 4, 1693) was a Rabbi, scholar Kabbalist and writer Bezalel Ashkenazi, (בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי a Rabbi and scholar of the Talmud, lived in the Palestine during the Sixteenth century Rabbi Yair Chayim Bacharach (1639 Lipník nad Bečvou, Moravia &mdash 1702 was a German Rabbi, initially in Koblenz and remainder of his life Moses ben Jacob Cordovero or Moshe Cordevero (1522-1570 ( Hebrew: משה קורדובירו) known by the Acronym Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi was a Lithuanian Rabbi. He was born at Brest-Litovsk in 1615 died at Zolkiev January 3 1690. Samuel Eidels (1555&ndash1631 (שמואל אליעזר הלוי איידלס was a renowned Rabbi and Talmudist famous for his commentary on the Talmud Chiddushei Rabbi Kalonymus Haberkasten was a Talmudist in sixteenth century Poland. David HaLevi Segal (דוד הלוי סגל (c 1586&ndash1667 also known as the Taz (he '''ט"ז''' or the Turei Zahav, was a prominent The Shulchan Aruch (שולחן ערוך literally " Set Table " (also Shulhan Aruch or Shulchan Arukh) is a Codification Abraham Cohen de Herrera ( רבי אברהם כהן בן דוד דה-הירירה) also known as Alonso Nunez de Herrera or Abaham Irira (c Spanish and Portuguese Jews are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the crypto-Jewish communities of the Iberian Isaiah Horowitz ( Hebrew: ישעיה הלוי הורוביץ; c Moses Isserles is commonly known as "the Rema" ( Hebrew: רמ"א The Shulchan Aruch (שולחן ערוך literally " Set Table " (also Shulhan Aruch or Shulchan Arukh) is a Codification Yosef ben Ephraim Caro (sometimes Joseph Caro) (1488 ( Portugal) - March 24, 1575 ( Safed, Ottoman Empire) was one of the The Shulchan Aruch (שולחן ערוך literally " Set Table " (also Shulhan Aruch or Shulchan Arukh) is a Codification Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen (1482 &ndash January 12, 1565) (also Meir of Padua, Maharam Padua, Hebrew: מאיר בן יצחק Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen (born 1521 in Padua Italy, died March 25, 1597 in Padua was an Italian Rabbi, the son of Rabbi Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy.
• Meir of Lublin, (Maharam), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Isaac Luria, (Ari), 16th century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
• Solomon Luria, (Maharshal), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Menasseh Ben Israel, 17th century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in England
• Shalom Shachna, 16th century Polish Talmudist; Rosh Yeshiva of several great Rishonim
• Judah Low ben Bezalel, (Maharal), 16th century Prague mystic and Talmudist
• Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, (Sforno), 16th century Italian scholar and rationalist
• Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
• Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, 16th-17th century Torah commentator
• Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, 16th Kabbalist
• Mordecai Yoffe ("Levush") , 16th-17th century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha

Rabbis: 18th century

• Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographer
• Raphael Berdugo, rabbi in Meknes
• Haim Isaac Carigal, rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles, and therefore on Yale University
• Dovber of Mezritch, (Maggid), 18th century Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
• Elijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra), 18th century Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidim
• Jacob Emden, 18th century German Talmudist and mystic
• Israel ben Eliezer, (Baal Shem Tov), 18th century mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism
• Aaron Hart, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Hassine, Moroccan Jewish poet
• Yechezkel Landau, (Noda Bihudah), 18th century Posek and Talmudist
• Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, (Ramchal), 18th century Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic. Meir Lublin or Meir ben Gedalia (1558-1616 was a Polish rabbi Talmudist and Posek ("decisor of Jewish law " Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534 – July 25 1572) was a Jewish mystic in Safed. Solomon Luria ( 1510 - November 7, 1574) ( Hebrew: שלמה לוריא) was one of the great Ashkenazic poskim Manoel Dias Soeiro (1604&ndash November 20, 1657) better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh Ben Israel (also Menasheh ben Yossef ben Yisrael Shalom Shachna (d 1558 was a Rabbi and Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva of several great Acharonim including Moses Isserles, who was Judah Loew ben Bezalel ("Judah Loewe son of Bezalel" also written as Yehudah ben Bezalel Levai '''Loewe''' '''Löwe''' 1525 &ndash Thursday 7 September For the article elaborating on the many members of the Sforno family see Sforno (family. Shlomo Ephraim ben Aaron Luntschitz (1550– 3 March 1619) was a Rabbi, Poet and Torah commentator, best known for his Torah commentary Rabbi Chaim ben Yosef Vital (1543 in Safed - 23 April 1620 in Damascus) was one of the most famous exponents of Kabbalah. Rabbi Mordecai ben Avraham Yoffe (or Jaffe) (c 1530 Prague - March 7, 1612, Posen) ( Hebrew: מרדכי בן אברהם Rabbi Chaim Joseph David ben Isaac Zerachia Azulai (1724 &ndash 21 March 1807) ( Hebrew: חיים יוסף דוד אזולאי Raphael Berdugo ( 1747 - 1821) son of Rabbi Mordecai Berdugo was a Dayan, a Scholar, and one of the greatest Rabbis of Meknes (مكناس is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. Rabbi Haim Isaac Carigal (born in Hebron, 1733 died in Barbados, 1777 was indirectly a significant influence on the development of Yale University Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km south of Providence Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Rev Ezra Stiles ( November 29, 1727 - May 12, 1795) was a Congregational clergyman Theologian and president of Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch ( דוב בער ממזריטש ‎ (1704/1710(? &ndash 1772-12-04 OS) was a disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew Acronym Gra (" G aon Jacob Emden ( (the Yabets) was a Jewish Rabbi and notable Talmudist and prominent opponent of the Shabbethaians. Rabbi Yisroel (Israel ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר August 27, 1698 (18 Elul &ndash May 22, 1760) often called See also Aaron Hart (businessman Aaron Hart (1670 Breslau - 1756 London) was the Chief rabbi of the United Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Rabbi David Hassine (1722-1792 is one of the best known figures of Jewish liturgic poetry in Morocco and his piyyutim were spread around the Sephardic Yechezkel ben Yehuda Landau (8 October 1713 &ndash 29 April 1793 Hebrew: יחזקאל לנדא) was an influential authority in Halakha (Jewish Moshe Chaim Luzzatto ( Hebrew: משה חיים לוצאטו, also Moses Chaim, Moses Hayyim, also Luzzato) (1707-1746 (26 Iyar
• Hart Lyon, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Nieto, English rabbi
• Isaac Nieto, English rabbi
• Shneur Zalman of Liadi, (Alter Rebbe of Chabad), 18th century mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe
• Akiva Eiger, 18th century Talmudist, and communal leader
• Elimelech of Lizhensk, (Noam Elimelech) 18th century Polish mystic and Hasid
• Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, (Kedushas Leivi) 18th century Polish Hassidic Leader
• Shalom Sharabi, Yemenite rabbi and Kabbalist

