|
Surname |
Variations |
Meaning |
Century
of Origin |
Notes & Links to Articles |
| Abecassis |
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Rabbinical family of Morocco. |
| Abendanan (see Danan) |
Abendana, Aben Danan |
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| Abensur |
Aben Sur, ibn Sur, ibn Zur |
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Family of scholars originating in Spain. After the expulsion in 1492 its members are found in Morocco, Italy, Amsterdam, and
Hamburg. (EJ)
Search Abensur in Jewish
Enc. |
| Abihsera |
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Rabbinical family of Morocco. |
| Abiseror (see Seror) |
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| Abitbol |
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Moroccan family of rabbis, dayanim, talmudists, and jurists, who led the community of
Sefrou. |
| Aboulker |
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Rabbinical family of Algeria. |
| Abravanel, Abarbanel |
Abravenel |
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One of the oldest and most distinguished Spanish
families, which traces its origin from King David.
Web site
Abravanel,
Abarbanel in Jewish Enc. |
| Abulafia |
Bolaffey |
meaning "father of health" in Arabic lexicon |
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Family of Spanish origin, one of whose branches bore the
surname of Ha-Levi or Levi; found in various cities of the Orient and in Africa
in the 16th century.
Abulafia
in Jewish Enc. |
| Adler |
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Family originally from Frankfort, connected with the chief rabbinate
of England.
Adler
in Jewish Enc. |
| Alatrini |
Alterini, Aletrini. Alatrino, Degli Alatrini |
derived from town of Alatri, Italy |
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A distinguished family from Italy.
Alatrini
in Jewish Enc. |
| Alcalay |
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Rabbinical family of the Balkans. |
| Alfandari |
Alfanderi, Alfandery, Alfandaric, Alfandrec |
may be derived from Alfambra, Spain |
13th |
Family originating in Andalusia, Spain; Eastern rabbis prominent in the 17th and
18th centuries, found in Smyrna, Constantinople, and Jerusalem.
Alfandari
in Jewish Enc. |
| Alfasi |
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Moroccan,
Tunisian family.
Search Alfasi in Jewish
Enc.
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| Algazi |
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Rabbinical family of Turkey.
Search Algazi in Jewish
Enc. |
| Almaliah (see Elmaleh) |
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| Almosnino |
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Rabbinical family of North Africa and the Ottoman Empire.
Almosnino
in Jewish Enc. |
| Altschul |
Altschuler, Altschueler, Altszyler, Altszul,
Aldszul |
German name of synagogue in Prague |
15th |
First known bearer was Abraham Eberle Altschul of Prague.
Altschul,
Altschuler, Altschueler in Jewish Enc. |
| Anaw |
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Family that settled in Italy, and which was originally residing in
Rome; one branch was the Bethel or De Synagoga family.
Anaw
in Jewish Enc. |
| Angel |
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Rabbinical family of Greece (Salonika) and Eretz Yisrael
(Jerusalem).
Search Angel in Jewish
Enc. |
| Ashkenazi |
Ashkenazy, Askenazy Aszkinazy, Ashkenadze,
Eskinazy |
"German Jew" in Hebrew lexicon |
by 17th |
Search Ashkenazi,
Aschkenazi in Jewish
Enc. |
| Atar |
Attar, ibn Attar, Abenatar, Abiatar, Benatar |
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Family of Spanish origin which left Spain during the persecutions of the 14th and 15th
centuries; in the 17th century the name reappeared in Amsterdam, Turkey, Morocco.
Search Atar or
variations in Jewish
Enc. |
| Auerbach |
Awerbach, Avarba, Averbuk, Orbach, Urbach,
Linz-Auerbach, Metzlein-Auerbach |
derived from
Auerbach,
Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany |
15th |
Family of scholars, the
progenitor of which was Moses Auerbach, court Jew to the bishop
of Regensburg, about 1497. The Austrian branch was also known as Wolf.
Auerbach
in Jewish Enc. |
| Ayache |
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Rabbinical family of Algeria. |
| Azulai |
Azulay |
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Family who, after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492,
settled in the city of Fez, Morocco.
