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Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim)
Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (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.
Rabbis: Mishnaic (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 ben Jose/Yosey ha-Galili (?-c.160), famous for Baraita of Thirty-Two mitzvoth. The father of Rabbi Hananiah. See the fifth chapter of Hulin, and Moed Katan 28.
Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim)
- 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
Rabbis: Middle Ages
- 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), 13th 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
Rabbis: 16th - 18th centuries
- See: Acharonim.
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
- Herschel ben Avram, 16th century Torah and Talmud commentator
- Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, 16th Kabbalist
- Mordekhai Yaffe ("Levush") , 16th-17th century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha
- Menahen Ben Elhanan Rizzolo ("Levush") , 16th-17th century French rabbi, manuscript of Rizzolo containing halakic decisions
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
Orthodox rabbis
- See Orthodox Judaism.
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
- Joshua Berdugo 19th century Rabbi in Meknes
- Salomon Berdugo 19th century Rabbi in Meknes
- Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) 19th century head of Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania
- Avrohom Bornsztajn Avnei Neizer Sochatshover 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
- 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
- Chaim Zundl Maccoby, the Kamenitzer Magid
- 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, Sephardic rabbi in London
- Frederick de Sola Mendes, Sephardic rabbi in London and America
- Nachman of Breslav, (Reb Nachman), 19th century Ukrainian Hasidic rebbe and mystic
- Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, 19th century Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
- Dovber Schneuri, 19th century Russian second Rebbe of Chabad
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, (Tzemach Tzedek), 19th century Russian 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
- Abraham b. Eliezer Lipman Liechtenstein Rabbi of Plotsk
Orthodox rabbis: 20th century
Chareidi leaders
- Yehezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yehezkel
- Yisrael Abuhatzeira, 20th century Kabbalist
- Avrohom Blumenkrantz, posek and kashrut authority
- 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 Yehiva
- 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. Disciples opened major yeshivas in US and Israel
- 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
- Rabbi Shemaryahu Yehudah Leib Medalie` {Chief Rabbi Of MOSCOW Formerly Of TULA,KROLEVETZ,VITBSK )(Author OF U-MATAMEI HA-SHULCHAN)
Modern and Zionist leaders
- Hermann Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Meir Berlin, (Bar Ilan) 20th century religious Zionist leader
- 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, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
- Joseph H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, British rabbi and dayan
- Moses Hyamson, British rabbi
- Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli leader of Kahane Chai party
- 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
- Chalom Messas, chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem
- David Messas, chief Rabbi of Paris.
- Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
- David Silverman, Outreach Rabbi with the Atlanta Scholars Kollel
- Simeon Singer, editor of the United Synagogue prayer book
- Joseph Soloveitchik, 20th century European-born Talmudist and philosopher
- Selig Starr, Chicago Rabbi
Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary
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
- Arie Zeev Raskin, Chief Rabbi of Cyprus
- Meir Brandsdorfer, member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
- Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Israeli rabbi and de facto rabbinical leader of the chareidi world
- Menachem Genack, OU
- Yitzchak Kadouri, leading 20th century Kabbalist (deceased)
- Yaakov Kamenetsky, rabbinical leader and educationalist
- Nissim Karelitz, respected Israeli chareidi leader
- Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Israel Meir Lau, former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
- Moshe Chaim Ephraim Padwa, rabbinical head of the UOHC, London
- Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II), Belzer Rebbe
- Moshe Sacks, Satmar 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, leading Sephardic "baal teshuva Rabbi" in Israel
- Avigdor Nebenzahl, Chief Rabbi of the old city of Jerusalem
Hardal
- Mordechai Eliyahu - former Sephardic Chief Rabbi
- Avraham Shapira - former Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the head of Mercaz haRav yeshiva
- Dov Lior - rabbi of Hebron
- Moshe Mordechai haCohen Taub -rabbi of Buffalo Jewish community and director of the city Vaad, prolific writer
Modern Orthodox
- David Bigman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Maale Gilboa
- Levi Brackman, British-born rabbi
- David Bar Hayim, founder of Machon Ben Yishai, Proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael
- 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
- James Kennard, British educationalist
- 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.
- Yosef Mendelevitch former Soviet "Refusenik" and Zionist activist
- Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Israel
- Shalom Rosner, Rav, Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok
- Hershel Schachter, leading posek for the modern orthodox community.
- Andrew Shaw, British rabbi and youth leader
- Shmuel Silber, Rabbi of Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim in Baltimore, Md., Member of Baltimore's Vaad HaRabonim, Rosh Kollel of the Torah Mitzion Kollel of Baltimore
- Joseph Telushkin author.
- Moshe David Tendler, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, and noted bioethist.
- Mordechai Willig, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, prominent Posek for the Modern Orthodox community.
- Dov Zakheim, non-practicing modern Orthodox rabbi, economic and political leader in US government
- Joseph Kelman, Toronto rabbi
- Alfredo Goldschmidt, chief rabbi of Colombia
See also article Modern Orthodox for a list of rabbis.
Conservative rabbis
- See: Conservative Judaism.
Conservative rabbis: 19th century
- Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the "Positive Historical" school, the progenitor of Conservative Judaism.
- Yosef Guttmann, 19th century Polish rabbi
- Levi Herzfeld, 19th century German rabbi, proponent of moderate reform
- Nachman Krochmal, 19th century Austrian philosopher and historian
Conservative rabbis: 20th century
- 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
- Wolfe Kelman, 20th century Canadian Conservative rabbi
- Robert Gordis, 20th century leader in Conservative Judaism
- Abraham Millgram, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and author
- Isaac Klein, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and scholar
- Samuel Schafler, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and historian
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 and bioethicist
- Neil Gillman, Conservative philosopher and theologian
- David Golinkin - Masorti rabbi and halakhist
- Joshua Hammerman, Conservative rabbi of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut
- 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
- Aaron L. Mackler, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
- Jason Alan Miller, Conservative rabbi of Congregation Agudas Achim in Columbus, Ohio
- Jacob Neusner, Conservative trained scholar and prolific writer
- Daniel Nevins, Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism.
- Joel Roth, Conservative scholar and rabbi
- Ismar Schorsch, Conservative educator and leader
- Harold M. Schulweis, Conservative rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA 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, CA
- David Wolpe, Conservative rabbi of Temple Sinai in Los Angeles, California
Conservative rabbinical organizations
Union for Traditional Judaism
- David Weiss Halivni, Hungarian-American Talmudist of Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)
Reform rabbis
- See Reform Judaism.
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
- Leopold Zunz, 19th century German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
- Isaac Mayer Wise, American Reform rabbi
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
- 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
- Gabriel Farhi, 20th century French Reform rabbi and broadcaster.
- 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
- Susan Abramson, Reform Rabbi, Shalom Emeth, Burlington, MA, one of the first 50 women rabbis. Author of the Rabbi Rocketpower children book series.
Reform rabbinical organizations
Reconstructionist rabbis
Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century
- Mordecai Kaplan, 20th century founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America
Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary
- Carol Harris-Shapiro, modern author
Other rabbis
See Jewish Renewal ; Humanistic Judaism
- Capers C. Funnye Jr. first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis
- 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
References
- "Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith", Nikko Kopel, New York Times, March 16, 2008
External links
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)
Conservative
Pan-denominational
- Torah Commentator Biographies, kolel.org
- List of Commentators, torahproductions.com
- E-Lectures Glossary
- RavSIG (Genealogy of Rabbinic families)