Orthodox rabbis

See Orthodox Judaism. Rabbi Hirschel Ben Arye Löb Levin (also known as Hart Lyon in England) (born at Rzeszów, Poland 1721 died Berlin August 26 1800 Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands David Nieto (1654 Venice – 10 January, 1728, London) was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in London Isaac Nieto (1702-1774 ( Hebrew: יצחק ניטו) was Haham of the Portuguese congregation Sha'are Shamaim Bevis Marks, London Shneur Zalman of Liadi ( שניאור זלמן מליאדי) ( September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O Rabbi Akiva Eger, (born Akiva Güns (1761-1837 was an outstanding Talmudic scholar influential halakhic decisor and foremost leader of European Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk ( Polish: Leżajsk) (1717-1786 was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and one of the great Hassidic Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740-1810 known as the Berdichever Rebbe was a Rabbi and Hasidic leader Sar Shalom Sharabi ( Hebrew: שר שלום מזרחי דידיע שרעבי also known as the Rashash, the Shemesh or Ribbi Shalom Yemenite Jews ( Hebrew: תֵּימָנִים, Standard   Temanim Tiberian   Têmānîm Kabbalah (קַבָּלָה lit "receiving" is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized

Orthodox rabbis: 19th century

• Barnett Abrahams, dayan, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter Sfas Emes Gerrer Rebbe
• Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Salomon Berdugo 19th century Rabbi in Meknes
• Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) 19th century head of Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania
• Avrohom Bornsztain, (Avnei Nezer), first Sochatchover Rebbe
• Zvi Hirsch Chajes (Maharatz Chayes) Galician Talmudic scholar
• Yosef Chayim, the Ben Ish Hai, Iraqi halakhist and preacher
• Yehoshua Leib Diskin, Rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem
• Yechiel Michel Epstein, (Aruch ha-Shulchan) 19th-20th century halakhist and posek (decisor)
• Jacob Ettlinger, 19th century German scholar and opponent of Reform
• Moshe Shmuel Glasner, (Dor Revi'i) 19th-20th century talmudist, chief rabbi of Klausenburg, a founder of Mizrahi
• Jacob of Lissa Galician Halakhist
• Azriel Hildesheimer, 19th century German rabbi and philosopher
• Samson Raphael Hirsch, 19th century German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement
• Solomon Herschell, 19th century British Chief Rabbi
• Malbim, Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michael, (The Malbim), 19th century Russian preacher and scholar
• Pele Yoetz, Rabbi Eliezer Papo, Rabbi of the community of Selestria, Bulgaria
• Raphael Meldola, Sephardic rabbi in London
• Frederick de Sola Mendes, Sephardic rabbi in London and America
• Nachman of Breslov, (Rebbe Nachman), 19th century Ukrainian Hasidic Rebbe and mystic
• Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, 19th century Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
• Dovber Schneuri, second Rebbe of Chabad
• Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, (Tzemach Tzedek), third Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Shmuel Schneersohn, 19th century Russian fourth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yaakov Chaim Sofer, Baghdadi rabbi, author of Kaf ha-Chaim
• Moses Sofer, (Chatam Sofer) 19th century Hungarian rabbi
• Chaim Soloveitchik ("Brisker Rov" 19th century Eastern European rabbi
• Abraham b. Eliezer Lipman Liechtenstein Rabbi of Plotsk

