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Personalities
Profiles of significant figures in Jewish thought, history, and culture
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Biblical Figures
Rabbis, Thinkers, & Scholars
Ancient
Medieval
- Saadiah
Gaon, Talmudist, philosopher, exegete
- Rashi,
author of Bible and Talmud commentaries
- Rabbenu
Tam, Talmudic commentator
- Judah
Halevi, poet and philosopher
- Abraham
Ibn Ezra, poet and biblical commentator
- Maimonides,
thinker, codifier, Talmudist, doctor
- Hasdai
Crescas, philosopher and communal leader
- Joseph
Albo, philosopher
- Joseph
Caro, author of the Shulhan
Arukh code of Jewish law
- Shneur
Zalman of Liady, founder of Chabad
- Nahman
of Bratslav, Hasidic master
- Moses
Mendelssohn, philosopher
Modern
- Hafetz
Hayyim, 20th-century rabbinic luminary
- Heinrich
Graetz, Historian
- Solomon
Schechter, leader of Conservative Judaism
- Leopold
Zunz, pioneer of academic Jewish Studies
- Nachman
Krochmal, proponent of historical-critical Jewish studies
- Gershom
Scholem, scholar of mysticism
- Samson
Raphael Hirsch, the Father of Neo-Orthodoxy
- Emmanuel
Levinas, 20th century philosopher
- Franz
Rosenzweig, existential thinker and educator
- Hannah
Arendt, teacher, writer, political theorist
- Walter
Benjamin, 20th century intellectual
- Leo
Baeck, theologian, teacher and rabbi
- Martin
Buber, Existentialist
- Abraham
Joshua Heschel, theologian, writer, mystic, social activist
- Mordecai
Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism
- Louis
Jacobs, British rabbi and scholar
- Ray
Frank, female preacher
- Joseph
Soloveitchik, teacher, writer and community leader
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Cultural Figures
Authors
Artists
Filmmakers & Actors
Musicians
Athletes
National, Political, & Communal Figures
Business & Commerce
Zionism & Israel
Activism
American Judaism
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Photos, from left: The Baal Shem Tov, Art Spiegelman,
Cynthia Ozick (by Julius Ozick), Theodor Herzl
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