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1. Wolf Pascheles

   Person · 1814–1857 · Prag · 8 sources

   (1814–1857), Hebrew printer, publisher, and bookseller. The son of impoverished parents, Wolf Pascheles earned his livelihood from childhood by tutoring in Prague and its immediate vicinity. In 1828, he edited and publis…

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2. לנדא, ישראל בן יחזקאל

   Person · 1758-07-15–1829-09-28 · Prag · 8 sources

   (1758–1829), Hebrew-language printer in Prague and an influential figure in that city’s Haskalah. Yisra’el Landau, the third son of Yeḥezkel Landau (chief rabbi of Prague from 1754 to 1793), was born in Prague. In his yo…

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3. Abraham Horowitz

   Person · 1550–1615 · Prag · 7 sources

   Mitglied der bedeutenden aus Böhmen stammenden Rabbiner- und Gelehrtenfamilie; Schüler von Rabbi Moses Isserles in Krakau; Verfasser von religiös-ethischen Schriften

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4. Arnošt Lustig

   Person · 1926–2011 · writer · Prag · 7 sources

   Tschech.-Jüd. Schriftsteller, emigrierte 1968 nach Israel und USA, kehrte 2003 nach Tschechien zurück. Träger der tschechischen Verdienstmedaille.

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5. Beer Perlhefter

   Person · 1650–1730 · Rabbi, Rabbiner · Prag · 7 sources

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6. Egon Erwin Kisch

   Person · 1885–1948 · Prag · 7 sources

   (1885–1948), journalist, writer, and political activist. The twentieth-century image of the reporter as adventurer-hero is deeply indebted to the self-fashioning of the “roving reporter,” as Kisch called himself in the t…

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7. Graf, Mosheh ben Menaḥem

   Person · 1650–1710 · Prag · 7 sources

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8. Guido Kisch

   Person · 1889–1985 · Prag · 7 sources

   (1889–1985), lawyer and historian. Guido Kisch (son of Rabbi Alexander Kisch and an older brother to noted medical scholar Bruno Kisch) was born in Prague; he studied law at the German university there and received his h…

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9. Hanan Vinternits

   Person · 1914-03-11–1995-11-03 · Prag · 7 sources

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10. Hans Krása

    Person · 1899–1944 · Prag · 7 sources

    Tschechoslowakischer Komponist deutscher Sprache, in Auschwitz ermordert

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11. Hugo Bergmann

    Person · 1883–1975 · Bibliothekar, Philologe, Philosoph · Prag · 7 sources

    (1883–1975), philosopher and early Zionist. Hugo Bergmann (also Shemu’el Hugo Bergman) was a member of the German-speaking Jewish minority of Prague in the generation most closely associated with his classmate and friend…

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12. Jakob ben Benjamin ha-Kohen Poppers

    Person · 1740–1740 · Prag · 7 sources

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13. Jicchak Hakohen Katz

    Person · ?–1624 · Prag · 7 sources

    (ca. 1560–1624), son-in-law of Yehudah Leib ben Betsal’el (Maharal of Prague); scholar of midrash. Yitsḥak ben Shimshon ha-Kohen was born and died in Prague. According to family tradition, he served as rabbi in Nikolsbur…

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14. Mathilde Prager

    Person · 1844-01-03–1921-02-07 · Prag · 7 sources

    Österr. Schriftstellerin und Übersetzerin skandinavischer und englischer Literatur ist (i.d.R. unter ihrem Pseud. Erich Holm)

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15. Mordecai Meisel

    Person · 1528–1601 · Court Jew, Geschäftsmann, Hoffaktor · Prag · 7 sources

    (also Meisel; 1528–1601), financier, merchant, philanthropist, Jewish community head, and builder of Prague’s Jewish Town. References to Mordecai Maisel’s family in Prague date from as early as 1477; he is first mentione…

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16. Muneles, Otto

    Person · 1894–1967 · Hebraists, Philologists · Prag · 7 sources

    (1894–1967), Hebraist and historian. Otto Muneles was descended from an old Jewish family in Prague, records of which date to the sixteenth century; one of his ancestors was Avraham Muneles, who wrote an index to the Shu…

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17. Rainer Maria Rilke

    Person · 1875–1926 · Prag · 7 sources

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18. Robert Weltsch

    Person · 1891–1982 · writer · Prag · 7 sources

    (1891–1984), Zionist activist, journalist, and essayist. Robert Weltsch was born in Prague to one of the oldest and most respected Jewish families in the city. His father, attorney Theodore Weltsch, was active in local J…

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19. Trebitsch, Nehemias

    Person · 1779-08-15–1842-07-05 · Rabbi · Prag · 7 sources

    Sohn des Seligmann T., Vorbeter („Unterschulsänger“) an der Altneusynagoge. Wächst in sehr armen Verhältnissen auf, Schüler der Armekinderschule und der ultraorthodoxen Jeschiwa des Jakob Günsburg, von diesem ordiniert. …

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20. Václav Havel

    Person · 1936–2011 · Prag · 7 sources

    Tschech. Schriftsteller und Politiker; Dissident, Mitbegründer der "Charta 77"; Vorstandsmitglied der Obec spisovatelů/Schriftstellergemeinde; Mitbegründer des OF (Bürgerforum); Präsident d. Tschechoslowakei und Tsc…

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