List of rabbis

This is a list of prominent rabbis. Rabbis are Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders.

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Contents 1 Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) 2 Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot) 3 Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim) 4 Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim) 5 Rabbis: Middle Ages 6 Rabbis: 16th - 18th centuries 6.1 Rabbis: 16th - 17th centuries 6.2 Rabbis: 18th century 7 Orthodox rabbis 7.1 Orthodox rabbis: 19th century 7.2 Orthodox rabbis: 20th century 7.2.1 Chareidi leaders 7.2.2 Modern rabbis 7.3 Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary 7.3.1 Haredi 7.3.2 Hardal 7.3.3 Modern Orthodox 8 Conservative rabbis 8.1 Conservative rabbis: 19th century 8.2 Conservative rabbis: 20th century 8.3 Conservative rabbis: Contemporary 8.3.1 Conservative rabbinical organizations 9 Union for Traditional Judaism 10 Reform rabbis 10.1 Reform rabbis: 19th century 10.2 Reform rabbis: 20th century 10.3 Reform rabbis: 21st century 10.3.1 Reform rabbinical organizations 11 Reconstructionist rabbis 11.1 Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century 11.2 Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary 12 Karaite rabbis 13 Other rabbis 14 References 15 External links 15.1 Orthodox 15.2 Conservative 15.3 Pan-denominational 15.4 African-American

[edit] Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim)

See Mishnah, Tannaim.

• Shimon Hatzadik
• Antigonus of Sokho

[edit] Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot)

See: Mishnah, Tannaim, Zugot.

• Jose ben Joezer, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence.
• Jose ben Johanan, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence.
• Joshua ben Perachyah, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus.
• Nittai of Arbela, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus.
• Judah ben Tabbai, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome.
• Simeon ben Shetach, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome.
• Shemaya, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II.
• Avtalyon, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II. A convert to Judaism.
• Hillel the Elder, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great.
• Shammai, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great.

[edit] Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim)

See Mishnah, Tannaim.

• Akiva, 1st century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah
• Judah haNasi, 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
• Shimon bar Yochai, 1st century mystic, reputed author of the Zohar
• Yohanan ben Zakkai, 1st century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah
• Eliezer son of Jose the Galilean (?-c.160), famous for Baraita of Thirty-Two mitzvoth. Father of Rabbi Hananiah.

[edit] Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim)

See Talmud and Amora.

• Abaye, 3rd century Talmudist
• Abba Arika, known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora. Moved from Israel to Babylon, 3rd century.
• Abbahu, 4th century Talmudist
• Eleazar Kalir, early Talmudic liturgist and poet
• Hamnuna - Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name.
• Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, 3rd century, in Judea, grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah
• Hillel II, 4th century creator of the Hebrew calendar, in Judea, son of Judah Nesiah, grandson of Gamaliel IV
• Judah II, 3rd century sage, sometimes called Judah Nesi'ah and Rebbi like his grandfather
• Judah III, 4th century scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, and grandson of Judah II
• Rabbah bar Nahmani
• Rav Ashi, 5th century Babylonian Talmudic sage - primary redactor of the Babylonian Talmud
• Rav Nachman
• Rav Papa
• Rava, important Amora
• Ravina, primary aide to Rav Ashi in the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
• Resh Lakish
• Shmuel (Talmud), rabbi of Nehardea, physician
• Yochanan, primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud
• Rav Jonah

[edit] Rabbis: Middle Ages

See: Geonim and Rishonim.