Orthodox rabbis: 20th century

Chareidi leaders

• Yehezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yehezkel
• Yisrael Abuhatzeira, 20th century Kabbalist
• Avrohom Blumenkrantz, posek and kashrut authority
• Shmuel Bornsztain, Shem Mishmuel, Second Sochatchover Rebbe
• Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, (Michtav Me'Eliyahu) 20th century religious philosopher and ethicist
• Baruch Epstein, (Torah Temimah), 20th century Lithuanian Torah commentator
• Moshe Mordechai Epstein, ( Levush Mordechai), 20th century Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka Yeshiva
• Moshe Feinstein, (Igrot Moshe), 20th century Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
• Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, (Kerem HaTzvi), 20th century author, leader and renowned scholar
• Nosson Tzvi Finkel, (Alter / Sabba), early 20th century founder of Slabodka Yeshiva, Lithuania. Barnett Abrahams (1831 Warsaw - 15 November 1863, London) was the Principal of Jews' College. Origins Jews' College, now known as the London School of Jewish Studies, was opened in Finsbury Square, London as a rabbinical seminary Dr Nathan Marcus Adler, aka Hillel Nissim Adler, ( January 13, 1803 – January 21, 1890) was the Orthodox Chief Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter (1847 - 1905 also known by the title of his Torah books as the Sfas Emes ( שפת אמת) was born in Warsaw, Rabbi Benjamin Artom (1835-1879 was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain. Hakham (or chakam or ḥaham ḥakam; Hebrew חכם lit "wise" is a term from Judaism, meaning a wise or skillful Chief Rabbi Salomon Berdugo (1854 &ndash 1906 was a halakhic authority poet and Rabbi in Meknes, Morocco. Meknes (مكناس is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (נפתלי צבי יהודה ברלין also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, 1817 - 10 August 1893 Rabbi Avrohom Bornsztain (14 October 1838 &mdash 7 February 1910 also spelled Avraham Borenstein, was a leading Posek in late-nineteenth-century Europe and Zvi Hirsch Chajes ( Hebrew: צבי הירש חיות - November 20, 1805 - October 12, 1855; also Chayes or Yosef Chaim ( 1 September, 1832 – 30 August, 1909) ( Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד) was a leading Hakham Rabbi Yehoshua Yehudah Leib Diskin, (1818&ndash1898 also known as the Maharil Diskin, was an important Talmudist and Biblical Commentator Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829-1908 often called "the Aruch ha-Shulchan " (after his main work Aruch HaShulchan) was a Rabbi and Posek Jacob Ettlinger ( March 17, 1798 – December 7, 1871) ( Hebrew: יעקב עטלינגר) was a German Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856-1924 a prominent Hungarian Talmudic scholar and communal leader served as chief Rabbi of Klausenburg (Cluj Yaakov ben Yaakov Moshe Lorberbaum of Lissa (1760-1832 (known in English as Jacob ben Jacob Moses of Lissa or Jacob Lorberbaum or Jacob Lisser Israel Azriel Hildesheimer ( May 20, 1820 &ndash July 12, 1899) was a German Rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch ( June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz Rabbi Solomon Hirschell (1761 London - 31 October 1842, London was the Chief rabbi of Great Britain, 1802-42 Meïr Leibush ben Jehiel Michel Weiser (March 7 1809 - September 18 1879 better known by the Acronym Malbim (מלבי"ם Rabbi Eliezer Papo (1785-1826 was the Rabbi of the community of Selestria in Bulgaria. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Raphael Meldola, English Rabbi Born in Leghorn 1754 died in London June 1 1828 Frederick de Sola Mendes ( Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies July 8, 1850 &mdash1927 was a Rabbi, author and editor For the amora see Rav Nachman of Nehardea Nachman of Breslov ( Hebrew: נחמן מברסלב also known as Reb Nachman of Rabbi Yisroel Lipkin, better known as " Rav Yisroel Salanter " (November 3 1810 Zhagory - February 2 1883 Konigsberg) was the father of the Dovber Schneuri ( 1773-11-13 - 1827-11-16 OS) was the second Rebbe (spiritual leader of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic Menachem Mendel Schneersohn ( 1789-09-09 - 1866-03-17 OS) also known as the Tzemach Tzedek was an Orthodox Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch or The Rebbe Maharash) ( 1834-04-29 &ndash 1882-09-14 OS) was an Orthodox Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870-1939 ( Hebrew: יעקב חיים סופר) was an Orthodox Rabbi, Kabbalist, Talmudist and Rabbi Moshe Sofer, (Moses Schreiber also known by his main work Chasam Sofer, ( trans Chaim (Halevi Soloveitchik ( Hebrew: חיים סולובייצ'יק) also known as Reb Chaim Brisker, ( 1853 - July 30, 1918 Abraham ben Eliezer Lipman Liechtenstein was a Polish Rabbi and Author. Dayan Yehezkel Abramsky, ( 7 February, 1886 – 19 September, 1976) known affectionately as Reb Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira (ישראל אבוחצירא known as Baba Sali באבא סאלי (بابا صلى "praying father" (1890-1984 was a Moroccan Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz ( 1944 - February 22, 2007) (אברהם בלומענקראנץ was a prominent American Orthodox rabbi Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, he כַּשְׁרוּת refers to Jewish dietary laws. Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztain ( 2 November 1856 &ndash 8 January 1926) also spelled Shmuel Borenstein, was known as the Shem Shem Mishmuel ( שם משמואל) is the name of a nine-volume collection of inspirational essays on the Torah and Jewish holidays delivered by Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler ( 1892 - 30 December 1953) was an influential Orthodox Jewish Rabbi, Talmudic scholar and Jewish philosopher Rabbi Baruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein (1860-1941 ( Hebrew: ברוך הלוי אפשטיין) was a Lithuanian Rabbi, best Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866-1934 was Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Knesseth Yisrael in Slabodka, Lithuania and is recognized as having been one Moshe Feinstein ( March 3, 1895 – March 23, 1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi, scholar and Posek Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879&ndashNovember 1966 was a renowned Talmudic and Torah scholar gifted orator prolific author and tireless community builder Nosson Zvi (Nota Hirsh Finkel (1849-1927 was born in Lithuania and died in the British Mandate of Palestine. Disciples opened major yeshivas in US and Israel
• Rogatchover Gaon (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader
• Boruch Greenfeld, (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch
• Yitzchok Hutner, (Pachad Yitzchok), 20th century European-born, American and Israeli Rosh Yeshiva
• Yisrael Meir Kagan, (Chofetz Chaim), 20th century Polish legalist and moralist
• Aryeh Kaplan, (Living Torah) 20th century writer and mystic
• Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, (Chazon Ish) 20th century Haredi leader in Israel
• Aharon Kotler, 20th century Lithuanian scholar, founder of Lakewood Yeshiva in US
• Chaim Kreiswirth, long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Isser Zalman Meltzer, renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
• Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, (Mr. The Rogatchover Gaon, Yosef Rosen ( 1858 - 5 March 1936) ( Hebrew: יוסף רוזין) also known by the name of his Reb Boruch Greenfield, (1872 - 1956 was a Rabbi and Torah scholar Yitzchok (Isaac Hutner (1906–1980 was an Orthodox Rabbi and American Rosh yeshiva born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family with both Rabbi Yisrael Meir (HaCohen Kagan ( Dzyatlava, February 6, 1838 - Raduń, September 15, 1933) also known popularly Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan (1934-January 281983 was a noted American Orthodox Rabbi and author with a background in both Physics and Judaism Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, (1878-1953 popularly known by the name of his Magnum opus Chazon Ish, was a Belarusian born Orthodox Rabbi Rabbi Aharon (or Ahroyn Aaron Aron Kotler (1891 - 1962 was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the Rabbi Chaim Kreiswirth (1918-2001 was an Orthodox Rabbi who served as the longtime Chief Rabbi of Antwerp, Belgium. Isser Zalman Meltzer, (1870 - 1953 was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva and Posek. Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz ( 1886 - 7 September 1948) was an early leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions such Mendlowitz) 20th century European-born head of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the US
• Shulem Moshkovitz, Hasidic rebbe in London
• Chanoch Dov Padwa, (Cheishev Ho'ephod), rabbinical head of UOHC, London
• Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, 20th century Russian fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, 20th century sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson, (Lubavitcher Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Chabad Rebbe
• Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick, 20th century British rabbi
• Shimon Shkop, famed Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno
• Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, (Ohr Sameiach ; Meshech Chochmah) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader
• Joel Teitelbaum, (Satmar Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for anti-Zionism
• Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl, (Min HaMeitzar) 20th century European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust

