Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament. Joan Comay . 2012.
LANDAU, JUDAH LOEB — (Leo; 1866–1942), South African rabbi, scholar, poet, and playwright. Landau was born in Zatozce, Galicia. His father Moses Issachar Landau was a maskil and regular contributor to the Hebrew press. Landau attended the German gymnasium at Brody… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEROD I — (73?–4 B.C.E.), king of Judea from 37 B.C.E. until his death. Herod was the second son of the idumean antipater and cypros . Nothing is known of his youth, but it is clear that he began the struggle for power early in life. In 47 B.C.E. he was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of German Jews — The Jewish presence in Germany is older than Christianity; the first Jewish population came with the Romans to the city Cologne. A Golden Age in the first millennium saw the emergence of the Ashkenazi Jews, while the persecution and expulsion… … Wikipedia
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
History of antisemitism — Antisemitism Part of Jewish history … Wikipedia
List of mathematicians (L) — NOTOC L * L Huilier, Simon Antoine Jean (Switzerland, ? ) * de La Condamine, Charles Marie (France, 1701 1774) * de La Hire, Philippe (France, 1640 1719) * de La Roche, Estienne (France, 1470 1530) * ibn Labban, Kushyar (Persia, 971 1029) *… … Wikipedia
MA'OR KATAN — (Lucerna, Lutzerner, Luzerner), family of physicians in Vienna and Prague in the 17th century, who intermarried with the fraenkel teomim family. The family is well known mainly because of their internal correspondence from 1619, preserved in the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
