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1. Loewe, Joel

   Person · 1760–1802 · Author · Berlin · 11 sources

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2. Hartwig Wessely

   Person · 1725–1804 · Author, Dichter, Kaufmann · Amsterdam · 10 sources

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3. Homberg, Naphtali Herz

   Person · 1749–1841 · Gelehrter, Lehrer, Pädagoge · Prag-Libeň · 10 sources

   (1749–1841), Bohemian maskil and author. Herz Homberg is known mainly for having been the government-appointed supervisor of the German Jewish school system in Galicia between 1787 and 1806. He fully endorsed the policy …

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4. Isaac Satanow

   Person · 1732–1804 · Author, Buchdrucker, Schriftsteller · Satanov · 10 sources

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5. Mendelssohn, Moses

   Person · 1729–1786 · Author, Dichter, Kaufmann · Dessau · 10 sources

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6. David Friedländer

   Person · 1750–1834 · Abgeordneter, Author, Kaufmann · Königsberg · 9 sources

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7. David Fränkel

   Person · 1779–1865 · Berlin · 9 sources

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8. Landau, Ezechiel

   Person · 1713–1793 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Opatów · 9 sources

   Geb. 8. Okt. 1713 in Opatów, Kleinpolen,Gest. 29. Apr. 1793 in PragEinziger Sohn des wohlhabenden Gemeindevorstehers Juda b. Zwi- Hirsch Halevi L. und der Chaja, Tochter des Rb. Eleasar aus Dubno, Wolhyniensein Vater v…

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9. Akiba Eger

   Person · 1761–1837 · Lehrer, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Eisenstadt · 8 sources

   Gest. 12. Okt. 1837 in PosenSohn des Moses Güns (dessen Mutter Sorl Tochter des Wormser Rb. Moses Broda und Enkelin des Frankfurter Oberrb. Abraham Broda war) und der Gitel Eger, Tochter des Preßburger Oberrb. Akiba E. …

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10. Ettlinger, Jakob

    Person · 1798–1871 · Rabbi, Rabbiner, Talmudist · Karlsruhe · 8 sources

    Geb. 17. März 1798 in Karlsruhe,Gest. 7. Dez. 1871 in AltonaSohn des Stiftsrabbiners Aron E. und der Rachel geb. Ettlinger, lernt 1811-16 bei Oberlandesrb. Ascher Löw und in der öffentlichen Schule, Frühj. 1816 vom Obe…

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11. Gaon of Vilnius

    Person · 1720–1797 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Vilnius · 8 sources

    (Gaon of Vilna; 1720–1797), Torah scholar, kabbalist, and communal leader. The Gaon of Vilna (known also by the acronym Gra, for Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu) was a spiritual giant, a role model and source of inspiration for gener…

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12. Isaac Abraham Euchel

    Person · 1756–1804 · Author, Herausgeber, Orientalist · Copenhagen · 8 sources

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13. Salomo Löwisohn

    Person · 1789–1821 · historian, poet · Mor · 8 sources

    (1789–1821), Hebrew poet, linguist, and historian. Salomon Löwisohn was born in Mór, Hungary, a small community led by his relatives, the prominent Rosenthal and Saphir families, who played key roles in the Hungarian Has…

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14. Salomon Maimon

    Person · 1753–1800 · Philosoph, Schriftsteller · Suchowybor · 8 sources

    (1754–1800), maskil and philosopher. Salomon Maimon (Shelomoh ben Yehoshu‘a) was born and raised near Nieśwież in Poland–Lithuania (now Nesvizh, Belarus). He received a Talmudic education, married at 11, and soon began t…

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15. Salomon, Gotthold

    Person · 1784–1862 · Prediger, Pädagoge und Schriftsteller, Privatlehrer, Rabbi · Arnstein-Sandersleben · 8 sources

    Geb. 1. Nov. 1784 in Sandersleben, Anhalt,Gest. 17. Nov. 1862 in HamburgSohn des Liepmann-Joachim-Salomon Halevi, vom 10. Jahr an (1794) Talmudunterricht in Sandersleben, mit 12 J. zum dortigen Ortsrabbiner Joachim Hei…

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16. Abraham Dob Lebensohn

    Person · 1789–1878 · poet · Wilna · 7 sources

    (1794–1878), maskil, biblical commentator, poet, and playwright. Born in Vilna, Avraham Dov Lebensohn (known by the pseudonym Adam ha-Kohen [also rendered Hakohen]) married a girl from Mikhailishok in northern Belorussia…

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17. Beer, Peter

    Person · 1758–1838 · Author, Gelehrter, Lehrer · Nový Bydžov · 7 sources

    (ca. 1758–1838), educator, historian, and religious reformer. Peter Beer was born in Nový Bydžov (Neu-Bidschow), Bohemia, to a middle-class family. He received a traditional Jewish education, attended yeshivas in Prague …

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18. Berlin, Saul

    Person · 1740–1794-11-16 · Author, Rabbi, Schriftsteller · Amsterdam · 7 sources

    Geb. 1740 in Glogau,Gest. 16. Nov. 1794 in LondonSohn des Berliner Oberrb. Hirschel Lewin, talmudische Ausbildung in Berlin. Verheiratet mit Sarel Fränkel (geb. 1744 in Breslau, gest. 1810 in Berlin), der Tochter des B…

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19. Berlîn, Noaḥ Ḥayyîm Ṣevî

    Person · 1734–1802 · Rabbi · Fuerth · 7 sources

    Geb. Febr. 1734 in Fürth,Gest. 5. März 1802 in AltonaÄltester Sohn des gelehrten Landparnes, Bankiers und Hofmünzlieferanten Abraham-Meyer B. und der Röschen Dina, Tochter des Feibelmann Emmerich aus Frankfurt/M.väterl…

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20. Elimelekh, mi-Liz'ensḳ

    Person · 1717–1787 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poland · 7 sources

    (1717–1786/87), Hasidic leader; founder of Hasidism in Galicia and Poland. The son of a wealthy village Jew in the district of Tykocin, Elimelekh was first drawn to Hasidism by his brother Meshulam Zusya (d. 1800), later…

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