Modern and Zionist leaders

• Hermann Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Meir Berlin, (Bar Ilan) 20th century religious Zionist leader
• Eliezer Berkovits Talmudic scholar and philosopher
• Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• Isidore Epstein, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Moses Gaster, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain
• Sir Hermann Gollancz, British rabbi and professor
• Meir Kahane, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
• Joseph H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, British rabbi and dayan
• Moses Hyamson, British rabbi
• Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli leader of Kahane Chai party
• Abraham Isaac Kook, 20th century philosopher and mystic, first chief rabbi of Palestine
• Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist
• Chalom Messas, chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem
• David Messas, chief Rabbi of Paris. Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, known as the Shotzer Rebbe, was born in Suceava, Romania. Rabbi Chanoch Dov Padwa ( 17 August 1908 &ndash 16 August 2000) was a world-renowned Orthodox Jewish Posek, Talmudist The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations of England was founded in 1926 to protect traditional Judaism Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (שלום דובער שניאורסאהן 1860-10-24 OS - 1920-03-21 NS was an Orthodox Rabbi and the Yosef Yitzchok (Joseph Isaac Schneersohn (יוסף יצחק שניאורסאהן  9 June, 1880 OS - 28 January 1950 NS Menachem Mendel Schneerson ( April 18 1902 – June 12 1994) known as The Rebbe, was a prominent Hasidic Rabbi Rabbi Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick was a Jewish social activist in early-20th century London Rabbi Shimon Shkop (1860-1940 was a Rosh yeshiva ("dean" in the Telshe yeshiva and a renowned Talmudic scholar Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843-1926 was a Rabbi and prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century Rabbi Joel (Yoel Teitelbaum, ( יואל טייטלבוים) (born 1887 died August 19, 1979) known as Reb Yoelish or the Satmar Rabbi Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903&ndash1957 (known as Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl) was a Rabbi and Shtadlan who became known for his efforts to Dr Hermann Adler CVO ( May 30, 1839 – July 18, 1911) was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1891 to Meir Berlin, later Hebraized to Meir Bar-Ilan, (1880-1949 born Volozhin, Lithuania, died Jerusalem, Israel) was an Orthodox Eliezer Berkovits (8 September 1908 Nagyvarad &ndash 20 August 1992) was a Rabbi, Theologian, Sir Israel Brodie (born 1895 Newcastle - died 1979 was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth 1948&ndash1965 Rabbi Dr Isidore Epstein (1894-1962 was an Orthodox Rabbi and rabbinical scholar in England, who served as the longtime principal of Jews' College Moses Gaster ( September 16, 1856 - March 5, 1939) was a Romanian born Jewish British scholar the Hakham Hakham (or chakam or ḥaham ḥakam; Hebrew חכם lit "wise" is a term from Judaism, meaning a wise or skillful Sir Hermann Gollancz (1852 - 1930 was a British Rabbi and Hebrew scholar Rabbi Meir David Kahane (מאיר דוד כהנא also known by the Pseudonyms Michael King and David Sinai, 1 August 1932 – Joseph Herman Hertz, CH ( 25 September 1872 – 14 January 1946) was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman ( July 2 1868 &ndash June 1 1953) was a renowned Orthodox Jewish Talmudic scholar Posek Rabbi Dr Moses Hyamson ( September 3 1862 &ndash June 9 1949) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi former head Dayan of the Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (בנימין זאב כהנא born 3 October 1966, died 31 December 2000) was the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane. Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935 was the first Ashkenazi Chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Immanuel Jakobovits Baron Jakobovits, KBE ( 8 February 1921 &ndash 31 October 1999) was the Chief Rabbi of the United Chalom Messas, (1908 - 2003 was the Chief Rabbi of Morocco, and after making Aliyah became the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi David Messas (b 15 July 1934, Meknes) is the son of Rabbi Chalom Messas the former Chief Rabbi of Morocco.
• Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• David Silverman, Outreach Rabbi with the Atlanta Scholars Kollel
• Simeon Singer, editor of the United Synagogue prayer book
• Joseph Soloveitchik, 20th century European-born Talmudist and philosopher
• Selig Starr, Chicago Rabbi

Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary

Haredi

• Gerrer Rebbes, (Gerrer), Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the US and UK
• Vizhnitzer Rebbes, (Vizhnitzer), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the US
• Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Arie Zeev Raskin, Chief Rabbi of Cyprus
• Meir Brandsdorfer, member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
• Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Israeli rabbi and de facto rabbinical leader of the chareidi world
• Menachem Genack, OU
• Yitzchak Kadouri, leading 20th century Kabbalist (deceased)
• Yaakov Kamenetsky, rabbinical leader and educationalist
• Nissim Karelitz, respected Israeli chareidi leader
• Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Israel Meir Lau, former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
• Shlomo Miller, head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized world authority of Jewish law
• Avigdor Nebenzahl, Chief Rabbi of the old city of Jerusalem
• Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II), Belzer Rebbe
• Moshe Sacks, Satmar posek. Sir Jonathan Henry Sacks (born 8 March[[ 948]] London) is the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom. Simeon Singer (1846 &ndash 1906 was a Jewish Preacher, Lecturer and Public worker. United Synagogue is an Organisation of London Jews that was founded with the sanction of an act of parliament, in 1870. Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik (יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ'יק was an American Orthodox Rabbi, Talmudist and modern Rabbi Selig Starr born Zelig Starobinski (b 15 June 1893 Yanow or Yanaveh Poland, d Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Ger, or Gur (or Gerrer when used as an adjective is a Hasidic dynasty originating from Ger the Yiddish name of Góra Kalwaria Vizhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Menachem Mendil Hager Rabbi Shlomo Amar (שלמה עמאר born in 1948 in Casablanca) has been the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin, born in 1976, is the Chief rabbi of Cyprus and the first Rabbi on the island in many years Rabbi Meir Brandsdorfer is a member of the Rabbinical Court of the Edah HaChareidis, the chareidi Ashkenazic community in Jerusalem. The Edah HaChareidis ( Hebrew: he העדה החרדית he-Latn HaEdah HaChareidis The Chareidi Community) also written he-Latn Edah Haredit, Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv (יוסף שלום אלישיב (born April 19 1910 is a Haredi Rabbi and Posek (arbiter of Jewish law Menachem Genack is an Orthodox Rabbi and the CEO of the Orthodox Union Kosher Division a supervisory organization of Kosher The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (UOJCA more popularly known as the Orthodox Union, or OU, is one of the oldest Orthodox Jewish ATTENTION! PLEASE READ BEFORE EDITING!!! ATTENTION! PLEASE READ BEFORE EDITING!!! The birth-year issue is a confusing one Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky ( February 28, 1891 - March 10, 1986) was a prominent Rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Nissim Karelitz is the chairman of the Beis din tzedek (rabbinical court of Bnei Brak. Yona Metzger ( יונה מצגר; born 1953 has been the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel since his appointment in 2003 Yisrael (Israel Meir Lau is the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel. Rabbi Shlomo Eliyahu Miller is a Rosh Kollel (dean of the Kollel Avreichim Institute for Advanced Talmud Study the leading Haredi post-yeshiva educational Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl is the former Chief rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem after handing over the post to his son Rabbi Chizkiyahu Nebenzahl Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II (born 1948) is the fifth and present Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz. Rabbi Moshe Sacks, also known as the Matnas Moshe, is a prominent Rabbi belonging to the Satmar Hasidic movement Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the
• Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem
• Adin Steinsaltz, 21st century Israeli Talmud scholar and philosopher
• Moshe Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe (deceased)
• Ovadia Yosef, 21st century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
• Amnon Yitzhak, leading Yemenite "baal teshuva Rabbi" in Israel

Hardal

• Mordechai Eliyahu - former Sephardic Chief Rabbi
• Avraham Shapira - former Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the head of Mercaz haRav yeshiva
• Dov Lior - rabbi of Hebron
• Moshe Mordechai haCohen Taub -rabbi of Buffalo Jewish community and director of the city Vaad, prolific writer

