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This is a list of prominent
rabbis ,
Rabbinic Judaism 's spiritual and religious leaders.
See also :
List of Jews .
Mishnaic period (ca. 70–200 CE)
Rabbi Akiva
Yohanan ben Zakkai (1st century CE) 1st-century sage in Judea, key to the development of the
Mishnah , the first Jewish
sage attributed the title of rabbi in the Mishnah.
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Shimon ben Gamliel , was a sage and served as the
nasi of the
Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. (c. 10 BCE–70 CE)
Judah Ben Bava , was a 2nd-century tana that was known as "the Ḥasid."
Rabban Gamaliel II , was the first person to lead the
Sanhedrin as
nasi after the fall of the
Second Temple .(?–
c. 118)
Rabbi Akiva or Akiva ben Yosef (
c. 50–28 September 135 CE) 1st-century Judea, central scholar in
Mishnah
Joshua ben Hananiah , was a leading
tanna of the first half-century following the
destruction of the
Second Temple .(?–131 CE)
Eliezer ben Hurcanus was one of the most prominent sages of the 1st and 2nd centuries.
Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha , was given the title "Ba'al HaBaraita" and was a
rabbi of the 1st and 2nd centuries
Eleazar ben Arach was a tana in the 2nd-century.
Eliezer ben Jose (2nd century CE), the son of
Jose the Galilean , famous for
Baraita of thirty-two mitzvoth, and father of Rabbi Hananiah
Yose HaKohen , 2nd century student of Rabban
Johanan ben Zakkai
Rabbi Tarfon , member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the
destruction of the Second Temple (70 AD) and the fall of
Betar (135 AD).
Rabbi Meir (2nd century) considered one of the greatest of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139–163)
Shimon bar Yochai (2nd-century)
Jewish mystic , traditional author of the
Zohar
Judah ha-Nasi (
c. 135 to 217 CE) 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the
Mishnah
Talmudic period (ca. 200–500 CE)
Samuel of Nehardea , Amora in Babylonia, physician (c.165–254)
Abba Arikha , Amora in Babylonia (175–247)
Johanan bar Nappaha , primary author of the
Jerusalem Talmud (180–279)
Bar Kappara
Shimon ben Lakish , Amora in Judea (c.200–c.275)
Joshua ben Levi (early 3rd century), headed the school of
Lod .
Samuel ben Nahman
Shila of Kefar Tamarta
Judah II , sage, also called Judah Nesi'ah, in Judea,
Nasi (230–270)
Rabbah bar Nahmani , Talmudist in Babylonia (c.270–c.330)
Hillel, son of Gamaliel III , younger brother of Judah II, in Judea (before 280)
Rabbi Ammi
Rabbi Assi
Hanina ben Pappa
Rav Nachman , Talmudist in Babylonia (?–320)
Raba bar Rav Huna
Rami bar Hama
Rav Shmuel bar Yehudah
Abbahu , Talmudist in Palestine (c.279–320)
Rava , Amora in Babylonia (c.280–352)
Judah III , scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, Nasi (290–320)
Abaye , Talmudist in Babylonia (?–337)
Rabbi Jonah , Amora in Palestine (before 340)
Hamnuna – Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name (3rd and 4th century)
Rav Papa , Amora in Babylon (c.300–375)
Hillel II , creator of the Hebrew calendar, son of Judah II, in Judea, Nasi (320–365)
Isaac Nappaha
Anani ben Sason
Ravina I , primary aide to Rav Ashi in Babylonia (?–420)
Rav Ashi , sage, primary redactor of the
Talmud in Babylonia (352–427)
Ravina II , Amora in Babylonia (?–499)
Middle Ages (ca. 500–1500 CE)
Rashi
Abba Mari , (Minhat Kenaot ), 13th-century French Talmudist
Abraham ibn Daud , (c. 1110–c.1180), author of
Sefer ha-Qabbalah
Abraham ben David of Posquières , (c. 1125–1198) 12th century, France
Abraham ibn Ezra , (Even Ezra ), (1089–1164) 12th-century Spanish-North African biblical commentator
Abdullah ibn Saba' , Rabbi convert to Islam, considered central figure in the configuration of
Shia Islam .
Abdullah ibn Salam , (550–630) rabbi, converted to
Islam and was a companion of Islam's founder,
Muhammad
David Abudirham , 14th century rabbi in Seville. Authored the Sefer Abudarham on explanation of
Sefardi liturgy and customs. Completed c. 1339
Amram Gaon , (?–875) 9th-century organizer of the siddur (prayer book)
Asher ben Jehiel , (Rosh ), (c. 1259–1327) 13th-century German-Spanish Talmudist
Simeon bar Isaac , 11th century French rabbi
Yom Tov of Falaise 11th-century French rabbi, grandson of
Rashi
Samson ben Joseph of Falaise , 11th century French rabbi
Judah ben Yom Tov 11th century French rabbi
Moses ben Kalonymus , 11th century Italian liturgical poet who moved to
Mainz
Bahya ibn Paquda , (Hovot ha-Levavot ), 11th-century Spanish philosopher and moralist
Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel ), (990–1053) 10th-century Tunisian Talmudist
Meshullam ben Kalonymus (~950 – ~1010), Rabbi, posek, commentator on the Mishnah, and Paytan
David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra , (1479–1573) also called Radbaz, born in Spain, was a leading posek, rosh yeshiva and chief rabbi
David Kimhi , (Radak ), (1160–1235), born in Narbonne, was a biblical commentator, philosopher, and grammarian
Dunash ben Labrat , (920–990) 10th-century grammarian and poet
Eleazar Kalir , (c.570–c.640) early Talmudic liturgist and poet
Rabbi Abin ha-Gadol , 10th century French rabbi
Eleazar of Worms , (Sefer HaRokeach ), (1176–1238) 12th-century German rabbinic scholar
Solomon ben Meir , 12th century French rabbi
Elijah of Paris , 12th-century French rabbi
Judah ben Nathan , 12th century bible commentator, son-in-law of
Rashi , also known as Rivan
Eliezer ben Nathan , (1090–1170) 12th-century poet and pietist
Haim ben Hananel HaCohen (Tosafist)
Rabbenu Gershom , (c.960–c.1040) 11th-century German Talmudist and legalist
Gersonides , Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag ), (1288–1344) 14th-century French Talmudist and philosopher
Hasdai Crescas , (Or Hashem ), (c. 1370–c.1411) 14th-century Talmudist and philosopher
Hillel ben Eliakim , (Rabbeinu Hillel ), 12th-century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
Ibn Tibbon , a family of 12th and 13th-century Spanish and French scholars, translators, and leaders
Don Isaac Abravanel , (Abarbanel ), (1437–1508) 15th-century philosopher, Talmudist and Torah commentator. Also a court advisor and in charge of Finance to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.
Isaac Alfasi , (the Rif ), (1013–1103) 12th-century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot"
Israel Isserlein (Terumat Hadeshen ), (1390–1460) 15th-century, the most influential rabbi of the Empire in the second third of the 15th century and the last great rabbi of medieval
Austria
Jacob ben Asher , (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim ), (c. 1269–c.1343) 14th-century German-Spanish Halakhist
Jacob Berab , (1474–1546) 15th–16th-century proponent of
Semichah (Ordination)
Joseph Albo , (Sefer Ikkarim ), (c. 1380–1444) 15th-century Spain
Joseph ibn Migash (1077–1141) 12th-century Spanish Talmudist and rosh yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of
Maimonides
Judah ben Joseph ibn Bulat (c. 1500–1550), Spanish Talmudist and rabbi
Ka'ab al-Ahbar , Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ben Mati, (?–652/653) was a prominent rabbi from Yemen who was one of the earliest important Jewish converts to Islam.
