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list of rabbis

This is a list of notable rabbis, ordered alphabetically by country or place of residence. (See also Judaism.)

American
  • Meir Kahane
  • Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
  • Kaufmann Kohler
  • Alexander Kohut
  • Judah Leon Magnes
  • Chaim Potok
  • Sally J. Priesand
  • Alysa Stanton
  • Isaac Mayer Wise
  • Stephen Samuel Wise
Austrian
  • Joseph Samuel Bloch
  • Adolf Jellinek
Dutch
  • Manasseh ben Israel
French
  • Gershom ben Judah
Galilean
  • Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
German
  • Asher ben Jehiel
  • Leo Baeck
  • Jacob Israel Emden
  • Jonathan Eybeschütz
  • Solomon Formstecher
  • Zacharias Frankel
  • Abraham Geiger
  • Samuel Holdheim
  • Kaufmann Kohler
  • Meir of Rothenburg
Hungarian
  • Alexander Kohut
Israeli
  • Yosef Burg
  • Meir Kahane
Italian
  • Obadiah of Bertinoro
  • Leone Modena
Palestinian
  • Judah ben Solomon Hai Alkalai
  • Eleazar ben Azariah
  • Ishmael ben Elisha
  • Meïr
  • Simeon ben Yoḥai
Polish
  • Jonathan Eybeschütz
  • Moses ben Israel Isserles
  • Ezekiel Landau
Portuguese
  • Manasseh ben Israel
Spanish
  • Solomon ben Abraham Adret
  • Simeon ben Zemah Duran
This article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy.
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Article Title: list of rabbis
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Date Published: 06 April 2015
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