REINES, ISAAC JACOB — (1839–1915), rabbi, one of the founders and first head of the mizrachi movement. Born in Karolin, Belorussia, Reines studied at the Eishishok (Eisiskes) and Volozhin yeshivot and was ordained by leading rabbis. He served in the rabbinate in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Reines, Isaac Jacob — (1839 1915) Lithuanian rabbi and Zionist. He officiated as a rabbi in various Lithuanian centres, evolving a method of talmudic study based on abstract rules of logic. In 1882 at a rabbinical conference in St Petersburg, he advocated the… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
REINES, FREDERICK — (1918–1998), physicist and Nobel Prize winner. Reines obtained his M.E. and M.S. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, and his Ph.D. from New York University in 1944. He was a member and then group leader of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines — יצחק יעקב ריינס (Isaac Jacob Reines), (1839 1915) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and the founder of the Mizrachi Religious Zionist Movement.LifeReines, a descendant of Saul Wahl, was born in Karolin, Belarus. He studied at Eishistok Yeshiva and… … Wikipedia
ROSEN, JOSEPH BEN ISAAC — (d. 1885), Russian rabbi and author. Rosen was born in Gorodok, Belorussia. His father intended him for a business career, but he early displayed unusual scholarly abilities and studied for the rabbinate. His first position was in Gorodok near… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RABINOWITZ, SAMUEL JACOB — (1857–1921), Lithuanian rabbi and Zionist leader. Born in Kelme, Rabinowitz held rabbinical posts at Ivye, Aleksot, and Sopotskin and was esteemed as a writer of responsa and novellae, some of which were collected in his Sefer Oraḥ Yashar (1903) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRABANEL, ISAAC BEN JUDAH — (1437–1508), statesman, biblical exegete, and theologian. Offshoot of a distinguished Ibero Jewish family, Abrabanel (the family name also appears as Abravanel, Abarbanel, Bravanel, etc.) spent 45 years in Portugal, then passed the nine years… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KAEMPF, SAUL ISAAC — (1818–1892), rabbi and Orientalist. Kaempf, who was born at Lissa (Leszno), Poznania, was a disciple of akiva eger there. He later studied at the University of Halle where he was a student of gesenius . In 1845 he became a preacher in Prague and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BERMAN, JACOB — (1878–1974), rabbi, educator, and communal worker. Berman was born in Salant, Lithuania. He studied rabbinics at Telz Yeshivah and law at St. Petersburg University. While in St. Petersburg he played a part in the founding of the Baron Guenzburg… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SLUCKI, ABRAHAM JACOB — (1861–1918), Hebrew writer. Born in Novogorod Severski, Slucki began publishing articles in Ha Meliẓ in 1884 and became assistant editor of the periodical during the editorship of the poet judah leib gordon (1887–88). The continued publication… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