Maimonides
Maimonides , Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam ), (1138–1204) 12th-century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
Meir ben Samuel (c. 1060–1135) known by the Hebrew acronym (RaM ) was a French rabbi and tosafist
Menachem Meiri (HaMeiri ), (1249–1315) famous
Catalan
rabbi ,
Talmudist and
Maimonidean , author of the Beit HaBechirah
Mordecai ben Hillel , (The Mordechai ), (c. 1250–1298) 13th-century German Halakhist
Nachmanides
Moses de Leon , Moshe ben Shem-tov, (1240–1305) 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and the actual author of The Zohar
Nachmanides , Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban ), (1194–1270) 13th-century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon ), (990–1062) 10th-century Tunisian Talmudist
Nissim of Gerona , (RaN ), (1320–1376) 14th-century
Halakhist ,
Talmudist and
physician
Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura ), (c. 1445–c.1515) 15th-century commentator on the
Mishnah
Ra'ah (1235–c. 1290), was a
medieval rabbi,
Talmudic scholar and
Halakhist , student of the
Ramban and colleague of the
Rashba
Rashbam , (Samuel ben Meir), (1085–1158) French Tosafist and grandson of Shlomo Yitzhaki, "Rashi"
Rashi , (Solomon ben Yitzchak), (1040–1105) 11th-century Talmudist, primary commentator of the
Talmud
Saadia Gaon , (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur ), (c.882–942) 10th-century
exilarch and leader of Babylonian Jewry
Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon , (c. 1150–c.1230) 12th–13th-century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator
Shlomo ben Avraham ibn Aderet (1235–1310),
medieval rabbi,
halakhist , and
Talmudist , known as the Rashba, student of the
Ramban and
Rabbeinu Yonah
Solomon ben Abraham Min Hahar , a
Provençal rabbi and
Talmudist of the first half of the 13th century, rabbi at
Montpellier , leader of the movement against
Maimonides , teacher of
Yonah Gerondi
Tosafists , (Tosfot ) 11th, 12th and 13th-century Talmudic scholars in France and Germany
Yehuda Halevi , (Kuzari ), (c. 1175–1241) 12th-century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to
Zion
Yom Tov Asevilli (c. 1260–c. 1314), known as the Ritva, medieval rabbi and
rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Seville,
Talmudist , student of the
Rashba and the
Ra'ah
Yonah Gerondi (d. 1264),
Catalan rabbi and moralist, cousin of
Nahmanides , author of the ethical work, The Gates of Repentance (שערי תשובה)
16th–17th centuries
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Moses Isserles
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Isaac Abendana (c. 1640–1699), 17th-century Sephardic scholar in England
Jacob Abendana (c. 1630–1685), 17th-century Sephardic rabbi in England
Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693), 17th-century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first rabbi in the Americas
Abraham Amigo (c. 1610–c. 1683), Judean rabbi
Bezalel Ashkenazi (c. 1520–c.1592), (Shittah Mekubetzet ), 16th-century Talmudist
Tzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), author of Chacham Tzvi
Yair Bacharach (Havvot Yair 1639–1702), 17th-century German Talmudist
Menahem ben Moshe Bavli (Ta'amei Ha-Misvot , 1571), 16th-century rabbi
Abraham ben Saul Broda (c. 1640–1717), Bohemian Talmudist
Naphtali Cohen (1649–1718), Russo-German rabbi and Kabbalist
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK, 1522–1570), 16th-century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar
Samuel Edels (Mahrsha , 1555–1631), 16th-century Talmudist
Kalonymus Haberkasten , 16th-century Polish rabbi
David HaLevi Segal , (Taz , 1586–1667, 16th-century Halakhist, major commentary on the
Shulchan Aruch
Aaron Ezekiel Harif , 17th-century Hungarian rabbi
Abraham Cohen de Herrera (RabACH, c.1570–c.1635), 16th-century Kabbalist and philosopher
Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (Bet Hillel , (1615–1690), 17th-century Lithuanian scholar
Isaiah Horowitz (Shlah , c.1565–1632) 16th-century Kabbalist and Author, Eastern Europe and Israel
Moshe Isserles (Rema , 1520–1572), 16th-century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the
Shulchan Aruch )
Yosef Karo (Mechaber , 1488–1575), 16th-century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the
Shulchan Aruch
Meir ben Isaac (1482–1565) and his son
Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen (1521–1597) of
Padua
Elijah Loans (1555–1636), 16th–17th-century German rabbi and Kabbalist
Judah Low ben Bezalel (Maharal , 1512–1609), 16th-century Prague mystic and Talmudist
Meir of Lublin (Maharam , 1558–1616), 16th-century Posek and Talmudist
Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (1550–1619), 16th–17th-century Torah commentator
Isaac Luria (1534–1572) (Ari , 1534–1572), 16th-century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
Solomon Luria (Maharshal , 1510–1573), 16th-century Posek and Talmudist
Menasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657), 17th-century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in England
David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica) (1591–1657), Dutch rabbi, born in Salonica
David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam) , translator of Joseph Pardo's (his father) Shulchan Tahor into Spanish
Joseph Pardo (rabbi) (c. 1561–1619), Italian rabbi and merchant
Michael ben Moses Kohen , 16th-century Palestinian rabbi and liturgist
Moses ha-Levi ha-Nazir , 16th-century rabbi
Samuel Schotten (1644–1719), 17th-century rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt
Shalom Shachna (1495–1558), 16th-century Polish Talmudist, Rosh Yeshiva of several great
Acharonim
Sforno , 15th, 16th, and 17th-century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno , 1475–1550), 16th-century Italian scholar and rationalist
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542–1620), 16th-century Kabbalist
Mordecai Yoffe ("Levush", c.1530–1612), 16th–17th-century Polish rabbi, codifier of
halakha
Hayyim Abraham Israel ben Benjamin Ze’evi (c.1650–1731) Palestinian rabbi
Ephraim Zalman Shor , (c.1550–1633) Czech rabbi
Simcha Rappaport (1650–1718), Ukrainian rabbi
Daniel Da Pisa , 16th century head of Rome's Jewish community
18th century
Vilna Gaon
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
David Nieto (1654–1728), English rabbi
Aaron Hart (1670–1756),
Chief Rabbi of Great Britain
Jacob Emden (1697–1776), German Talmudist and mystic
Nachman of Horodenka (?–1765), Hasidic leader
Israel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov , 1700–1760), mystic, founder of
Hasidic Judaism
Isaac Nieto (1702–1774), English rabbi
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal , 1707–1746), Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic
Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708–1782) rabbi, Practical Kabbalist and
alchemist
Dovber of Mezritch (1710–1772), (Maggid ), Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
Yechezkel Landau (Noda Bihudah , 1713–1793), Posek and Talmudist
Elimelech of Lizhensk , (Noam Elimelech , 1717–1787), Polish mystic and Hasid
Elijah ben Solomon (the
Vilna Gaon or Gra , 1720–1797), Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim , opponent of
Hasidism
Shalom Sharabi (1720–1777),
Yemenite rabbi and
Kabbalist
Hart Lyon (1721–1800),
Chief Rabbi of Great Britain
Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida , 1724–1806), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographer
David Hassine (1727–1792), Moroccan Jewish poet
Haim Isaac Carigal (1733–1777), rabbi in
Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend
Ezra Stiles , and therefore on
Yale University
Aharon of Karlin (I) (1736–1772), Hassidic leader
Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (Kedushas Leivi , 1740–1809) Polish Hassidic Leader
Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), (Alter Rebbe of Chabad ), mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe
Aryeh Leib Heller (
1745–1812), "the Ketzos,"
Talmudist and
Halachist in
Galicia , author of the Ketzos Hachoshen and the Avnei Miluim
Raphael Berdugo (1747–1821), rabbi in
Meknes
Chaim Ickovits (1749–1821), founder of the
Volozhin Yeshiva , author of the Nefesh Ha-Chaim
Jacob Pardo , rabbi of Ragusa and Spalato
Joseph Ergas (c1685–1730), Italian kabbalist
Chaim Ben Attar (the elder) d. 1720
Chaim ibn Attar (1696–1743), author of Or ha-Ḥayyim commentary on the Torah
Orthodox rabbis
19th century
Netziv
Ben Ish Chai
Tzemach Tzedek
Liebman Adler (1812–1892), noted abolitionist and rabbi at
Temple Beth El (Detroit) , the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan, and
KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago, the oldest Jewish congregation in Illinois
Aaron of Pinsk (?–1841), author of Tosafot Aharon
Barnett Abrahams (1831–1863), dayan , Principal of
Jews' College , London
Yaakov Koppel Altenkunshtadt (1765–1837), German and Hungarian rabbi
Abraham ben Gedaliah Tiktin (1764–1820), Rabbi of Breslau
Shimon Agassi (1852–1914), Iraqi Hakham and Kabbalist
Nathan Marcus Adler (1803–1890),
Chief Rabbi of the
British Empire
Aharon of Karlin (II) (1802–1872), Hassidic leader
Judah Alkalai (1798–1878),
Sephardic
rabbi , one of the influential precursors of modern
Zionism
Avraham Eliezer Alperstein (1853–1917),
rosh yeshiva of
RIETS , publisher, communal leader and Talmudic scholar, one of the founders of the
Agudath Harabbonim
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905), (Sfas Emes ) Gerrer Rebbe
Benjamin Artom (1835–1879),
Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906), rabbi in
Meknes
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (1816–1893), (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar ) rosh yeshiva of the
Volozhin Yeshiva , son-in-law of
Yitzhak of Volozhin
Yehuda Bibas (1789–1852),
Sephardic
rabbi , rabbi of
Corfu , the first of the precursors of modern
Zionism
Avrohom Bornsztain (1838–1910), (Avnei Nezer ), founder and first
rebbe of the
Sochatchover Hasidic dynasty
Lelio Cantoni (1802–1857), Italian writer
Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), (Maharatz Chayes ), Galician Talmudic scholar
Yosef Chayim (1835–1909), the Ben Ish Hai , Iraqi halakhist and preacher
Yehoshua Leib Diskin (1818–1898), rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem
Akiva Eiger (1761–1837), Talmudist and communal leader
Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908), (Aruch ha-Shulchan ) 19th–20th-century halakhist and
posek (decisor)
Jacob Ettlinger (1798–1871), German scholar, author of the Aruch La-Ner, fierce opponent of
Reform Judaism
Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917), first rebbe of
Boyan
Shlomo Ganzfried (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch , 1804–1886), posek
Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794–1867) also known as Stropkover Rov – Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov, Galicia
Moshe Greenwald (1853–1910), rabbi of
Chust , Hungary and founder of the
Puppa Hasidic dynasty
Lazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian writer, educator and
Zionist political activist, representative of the
Mizrachi movement in the
Zionist Congress
Shlomo HaKohen (1828–1905), famed
Av Beis Din and Posek of
Vilna , editor of the
Vilna Edition Shas , supporter of the
Mizrachi
Religious Zionism movement
Solomon Herschell (1762–1842), British Chief Rabbi
Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899),
philosopher , a founder of
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Abraham Hillel (1820–1920), Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), German founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement
David Zvi Hoffmann (1843–1921),
Torah Scholar who headed the
Yeshiva in Berlin , published research on the
Chumash and
Mishnah , expert in
Midrash halakha and a
halakhic authority
Márkus Horovitz (1844–1910),
Hungarian historian and writer, rabbi of
Lauenburg ,
Gnesen and
Frankfurt am Main
Yitzchak Ickovits (1780–1849), rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva, son of
Chaim of Volozhin
Jacob Joseph (1840–1902), rabbi of
Vilon ,
Yurburg ,
Zhagory and
Kovno , Chief Rabbi of New York City's Association of American Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, helped found the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva on the
Lower East Side
Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874), German author who expressed views, from a religious perspective, in favor of the Jewish re-settlement of the
Land of Israel , which predate
Theodor Herzl and the Zionist movement
Nachum Kaplan (1811–1879),
Lithuanian Talmudist, philanthropist and
Talmid Chacham
Abraham Lichtstein , Av Beit Din of
Przasnysz , Poland
Israel Lipschitz (1782–1860), leading
Ashkenazi first in
Dessau and then in the
Jewish Community of Danzig , author of the commentary "Tiferes Yisrael" on the
Mishnah
Jacob of Lissa (1760–1832), Galician Halakhist
Samuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), (also known as Shadal ) Italian scholar, poet, and a member of the
Wissenschaft des Judentums movement
Chaim Hezekiah Medini (1834–1904), Chief Rabbi of
Hebron , author of Sdei Chemed,
Posek and
Talmudic scholar, composer of
Piyutim
Raphael Meldola (1754–1828), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London
Frederick de Sola Mendes (1850–1927), Sephardic rabbi in London and America
Meir Lob ben Yechiel Michael (1809–1879), (The Malbim ), Russian-born
Hebrew grammarian , known for his novel
commentary on much of
Tanach
Samuel Mohilever (1824–1898), pioneer of
Religious Zionism and one of the founders of the
Hovevei Zion movement
Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), (Rebbe Nachman ), Ukrainian Hasidic and mystic
Nathan of Breslov (1780–1844), known as Reb Noson, was the chief disciple and scribe of Nachman of Breslov
Avrohom Chaim Oppenheim (1796?–1824), rabbi at
Pécs ,
Hungary .
