Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
TCHERNOWITZ, CHAIM — (pseudonym Rav Za ir; 1871–1949), talmudic scholar and Hebrew author. Tchernowitz, born in Sebesh (district of Vitebsk), Russia, studied in Lithuania and obtained semikhah from isaac elchanan spektor of Kovno in 1896. Moving to Odessa the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TCHERNOWITZ, SAMUEL — (1879–1929), Hebrew journalist, brother of chaim tchernowitz . Born in Sebesh, Samuel Tchernowitz participated there in Zionist activities. In 1903, he moved to Warsaw, where he became the secretary of the children s weekly Olam Katon, and then… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nahum Benari — Nahum Benari, 1950 Born Nahum Brodski January 3, 1893(1893 01 03) Lebedyn, Ukraine … Wikipedia
EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM BEN BEZALEL — (c. 1520–1588), talmudic scholar. Ḥayyim was born in Posen, and was the eldest of four brothers, all rabbis, the most famous being judah loew b. bezalel of Prague (the Maharal) who mentions him in his responsa (no. 12). Ḥayyim studied first with… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SYRKIN, NACHMAN — (1868–1924), first ideologist and leader of Socialist Zionism. Born in Mogilev, Belorussia, Syrkin received a thorough Jewish education by private tutors, and when he moved with his family to Minsk (1884), he completed his studies at a Russian… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Avraham Gombiner — This article is about the rabbi known as Magen Avraham. For other uses, see Magen Abraham Abraham Abele Gombiner (Hebrew: אברהם אבלי הלוי גומבינר) (c. 1633 – c. 1683), known as the Magen Avraham, born in Gąbin (Gombin), Poland, was a rabbi,… … Wikipedia
Гильдесхаймер, Азриэль — Азриэль Гильдесхаймер Azriel Hildesheimer … Википедия
ASSAF (Osofsky) SIMḤA — ASSAF (Osofsky), SIMḤA (1889–1953), rabbinic scholar and Jewish historian. Assaf studied at the yeshivah in Telz and was ordained in 1910. He then served as rabbi in Luban and Minsk. From 1914 to 1919 he taught Talmud at the modern Odessa… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
