List of Jews in religion explained

This is a list of notable Jews in religion.

Biblical figures

See: List of Jewish Biblical figures.

High Priests

See: List of High Priests of Israel.

Rabbis

See: List of rabbis.

Rosh yeshivas

See: List of rosh yeshivas.

Karaite Jewish Hakhamim

See: List of Karaite Jews.

Religious figures by country

Germany

Scholars

• Felix Adler
• Hugo Bergmann (born in Prague)
• Max Bodenheimer
• David Cassel
• Ismar Elbogen
• Emil Ludwig Fackenheim
• Jonas Fränkel
• Heinrich Graetz, Jewish historian (born in Posen)
• Manuel Joël, Jewish philosopher
• Isaak Markus Jost, Jewish historian
• Marcus Kalisch, Biblical scholar
• Jakob Klatzkin
• Israel Lewy
• Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish Enlightenment philosopher
• David Rosin
• Gershom Scholem, Jewish scholar and historian
• Ernst Simon
• Friedrich Weinreb (born in Lemberg)
• Benedict Zuckermann
• Leopold Zunz, Jewish scholar

Other

• Ayya Khema, Buddhist teacher (born Jewish)
• Adolf Lasson
  • Georg Lasson
• Johannes Pfefferkorn, antisemitic controversialist (born Jewish)
• Friedrich Adolf Philippi
• Johann Peter Spaeth (Moses Germanus Ashkenazi), a Christian German Proselyte
• Edith Stein, canonized nun, Holocaust victim (born Jewish)

Hungary

• Joseph Breuer
  • Henrik Bródy J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain^[1]
• Abraham Hochmuth
• Sanz-Klausenberger rebbe from Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
• Ludwig Lichtenstein
• Yosef Greenwald, Puppa rebbe
• Sándor Scheiber, rabbi and director of the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary
• Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, rabbi and first Jewish professor in Cambridge
• Isaac Tyrnau
• Joachim Jacob Unger
• Wahrmann family
• Michoel Ber Weissmandl
• Béla Wenckheim

United Kingdom

Other religious leaders

• Selig Brodetsky, President of the British Board of Deputies
• Barnett Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
• Greville Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies
• Ewen Montagu, President of the United Synagogue
• Claude Montefiore, co-founder of British Liberal Judaism
• Anthony Rothschild, first president of the United Synagogue

United States

Rebbetzins

• Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Hungarian born founder of Hineni
• Chaya Mushka Schneerson, rebbetzin of Chabad

Other religious leaders (including Jews associated with religions outside of Judaism)

• Apostles, the "Twelve Apostles", first followers of Jesus
• Ram Dass, modern American Hindu author
• Jacob Frank, self-proclaimed messiah in Poland, founder of Frankists
• Maurice Frydman Polish Jew who lived in India and was involved in translating Nisargadatta's "I am That." Was close to Gandhi and Nehru
• Jesus, the central figure of Christianity
• John the Baptist, revered by Christians
• Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal (raised Catholic)
• John Joseph O'Connor
• Saint Peter, considered the first Pope
• Saul of Tarsus, early Christian leader
• Edith Stein, Catholic nun, Holocaust victim
• St. Teresa of Avila, Catholic saint (parents were Conversos)

Notes and References

1. Book: Patai, Raphael. Raphael Patai. 1996. The Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology. Detroit, Michigan. 400. 0-8143-2561-0. Aug 12, 2014.