Eliezer Papo (1785–1828), Pele Yoetz , rabbi of the community of
Selestria ,
Bulgaria
Moses Pardo (?–1888), Jerusalem-born rabbi of
Alexandria
Yechiel Michel Pines (1824–1913),
Russian -born
religious Zionist writer, and community leader in the
Old Yishuv
Yitzhak Isaac Halevy Rabinowitz (1847–1914), Jewish historian, and founder of the
Agudath Israel organization
Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport (1786–1867), rabbi of
Tarnopol and
Prague , son-in-law of
Aryeh Leib Heller
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines (1839–1915),
Lithuanian founder of the
Mizrachi
Religious Zionist Movement , a correspondent of
Theodor Herzl
Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick (1841–1912), educator, rosh yeshiva of Ohel Yitzhak in
Suwałki , Poland
Yosef Altschul (1839–1908), haazan, improviser of jewish songs
Shmuel Salant (1816–1909),
Ashkenazi
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70 years,
Talmudist and
Torah scholar
Yisrael Lipkin Salanter (1810–1883), father of the
Musar movement in
Orthodox Judaism , rosh yeshiva and Talmudist
Zundel Salant (1786–1866), instrumental in founding the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva in
Jerusalem , the
Bikur Cholim Hospital and
Hevrah Kadisha , rabbi of
Yisrael Salanter
Dovber Schneuri (1773–1827), second Rebbe of Lubavitch
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), (Tzemach Tzedek ), third rebbe of
Lubavitch
Shmuel Schneersohn (1834–1882), fourth rebbe of Lubavitch
Moshe Schick (1807–1879), Hungarian
posek known as Maharam Schick , author of
Halachic
responsa
Refael Shapiro (1837–1921),
rosh yeshiva of the
Yeshivat Volozhin , author of Toras Refael , son-in-law of the
Netziv , father-in-law of
Chaim Soloveichik
Moses Sofer (1762–1839), (Chasam Sofer ), Hungarian rabbi
Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939), Baghdadi author of Kaf ha-Chaim
Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918), founder of the
Brisker method , son of
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) , son-in-law of Refael Shapiro
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik , (1820–1892) author of Beis Halevi (the title by which he is known among Talmudic scholars)
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (1817–1896),
Russian posek and Talmudist, rabbi of
Baresa ,
Nishvez ,
Novohrodo , Chief Rabbi of
Kovno
Hayyim Tyrer (1740–1817), Hasidic kabbalist
Simcha Zissel Ziv (1824–1898), the Elder of Kelm, one of the early leaders of the
Musar movement , founder and director of the
Kelm Talmud Torah
Aharon Azriel , 19th century kabbalist and head of Bet El Yeshiva
20th century
Religious-Zionist
Abraham Isaac Kook
Yehuda Amital
Shlomo Goren
Amram Aburbeh (1892–1966), Chief Rabbi of the
Sephardic
congregation in
Petah Tikva ,
Israel and author of Netivei Am
Yehuda Amital (1924–2010), founding
rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion , founder of the
Meimad party, former member of the
Israeli cabinet , creator of the
Hesder Yeshiva concept
Yitzhak Arieli (1896–1974), of the founders of
Kiryat Shmuel and
Neve Sha'anan , spiritual leader of the
Knesset Yisrael neighborhood,
posek of
Bikur Holim Hospital ,
mashgiach ruchani of the
Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva
Léon Ashkenazi (1922–1996), educator,
Kabbalist ,
philosopher , spiritual leader of 20th century
French Jewry
Meir Bar-Ilan (1880–1949),
Religious Zionist activist,
author , leader of the
Mizrachi movement in the United States and
Mandatory Palestine
Chaim Yitzchak Bloch (1864–1948), founder and rosh yeshiva of Plunge Yeshiva, rabbi of
Palanga , the
Bauska Jewish community and
Jersey City , where he was also
Av Beit Din
Mordechai Breuer (1921–2007), Israeli expert on
Tanach , descendant of
Samson Raphael Hirsch
Henrik Bródy (1868–1942), rabbi of the congregation of
Náchod ,
Bohemia and Chief Rabbi of
Prague , leader of the
Mizrachi movement in
Czechoslovakia , author and editor
Shlomo Yosef Burg (1909–1999),
German -born
Israeli
politician , one of the founders of the
National Religious Party
Yaakov Moshe Charlap (1882–1951),
talmudist ,
kabbalist , rosh yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav, rabbi of the
Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood, author of the Mei Marom series of books on
Jewish thought
Zwi Perez Chajes (1876–1927),
historian ,
biblical scholar , rabbi of
Florence ,
Trieste and
Vienna , Chairman of the
Zionist General Council
David Cohen (1887–1972), rabbi, talmudist, philosopher and kabbalist, Jewish ascetic who accepted a Nazirite vow at the outbreak of
WWI
Mordechai Eliyahu (1929–2010), former
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of
Israel
Menachem Froman (1945–2013), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a peacemaker and negotiator with close ties to Palestinian religious leaders
Aryeh Leib Frumkin (1845–1916), a founder and pioneer of
Petah Tikva , the first
moshava created in by the
Jewish community , author of
halachic texts, teacher, operator of a wine shop, great-grandfather of
Jonathan Sacks
Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856–1924),
Hungarian
Talmudic scholar ,
author of the Dor Revi'i, C hief Rabbi of
Klausenburg , a founder of
Mizrachi , great-grandson of the
Chassam Sofer
Shlomo Goren (1917–1994), Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the
Israel Defense Forces
Ovadia Hedaya (1889–1969), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaMekubalim/Beit El Synagogue , recipient of the
Israel Prize in rabbinical literature
Chaim Hirschensohn (1857–1935), prolific author, rabbi, thinker and early proponent of
Religious Zionism , Chief rabbi of
Hoboken, New Jersey
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (1966–2000), Israeli leader of the
Kahane Chai party and son of rabbi
Meir Kahane
Meir Kahane (1932–1990), founder of the
Jewish Defense League and the
Kach party, rosh yeshiva of Haraayon Hayehudi yeshiva, Jerusalem
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945),
Polish Canadian Orthodox Chief Rabbi of
Winnipeg and
Western Canada for nearly 40 years,
Talmudist and
Zionist activist, founding member of the
Canadian Jewish Congress
Reuvein Margolies (1889–1971), Israeli author,
Talmudic scholar, head of the
Rambam library , recipient of the
Israel Prize for his work on
rabbinic literature
Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895–1983),
Polish-born Israeli, author of the Torah Sheleimah , founder and rosh yeshiva of the
Sfas Emes Yeshiva , recipient of the
Israel Prize in rabbinic literature
Pinchas Kehati (1910–1976), Polish Israeli teacher and author, author of Mishnayot Mevoarot, ("Explained
Mishnayot ")
Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), first
Ashkenazi
Chief Rabbi of Palestine , philosopher and
Kabbalist , founding rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva
Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), rosh yeshiva of Mercaz Harav, son of
Abraham Isaac Kook
Aryeh Levin (1885–1969),
Mashgiach of the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva in
Jerusalem , activist known as the "Father of Prisoners" and the "
Tzadik of
Jerusalem "
Moshe Levinger (1935–2015), one of the principals of
Gush Emunim , led Jewish settlement in
Hebron , helped establish
Kiryat Arba
Pinchas HaKohen Lintup (1851–1924),
Religious Zionist
Lithuanian rabbi , teacher,
Kabbalist , spiritual leader of the
Hasidic community of
Biržai
Yehuda Leib Maimon (1875–1962), Israeli politician, Israel's first
Minister of Religions , leader of
Mizrachi in Israel, founder of
Mossad HaRav Kook
Zvi Hirsch Masliansky (1856–1943), lecturer, writer and
Zionist , charter member of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Moshe Tzvi Neria (1913–1995), head of the Bnei Akiva Yeshivot
Menachem Porush (1916–2010), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael
Yosef Qafih (1917–2000),
Yemenite -Israeli
authority on Jewish religious law (
halakha ), a
dayan of the
Supreme Rabbinical Court in Israel
Avraham Shapira (1914–2007),
Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel , Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz haRav
yeshiva
Gedaliah Silverstone (1871–1944), author in the
United States , rabbi of
Ohev Sholom Congregation in
Washington, D.C. and
Kesher Israel Congregation in
Georgetown , vice president of the
Agudath Harabbonim
Isser Yehuda Unterman (1886–1976),
Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, third Chief Rabbi of
Tel Aviv , leader of the
Mizrachi Movement
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), first
Sefardi
Chief Rabbi of Israel
Yehuda Leib Don Yihye (1869–1941),
Hassid and student of
Volozhin Yeshiva affiliated with the
Mizrachi Movement
Shaul Yisraeli (1909–1995), rabbi of
moshav
Kfar Haroeh , Dayan in the Supreme religious court of Israel, member of the
Chief Rabbinate of Israel , rosh yeshiva at Mercaz HaRav, recipient of the
Israel Prize in
Judaic Studies
Haredi
Alter of Slabodka
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Moshe Feinstein
Isser Zalman Meltzer
Yehezkel Abramsky (1886–1976), author of Chazon Yehezkel
Yisrael Abuhatzeira (1889–1984), Kabbalist
Nisson Alpert (1927–1986),
rosh yeshiva of
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and the first Rosh
Kollel of its Kollel L’Horaah — Yadin-Yadin
Gedaliah Anemer (1933-2010),
rosh yeshiva of
Yeshiva of Greater Washington and
posek
Baruch Ashlag (1907–1991),
Hasidic
rebbe ,
Kabbalist ,
author , firstborn and successor of
Yehuda Ashlag
Yehuda Ashlag (1885–1954), Hasidic rebbe,
kabbalist ,
author of the Baal Ha-Sulam on the
Zohar and of Talmud Eser Sefirot
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1910–1995),
Orthodox Jewish rabbi,
posek , and rosh yeshiva of the
Kol Torah yeshiva in
Jerusalem
Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for the
Edah HaChareidis , author of Leflagos Reuven
Shmuel Berenbaum (1920–2008), rosh yeshiva of the
Mir yeshiva in
Brooklyn , New York
Abba Berman (1919–2005),
Talmudist and rosh yeshiva, one of the founding members of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn
Amram Blau (1894–1974), Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem and one of the founders of the fiercely anti-Zionist
Neturei Karta
Shmuel Bornsztain (1855–1926),
Shem Mishmuel , Second Sochatchover Rebbe
Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892–1953), (Michtav Me'Eliyahu ) religious philosopher and ethicist
Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948), also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of Dushinsky
Baruch Epstein (1860–1941), (Torah Temimah ), Lithuanian Torah commentator
Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866–1933), (Levush Mordechai ), Talmudist and co-head of
Slabodka yeshiva
Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), (Igrot Moshe ), Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), (Kerem HaTzvi ), author, leader and scholar
Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849–1927), (Alter / Sabba ), early 20th-century founder of Slabodka yeshiva, Lithuania
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879–1965), rosh yeshiva of the
Mir Yeshiva in Poland, son of
Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York
Rogatchover Gaon (1858–1936), (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader
Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht (1924–1994), founding rosh yeshiva of the first
Hesder
yeshiva ,
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Boruch Greenfeld (1872–1956), (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater ), Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch
Yaakov Yehezkiya Greenwald (1882–1941), rabbi in
Pápa , Hungary, author of Vayageid Yaakov
Yosef Greenwald (1903–1984), (
Pupa
Rav ) author of Vaychi Yosef
Yerucham Gorelick (19911–1983), rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for forty years (1943–1983)
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), pre-eminent
Av beis din (rabbinical chief justice), posek (halakhic authority) and
Talmudic scholar in
Vilnius ,
Lithuania
Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe, killed by the Nazis in 1941
Shalom Hedaya (1864–1944), head of the Beit Din for Sephardic Jews in Jerusalem, Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaMekubalim/Beit El Synagogue and was given the title Harav Hachasid
Yitzchok Hutner (1906–1980), (Pachad Yitzchok ), European-born, American and Israeli rosh yeshiva
Yisrael Meir Kagan (1839–1933), (
Chofetz Chaim ), posek, and
ethicist , compiler of classic works. Born and lived in Poland. Wrote the
Mishnah Berurah , a work on Jewish Law.
