(Encyclopedia) Bostanai ben ChaninaiBostanai ben Chaninaibôsˈtänī bĕn khänēnīˈ [key], c.618–670, first Jewish exilarch (i.e., ruler of the Jewish exiles in Babylonia) under Arab rule. He is the…
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(Encyclopedia) NahmanidesNahmanidesnähmänˈĭdēz [key], 1194–c.1270, Jewish scholar, exegete, and kabbalist, b. Spain. He wrote commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud. A mystic, he rejected…
(Encyclopedia) Eichmann, AdolfEichmann, Adolfīkhˈmän [key], 1906–62, German National Socialist official. A member of the Austrian Nazi party, he headed the Austrian office for Jewish emigration (1938…
(Encyclopedia) Herzl, TheodorHerzl, Theodortāˈōdôr hĕrˈtsəl [key], 1860–1904, Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent for the Vienna Neue Frei Presse, he reported…
(Encyclopedia) Babel, Isaac EmmanuelovichBabel, Isaac Emmanuelovichēˈsäk əmän&oomacr;āˈləvĭch bäˈbəl [key], 1894–1940, Russian writer, b. Odessa. Babel was quick to embrace the Bolshevik…
Fiorello LaGuardia was the mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945. A native New Yorker of Italian-Jewish origin, LaGuardia spent his entire career in civic service. He attended New York…
