Rabbi John Simon Levi AC (born 1934) is an Australian Progressive rabbi and author. Upon ordination in 1960, he began serving Melbourne's Temple Beth...
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Indians John G. Levi, chairperson of the United States Legal Services Corporation John Levi (rabbi) (born 1934), first Australian-born rabbi This disambiguation...
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administration, Levi returned to teaching in Chicago. Levi was born in Chicago, the son of Elsa B. (née Hirsch) and Gerson B. Levi, a rabbi from Scotland...
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Rabbi Philip Heilbrunn, Rabbi Emeritus and long-serving rabbi at St Kilda Rabbi John Levi, first Australian-born rabbi, prominent Progressive rabbi,...
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Judah Halevi (redirect from Judah Ha-Levi)
Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; Hebrew: יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi יהודה בן שמואל הלוי; Arabic: يهوذا اللاوي, romanized: Yahūḏa...
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Gersonides (redirect from Levi ben Gerson)
Gersonides (Levi ben Gershom) is not quite as isolated as Rabbi Bleich indicates, and it enjoys the support of two highly respected Acharonim, Rabbi Yeshayahu...
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Primo Michele Levi (Italian: [ˈpriːmo ˈlɛːvi]; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was a Jewish-Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He...
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grandfather of Carlo Levi Leone Wollemborg (1859–1932), politician and former Minister of Economy Samuel Aboab (1610–1694), prominent rabbi Aaron ben Gershon...
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A rabbi (/ˈræbaɪ/; Hebrew: רַבִּי, romanized: rabbī) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another...
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classes led by Rabbi Cohen, a progressive and open-minded rabbi who teaches Judaism to people from diverse backgrounds. Meanwhile, Levi's conservative brother...
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his maternal grandfather, who was the Rabbi of Versailles. Despite his religious environment early on, Claude Lévi-Strauss was an atheist or agnostic, at...
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson (redirect from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson)
family moved to Yekatrinoslav (today, Dnipro), where Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was appointed Chief Rabbi of the city. He served until 1939, when he was exiled...
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Johanan (name) (redirect from Rabbi Johanan)
Mishnah Yochanan bar Nappaha (died c. 279), a rabbi in the early era of the Talmud, better known simply as "Rabbi Yohanan" Johanan ben Nuri, one of the tannaim...
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Abraham Isaac Kook (redirect from Rabbi Kook)
spelled Zoimel, described in the book as a village Melamed, Avraham Levi (4 July 2005). "Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook: A Biographical Overview". yeshiva.co. Janovsky...
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Levi was the first Jewish member of a state parliament in Australia and is a forebear of prominent rabbi, John Levi. Fredman, L. E. (1974). "Levi, Nathaniel...
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Horowitz family (section Non-Hassidic Rabbis)
well-chronicled Levitical pedigree. The family chiefly descends from Rabbi Joseph HaLevi, who settled in Hořovice, Bohemia, (German: Horschowitz or Horowitz)...
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York City (1919). Chief Rabbi Levi Ben-Levy: Served from 1935-1999. Chief Rabbi Capers (Shemuel) Funnye: Current Chief Rabbi (inaugurated in 2016). and...
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Dinah (section Simeon and Levi)
or Hivite prince, and the subsequent vengeance of her brothers Simeon and Levi, commonly referred to as the rape of Dinah, is told in Genesis 34. Dinah...
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Judaism in Australia (section Rabbis)
in both Australia and New Zealand. The first Australian-born rabbi, Rabbi Dr John Levi, served the Australian Liberal movement. These congregations are...
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Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits (redirect from Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits)
Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1967 to 1991. Prior to this, he had served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland and as rabbi of...
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Yeshivas Ner Yisroel (section Kollel Avodas Levi)
by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a disciple of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (the Alter of Slabodka), dean of the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania. Rabbi Aharon...
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Elijah (section Rabbi Joshua ben Levi)
One such story is that of Rabbi Joshua ben Levi. The rabbi, a friend of Elijah's, was asked what favor he might wish. The rabbi answered only that he be...
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Levi Arthur Olan (March 22, 1903 – October 17, 1984) was an American Reform Jewish rabbi, liberal social activist, author, and professor. Born in Ukraine...
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Shneur Zalman of Liadi (redirect from Rabbi Shenur Zalman of Liadi)
(Hebrew for "Our Great Rabbi")", "RaShaZ" (רש"ז for Rabbi Shneor Zalman), "GRaZ" (גר"ז for Ga'on Rabbi Zalman), and "HaRav" (The Rabbi, par excellence)....
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recognized successor was his oldest son, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, a student of Rabbi Schneur Zalman, Rabbi Aaron HaLevi assumed the title of rebbe and led a...
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Nahum Rabinovitch (redirect from Rabbi Dr. Nahum Rabinovitch)
1086/350621. JSTOR 229976. S2CID 144368575. Rabinovitch, Nachum L. (1970). "Rabbi Levi ben Gershom and the Origins of Mathematical Induction". Archive for History...
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Maimonides (redirect from Rabbi Moses ben Maimon)
referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah...
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Meir Soloveichik (category Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary semikhah recipients)
American Orthodox rabbi and writer. He is the son of Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik, grandson of Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, and a great nephew of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik...
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Rebecca Trachtenberg; Elwell, Ellen Sue Levi; Idelson, Shirley (2001). "5: Being a Lesbian Rabbi". Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation. Rutgers University...
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Australian Jews (section Rabbis)
Suzanne Rutland, as well as in specialised works by such scholars as Rabbi John Levi and Yossi Aron covering specific topics and time periods. The twice-a-year...
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