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Modern Rabbis & Religious Leaders
רבנים ומנהיגים דתיים בעת החדשה
Acharonim, Hasidic masters, community rabbinic leaders, and key figures across modern Jewish religious movements.
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Baal Shem Tov
1698 – 1760Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
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Dov Ber of Mezeritch
1704 – 1772Hasidic rabbi (1704–1772)
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Nachman of Breslov
1772 – 1810Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)
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Menachem Mendel of Kotzk
1787 – 1859Polish rabbi
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Zacharias Frankel
1801 – 1875Bohemian-German rabbi and historian (1801–1875)
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Samuel Holdheim
1806 – 1860German rabbi and author (1806-1860)
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Yisrael Salanter
1809 – 1883Russian Jewish rabbi (1809–1883); father of the Musar movement
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Abraham Geiger
1810 – 1874German rabbi and scholar (1810–1874)
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Isaac Mayer Wise
1819 – 1900American rabbi, editor and author (1819–1900)
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Azriel Hildesheimer
1820 – 1899German Orthodox rabbi (1820–1899)
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Solomon Schechter
1847 – 1915Moldavian-born rabbi and scholar (1847–1915)
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Abraham Isaac Kook
1865 – 1935Chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865–1935)
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Stephen S. Wise
1874 – 1949Hungarian-American Reform rabbi (1874–1949)
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Mordecai Kaplan
1881 – 1983Lithuanian American rabbi (1881–1983)
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Zvi Yehuda Kook
1891 – 1982Religious zionist leader (1891–1982)
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Moshe Feinstein
1895 – 1986Belarusian-born American Orthodox rabbi (1895–1986)
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Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev
Historical –Ukrainian rabbi and Jewish leader
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#218Tier III
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Historical –American Rabbi, writer, and activist
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Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Historical –Hasidic rabbi and first rebbe of Chabad
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Historical –American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
Historical –18th century rabbi
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Samson Raphael Hirsch
Historical –19th century German Jewish theologian
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Eliezer Berkovits
Historical –German-American-Israeli rabbi and scholar
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Joel Teitelbaum
Historical –Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim
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Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Historical –Israeli rabbi
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Aharon Kotler
Historical –American rabbi; founder of Beth Medrash Govoha
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Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Historical –American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher
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Yitzhak Hutner
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Modern Rabbis & Religious Leaders whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Ovadia Yosef
Historical –Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983
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Regina Jonas
1902 – 1944First woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1902–1944)
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson
1902 – 1994Seventh Chabad Rebbe (1902–1994)
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Yeshayahu Leibowitz
1903 – 1994Israeli Orthodox Jewish philosopher (1903–1994)
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Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
1910 – 2012Israeli Haredi rabbi (1910–2012)
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Shlomo Carlebach
1925 – 1994American rabbi and musician (1925–1994)
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David Hartman
1931 – 2013Topics referred to by the same term
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Blu Greenberg
1936 – LivingAmerican writer (born 1936)
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Adin Steinsaltz
1937 – 2020Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020)
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Sally Priesand
1946 – LivingFirst female ordained rabbi in America (born 1946)
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Jonathan Sacks
1948 – 2020British Orthodox rabbi and politician (1948–2020)
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Angela Warnick Buchdahl
1972 – LivingAmerican rabbi (born 1972)
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