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Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was a rabbi, philosopher, and mystic who served as the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine from 1921 until his…

American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher

American football coach and executive (1929–2011)

Allegra Goodman is an American novelist and short-story writer renowned for her incisive explorations of Jewish family life, faith, ambition, and the…

German writer (1887–1968)

Baruch Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Portuguese-Jewish origin, born in Amsterdam to parents who had…

Berthold Auerbach (born Moses Baruch Auerbach; 28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882) was a German-Jewish author and poet whose realistic depictions of Black…

German-born conductor, pianist, and composer (1876–1962)

Charley Goldman (1888–1968), born Israel Goldman in Warsaw, Poland, was a prominent American boxing trainer and former professional bantamweight boxer who…

Claude Lanzmann (27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French documentary filmmaker, journalist, and intellectual of Eastern European Jewish descent, best…

British theoretical physicist (born 1953)

David Grossman (born 25 January 1954) is an Israeli author and peace activist whose novels, essays, and nonfiction works frequently address themes of war,…

German mathematician (1862–1943)

Israeli-born Silicon Valley investor who co-founded Color Health and Mixer Labs.

Emanuel Lasker (24 December 1868 – 11 January 1941) was a German mathematician, philosopher, and chess grandmaster who reigned as the second World Chess…

Lithuanian-French philosopher (1906–1995)

German composer (1809–1847)

François Jacob (17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013) was a French molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on genetic regulation in bacteria,…

German, Jewish, and American historian and philosopher (1906–1975)

French philosopher (1859–1941)

American British writer (1843–1916)

Hermann Broch (1 November 1886 – 30 May 1951) was an Austrian novelist, philosopher, and mathematician of Jewish origin, best known for his modernist trilogy…

Isaac Cardoso (c.

James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the…

French philosopher (1905–1980)

American Jewish Congress (Founder)

German-British chess player (1842–1888)

Mexican singer-songwriter

American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher

Joseph Roth (2 September 1894 – 27 May 1939) was an Austrian-Jewish novelist, short-story writer, and journalist whose fiction chronicled the disintegration…

Judah Halevi (c.

American economist (1921–2017)

American conductor, educator (born 1946)

Leopold Kronecker (7 December 1823 – 29 December 1891) was a German mathematician whose work profoundly influenced number theory, algebra, and the philosophy…

Spiegel (Founder)

Lionel Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, essayist, and professor renowned for bridging literature with…