Modern Orthodox

• Levi Brackman, British-born rabbi
• David Bar Hayim, founder of Machon Ben Yishai, Proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael [1]
• Mordechai Breuer, Israeli rabbi, descendant of Samson Raphael Hirsch
• Barry Freundel, rabbi of Kesher Israel congregation in Washington DC. Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (born c 1910 is a Polish-born Rabbi and Rosh yeshiva, currently living in Israel. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew עדין שטיינזלץ or Adin Even Yisrael (Hebrew עדין אבן ישראל (born 1937 is most commonly known for his popular commentary Rabbi Ovadia Yossef ( עובדיה יוסף) (born in 1920 in Basra, Iraq) is a Haredi Rabbi, Talmudic scholar a recognized Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak (אמנון יצחק (b 1954) is a well-known Orthodox Haredi Israeli Rabbi of Yemenite origin For the settlement in Bangladesh see Hardal Bangladesh. Hardal (also Chardal;) refers to those strictly Orthodox Jews who Mordechai Eliyahu (Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu מרדכי אליהו born 12 March 1928, Jerusalem) is a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Avraham Elkanah Kahana Shapira (אברהם אלקנה כהנא שפירא May 20, 1914, Jerusalem &ndash September 27, 2007) was Mercaz HaRav (מרכז הרב lit The Rav Centre) also known as Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav, is a Hardal Yeshiva Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n Dov Lior (דב ליאור born 1933 is the Chief Rabbi of Hebron and Kiryat Arba in the southern West Bank. Hebron ( al-Ḫalīl or al-Khalīl, Standard Hebrew: Ḥevron Tiberian Hebrew: Ḥeḇrôn is the largest city in the West Bank, located in the south Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance Levi Brackman (born 1978 is a journalist Judaic scholar Rabbi, teacher writer and religious leader who has been active in both England and the Rabbi David Bar Hayim (born David Mandel) was born in Australia. Mordechai Breuer (1921 &ndash February 24, 2007) (מרדכי ברויאר was an Orthodox Rabbi. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch ( June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz Barry Freundel is the Rabbi of Kesher Israel congregation in Washington DC, and a leading rabbi in the Modern Orthodox Jewish world
• Mark Dratch, Instructor of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and founder of JSafe
• James Kennard, British educationalist
• Norman Lamm, 20th century American modern Orthodox thinker, head of Yeshiva University
• Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva University's Gruss Kollel. Rabbi Mark Dratch is the founder of JSAFE (The Jewish Institute Supporting an Abuse-Free Environment Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. Rabbi James Kennard (born 1964 is an educationalist in the Australian Jewish community Rabbi Dr Norman ( Nachum) Lamm (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a major American Aharon Lichtenstein (born May 24, 1933) is a noted Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Rosh yeshiva. Yeshivat Har Etzion (YHE ( Hebrew: ישיבת הר עציון) commonly known as " Gush," is a Hesder Yeshiva located in Alon Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886.
• Yosef Mendelevitch former Soviet "Refusenik" and Zionist activist
• Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Israel
• Hershel Schachter, leading posek for the modern orthodox community. Yosef Mendelevitch (or Mendelovitch) (b 1948 in Riga) was a well-known Jewish refusenik in the former Soviet Union who gained fame Shlomo Riskin (born 1940 is the American founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi of the Israeli settlement Hershel Schachter (born) is a Rabbi and Rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS Yeshiva University, in New York Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the
• Andrew Shaw, British rabbi and youth leader
• Joseph Telushkin author. Rabbi Andrew Shaw is the Community Rabbi formerly the Youth Rabbi in Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue, the largest Jewish community in the UK and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin (born 1948) is an American Modern Orthodox Rabbi, Lecturer and Author.
• Moshe David Tendler, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, and noted bioethist. Moshe David (Dovid Tendler is the Rabbi of The Community Synagogue of Monsey. Moshe Feinstein ( March 3, 1895 – March 23, 1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi, scholar and Posek
• Mordechai Willig, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, prominent Posek for the Modern Orthodox community. Mordechai Willig (born April 25, 1947 in New York) is an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the
• Dov Zakheim, non-practicing modern Orthodox rabbi, economic and political leader in US government

See also article Modern Orthodox for a list of rabbis. Dov S Zakheim is a former official of the United States government. Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance

Conservative rabbis

See: Conservative Judaism. Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out

Conservative rabbis: 19th century

• Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the "Positive Historical" school, the progenitor of Conservative Judaism. Zecharias Frankel ( 30 September, 1801 – 13 February 1875) was a Bohemian-German Rabbi and a historian who studied the historical development
• Yosef Guttmann, 19th century Polish rabbi
• Levi Herzfeld, 19th century German rabbi, proponent of moderate reform
• Nachman Krochmal, 19th century Austrian philosopher and historian

Conservative rabbis: 20th century

• Abraham Joshua Heschel, 20th century Conservative Judaism philosopher and scholar of Hasidism
• Solomon Schechter, 20th century scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism
• Saul Lieberman, 20th century rabbi and scholar
• Marshall Meyer, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and human rights activist, founded a Rabbinical school and synagogue in Argentina
• Louis Finkelstein, 20th century Conservative Talmud scholar
• Louis Ginzberg, 20th century American Conservative Talmud scholar
• Wolfe Kelman, 20th century Canadian Conservative rabbi
• Robert Gordis, 20th century leader in Conservative Judaism
• Abraham Millgram, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and author
• Isaac Klein, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and scholar
• Samuel Schafler, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and historian

