ROSENTHAL, LEON — (Judah Leib; 1817–1887), Russian financier, maskil and philanthropist. Rosenthal was born into a wealthy family in Vilna. His father, Moses, one of the first maskilim in Vilna, educated him in the spirit of the haskalah . After his marriage, he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judah Leon ben Moses Mosconi — (born 1328) was a Bulgarian scholar and Talmudist born at Ocrida. Owing to the wars which agitated Bulgaria in the 14th century, Mosconi left his native country about 1360. He traveled in all the three continents of the Old World. He was in Chios … Wikipedia
Gershom ben Judah — Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 1040? 1028?) best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, Our teacher Gershom ) and also commonly known to scholars of Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me Or Hagolah ( Our teacher Gershom the light of the… … Wikipedia
MAGNES MUSEUM, JUDAH L. — MAGNES MUSEUM, JUDAH L. Located in Berkeley, in a century old mansion about a mile from the University of California, the Magnes Museum contains the third largest collection of Judaica in the United States. The Museum was founded in 1962 in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SAMAU'AL BEN JUDAH IBN 'ABBĀS AL-MAGHRIBĪ — SAMAU AL BEN JUDAH IBN ABBĀS AL MAGHRIBĪ, convert to Islam, mathematician, physician, and author of an anti Jewish manual. He converted to Islam in 1163 and died ca. 1170. He left a polemical attack on the Jews and on Judaism, composed following… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BRIEL, JUDAH BEN ELIEZER — (1643–1722), exegete, halakhic authority, and polemicist. Appointed a member of the bet din of Mantua, Briel succeeded Moses Zacuto (d. 1697) as the rabbi of that community, a position he occupied until his death. Among his pupils was isaac… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HURWITZ, JUDAH BEN MORDECAI HA-LEVI — (d. 1797), physician and Hebrew writer, precursor of the Haskalah in Eastern Europe. Born in Vilna, Hurwitz studied medicine in Padua and traveled extensively; in Berlin he made the acquaintance of moses mendelssohn . He practiced medicine in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hiwi al-Balkhi — (9th century) (Hebrew: חיוי אל בלכי, also Hiwwi or Chivi) was an exegete and Biblical critic of the last quarter of the ninth century, born at Balkh, Khorasan (now located in Afghanistan). It is not entirely clear whether Hiwi was a Jew, as… … Wikipedia
Histoire des Juifs aux Etats-Unis — Histoire des Juifs aux États Unis Les Juifs et le judaïsme Généralités Qui est Juif ? · Terminologie · Conversion Judaïsme : Principes de foi Noms de Dieu dans le judaïsme Tanakh (Bible hébraïque) … Wikipédia en Français
Histoire des Juifs aux États-Unis — L histoire des Juifs aux États Unis est liée aux vagues d immigration européennes dues aux opportunités sociales et économiques des États Unis d Amérique et alimentées par l antisémitisme et les persécutions des Juifs d Europe. L antisémitisme… … Wikipédia en Français