Aharon ben Yosef ha-Kohen , son-in-law of
Chofetz Chaim (1863 – 1936)
Yaakov Kamenetsky (1891–1986), rabbinical leader and educationalist
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899–1985), ("Steipler Gaon"), Ukrainian-born scholar
Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983), (Living Torah ) writer and mystic
Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1878–1953), (Chazon Ish ) Haredi leader in Israel
Chaim Mordechai Katz (1894–1964), rosh yeshiva of the
Telshe Yeshiva in
Cleveland
Pinchas Kohn (1867–1941), last rabbi of
Ansbach , a founder and executive director of
World Agudath Israel
Aharon Kotler (1891–1962), Lithuanian scholar, founder of
Lakewood Yeshiva in the United States
Chaim Kreiswirth (1918–2001), long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)
Yechezkel Levenstein (1885–1974),
mashgiach ruchani of the
Mir Yeshiva in Poland
Boruch Ber Leibowitz (1862–1939), Rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak
Gershon Liebman (1905–1997), leader of the Novardok Yeshiva movement in
France
Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993), rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for almost fifty years, President of the
Ezras Torah Fund
Elyah Lopian (1876–1970), known as Reb Elyah, prominent in the Mussar Movement
Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870–1953), renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886–1948), European-born head of
Yeshiva Torah Vodaas , one of the founders of
Torah U'Mesorah
Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), (Ohr Somayach ; Meshech Chochmah ) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader
Shulem Moshkovitz (1877–1958), Hasidic rebbe in London
Yisroel Ber Odesser (1888–1994), Breslover Hasid and rabbi
Chanoch Dov Padwa (1908–2000), (Cheishev Ho'ephod ), rabbinical head of
UOHC , London
Nochum Partzovitz (?–1986), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivas Mir , grandson of
Shlomo HaKohen
Shlomo Polachek (1877–1928), Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and its
Yeshiva College , one of the earliest rosh yeshiva in America
Eliezer Poupko (1886–1961), Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in
Velizh ,
Russia , honorary president and a member of the executive board of the
Agudath Harabonim , father of
Baruch Poupko
Chaim Dov Rabinowitz (1909–2001), author of Da'as Sofrim on Tanach and other commentaries
Solomon "Shlomo" Nidam Moroccan rabbi from Meknes, Morocco
Yaacov Choukroun Moroccan rabbi from Meknes, Morocco
David Rappoport (1890–1941), rosh yeshiva of the
Baranovich Yeshiva
Mnachem Risikoff (1866–1960), rabbi of
Kazan , Kabbalist, rabbi and
Av Beit Din of the Congregations of Brooklyn, author of numerous works on
Halakha ,
Aggadah , Biblical commentaries,
Divrei Torah and
responsa
Eliyahu Chaim Rosen (1899–1984), rabbi and leader of the Breslov Hasidim in Uman, Ukraine before World War II
Moshe Rosenstain (1881–1940),
mashgiach ruchani of the
Lomza Yeshiva in Poland
Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Rebbe of Lubavitch
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860–1920), fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick (1882–1937), British rabbi
Moshe Shatzkes (1881–1958), Av Beth Din of
Łomża , rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in America
Simcha Sheps (1908–1998), rosh yeshiva of
Torah Vodaath
Shimon Shkop (1860–1939), Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno in Europe and in
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in
New York
Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz (1902–1979), faculty member and rosh yeshiva of the
Mirrer Yeshiva
Berel Soloveitchik (1925–1981), rosh yeshiva of the
Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem, son of
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik
Moshe Soloveichik (1879–1941), rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, eldest son of
Chaim Soloveitchik , father of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik and
Ahron Soloveichik
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886–1959), the “Brisker Rov,” rosh yeshiva of the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem
Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1848–1932), rabbi and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis community in Jerusalem during the
British Mandate of Palestine
Elya Svei (1924–2009), rosh yeshiva of the
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), (Satmar Rebbe ), Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for strong anti-Zionist positions
Pinchas Mordechai Teitz (1908–1995), prominent Orthodox rabbi, educator and radio broadcaster in
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Eliezer Waldenberg (1915–2006), Posek and Dayan in Jerusalem, a leading authority on medicine and Jewish law, author of the Tzitz Eliezer , recipient of the
Israel Prize for Rabbinical studies
Elchonon Wasserman (1874–1941) Prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Europe. One of the Chofetz Chaim's closest disciples and a Torah scholar.
Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903–1957), (Min HaMeitzar ) European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the
Holocaust
Gershon Yankelewitz (1909–2014), rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for over 50 years, one of the last remaining original
Mirrer students, "Alter Mirrers"
Modern Orthodox
Bernard Revel
Aharon Lichtenstein
Norman Lamm
Hermann Adler (1839–1911), Chief Rabbi of the
British Empire
Michael Adler (1868–1944), English Orthodox rabbi, an
Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish
military chaplain to the
British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the
British Expeditionary Force on the
Western Front during the
First World War
Samuel Belkin (1911–1976), second
President of
Yeshiva University , distinguished
Torah scholar and author
Meir Berlin (1880–1949), (Bar Ilan ) religious
Zionist leader
Eliezer Berkovits (1908–1992) Talmudic scholar and philosopher
Herbert Bomzer (1927–2013),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University and community leader
Israel Brodie (1895–1979), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Eli Cashdan (1905–1998),
British Orthodox rabbi, chaplain in the
Royal Air Force during
World War II , a senior lecturer at
Jews' College and a prominent writer
Francis Lyon Cohen (1862–1934),
English Orthodox rabbi, author and expert on Hebrew music, music editor of
The Jewish Encyclopedia , invented the concept of the
Jewish Lads' Brigade , the first Jewish chaplain in the
British Army , Chief Minister of the
Great Synagogue in
Sydney , Australia
Isaac Cohen (1914–2007),
Talmudic scholar and Chief Rabbi of
Ireland for 20 years
Joseph Ehrenkranz (1926–2014), North American
Orthodox rabbi involved in
interfaith dialogue , community leader
Ephraim Epstein (1876–1960), congregational Orthodox rabbi and prominent member of the Jewish community in
Chicago ,
Talmud scholar
Isidore Epstein (1894–1962), Principal of
Jews' College in
London
Yaakov Fishman (1913–1983), Chief Rabbi of
Moscow and the
Moscow Choral Synagogue
Mavro Frankfurter (1875–1942),
Croatian rabbi of the
Vinkovci Synagogue who was murdered during the
Holocaust by the
Ustashas at the
Jasenovac concentration camp
Harry Freedman (1901–1982),
author , translator and teacher at
Yeshiva University
Miroslav Šalom Freiberger (1903–1943), Chief Rabbi of
Zagreb ,
Croatia , rabbi of the
Zagreb Synagogue ,
Zionist , translator, writer, spiritual leader, educated as a
lawyer and
Doctor of Theology , rescued many Jews out of
Croatia during the
Holocaust , murdered in
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Israel Friedlander (1876–1920), educator, translator, biblical scholar, a founding adviser to a lecture series that became the
Young Israel movement of
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Moses Gaster (1856–1939), a religious and secular scholar who was
Haham of the
Spanish and Portuguese Jews
of Britain as well as president of
The Folklore Society , Vice-President of the
Royal Asiatic Society , and pioneering activist for
Zionism
[2]
Hermann Gollancz (1852–1930), British rabbi and professor
David Hartman (1931–2013), philosopher, author, and founder of
Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem
Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman (1868–1953), British rabbi and dayan
Jacob Hoffman (1881–1956), Chief Rabbi of
Radauti , rabbi of
Frankfurt am Main , helped found the
Manhattan Day School , Zionist activist involved in the
Mizrachi movement
Moses Hyamson (1862–1949), head
Dayan of the
London Beth Din , Chief Rabbi of the
British Empire , Hebrew scholar, author, translator, leader and erudite speaker
Hosea Jacobi (1841–1925), Chief Rabbi of
Zagreb ,
Croatia and rabbi of the
Zagreb Synagogue for 58 years, founded and headed a Jewish
Elementary School , taught Hebrew and
Jewish studies in high-schools, established Jewish-Women organizations, active in social welfare projects, wrote the first ever Jewish studies text-books in
Croatian
Immanuel Jakobovits (1921–1999), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist
Leo Jung (1892–1987), one of the major architects of American
Orthodox Judaism , "Grandfather of
Modern Orthodoxy ," teacher of
ethics and
homiletics at
Yeshiva University
Joseph Kaminetsky (1911–1999), American
Modern Orthodox /
Yeshivish rabbi, pioneering first director of
Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools of
North America , directly responsible for the establishment of hundreds of
yeshiva day schools across the
United States
Norman Lamm (1927–2020), scholar, academic administrator, author and Jewish community leader; President,
Rosh Yeshiva and
Chancellor of
Yeshiva University
Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion , and Rosh Kollel of
Yeshiva University 's Gruss Kollel, son-in-law of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik , father of
Mosheh Lichtenstein
Zvulun Lieberman (1930–2012),
Rosh Yeshiva at
RIETS , communal spiritual leader, head of the Syrian Community Bet Din and the Vaad Harabonim of Flatbush
Joseph Lookstein (1902–1979), rabbi of
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun , President of the
Rabbinical Council of America , of the
Synagogue Council of America , of the
New York Board of Rabbis of
Bar-Ilan University and founder of the
Ramaz School
Mojsije Margel (1875–1939), rabbi of
Zagreb ,
lexicographer , teacher and Hebrew scholar
Moses Mescheloff (1909–2008), Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, Miami Beach and Chicago
Chalom Messas (1913–2003), Chief Rabbi of
Morocco and
Jerusalem
David Messas (1934–2011), Chief Rabbi of
Paris
Solomon Mestel (1886–1966),
British -
Australian community rabbi, translator
Jacob Itzhak Niemirower (1872–1939), first Chief Rabbi of
Romanian Jewry , member of the
Romanian Senate , supporter of
Zionism , fighter against
antisemitism , theologian, philosopher and historian
Pinchas Hacohen Peli (1930–1989), Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi, essayist, poet and scholar of Judaism and
Jewish philosophy , Professor of Jewish Thought and Literature at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , a visiting professor at
Yeshiva University ,
Cornell University ,
University of Notre Dame , the
Seminario Rabbinico in Argentina and the
