Edelstein Explained

Edelstein is the German word for "gemstone". Edelstein is also a surname of German origin which means "noble stone" or in its literal sense "precious stone".

Surname:

People with this surname include:
- Arnold Edelstein, Austrian-American cartoonist known as Ed Arno
- David Edelstein, American film critic
- Erez Edelstein, Israeli basketball coach
- Eric Edelstein, American actor
- Frances Edelstein, American businesswoman
- Gershon Edelstein, Israeli rabbi
- Gordon Edelstein, American theatre director
  - - Jakob Edelstein, the first Judenältester (Jewish Elder) in the Theresienstadt ghetto Joseph Edelstein, American Yiddish Theater Theatrical Manager and Theater Owner and Director.
- Pauline Edelstein, American Yiddish Theatre actress and wife of Joseph Edelstein.
- Lisa Edelstein, American actress
- Ludwig Edelstein, German-born American classical scholar and historian of medicine
- Melville Edelstein, sociologist
- Morris Michael Edelstein, American lawyer and politician
- Neal Edelstein, American film producer
- Oscar Edelstein, Argentinian composer
- Robert Edelstein, American economist
- Samson Samsonov (né Edelstein), Russian film director and screenwriter
- Stuart J. Edelstein, Swiss-American biophysicist
- Victor Edelstein, British fashion designer
- Yoel Edelstein, Israeli politician
- William A. Edelstein, American physicist
Variations:
- Charles Edelstenne, French billionaire
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky (né Eidelstein), Russian politician, nobleman
- Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein

Toponymy:

Edelstein, Illinois

Other :

Edelstein Award (known as the HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry), prize given by the American Chemical Society
The Edelstein Center for Social Research, Brazilian think tank
Edelsteinaspididae, taxonomy
Precious Stones (film), German title Edelsteine, 1918 German silent film
Rashba–Edelstein effect, physics

Edelstein Explained

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