Conservative rabbis: Contemporary

• Bradley Shavit Artson, Conservative rabbi, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University, author, speaker, and theologian
• Menachem Creditor, Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa Network
• Elliot N. Dorff, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
• Neil Gillman, Conservative philosopher and theologian
• David Golinkin - Masorti rabbi and halakhist
• Joshua Hammerman, Conservative rabbi of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut
• Jules Harlow, 20th century Conservative Judaism liturgist
• Louis Jacobs - Founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologian
• William E. Kaufman - Advocate of process theology
• Harold Kushner, 21st century American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writer
• William H. Lebeau, Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at Jewish Theological Seminary
• Aaron L. Mackler, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
• Jacob Neusner, Conservative trained scholar and prolific writer
• Daniel Nevins, Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism. Levi Herzfeld (born December 27, 1810, at Ellrich; died at Brunswick March 11, 1884) was a German rabbi and historian Nachman Kohen Krochmal (born in Brody, Galicia, on February 17, 1785; died at Tarnopol on July 31, 1840) was Abraham Joshua Heschel ( January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Warsaw-born American Rabbi and one of the leading Solomon Schechter שניאור זלמן שכטר ( December 7, 1847 - November 19[[ 915]] was a Moldavian born Romanian and English Saul Lieberman (May 28 1898 - March 23 1983 also known as Rabbi Shaul Lieberman or The Gra"sh ( G aon Ra bbeinu Sh aul Rabbi Marshall T Meyer (1930-1993 was an American -born Conservative Rabbi and a recognized international Human rights activist Rabbi Louis Finkelstein ( June 14, 1895, Cincinnati, Ohio – 29 November 1991) was a Talmud scholar Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century Robert Gordis (1908 - 1992 was a leading Conservative rabbi He founded the first Conservative day school served as President of the Rabbinical Assembly and the Isaac Klein (1905-1979 was a prominent Rabbi and halakhic authority within Conservative Judaism. Samuel Schafler ( February 20, 1929 - April 3, 1991) was a New York-born Rabbi, historian editor and Jewish educator Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson (born 1959 is an author speaker and the Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, informally known as the "Ziegler School" or simply "Ziegler" is the graduate program of study leading to Ordination as Conservative The American Jewish University, formerly the separate institutions University of Judaism and Brandeis-Bardin Institute, is a Jewish non-denominational Rabbi Menachem Creditor founded Shefa (The Conservative Movement Dreaming from Within and co-founded KeshetRabbis (Gay-Friendly Conservative and Masorti Rabbis Elliot N Dorff (born 24 June 1943) is a Conservative rabbi a professor of Jewish Theology at the American Jewish University (formerly Neil Gillman (born September 11 1933 is an American Rabbi and Philosopher, affiliated with Conservative Judaism. David Golinkin is a Rabbi, author and President and Rector of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel Jules Harlow (born June 28, 1931) is a Rabbi and liturgist son of Henry and Lena Lipman Harlow Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs (b Manchester, 17 July[[ 920]] d London, 1 July 2006, 5 Tammuz 5766 in the Hebrew calendar) was William E Kaufman is a Rabbi, a Philosopher, and an author of several books and academic articles Process theology is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical Process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947 Harold S Kushner is a prominent American Rabbi aligned with the progressive wing of Conservative Judaism. William H Lebeau is an American Rabbi, and former Dean of The Rabbinical School Vice Chancellor and Chairman of the Department of Professional Skills and Lecturer Aaron L Mackler is a Conservative rabbi a professor of Theology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, author and a bio-ethicist Jacob Neusner (born July 28, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut) is an academic scholar of Judaism who lives in Rhinebeck, Daniel S ("Danny" Nevins (born March 18, 1966) is an American Rabbi and an adherent of the Conservative Movement who was named the
• Joel Roth, Conservative scholar and rabbi
• Ismar Schorsch, Conservative educator and leader
• Harold M. Schulweis, Conservative rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA and founder of the Jewish World Watch
• Alan Silverstein, Conservative rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey and former President of the Rabbinical Assembly
• Arnold Stiebel, Conservative rabbi and author
• Gordon Tucker, Conservative rabbi and leader
• Stewart Vogel, Conservative rabbi of Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills, CA
• David Wolpe, Conservative rabbi of Temple Sinai in Los Angeles, California

Conservative rabbinical organizations

• Rabbinical Assembly
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
• Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

Union for Traditional Judaism

• David Weiss Halivni, Hungarian-American Talmudist of Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)

Reform rabbis

See Reform Judaism. Joel Roth is a prominent American Rabbi in the Rabbinical Assembly, which is the rabbinical body of Conservative Judaism. Ismar Schorsch (born November 3, 1935 -) was the sixth Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS and is the Rabbi Herman Harold M Schulweis (1925-) is a Rabbi, author and a longtime Spiritual Leader at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino CA. The Jewish World Watch is an NGO based out of Southern California, a coalition of synagogues and Jewish groups with the objective of educating advocating and donating Alan Silverstein is an American Conservative Rabbi and the spiritual leader of Congregation Agudath Israel since 1979 The Rabbinical Assembly (RA is the international association of Conservative Rabbis The RA was founded in 1901 to shape the ideology programs and practices of the Arnold S Stiebel, PhD is an American Rabbi. He is a member of both the Rabbinical Assembly, which is the rabbinical body of Conservative Judaism and Gordon Tucker is a prominent Rabbi, with a reputation as both a political and a theological liberal in Conservative Judaism. Rabbi Stewart Vogel is a prominent Conservative rabbi serving as senior rabbi of Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills California. David J Wolpe (b 1958 - is an author public speaker and Rabbi in Los Angeles California. The Rabbinical Assembly (RA is the international association of Conservative Rabbis The RA was founded in 1901 to shape the ideology programs and practices of the The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ is the primary organization of synagogues practicing Conservative Judaism in North America The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is the central authority on Halakha (Jewish law and tradition within Conservative Judaism; it is one of the most active David Weiss Halivni (1927- is an American Israeli world-acclaimed scholar in the domain of Jewish Sciences and professor of Talmud,born The Union for Traditional Judaism is an ostensibly non-denominational Jewish educational outreach and communal service organization Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently subjected to vandalism and the insertion of personal opinions

Reform rabbis: 19th century

• Samuel Adler, 19th century German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El
• Emil Hirsch, 19th century American Reform rabbi and scholar
• David Einhorn, 19th century American Reform rabbi
• Samuel Hirsch, 19th century German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
• Abraham Geiger, 19th century German Reform ideologist
• Samuel Holdheim, 19th century German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
• Leopold Zunz, 19th century German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
• Isaac Mayer Wise, American Reform rabbi

