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19 results

title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Jacob Frank Jacob Joseph Frank 1726 1791 null 18th-century Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) and also of the biblical patriarch Jacob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Frank
Jesus Jesus ( AD 30 / 33) null null null first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus
Hillel the Elder Hillel ( Hīllēl; variously called Hillel HaGadol, Hillel HaZaken, Hillel HaBavli 110 n/a null born according to tradition in Babylon c. 110 BCE, died 10 CE in Jerusalem) was a Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud and the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder
Naser Makarem Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi 1927 n/a Iranian Shia marja' and religious leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naser_Makarem_Shirazi
Mordecai Kaplan Mordecai Menahem Kaplan 1881 1983 Lithuanian rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Kaplan
Cyrus Adler Cyrus Adler 1863 1940 American educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Adler
Felix Adler (professor) Felix Adler 1851 1933 German professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Adler_(professor)
Isaac Leeser Isaac Leeser 1806 1868 American Orthodox Jewish religious leader, teacher, scholar and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Leeser
Gershom Mendes Seixas Gershom Mendes Seixas 1745 1816 null first native-born Jewish religious leader in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershom_Mendes_Seixas
Menachem Froman Rabbi Menachem Froman 1945 2013 Israeli Orthodox rabbi, and a peacemaker and negotiator with close ties to Palestinian religious leaders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Froman
Ray Frank Rachel ("Ray") Frank 1861 1948 null Jewish religious leader in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Frank
Samuel Ullman Samuel Ullman 1840 1924 American businessman, poet, humanitarian, and religious leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ullman
Uriel Davidi Hakham Uriel Davidi Khansari 1922 2006 null famous Jewish (Judæo-Khunsari) religious leader and theologian, who was born in Khansar (Iran) and died in the Neve Yaakov section of Jerusalem, Israel, where he spent the last 12 years of his life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriel_Davidi
Emanuel Nunes Carvalho Emanuel Nunes Carvalho 1771 1817 American Jewish religious leader and lexicographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Nunes_Carvalho
Hosea Jacobi Rabbi Dr. Hosea Jacobi 1841 1925 null Chief Rabbi of Zagreb, Croatia for 58 years and the spiritual and religious leader of the Jewish community in Croatia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea_Jacobi
Dovid Halberstam Dovid Halberstam 1821 1894 null religious leader of the Hasidic Jewish community of Chrzanow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovid_Halberstam
Younes Hamami Lalehzar Rabbi Younes Hamami Lalehzar null null null current religious leader of Iranian Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younes_Hamami_Lalehzar
Mordecai Jonah Rosenfeld Mordecai Jonah Rosenfeld 1797 1885 Galician religious leader and Hebrew writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Jonah_Rosenfeld
Abraham Vita de Cologna Abraham (Vita) de Cologna 1755 1832 Italian orator, politician, and religious leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Vita_de_Cologna