Makuya Bible Seminary in Japan
Baruch Poupko (1917–2010), American multi-lingual scholar, author and lecturer, National Vice President of the
Rabbinical Council of America , National President of the
Religious Zionists of America , son of
Eliezer Poupko
Emanuel Rackman (1910–2008), American Modern Orthodox rabbi, held pulpits in major congregations, helped draw attention to the plight of
Refuseniks in the then-
Soviet Union , attempted to resolve the dilemma of the
Agunah , President of
Bar-Ilan University
Max D. Raiskin (1919–1978), rabbi, Professor of Hebrew Literature at
Brooklyn College and
Hunter College , licensed
Certified Public Accountant , educator, author of educational textbooks, principal and executive director of the
East Side Hebrew Institute
Bernard Revel (1885–1940), Orthodox rabbi and scholar, founding
President and
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva College and
RIETS
Kopul Rosen (1913–1962),
Anglo-Jewish rabbi and educationalist, rabbi of
Glasgow , Principal Rabbi of the
Federation of Synagogues in London
Michael Rosen (1945–2008), British-born Israeli rabbi and founder of Yakar, a Jewish learning community and
synagogue , son of
Kopul Rosen
Moses Rosen (1912–1994), Chief Rabbi of
Romanian Jewry, President of the Council of the
Jewish Diaspora Museum in
Tel Aviv
Alexandru Șafran (1910–2006),
Romanian -
Swiss rabbi, theologian, philosopher, historian,
Kabbalist , Chief Rabbi of
Romania , intervened with authorities in the
fascist government of
Ion Antonescu in an unusually successful attempt to save
Jews during the
Holocaust
Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American Orthodox rabbi and Chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations , chaplain in the
Third Army 's
VIII Corps , the first US Army Chaplain to enter and participate in the liberation of the
Buchenwald concentration camp , rabbi of the
Mosholu Jewish Center in the
Bronx
Melech Schachter (1913–2007),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva University for over 50 years, father of
Hershel Schachter
Shlomo Shleifer (1889–1957), a government appointee, sustained the Choral Synagogue in
Moscow during the worst years of
Stalinist repression against Jews
Simeon Singer (1846–1906), editor of the
United Synagogue prayer book
Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001), Talmudist and rosh yeshiva of
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903–1993), distinguished
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and
Maimonides School , author,
posek , modern Jewish philosopher, a seminal figure in
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Isadore Twersky (1930–1997), Orthodox rabbi,
Hasidic
Rebbe , university professor at
Harvard University , internationally recognized authority on rabbinic literature and
Jewish philosophy
Simon Ungar (1864–1942),
Doctor of
Oriental medicine , Chief
Rabbi of the
Osijek
Jewish Community in
Croatia who was murdered in the
Holocaust
Hinko Urbach (1872–1960), Chief Rabbi of
Zagreb ,
Croatia ,
World War I
veteran and
Holocaust survivor
Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013), American rabbi, academic and community leader, Vice President of the
Religious Zionists of America , led the
Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph congregation, the only rabbi
chaplain of the
Colorado Senate , Professor of Jewish history at the
University of Denver
Louis Werfel (1916–1943), a recipient of Semichah from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and a
Harvard University alumnus, a Modern Orthodox and
Religious Zionist rabbi, the only
Orthodox Rabbi killed in action during
World War II
Ephraim Wolf (1921–2004), American Orthodox rabbi and spiritual leader, active in the founding and growth of many Jewish educational and communal institutions including the
North Shore Hebrew Academy
Walter Wurzburger (1920–2002), Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at
Yeshiva University , headed both the
Rabbinical Council of America and the
Synagogue Council of America , author and communal rabbi in
Toronto ,
Canada and
Lawrence ,
New York
Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
Religious-Zionist
Yisrael Meir Lau
Shlomo Amar
Avigdor Nebenzahl
Shlomo Amar (1948–), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
Haim Amsalem (1959–), former member of
Knesset who focused on making conversion to Judaism easier
Yaakov Ariel (1937–), Chief Rabbi of
Ramat Gan , former
rosh yeshiva of the
yeshiva in the abandoned Israeli settlement of
Yamit , rabbi of
Kfar Maimon
Yisrael Ariel (1939–), founder of the
Temple Institute and one of the liberators of the
Western Wall in the
Six-Day War
Shlomo Aviner (1943–), rosh yeshiva of the
Ateret Yerushalayim Yeshiva in
Jerusalem , rabbi of
Bet El
David Bar-Hayim (1960–), Av Beit Din , dayan ,
posek , founder of the Shilo Institute
Yoel Bin-Nun (1946–), one of the founders of
Yeshivat Har Etzion ,
Gush Emunim ,
Alon Shevut and
Ofra , doctor of
Jewish thought and a lecturer on
Tanach
Uri Amos Cherki (1959–), chairman of Brit Olam –
Noahide World Center, a senior lecturer at
Machon Meir , congregational leader, author and philosopher
Yuval Cherlow (1957–),
Rosh Yeshiva and co-founder of
Orot Shaul and one of the founders of
Tzohar
Zephaniah Drori (1937–), Chief Rabbi of
Kiryat Shmona , Israel and rosh yeshiva of the Kiryat Shmona
Hesder Yeshiva, helped establish
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Haim Drukman (1932–2022),
Israeli politician, rosh yeshiva of
Ohr Etzion Yeshiva , head of the Center for
Bnei Akiva Yeshivot
Shmuel Eliyahu (1956–), Chief Rabbi of
Safed , member of the
Chief Rabbinate Council
Binyamin Elon (1954–2017), Israeli politician who served as a member of the
Knesset for
Moledet and the
National Union
Mordechai Elon (1959–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaKotel
Baruch Gigi (1957–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion , communal rabbi of the
Sephardi
synagogue in
Alon Shvut
Yehuda Gilad (1955–), Rosh Yeshivat
Maale Gilboa , rabbi of
Kibbutz Lavi
Yitzchak Ginsburgh (1944–), American-born Israeli, currently president of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshivah in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank
Yehudah Glick (1965–), American-born Israeli activist,
politician , leader of
HaLiba , a coalition of groups dedicated to reaching complete and comprehensive
freedom and civil rights for Jews on the Temple Mount
Tamir Granot (1970–),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Orot Shaul
Re’em HaCohen (1957–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Otniel and rabbi of the
Otniel settlement
Yeshayahu Hadari (1933–2018), Israeli religious scholar, first rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaKotel
David Bar Hayim (1960–), founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael
Daniel Hershkowitz (1953–), Israeli politician,
mathematician , professor, rabbi of the
Ahuza neighborhood in
Haifa , President of
Bar-Ilan University
Hillel Horowitz (1964–), Israeli politician
Nachman Kahana (1937–), author and brother of
Meir Kahane
Binyamin Lau (1961–), head of
929: Tanach B'yachad , rabbi of Kehillat Ramban in Jerusalem
Israel Meir Lau (1937–), former
Ashkenazi
Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of
Tel Aviv
Yitzhak Levy (1947–),
Mashgiach at
Yeshivat Har Etzion , politician, among the initiators of the establishment of the
Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, co-founder of
Elon Moreh
Mosheh Lichtenstein (1961–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion , son of
Aharon Lichtenstein and grandson of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Dov Lior (1933–), Chief Rabbi of
Kiryat Arba and
Hebron
Yaakov Medan (1950–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion , partner in drafting the
Gavison-Medan Covenant
Eliezer Melamed (1961–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Bracha , rabbi of the community
Har Bracha , and author
Peninei Halakha , son of
Zalman Baruch Melamed
Zalman Baruch Melamed (1937–), rabbi of
Beit El , father of
Eliezer Melamed
Michael Melchior (1954–), activist and Israeli politician, community rabbi in
Talpiyot, Jerusalem , Chief Rabbi of
Norway
Chaim Navon (1973–)
Yakov Nagen (1967–), Israeli author, rabbi at Yeshivat Otniel, leader in interfaith peace initiatives between Judaism and Islam
Avigdor Nebenzahl (1935–), Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem, senior rosh yeshiva at
Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh , rabbi of the
Ramban Synagogue
Rafi Peretz (1956–), Israeli politician, former
Chief Military Rabbi of the
Israel Defense Forces
Shai Piron (1965–), Israeli educator and politician
Hanan Porat (1943–2011), Israeli educator, political activist and politician, one of the liberators of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, co-founder of
Yeshivat Har Etzion ,
Gush Emunim ,
Kfar Etzion ,
Alon Shevut ,
Elon Moreh and
Ofra
Meir Porush (1955–), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael, son of Menachem Porush
Nachum Eliezer Rabinovitch (1928–2020), Canadian-Israeli posek , rosh yeshiva of the
London School of Jewish Studies and the Hesder Yeshiva
Birkat Moshe in
Ma'ale Adumim
Yosef Zvi Rimon (1968–) Rabbi of the
Gush Etzion Regional Council , Rosh Kollel at
Yeshivat Har Etzion
Haim Sabato (1952–), author, co-founder and rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe (Ma’aleh Adumim)
David Samson (1956–), Israeli
Torah scholar, educational entrepreneur, author, congregational rabbi
Sharon Shalom (1973–),
Ethiopian -
Israeli community rabbi, lecturer and writer
Yaakov Shapira (1950–), rosh yeshiva of
Mercaz HaRav , member of the
Chief Rabbinate Council
Yitzchak Sheilat (1946–), Israeli scholar of
Jewish thought , co-founder of
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe
David Stav (1960–), educator, Chief Rabbi of the city of
Shoham , chairman of the
Tzohar organization , co-founder of
Yeshivat Hesder Petah Tikva
Adin Steinsaltz (1937–2020), Israeli
Chabad Chasidic teacher, philosopher,
Kabbalist , social critic, translator, author of
Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud , recipient of the
Israel Prize for Jewish Studies
Aryeh Stern (1944–), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and student of
Zvi Yehuda Kook
Zvi Thau (1938–), co-founder and president of Yeshivat
Har Hamor in Jerusalem
Ron Yosef (1974–), founder of the Israeli organization
Hod , which represents Israeli
gay and
lesbian Orthodox Jews
Haredi
Ovadia Yosef
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
Chaim Kanievsky
Dovid Twersky ,
Grand Rabbi of
Skver
Yechezkel Roth of Karlsburg
Shlomo Miller
Elazar Abuhatzeira (1948–2011), Orthodox Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist, known to followers as the "Baba Elazar
Asher Arieli (1957–), senior lecturer at
Yeshivas Mir in
Israel , son-in-law of
Nachum Partzovitz
Yaakov Aryeh Alter (1939–), eighth and current[
when? ] rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of
Ger
Shalom Arush (1952–), Israeli
Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions
Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943–2015), Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad Hasidic movement
Moshe Ber Beck (1934–2021), Orthodox rabbi and a chief rabbi of the
Neturei Karta movement in the US.
Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), American Dean, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Senior Rabbi of the Orthodox Union
Eliezer Berland (1937–), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Shuvu Bonim affiliated with the Breslov Hasidic movement.
Yaakov Blau (1929–2013), rabbi and
dayan on the
Badatz of the
Edah HaChareidis
Avrohom Blumenkrantz (1944–2007), American posek and
kashrut authority
Shmuley Boteach (1966–), American
Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and author
Meir Brandsdorfer (1934–2009), member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the
Edah HaChareidis
Nachum Dov Brayer (1959–), present Rebbe of the
Boyan
Avraham Bromberg , American Rosh Yeshiva and posek
Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Chief Rabbi of Iran and spiritual leader for the Jewish community of Iran
Uriel Davidi (1922–2006), Chief Rabbi of Iran from 1980 to 1994
Michel Dorfman (1913–2006), de facto head of the Breslover Hasidim living in post-Stalinist Russia
Alfredo Goldschmidt (rabbi) (1945–) Great rabbi of
Colombia and the Colegio Colombo Hebreo
Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky , Rebbe of the
Dushinsky of Jerusalem
Shlomo Elyashiv (1841–1926),
Lithuanian
talmudist and
Kabbalist known as the Leshem or Ba'al HaLeshem , teacher of
Abraham Isaac Kook , grandfather of
Yosef Sholom Eliashiv
Yosef Sholom Eliashiv (1910–2012), Israeli rabbi and a rabbinical leader of the
haredi world
Aharon Feldman (1932–), American Rosh Yeshiva
Gerrer Rebbes , Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the United States and UK
Shlomo Goldman (1947–2017), Sanz-Klausenburger Grand Rabbi
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam , Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Borough Park
Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (1952–), Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe of Netanya, Israel
Elchanan Heilprin (1921–2015), known as Av Beit Din of Radomishl
Moshe Hirsch (1923 or 1924–2010), Leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group in Jerusalem
Chaim Avrohom Horowitz (1933–2016), Grand Rabbi of the
Boston Jewish Hasidic dynasty
Mayer Alter Horowitz , Bostoner Rebbe of Jerusalem
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz , Bostoner Rebbe
Yitzchak Kadouri (1898–2006), leading 20th-century Kabbalist (Mekubal)
Shmuel Kamenetsky (1924–), co-founder and
rosh yeshiva (dean) of the
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
Chaim Kanievsky (1928–2022), Israeli rabbi and posek, lived in Bnei Brak, Israel
Nissim Karelitz (1926–2019), Israeli haredi leader
Meir Kessler (1961–), rabbi of Modi'in Illit
Yitzhak Aharon Korff , Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh, Boston and Jerusalem, and Rabbi, Jerusalem Great Synagogue.
Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014), Israeli author of Ohr Hachamah
Dov Landau , Israeli rosh yeshiva
Berel Lazar (1964–), Italian Chief Rabbi of Russia
Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Rebbe of
Nikolsburg
Yitzchok Lichtenstein (1962–), Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva Torah Vodaas , son of
Aharon Lichtenstein , grandson of
Joseph B. Soloveichik
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (1955–), current leader of the Bobov
Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynasty
Uri Mayerfeld , rosh yeshiva in Canada
Moshe Meiselman (1942–), founder of
Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) , founder and
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva Toras Moshe , grandson of
Moshe Soloveichik
Yona Metzger (1953–), Israeli former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Avigdor Miller (1908–2001), American author and renowned lecturer
Shlomo Miller , head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized authority of Jewish law
Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz , Rebbe of
Ropshitz
Yaakov Perlow , American Hasidic rebbe of
Novominsk and rosh yeshiva living in Borough Park, Brooklyn
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (1973–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel. Based in Ashdod and New York
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal , Rebbe of
Skulen
Dovid Povarsky (1902–1999),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ponevezh Yeshiva
Moshe Leib Rabinovich (1940–), current rebbe of
Munkacs
Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka (1949–),
Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei Brak
Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1948–), Belzer Rebbe
Elyakim Rosenblatt (1933–2019), American rosh yeshiva of
Yeshiva Kesser Torah in
Queens, NY
Yechezkel Roth , Karlsburger Rav
Shmuel Rozovsky (1913–1979),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ponevezh Yeshiva
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (1910–2012), dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem
Yitzchok Scheiner (1922–2021), Israeli rosh yeshiva
Eliezer Shlomo Schick (1940–2015), Hasidic rabbi and prolific author and publisher of Breslov teachings
Elyakim Schlesinger , English rabbi
Elazar Menachem Shach (1899–2001),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ponevezh Yeshiva in
Bnei Brak , founder of
Degel HaTorah
Moshe Shmuel Shapiro (1917–2006),
Rosh Yeshiva and important [rabbinic figure in
Israel
Dovid Shmidel (1934–), Chairman of Asra Kadisha
Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (1912–2017), rabbi and posek (halakhic authority)
Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik (1946–),
Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk, one of the
Brisk yeshivas in
Jerusalem , son of
Berel Soloveitchik
Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (1921–2021),
Rosh Yeshiva of one of the branches of the
Brisk yeshivas in
Jerusalem , son of
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik
Aaron Teitelbaum (1947–), Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the Ruv of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York
Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), Satmar Rebbe
Zalman Teitelbaum (1951–), Grand Rebbe of Satmar, and the third son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum
David Twersky (1940–), Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York
Mordechai Dovid Unger (1954–), currently Bobover Rebbe
Vizhnitzer Rebbes , (Vizhnitzer ), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the United States
Osher Weiss (1953–), Possek and An Av Beis Din
Shmuel Wosner (1913–2015), Haredi rabbi and posek
Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi
Amnon Yitzhak (1953–), Yemenite "ba'al teshuva Rabbi" in Israel
Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
Amram Zaks (1926–2012), rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka yeshiva of Bnei Brak
Jonathan Markovitch (1967–), Chief Rabbi of
Kyiv
Modern Orthodox
Michael Rosensweig
Mordechai Willig
Jonathan Sacks
Marc D. Angel (1945–),
Modern Orthodox rabbi and
author , rabbi emeritus of
Congregation Shearith Israel , the
Spanish and Portuguese
Synagogue in
New York City
Raymond Apple (1935–), Australian Jewish spokesman, writer and lecturer on Jewish, interfaith and freemasonic issues
Assaf Bednarsh (1971–),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ,
Rosh Kollel for the
Gruss Kollel in
Jerusalem
Harvey Belovski (1968–), British
Orthodox rabbi, educator and organisational advisor, rabbi of
Golders Green
United Synagogue
Ari Berman (1970–), Fifth President of
Yeshiva University
Joshua Berman (1964–), Orthodox Rabbi and
Professor of
Bible at
Bar-Ilan University
Saul Berman (1939–), communal rabbi, Chairman of the Department of Judaic Studies of
Stern College for Women of
Yeshiva University , Director of
Edah , Professor at
Yeshiva University and
Columbia University
Ezra Bick (1946–), author, Ram at
Yeshivat Har Etzion , scion of the
Rapoport-Bick rabbinic dynasty
David Bigman (1954–),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa , helped found the
Ein Hanatziv Midrasha for girls, previous
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ein Tzurim Yeshiva
Yosef Blau –
Mashgiach ruchani at
RIETS for over 40 years, president of the
Religious Zionists of America
Benjamin Blech (1933–), American modern Orthodox thinker, Professor of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, author and speaker
J. David Bleich (1936–),
Posek and
ethicist , including
Jewish medical ethics ,
Rosh yeshiva and professor at
RIETS and
Yeshiva University
Kenneth Brander (1962–), American rabbi, president and
Rosh Yeshiva of
the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions
Reuven Pinchas Bulka (1944–2021), Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist, spiritual leader of Congregation
Machzikei Hadas in
Ottawa , co-president of the
Canadian Jewish Congress
Shalom Carmy (1949–), American
Modern Orthodox rabbi,
Professor at
Yeshiva University ,
writer and
editor
Eliyahu Ben Chaim (1940–), Chief Rabbi of Sha'are Shalom (
United Mashadi Community of America ) in
Great Neck ,
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University , Av Beit Din of Badatz Mekor Haim, prominent leader of New York's
Sephardi community
Albert Chait , (1986–), Rabbi to the United Hebrew Congregation in Leeds, United Kingdom
