List of famous rabbis, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top rabbis in the world? This includes the most prominent rabbis, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable rabbis is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic rabbis were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned rabbis.
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From reputable, prominent, and well known rabbis to the lesser known rabbis of today, these are some of the best professionals in the rabbi field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous rabbis ever?" and "What are the names of famous rabbis?" then you're in the right place. {#nodes}...more
Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza; June 9, 1928) is an American stand-up comedian and film... more on Wikipedia Jacob Neusner (July 28, 1932 – October 8, 2016) was an American academic scholar of Judaism.... more on Wikipedia Lionel Blue, (6 February 1930 – 19 December 2016) was a British Reform rabbi, journalist and... more on Wikipedia Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author and rabbi. His first... more on Wikipedia Matsuoka Yoshitsugo is a voice actor. Michael Lerner (born 1943) is an American political activist, the editor of Tikkun, a... more on Wikipedia Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz or Adin Even Yisrael is a teacher, philosopher, social critic, and... more on Wikipedia Meir David HaKohen Kahane (; Hebrew: מאיר דוד כהנא; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an... more on Wikipedia Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi... more on Wikipedia El Sayyid Nosair (born 16 November 1955) is an Egyptian-born American citizen, convicted of... more on Wikipedia Rabbi Shlomo Dovber Pinchas Lazar (born May 19, 1964 in Milan, Italy), better known as Berel... more on Wikipedia Harold M. Schulweis is a Rabbi and an actor. Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Hebrew: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; April 18, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994;... more on Wikipedia- Rabbi Leo Jung was one of the major architects of American Orthodox Judaism.
Leo Jung
Isaac Klein was a prominent rabbi and halakhic authority within Conservative Judaism.- Robert Gordis was an American leading Conservative rabbi. He founded the first Conservative... more on Wikipedia
Robert Gordis
- J. David Bleich is an authority on Jewish law and ethics, including Jewish medical ethics. He... more on Wikipedia
J. David Bleich
Dennis G. Shulman (born May 19, 1950) is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, author,... more on Wikipedia Sherwin Theodore Wine (January 25, 1928 – July 21, 2007) was a rabbi and a founding figure in... more on Wikipedia- Benjamin Blech, born in Zurich in 1933, is an Orthodox rabbi who now lives in New York... more on Wikipedia
Benjamin Blech
- Rabbi Emanuel Rackman was an American Modern Orthodox Rabbi, who held pulpits in major... more on Wikipedia
Emanuel Rackman
Abraham Isaac Kook (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן קוּק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen... more on Wikipedia- Lawrence A. Hoffman is an American Reform rabbi and a prominent scholar of Jewish liturgy. He... more on Wikipedia
Lawrence A. Hoffman
Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer (March 25, 1930 – December 29, 1993) was an American Conservative... more on Wikipedia- Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal (October 15, 1733, Hebron, Ottoman-ruled Levant – May 5, 1777,... more on Wikipedia
Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal