Horowitz Family
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- Avraham Horowitz · Avraham ben Shabetai Sheftel Horowitz · Horowitz · Shabetai Sheftel ben Akiva Horowitz · Shabetai Sheftel ben Yesha‘yahu Horowitz · Yesha‘yahu Horowitz · Yesha‘yahu ben Avraham Horowitz · Yesha‘yahu ha-Levi Horowitz
One of the largest and most prominent Ashkenazic families that has thrived since the fifteenth century. The Horowitz family is made up of Levites who took their name from the small town of Horovice in Bohemia; they dominated the Prague community in the sixteenth century and formed marriage alliances with other prestigious families. The Horowitz family preserved a tradition claiming that its roots went back to the so-called Golden Age of Jewish culture in medieval Spain; the name of Rabbi Zeraḥyah ha-Levi Gerondi (ca. 1115–1186) was sometimes specifically mentioned. They reached Eastern Europe after the expulsion from Spain, and produced numerous rabbis and leaders and, later, writers of the Enlightenment, scholars, musicians, and scientists. Karl Marx was one of its descendants.
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One of the largest and most prominent Ashkenazic families that has thrived since the fifteenth century. The Horowitz family is made up of Levites who took their name from the small town of Horovice in Bohemia; they dominated the Prague community in the sixteenth century and forme…
One of the largest and most prominent Ashkenazic families that has thrived since the fifteenth century. The Horowitz family is made up of Levites who took their name from the small town of Horovice in Bohemia; they dominated the Prague community in the sixteenth century and formed marriage alliances with other prestigious families. The Horowitz family preserved a tradition claiming that its roots went back to the so-called Golden Age of Jewish culture in medieval Spain; the name of Rabbi Zeraḥyah ha-Levi Gerondi (ca. 1115–1186) was sometimes specifically mentioned. They reached Eastern Europe after the expulsion from Spain, and produced numerous rabbis and leaders and, later, writers of the Enlightenment, scholars, musicians, and scientists. Karl Marx was one of its descendants.- title
- Horowitz Family
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- Avraham Horowitz
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- Avraham ben Shabetai Sheftel Horowitz
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- Horowitz
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- Horowitz family
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- Shabetai Sheftel ben Akiva Horowitz
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- Shabetai Sheftel ben Yesha‘yahu Horowitz
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- Yesha‘yahu Horowitz
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- Yesha‘yahu ben Avraham Horowitz
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- Yesha‘yahu ha-Levi Horowitz
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- Yesh‘ayahu ben Avraham Horowitz
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- Horowitz Family
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