Kotel Dadon (1967–),
Israeli Orthodox rabbi, Chief Rabbi of
Croatia ,
Ahron Daum (1951–2018), Israeli-born
Modern-Orthodox rabbi, educator, author and Chief Rabbi of
Frankfurt am Main
Chuck Davidson (1961–), founder of organizations
Giyur Kehalacha and
Ahavat Hager which aims to undermine the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and their monopoly with conversions and marriages
Mark Dratch (1958–), Instructor of Jewish Studies at
Yeshiva University and founder of
JSafe
Seth Farber (1967–), American-Israeli
Modern Orthodox rabbi,
historian ,
author , and founder and director of the Jewish life advocacy organization,
ITIM
Barry Freundel (1951–), former rabbi of
Kesher Israel Congregation in
Washington, D.C. , convicted of
voyeurism
Manis Friedman (1946–), a biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
Aryeh Frimer (1946–), American-
Israeli Active Oxygen
Chemist , teacher at
Bar Ilan University , specialist on
Women and Jewish law
Menachem Genack (1949–),
CEO of the
Orthodox Union
Kosher Division,
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University , founding chairman of
NORPAC
Meir Goldwicht —
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University
Moshe Gottesman (1932–2018), rabbi, educator and community leader
Irving Greenberg (1933–), American rabbi and writer on the relationship between
Christianity and Judaism
Steven Greenberg (1956–), first openly homosexual
Orthodox rabbi
David Bar Hayim (1960–), founder of
Machon Shilo , proponent of
Nusach Eretz Yisrael
Nathaniel Helfgot (1963–), President of the
International Rabbinic Fellowship
Yehuda Henkin (1945–2020), author of the
responsa Benei Vanim,
modern orthodox
posek
Shmuel Herzfeld (1974–), Senior rabbi of
Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue in
Washington, D.C. , Vice President of the
AMCHA Initiative , teacher, lecturer, activist, author
David Hirsch (1968–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University for over 20 years
Howard Jachter – American
Orthodox rabbi,
Dayan , educator, author and communal leader, expert on the laws of
Jewish divorce
Ephraim Kanarfogel (1955–), rabbi and
Torah scholar,
professor and dean at
Yeshiva University , one of the foremost experts in the fields of medieval
Jewish history and rabbinic literature
Moshe Kletenik (1954–), congregational rabbi, Av Beit Din and Mesader Gittin, President of the
Rabbinical Council of America
Eugene Korn (1947–), Academic Director of the
Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem, Director of Interfaith Affairs for the
Anti-Defamation League , writer
Joel Landau , New York rabbi associated with
Yad Ezra V’Shulamit
Baruch Lanner (1949–), American former
Orthodox rabbi who was convicted of
child sexual abuse
Aryeh Lebowitz (1977–), American
Modern Orthodox rabbi and
posek , Director of
Semikhah at
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Haskel Lookstein (1932–), American
Modern Orthodox rabbi, rabbi
emeritus of
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the
Upper East Side of
Manhattan , principal of the
Ramaz School , son of
Joseph Lookstein
Ephraim Mirvis (1956–), Chief Rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth
Leonard Matanky (1958–),
Modern Orthodox rabbi, co-president of the
Religious Zionists of America , pulpit rabbi, Dean of
Ida Crown Jewish Academy , past president of the
Rabbinical Council of America
Yaakov Neuburger (1955–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University
Sacha Pecaric (1965–),
Yugoslavian /
Croatian -
Italian -American rabbi, author of the first translation of the
Torah from
Hebrew to
Polish to be done by a Jew since the
Second World War
Menachem Penner (1971–),
Dean of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , Rabbi
Emeritus of the
Young Israel of
Holliswood
Dale Polakoff (1957–), American rabbi, teacher and spiritual leader, Senior rabbi of the Great Neck Synagogue for over 30 years, past President of the
Rabbinical Council of America
Yona Reiss (1966–), American rabbi, noted Torah scholar, attorney, lecturer and jurist, current Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council
Hershel Reichman (1944–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University
Shlomo Riskin (1940–), founding Chief Rabbi of
Efrat , founding rabbi of
Lincoln Square Synagogue on the
Upper West Side of
New York City , dean of
Manhattan Day School , founder and Chancellor of the
Ohr Torah Stone Institutions
David Rosen (1951–),
South African -
British -
Israeli rabbi, Chief Rabbi of
Ireland ,
American Jewish Committee 's International Director of Interreligious Affairs, son of
Kopul Rosen
Jeremy Rosen (1942–), Orthodox Rabbi,
author and lecturer, son of
Kopul Rosen
Jonathan Rosenblatt (1956–), American
Modern Orthodox rabbi, teacher, lecturer, and counselor
Itamar Rosensweig (1989–),
Maggid Shiur at
Yeshiva University ,
dayan (rabbinic judge) at the
Beth Din of America , resident scholar at
Congregation Ahavath Torah , son of rabbi
Michael Rosensweig
Michael Rosensweig (1956–),
Rosh Yeshiva at the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of
Yeshiva University and the
Rosh Kollel of the Beren Kollel Elyon
Jonathan Sacks (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, philosopher, theologian, author, peer and public figure, great-grandson of
Aryeh Leib Frumkin
Yonason Sacks –
Rosh Yeshiva of
Lander College for Men, spiritual leader of the Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov
Yehuda Sarna (1977–), Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of the
United Arab Emirates
Hershel Schachter (1941–),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva University ,
posek , son of
Melech Schachter
Jacob J. Schacter (1950–), American
Orthodox rabbi, historian, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the
Center for the Jewish Future at
Yeshiva University , son of
Herschel Schacter
Hanan Schlesinger – American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, co-founder of
Roots , a joint Palestinian-Israeli grassroots peacemaking initiative
Arthur Schneier (1930–), prominent rabbi in the secular world and rabbi at
Park East Synagogue , which hosted
Pope Benedict
Elliot Schrier (1989–), community leader and teacher, current
Mara d'asra of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in
Teaneck ,
New Jersey
Gedalia Dov Schwartz (1925–2020), Orthodox rabbi, scholar and
posek , the
av beis din of both the
Beth Din of America and the
Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc), rosh beth din of the National Beth Din of the
Rabbinical Council of America , President of the
Mizrachi of
Rhode Island and the
RCA
Philadelphia Region
Adolf Shayevich (1937–), rabbi of the
Moscow Choral Synagogue , Chief Rabbi of
Russia
Eli Baruch Shulman (1959–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University , Rabbi Henry H. Guterman chair in Talmud, author and editor
Zvi Sobolofsky – Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Ohr Hatorah in
Bergenfield ,
New Jersey
Haym Soloveitchik (1937–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
RIETS ,
professor at
Hebrew University and
Yeshiva University , leading contemporary
historian of
Jewish law
Meir Soloveichik (1977–), American Orthodox rabbi and writer, rabbi of
Congregation Shearith Israel in
New York City , grandson of
Ahron Soloveichik
Shubert Spero (1923–),
Irving Stone Professor of Jewish Thought at
Bar Ilan University , Rabbi Emeritus of
Young Israel of
Cleveland, Ohio , author on the subjects of
halakha , ethics, the Holocaust,
Jewish philosophy and the thought of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Ben-Tzion Spitz (1969–), Chief Rabbi of
Uruguay ,
writer and
Nuclear Engineer
Daniel Stein , (1976–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University , rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Chesed on the
Upper West Side of
Manhattan , founding rabbi of Kehillas Beis Sholom in
Clifton, New Jersey
Moshe David Tendler (1926–2021),
Rosh Yeshiva at
RIETS ,
professor of
biology at
Yeshiva University , expert in medical ethics, son-in-law of
Moshe Feinstein
Kalman Topp (1972–), American rabbi, educator, author, Senior Rabbi of the
Beth Jacob Congregation of
Beverly Hills, California
Mayer Twersky (1960–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University , Grand Rabbi of the
Talne Chasidim , grandson of rabbi
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Berel Wein (1934–), American-born
Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer,
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland , senior faculty member of
Yeshiva Ohr Somayach
Moshe Weinberger (1957–), founding spiritual leader of
Congregation Aish Kodesh ,
Mashpia /
mashgiach ruchani at
RIETS , the "senior spokesman" of the
Neo-Hasidic movement in
Modern Orthodoxy
Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (1940–), rabbi, psychotherapist, Executive Vice President Emeritus of the
Orthodox Union , Editor-in-Chief of the
Koren
Talmud Bavli
Jeremy Wieder (1971–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University , one of the first Americans to win the
International Bible Contest (Chidon Hatanach)
Mordechai Willig (1947–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University , prominent posek for the Modern Orthodox community.
