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Isserles, Moses ben Israel

(Encyclopedia) Isserles, Moses ben IsraelIsserles, Moses ben Israelĭsˈərlĕs [key], c.1525–1572, Polish rabbi, annotator, and philosopher, b. Kraków, known as Remah. He is best known for his glosses…

Immanuel ben Solomon

(Encyclopedia) Immanuel ben Solomon, c.1265–c.1330, Hebrew-Italian poet and scholar, b. Rome. He wrote biblical criticism and, in both Hebrew and Italian, satiric verse and lively stories. His work…

Elijah ben Solomon

(Encyclopedia) Elijah ben Solomon, 1720–97, Jewish scholar, called the Gaon of Vilna, b. Lithuania. A leading Jewish scholar of his time, he opposed the spread of Hasidism in Lithuania and Poland…

Ben QUAYLE, Congress, AZ (1976)

QUAYLE, Ben, (son of James Danforth Quayle), a Representative from Arizona; born in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, on November 3, 1976; B.A., Duke University, Durham, N.C., 1998; J.D.,…

Ben JOHNSON, Congress, KY (1858-1950)

JOHNSON, Ben, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., May 20, 1858; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from St. Mary’s College, Marion County, Ky.,…

Ben ERDREICH, Congress, AL (1938)

ERDREICH, Ben, a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., December 9, 1938; graduated from Shados Valley High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1956; B.A., Yale…

Ben Ali, Zine el-Abidine

(Encyclopedia) Ben Ali, Zine el-AbidineBen Ali, Zine el-Abidinezēˈnĕl abĭdēn bĕn älēˈ [key], 1936–2019, president of Tunisia (1987–2011). Educated in France and the United States, he entered the army…

Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir

(Encyclopedia) Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben MeirIbn Ezra, Abraham ben Meirmâr [key], c.1089–1164, Jewish grammarian, commentator, poet, philosopher, and astronomer, b. Tudela, Spain. He traveled widely and…