List of Jews in religion
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[edit] 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
- Carlebach family
- 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
- 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
- J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain [1]
- 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 ha-Matbil), revered by Christians
- Jesus of Nazareth, (Yeshua ha-Notzri) inspired the creation of Christianity
- Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal (raised Catholic)
- Mary (Miryam), 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
- Maurice Frydman Polish Jew who lived in India and was involved in translating Nisargadatta's "I am That." Was close to Gandhi and Nehru