• Abba Mari, (Minhat Kenaot), 13th century French Talmudist
• Don Isaac Abravanel, (Abarbanel), 15th century philosopher and Torah commentator
• Jacob Berab, 15th-16th century proponent of Semichah (Ordination)
• Abraham ibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), 12th century Spanish philosopher
• Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura) 15th century commentator on the Mishnah
• Abraham ben David of Posquières, 1100s, France.
• Abraham ibn Ezra, (Even Ezra), 12th century Spanish-North African Biblical commentator
• Amram Gaon, 9th century organizer of the siddur
• Asher ben Jehiel, (Rosh), 13th century German-Spanish Talmudist
• Bahya ibn Paquda, (Hovot ha-Levavot), 11th century Spanish philosopher and moralist
• Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel), 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Dunash ben Labrat, 10th century grammarian and poet
• Eliezer ben Nathan, 12th century poet and pietist
• Hasdai Crescas, (Or Hashem), 14th century Talmudist and philosopher
• Rabbenu Gershom, 11th century German Talmudist and legalist
• Gersonides, Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag), 14th century French Talmudist and philosopher
• Hillel ben Eliakim, (Rabbeinu Hillel), 12th century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
• Ibn Tibbon, a family of 12th and 13th century Spanish and French scholars, translators, and leaders
• Isaac Alfasi, (the Rif), 12th century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot".
• Jacob ben Asher, (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim), 14th century German-Spanish Halakhist
• Joseph Albo, (Sefer Ikkarim), 15th century Spain
• Joseph ibn Migash 12th century Spanish Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of Maimonides
• Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam), 12th century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
• Mordecai ben Hillel, (The Mordechai), 13th century German Halakhist
• Nahmanides, Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban), 13th century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
• Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon) 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Nissim of Gerona, (RaN), 14th century Halakhist and Talmudist
• Rashi, (Solomon ben Yitzchak), 11th century Talmudist, the primary commentator of Talmud
• Elazar Rokeach, (Sefer HaRokeach) 12th century German rabbinic scholar
• Saadia Gaon, (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur) 10th century Exilarch and leader of Babylonian Jewry
• Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, 12th-13th century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator
• Tosafists, (Tosfot) 11th, 12th and 13th century Talmudic scholars in France and Germany
• Yehuda Halevi, (Kuzari), 12th century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to Zion

[edit] Rabbis: 16th - 18th centuries

See: Acharonim.

[edit] Rabbis: 16th - 17th centuries

• Isaac Abendana, 17th century Sephardic scholar in England
• Jacob Abendana, 17th century Sephardic rabbi in England
• Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, 17th century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas
• Bezalel Ashkenazi, ( Shittah Mekubetzet), 16th century Talmudist
• Yair Bacharach, (Havvot Yair), 17th century German Talmudist
• Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK) 16th century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar
• Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, (Bet Hillel), 17th century Lithuanian scholar
• Samuel Edels, (Mahrsha), 16th century Talmudist
• Kalonymus Haberkasten 16th century Polish rabbi; Rosh Yeshiva of many great Rishonim
• David HaLevi Segal,(Taz)16th century Halakhist, major commentatry on the Shulchan Aruch
• Abraham Cohen de Herrera(RabACH), 16th Century Kabbalist and Philosopher Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Isaiah Horowitz (Shlah) 16th century Kabbalist and Author - Eastern Europe and Israel
• Moshe Isserles, (Rema), 16th century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the Shulchan Aruch)
• Yosef Karo, (Mechaber), 16th century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulchan Aruch - code of Torah Law
• Meir ben Isaac and his son Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen of Padua.
• Meir of Lublin, (Maharam), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Isaac Luria, (Ari), 16th century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
• Solomon Luria, (Maharshal), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Menasseh Ben Israel, 17th century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in England
• Shalom Shachna, 16th century Polish Talmudist; Rosh Yeshiva of several great Rishonim
• Judah Low ben Bezalel, (Maharal), 16th century Prague mystic and Talmudist
• Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, (Sforno), 16th century Italian scholar and rationalist
• Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
• Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, 16th-17th century Torah commentator
• Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, 16th Kabbalist
• Mordecai Yoffe ("Levush") , 16th-17th century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha

[edit] Rabbis: 18th century

• Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographer
• Raphael Berdugo, rabbi in Meknes
• Haim Isaac Carigal, rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles, and therefore on Yale University
• Dovber of Mezritch, (Maggid), 18th century Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
• Elijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra), 18th century Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidim
• Jacob Emden, 18th century German Talmudist and mystic
• Israel ben Eliezer, (Baal Shem Tov), 18th century mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism
• Aaron Hart, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Hassine, Moroccan Jewish poet
• Yechezkel Landau, (Noda Bihudah), 18th century Posek and Talmudist
• Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, (Ramchal), 18th century Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic.
• Hart Lyon, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Nieto, English rabbi
• Isaac Nieto, English rabbi
• Shneur Zalman of Liadi, (Alter Rebbe of Chabad), 18th century mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe
• Akiva Eiger, 18th century Talmudist, and communal leader
• Elimelech of Lizhensk, (Noam Elimelech) 18th century Polish mystic and Hasid
• Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, (Kedushas Leivi) 18th century Polish Hassidic Leader
• Shalom Sharabi, Yemenite rabbi and Kabbalist

[edit] Orthodox rabbis

See Orthodox Judaism.

[edit] Orthodox rabbis: 19th century

• Barnett Abrahams, dayan, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter Sfas Emes Gerrer Rebbe
• Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Salomon Berdugo 19th century Rabbi in Meknes
• Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) 19th century head of Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania
• Avrohom Bornsztain, (Avnei Nezer), first Sochatchover Rebbe
• Zvi Hirsch Chajes (Maharatz Chayes) Galician Talmudic scholar
• Yosef Chayim, the Ben Ish Hai, Iraqi halakhist and preacher
• Yehoshua Leib Diskin, Rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem
• Yechiel Michel Epstein, (Aruch ha-Shulchan) 19th-20th century halakhist and posek (decisor)
• Jacob Ettlinger, 19th century German scholar and opponent of Reform
• Moshe Shmuel Glasner, (Dor Revi'i) 19th-20th century talmudist, chief rabbi of Klausenburg, a founder of Mizrahi
• Moshe Greenwald, Rav of Chust, Hungary and founder of the Puppa Hasidic dynasty
• Jacob of Lissa Galician Halakhist
• Azriel Hildesheimer, 19th century German rabbi and philosopher
• Samson Raphael Hirsch, 19th century German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement
• Solomon Herschell, 19th century British Chief Rabbi
• Abraham Lichtstein, Av Beit Din of Przasnysz, Poland
• Malbim, Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michael, (The Malbim), 19th century Russian preacher and scholar
• Pele Yoetz, Rabbi Eliezer Papo, Rabbi of the community of Selestria, Bulgaria
• Raphael Meldola, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London
• Frederick de Sola Mendes, Sephardic rabbi in London and America
• Nachman of Breslov, (Rebbe Nachman), 19th century Ukrainian Hasidic Rebbe and mystic
• Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick, 19th century rosh yeshiva and educator
• Mnachem HaKohen Risikoff, 19th-20th century scholar and author
• Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, 19th century Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
• Dovber Schneuri, second Rebbe of Chabad
• Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, (Tzemach Tzedek), third Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Shmuel Schneersohn, 19th century Russian fourth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yaakov Chaim Sofer, Baghdadi rabbi, author of Kaf ha-Chaim
• Moses Sofer, (Chatam Sofer) 19th century Hungarian rabbi
• Chaim Soloveitchik ("Brisker Rov" 19th century Eastern European rabbi
• Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1790-1867) also known as Stropkover Rov - Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov, Galicia

[edit] Orthodox rabbis: 20th century

[edit] Chareidi leaders

• Yehezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yehezkel
• Yisrael Abuhatzeira, 20th century Kabbalist
• Avrohom Blumenkrantz, posek and kashrut authority
• Shmuel Bornsztain (I), Shem Mishmuel, Second Sochatchover Rebbe
• Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, (Michtav Me'Eliyahu) 20th century religious philosopher and ethicist
• Baruch Epstein, (Torah Temimah), 20th century Lithuanian Torah commentator
• Moshe Mordechai Epstein, ( Levush Mordechai), 20th century Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka Yeshiva
• Moshe Feinstein, (Igrot Moshe), 20th century Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
• Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, (Kerem HaTzvi), 20th century author, leader and renowned scholar
• Nosson Tzvi Finkel, (Alter / Sabba), early 20th century founder of Slabodka Yeshiva, Lithuania.
• Rogatchover Gaon (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader
• Boruch Greenfeld, (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch
• Yitzchok Hutner, (Pachad Yitzchok), 20th century European-born, American and Israeli Rosh Yeshiva
• Yisrael Meir Kagan, (Chofetz Chaim), 20th century Polish legalist and moralist
• Aryeh Kaplan, (Living Torah) 20th century writer and mystic
• Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, (Chazon Ish) 20th century Haredi leader in Israel
• Aharon Kotler, 20th century Lithuanian scholar, founder of Lakewood Yeshiva in US
• Chaim Kreiswirth, long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Isser Zalman Meltzer, renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
• Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, (Mr. Mendlowitz) 20th century European-born head of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the US
• Shulem Moshkovitz, Hasidic rebbe in London
• Chanoch Dov Padwa, (Cheishev Ho'ephod), rabbinical head of UOHC, London
• Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, 20th century Russian fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, 20th century sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson, (Lubavitcher Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Chabad Rebbe
• Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick, 20th century British rabbi
• Shimon Shkop, famed Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno
• Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, (Ohr Sameiach ; Meshech Chochmah) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader
• Joel Teitelbaum, (Satmar Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for anti-Zionism
• Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl, (Min HaMeitzar) 20th century European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust

[edit] Modern rabbis

• Hermann Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Meir Berlin, (Bar Ilan) 20th century religious Zionist leader
• Eliezer Berkovits Talmudic scholar and philosopher
• Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• Isidore Epstein, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Moses Gaster, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain
• Sir Hermann Gollancz, British rabbi and professor
• Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi. Founder of the American Jewish Defense League and Israeli Kach party.
• Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli leader of Kahane Chai party and son of Rabbi Meir Kahane
• Yisrael Ariel is the founder of the Temple Institute, from the liberators of the Western Wall in the Six-Day War.
• Joseph H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, British rabbi and dayan
• Moses Hyamson, British rabbi
• Abraham Isaac Kook, 20th century philosopher and mystic, first chief rabbi of Palestine
• Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist
• Moses Mescheloff, Miami Beach and Chicago, Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist Rabbi
• Chalom Messas, chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem
• David Messas, chief Rabbi of Paris.
• Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• Simeon Singer, editor of the United Synagogue prayer book
• Joseph Soloveitchik, 20th century European-born Talmudist and philosopher
• Selig Starr, Chicago Rabbi

[edit] Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary

[edit] Haredi

• Gerrer Rebbes, (Gerrer), Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the US and UK
• Vizhnitzer Rebbes, (Vizhnitzer), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the US
• Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Meir Brandsdorfer, member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
• Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, Israeli rabbi and a rabbinical leader of the chareidi world
• Yitzchak Kadouri, leading 20th century Kabbalist (deceased)
• Yaakov Kamenetsky, rabbinical leader and educationalist
• Nissim Karelitz, Israeli chareidi leader
• Israel Meir Lau, former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
• Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
• Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Shlomo Miller, head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized world authority of Jewish law
• Avigdor Nebenzahl, Chief Rabbi of the old city of Jerusalem
• Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II), Belzer Rebbe
• Bezalel Rudinsky, dean of Yeshivas Ohr Reuven, Wesley Hills, N.Y.
• Moshe Sacks, posek.
• Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem
• Adin Steinsaltz, 21st century Israeli Talmud scholar and philosopher
• Moshe Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe (deceased)
• Ovadia Yosef, 21st century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
• Amnon Yitzhak, Yemenite "baal teshuva Rabbi" in Israel