Pesach Wolicki (1970–),
educator ,
writer ,
columnist ,
lecturer ,
public speaker and pro-Israel activist,
Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah, Associate Director of the
Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC)
Benjamin Yudin (1944–), rabbi of Shomrei Torah in
Fair Lawn ,
New Jersey
Conservative
Open Orthodox
19th century
20th century
Jacob B. Agus , rabbi and theologian
Philip R. Alstat , Conservative rabbi
Ben-Zion Bokser , Conservative rabbi
Boaz Cohen , Talmud scholar and
Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
Gerson D. Cohen , historian and
Jewish Theological Seminary of America chancellor
Moshe Davis , historian at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America and
Hebrew University
Louis Finkelstein , Talmud scholar and
Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
Louis Ginzberg (1873–1953), American Conservative Talmud scholar
Robert Gordis , leader in
Conservative Judaism
Sidney Greenberg , rabbi and author
Simon Greenberg , professor and vice-chancellor at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Morris Gutstein , congregational rabbi and historian
Jules Harlow , liturgist
Arthur Hertzberg , rabbi, scholar, and activist
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), philosopher, scholar of Hasidism, and
Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
Max Kadushin , philosopher and
Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
Wolfe Kelman ,
Rabbinical Assembly leader
Isaac Klein , American rabbi and scholar of
halakhah
Albert L. Lewis , Conservative rabbi
Saul Lieberman , rabbi and scholar
Marshall Meyer , rabbi and human rights activist, founded a rabbinical school and synagogue in
Argentina
Chaim Potok , American rabbi and author
Samuel Schafler , American rabbi and historian
Solomon Schechter , scholar and a founder of
Conservative Judaism
Morris Silverman , American rabbi and liturgist
Chana Timoner , first female rabbi to hold an active duty assignment as a chaplain in the U.S. Army
Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
Leslie Alexander (rabbi) , first female rabbi of a major Conservative Jewish synagogue in the United States
Lia Bass , second Latin American female rabbi in the world.
Sharon Brous , Founder of Ikar and prominent voice for justice
Geoffrey Claussen , Conservative rabbi and
Elon University professor
Aryeh Cohen , Conservative rabbi and
American Jewish University professor
Martin Samuel Cohen , Conservative rabbi and author
Shaye J. D. Cohen , Conservative rabbi and
Harvard University professor
Moshe Cotel , pianist, composer, and rabbi
Menachem Creditor , Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa Network
Cynthia Culpeper , first full-time female rabbi in Alabama
Jerome Cutler , director of the Creative Arts Temple in West Los Angeles, California.
David G. Dalin , rabbi and historian
Zvi Dershowitz (1928–2023), rabbi of
Sinai Temple , Los Angeles, California
Elliot N. Dorff , Conservative rabbi, bioethicist, and professor of Jewish Theology at the
American Jewish University
Amy Eilberg , Conservative rabbi, author and co-founded the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco
Edward Feld , Conservative rabbi and
siddur editor
Everett Gendler , rabbi and progressive activist
Neil Gillman , philosopher, theologian, and
Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
David Golinkin , Masorti rabbi and halakhist
Michael Greenbaum , professor and vice-chancellor at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Reuven Hammer , Masorti rabbi, author, and
siddur commentator
Sherre Hirsch , rabbi and author
Judith Hauptman ,
feminist Talmudic scholar at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Rachel Isaacs , first openly lesbian rabbi ordained by the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jill Jacobs (rabbi) , Executive Director of
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Louis Jacobs , founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologian
William E. Kaufman , advocate of
process theology
Daniella Kolodny , first female rabbi enlisted in the
United States Naval Academy
Myer S. Kripke , rabbi, scholar, and philanthropist based in
Omaha, Nebraska
Joshua Kulp , Conservative scholar and rabbi and founder of the
Conservative Yeshiva in
Jerusalem
Harold Kushner , American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writer
Aaron Landes (1929–2014), rabbi of Beth Sholom in
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Amichai Lau-Lavie – Israeli-American
Conservative rabbi, social entrepreneur, human rights activist, founder of
Storahtelling
William H. Lebeau , Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Naomi Levy , American rabbi, author and speaker
Alan Lew , teacher of
Jewish meditation
Aaron L. Mackler , Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
Jason Miller (rabbi) , Conservative rabbi, entrepreneur and technology blogger
Alan Mittleman , professor of
Jewish philosophy at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jack Moline , Executive Director of
Interfaith Alliance
Jacob Neusner (1932–2016), Conservative trained scholar and writer
Daniel Nevins , Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism
Einat Ramon , first Israeli-born woman rabbi
Paula Reimers , one of the first women to be ordained by the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Arnold Resnicoff , Navy Chaplain, AJC National Director of Interreligious Affairs, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
Joel Roth , Conservative scholar and rabbi
Simchah Roth . Israeli rabbi and
Siddur Va'ani Tefillati editor
Danya Ruttenberg , Award-winning author, editor and social justice activist
Julie Schonfeld , first female rabbi to serve in the chief executive position of an American rabbinical association
Ismar Schorsch , Conservative educator and leader
Harold M. Schulweis , rabbi of
Valley Beth Shalom , Encino, California and founder of the
Jewish World Watch
Rona Shapiro , first female rabbi to head a Conservative synagogue in
Cleveland
Alan Silverstein , rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey, and former President of the
Rabbinical Assembly
Mychal Springer , rabbi and
Jewish Theological Seminary of America leader
Valerie Stessin , first woman to be ordained as a Conservative rabbi in
Israel
Ira F. Stone , a leading figure in the contemporary renewal of the
Musar movement
Susan Tendler , first female rabbi in
Chattanooga
Gordon Tucker , Conservative rabbi
Stuart Weinblatt , Conservative rabbi and founder of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Potomac, Maryland; President of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the
Jewish Federations of North America
Bea Wyler , first female rabbi in Germany to officiate at a congregation
Union for Traditional Judaism
Reform
19th century
Samuel Adler (1809–1891), German-American rabbi of
Temple Emanu-El
Moses Berlin (1852–1927), British Reform rabbi
Emil Hirsch (1851–1923), American Reform rabbi and scholar
David Einhorn (1809–1879), American Reform rabbi
Samuel Hirsch (1815–1889), German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
Abraham Geiger (1810–1874), German Reform ideologist
Samuel Holdheim (1806–1860), German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy (1820–1890), Hungarian-English Reform rabbi in Eperies and Manchester, first Jewish professor in Cambridge
Leopold Zunz (1794–1886), German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi
20th century
Paula Ackerman (1893–1989), first female to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, not ordained
Joseph Asher (1921–1990), advocate of reconciliation between the Jews and the Germans in the post-Holocaust era
Leo Baeck (1873–1956), Reform rabbi
Laszlo Berkowitz (1928–2020), Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
Lionel Blue (1930–2016), British rabbi, writer and broadcaster
Abraham Cronbach (1882–1965), Reform rabbi & educator
Maurice Davis (1921–1993), Reform rabbi, past Chairman,
President's Commission on Equal Opportunity
David Max Eichhorn (1906–1986), Reform Jewish rabbi, author, founder of Merritt Island's Temple Israel,
[3] and Army chaplain among the troops that
liberated Dachau
Regina Jonas (1902–1944), first female rabbi in the world
Gunther Plaut (1912–2012), Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom Temple
Murray Saltzman (1929–2010), Reform rabbi
Abba Hillel Silver (1893–1963), Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
Stephen S. Wise (1874–1949), Reform rabbi and Zionist activist
Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
Rabbi
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
Pauline Bebe , first female rabbi in France
Jackie Tabick , first female rabbi in Britain
Sally Priesand , Reform rabbi, first female rabbi in the United States
Julia Neuberger , British Reform rabbi
Elyse Goldstein , first female Rabbi in Canada, educator and writer
Rachel Adler , theologian and
Hebrew Union College professor
Arik Ascherman , American-born Reform rabbi and human rights activist for both Jews and non-Jews in Israel-best known for advocating for Palestinian human rights.
Angela Warnick Buchdahl , American rabbi
Rebecca Dubowe , first deaf woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the United States
Denise Eger , former rabbi of Beth Chayim Chadashim (world's first LGBT synagogue) and founder of Temple Kol Ami in West Hollywood, first female and open lesbian to serve as president of Southern California Board of Rabbis, officiated at the first legal same-sex wedding of two women in
California
David Ellenson , former president of the
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion , and chancellor emeritus
Lisa Goldstein , Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Dana Evan Kaplan , rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom in Sun City, Arizona; author of The New Reform Judaism: Challenges and Reflections , the most current modern scholarly analysis of contemporary Reform Judaism
Alysa Stanton , first ordained Black female rabbi (Reform) in America
Margaret Wenig , rabbi known for advocating for
LGBT rights
Reconstructionists
20th century
Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
Deborah Brin , one of the first openly gay rabbis and one of the first hundred women rabbis
Susan Schnur , editor of
Lilith Magazine
Rebecca Alpert , rabbi, historian and professor
Dan Ehrenkrantz , president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso , children's book author
Tina Grimberg , leader in the inter-religious dialog
Carol Harris-Shapiro , modern author
Sandra Lawson , first openly gay, female, black rabbi
Joy Levitt , first female president of the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association .
Toba Spitzer , first openly gay head of a
rabbinical association
Other rabbis
Steven Blane , American
Jewish Universalist rabbi
Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994), composer, singer and pioneer in the
Baal Teshuvah movement
Capers C. Funnye Jr. (1952–), first
African-American member of the
Chicago Board of Rabbis
[4]
Shlomo Helbrans (1962–2017), rebbe of the
Lev Tahor community
Tamara Kolton (1970–), first rabbi in Humanistic Judaism
Michael Lerner (1943–), founder/editor of
Tikkun magazine
Jackie Mason (1931–2021), comedian and actor, received smicha from Rabbi
Moshe Feinstein
[5]
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924–2014), leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
Joseph Telushkin (1948–), American rabbi, screenwriter,
lecturer and bestselling
author
[6] (non-denominational)
Arthur Waskow (1933–), leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
Sherwin Wine (1928–2007), U.S. founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
See also
References
^ Hezser, Catherine (1997).
The Social Structure of the Rabbinic Movement in Roman Palestine . Mohr Siebeck. pp. 64–.
ISBN
978-3-16-146797-4 . We suggest that the avoidance of the title "Rabbi" for pre-70 sages may have originated with the editors of the Mishnah. The editors attributed the title to some sages and not to others. The avoidance of the title for pre-70 sages may perhaps be seen as a deliberate program on the part of these editors who wanted to create the impression that the "rabbinic movement" began with R. Yochanan b. Zakkai and that the Yavnean "academy" was something new, a notion that is sometimes already implicitly or explicitly suggested by some of the traditions available to them. This notion is not diminished by the occasional claim to continuity with the past which was limited to individual teachers and institutions and served to legitimize rabbinic authority.
^
"YIVO | Gaster, Moses" .
^ New York Times obituary, July 23, 1986.
^ "
Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith ", Nikko Kopel, New York Times , March 16, 2008
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"About Us" . www.sftpa.com . Retrieved Mar 9, 2022 .
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