Reform rabbis: 20th century

• Paula Ackerman, 20th century Reform rabbi (first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, not ordained)
• Leo Baeck, 20th century Reform rabbi
• Lionel Blue, British rabbi, writer and broadcaster
• Julia Neuberger, British Reform rabbi
• Sally Priesand, 20th century Reform rabbi, first ordained female rabbi in the United States
• Abba Hillel Silver, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
• Gabriel Farhi, 20th century French Reform rabbi and broadcaster. This article is about the rabbi See Samuel Adler for the composer and conductor Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York was the first Reform Jewish congregation in New York City and due to its size and prominence has served as a flagship Emil Gustav Hirsch ( May 22, 1852 – January 7, 1923) was a major Reform movement rabbi in the United States David Einhorn may refer to David Einhorn (rabbi, (d 1879 a leader of the Jewish reform movement in the U Not to be confused with his contemporary Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888 Samuel Hirsch, ( June 8, 1815 – May 14 Abraham Geiger (1810&ndash1874 was a German Rabbi and scholar who led in the foundation of Reform Judaism, seeking to remove all nationalistic elements Samuel Holdheim (1806 &ndash 22 August 1860 was a German Rabbi and author and one of the more extreme leaders of the early Reform Judaism movement Leopold Zunz (1794&ndash1886 ( Hebrew / Yiddish: יום טוב ליפמן צונץ &mdash"Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz" was the founder of what Isaac Mayer Wise ( March 29 1819, Steingrub (now Lomnička Bohemia, Austrian Empire - March 26 1900, Cincinnati Paula Ackerman (née Paula Herskovitz, December 7, 1893 &mdash January 12, 1989) was the first woman to perform Rabbinical Leo Baeck ( May 23, 1873 &ndash November 2, 1956) was an 20th century German - Polish - Jewish Rabbi scholar and Lionel Blue (born 6 February, 1930) is a British Reform Rabbi, journalist and broadcaster Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger Baroness Neuberger, DBE (born 27 February[[ 950]] as Julia Schwab) is a Rabbi, social reformer and member of the Sally Jane Priesand (born June 27, 1946 in Cleveland Ohio) is America's first ordained female Rabbi. Abba Hillel Silver (1893&ndash1963 was a US Rabbi and Zionist leader
• Stephen S. Wise, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist activist
• Arnold Stiebel, 20th century rabbi and author
• Laszlo Berkowitz, 20th century Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
• Gunther Plaut, 20th century Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom Temple
• Maurice Davis, 20th century Reform rabbi, past Chairman, President's Commission on Equal Opportunity
• Susan Abramson, Reform Rabbi, Shalom Emeth, Burlington, MA, one of the first 50 women rabbis. For the American legal scholar please see Steven M Wise. ATTENTION! PLEASE READ BEFORE EDITING Arnold S Stiebel, PhD is an American Rabbi. He is a member of both the Rabbinical Assembly, which is the rabbinical body of Conservative Judaism and Laszlo Berkowits (February 29 1928- was born in Hungary From 1944-1945 he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp the camp at Auschwitz. Wolf Gunther Plaut, CC OOnt JDS LLD (born November 1, 1912) is a Reform Rabbi and author Maurice Davis ( December 15, 1921 - December 16, 1993) was a Rabbi, and Human rights activist The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC is a federal agency charged with ending employment discrimination Author of the Rabbi Rocketpower children book series.

Reform rabbinical organizations

• Union for Reform Judaism
• Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Movement for Reform Judaism (UK)

Reconstructionist rabbis

See: Reconstructionist Judaism. The Union for Reform Judaism ( URJ) formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations ( UAHC) is an organization which supports Reform Jewish The Central Conference of American Rabbis ( CCAR) founded in 1889 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the principal organization of Reform Jewish Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern American-based Jewish movement based on the ideas of the late Mordecai Kaplan (1881 – 1983

Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century

• Mordecai Kaplan, 20th century founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America

Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary

• Carol Harris-Shapiro, modern author
• Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Other rabbis

See Jewish Renewal ; Humanistic Judaism

• Capers C. Funnye Jr. first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis^[1]
• Michael Lerner founder/editor of Tikkun magazine
• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
• Sherwin Wine, US founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism

References

External links

Orthodox

• List of leaders, Orthodox Union
• Famous Rabbis, famousrabbis. Mordecai Menahem Kaplan ( June 11, 1881 &ndash November 8, 1983) was a Rabbi and the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism Carol Harris-Shapiro is a lecturer at Temple University in the Intelletual Heritage Department Dan Ehrenkrantz is an American Reconstructionist rabbi currently serving as the fifth president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote Pennsylvania Jewish Renewal is a recent movement in Judaism which endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with mystical, Hasidic, Musical and Humanistic Judaism is a movement within Judaism that emphasizes Jewish culture and history—rather than belief in God—as the sources of Jewish identity Capers C Funnye Jr (pronounced fun-AY is a Jewish African-American who is the Rabbi of the mostly African-American 200 member Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Michael Lerner is an American rabbi political Activist, the editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish and Interfaith Tikkun is a bi-monthly English-language magazine published in the United States, that analyzes American and Israeli culture politics religion and history Rabbi Zalman M Schachter-Shalomi, b and commonly called " Reb Zalman " (pr rǎb is considered one of the major founders of the Jewish Renewal movement Sherwin Theodore Wine ( January 25, 1928 &ndash July 21, 2007) was a Rabbi and a founding figure in Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common com
• Gallery of Our Great, chabad. org
• Biographies of Gedolim, tzemachdovid. org
• Mini-Biographies of Gedolim , chaburas. org
• Cross-referenced Notes on Rishonim and Acharonim (PDF)

Conservative

• Benson Skoff, 20th century Conservative rabbi

Pan-denominational

• Torah Commentator Biographies, kolel. org
• List of Commentators, torahproductions. com
• E-Lectures Glossary
• RavSIG (Genealogy of Rabbinic families)

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