[edit] Hardal

• Mordechai Eliyahu - former Sephardic Chief Rabbi
• Avraham Shapira - former Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the head of Mercaz haRav yeshiva
• Dov Lior - rabbi of Hebron

[edit] Modern Orthodox

• Benjamin Blech, 20th century American modern Orthodox thinker, Professor of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, noted author and speaker
• Levi Brackman, British-born rabbi
• David Bar Hayim, founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael [1]
• Mordechai Breuer, Israeli rabbi, descendant of Samson Raphael Hirsch
• Barry Freundel, rabbi of Kesher Israel congregation in Washington DC.
• Mark Dratch, Instructor of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and founder of JSafe
• David Hartman, philosopher, author, and founder of Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem
• Sara Hurwitz, Rabba. Assistant Rabbi of Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and dean of Yeshivat Maharat.
• Norman Lamm, 20th century American modern Orthodox thinker, head of Yeshiva University
• Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva University's Gruss Kollel.
• Menachem Genack, OU
• Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Israel
• Hershel Schachter, leading posek for the modern orthodox community.
• Arthur Schneier, prominent rabbi in the secular world and rabbi at Park East Synagogue, which hosted Pope Benedict.
• Andrew Shaw, British rabbi and youth leader
• Zvi Sobolofsky, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Ohr Hatorah in Bergenfield, New Jersey
• Joseph Telushkin, author.
• Moshe David Tendler, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, and noted bioethist.
• Avi Weiss, Founder, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
• Mordechai Willig, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, prominent Posek for the Modern Orthodox community.
• Manis Friedman, a noted biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
• Benjamin Yudin, rabbi of Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, New Jersey
• Steven Weil, Executive-Vice President of the Orthodox Union

See also article Modern Orthodox for a list of rabbis.

[edit] Conservative rabbis

See: Conservative Judaism.

[edit] Conservative rabbis: 19th century

• Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the "Positive Historical" school, the progenitor of Conservative Judaism.
• Levi Herzfeld, 19th century German rabbi, proponent of moderate reform
• Nachman Krochmal, 19th century Austrian philosopher and historian

[edit] Conservative rabbis: 20th century

• Philip R. Alstat, 20th century rabbi
• Abraham Joshua Heschel, 20th century Conservative Judaism philosopher and scholar of Hasidism
• Solomon Schechter, 20th century scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism
• Saul Lieberman, 20th century rabbi and scholar
• Marshall Meyer, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and human rights activist, founded a Rabbinical school and synagogue in Argentina
• Louis Finkelstein, 20th century Conservative Talmud scholar
• Louis Ginzberg, 20th century American Conservative Talmud scholar
• Albert L. Lewis, 20th century Conservative rabbi
• Robert Gordis, 20th century leader in Conservative Judaism
• Isaac Klein, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and scholar
• Samuel Schafler, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and historian

[edit] Conservative rabbis: Contemporary

• Bradley Shavit Artson, Conservative rabbi, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University, author, speaker, and theologian
• Menachem Creditor, Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa Network
• Elliot N. Dorff, Conservative rabbi, bioethicist, and professor of Jewish Theology at the American Jewish University
• Neil Gillman, Conservative philosopher and theologian
• David Golinkin - Masorti rabbi and halakhist
• Reuven Hammer - Masorti rabbi, author and siddur commentator.
• Jules Harlow, 20th century Conservative Judaism liturgist
• Louis Jacobs - Founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologian
• William E. Kaufman - Advocate of process theology
• Harold Kushner, 21st century American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writer
• William H. Lebeau, Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at Jewish Theological Seminary of America
• Aaron L. Mackler, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
• Jacob Neusner, Conservative trained scholar and prolific writer
• Daniel Nevins, Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism.
• Paula Reimers
• Arnold Resnicoff, Navy Chaplain, AJC National Director of Interreligious Affiars, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Joel Roth, Conservative scholar and rabbi
• Ismar Schorsch, Conservative educator and leader
• Harold M. Schulweis, Conservative rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California and founder of the Jewish World Watch
• Alan Silverstein, Conservative rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey and former President of the Rabbinical Assembly
• Arnold Stiebel, Conservative rabbi and author
• Gordon Tucker, Conservative rabbi and leader
• Stewart Vogel, Conservative rabbi of Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills, California
• David Wolpe, Conservative rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, California

[edit] Conservative rabbinical organizations

• Rabbinical Assembly
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
• Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

[edit] Union for Traditional Judaism

• David Weiss Halivni, Hungarian-American Talmudist of Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)

[edit] Reform rabbis

See Reform Judaism.

[edit] Reform rabbis: 19th century

• Samuel Adler, 19th century German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El
• Emil Hirsch, 19th century American Reform rabbi and scholar
• David Einhorn, 19th century American Reform rabbi
• Samuel Hirsch, 19th century German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
• Abraham Geiger, 19th century German Reform ideologist
• Samuel Holdheim, 19th century German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
• Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, 19th century Hungarian-English Reform rabbi in Eperies and Manchester, first Jewish professor in Cambridge
• Leopold Zunz, 19th century German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
• Isaac Mayer Wise, American Reform rabbi

[edit] Reform rabbis: 20th century

• Paula Ackerman, 20th century Reform rabbi (first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, not ordained)
• Leo Baeck, 20th century Reform rabbi
• Abraham Cronbach, 20th century Reform rabbi & educator
• Lionel Blue, British rabbi, writer and broadcaster
• Julia Neuberger, British Reform rabbi
• Sally Priesand, 20th century Reform rabbi, first ordained female rabbi in the United States
• Abba Hillel Silver, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
• Stephen S. Wise, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist activist
• Arnold Stiebel, 20th century rabbi and author
• Laszlo Berkowitz, 20th century Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
• Gunther Plaut, 20th century Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom Temple
• Maurice Davis, 20th century Reform rabbi, past Chairman, President's Commission on Equal Opportunity

[edit] Reform rabbis: 21st century

• Alysa Stanton, 21st century Reform rabbi, first ordained Black female rabbi

[edit] Reform rabbinical organizations

• Union for Reform Judaism
• Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Movement for Reform Judaism (UK)

[edit] Reconstructionist rabbis

See: Reconstructionist Judaism.

[edit] Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century

• Mordecai Kaplan, 20th century founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America

[edit] Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary

• Carol Harris-Shapiro, modern author
• Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

[edit] Karaite rabbis

See: Karaite Judaism.

See: Karaite Hakhamim.

[edit] Other rabbis

See Jewish Renewal ; Humanistic Judaism

• Capers C. Funnye Jr. first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis^[1]
• Michael Lerner founder/editor of Tikkun magazine
• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
• Sherwin Wine, US founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
• Itzhak Yehoshua, Chief Rabbi of Bukharian Jewish Community in USA & Canada

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Orthodox

• List of leaders, Orthodox Union
• Famous Rabbis, famousrabbis.com
• Gallery of Our Great, chabad.org
• Biographies of Gedolim, tzemachdovid.org
• Mini-Biographies of Gedolim , chaburas.org
• Cross-referenced Notes on Rishonim and Acharonim (PDF)

[edit] Conservative

• Benson Skoff, 20th century Conservative rabbi
• President of the United States delivers speech devoted to rabbi's wartime report (speech: video version); (speech: text version); (text of original report).

[edit] Pan-denominational

• Torah Commentator Biographies, kolel.org
• List of Commentators, torahproductions.com
• E-Lectures Glossary
• RavSIG (Genealogy of Rabbinic families)

[edit] African-American

• List of Black Rabbis in America affiliated with the Israelite Board of Rabbis