Article
Azulai
in Jewish Enc. |
| Babad |
Babat |
abbreviation of "Benei
Av Bet Din" (children of the head
of the rabbinical court) in Hebrew lexicon |
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Family of rabbis; founder was Isaac of Krakow, son of Issachar Berish, a
parnas of the Council of Four Lands, and grandson of Heschel (d.
1704), av bet din of Krakow, who served as rabbi of Brzezany and
Brody (Ukraine). |
| Bacharach |
Bachrach, Bachrich |
derived from Bacharach, Rhineland,
Germany |
15th |
Israel and Tobias, two sons of Joseph Solomon
Bachrach, were martyred in Ruzhany on September 19, 1659, following a blood libel. Tobias' descendants lived at Tiktin
(Tykocin, Poland). (see also Zak)
Bacharach
in Jewish Enc.
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| Benveniste |
Bienveniste, Benvist, Abenbenist |
"welcome" in Spanish lexicon |
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Widespread Sephardic family, originating in Spain and Provence. After the expulsion from Spain in 1492, the family
was dispersed, especially throughout the Ottoman Empire.
Benveniste in Jewish Enc.
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| Berdugo |
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Family of many distinguished rabbis in Morocco, chiefly in
Meknes; according to tradition, the family is of Davidic descent. |
| Berlin, Berliner |
Berlinski |
derived from Berlin,
Germany |
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Famous family of scholars which counted among its members
Yom-Tov Lipman Heller and Meir ben Jacob Schiff.
Search Berlin,
Berliner in Jewish
Enc.
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| Bloch |
Blok, Blochman, Blokman,
Belach, Beloch, Balok, Vlok |
"Italian"
or foreigner from Romance country |
17th |
Search Bloch in Jewish
Enc.
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| Boton |
di Boton |
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Spanish family which immigrated to Salonika (Greece) in 1492.
Boton
in Jewish Enc. |
| Brill |
Bril, Bryl |
abbreviation of "ben Rabbi Judah Lowe" |
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Search Brill, Bril
in Jewish
Enc.
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| Broda |
Brody, Brojde, Braude, Brauda,
Braudo, Breda, Broude, Bravuda, Broder |
derived from Brod, Moravia |
17th |
Family of rabbis in Lithuania and Slovakia (then in Hungary) from the 17th century
on. (EJ)
Search Broda and
variations in Jewish
Enc.
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| Brodski |
Brodsky |
meaning "from Brody" |
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Family which produced many
rabbis and notable men in the last 400 or more years; Meir Schor
moved from Brody in Galicia to Zlatopol (Kiev) in the early 19th century and took the name of Brodski.
(EJ)
Brodski
in Jewish Enc. |
| Boucarra |
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Rabbinical family of Tunisia. |
| Caro |
Karo |
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Search Caro, Karo in Jewish
Enc.
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| Cases |
Cazes |
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Italian family; branches lived in Mantua
and Ferrara; some emigrated to Turkey and Palestine.
Cases
(Cazes) in Jewish Enc. |
| Chajes |
Chajas,
Chajis, Chayes, Chayet, Chait, Hayot, Hayet |
derived
from the Hebrew given name Chaya |
16th |
Search Chajes in Jewish
Enc.
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| Charlap |
Charlop, Charlip, Charlup, Charloff, Harlaff |
an acronym consisting of four Hebrew letters, standing
for "Chief Sage of the Exile in Poland" (a title) |
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A distinguished rabbinic dynasty, which stems from the
Ibn Yahya (Don Yahya) rabbis of Spain and Portugal and before that go
back to the Exilarchs in Babylonia and Persia. The family claims descent
from King David.
Web site
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| Cheifetz |
Khejfets,
Fejfets, Kejfes |
"desirable thing" in Hebrew lexicon |
17th |
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| Chouraqui |
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Rabbinical family of Algeria. |
| Cohen |
Kohen |
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| Covo |
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from Covo, Italy |
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Rabbinical family of Greece (Salonika).
Covo
in Jewish Enc. |
| Danan |
ibn Danan, ibn Dannan, Abendanan, Abendana, Aben Danan |
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First known members of the family are Asase, who emigrated from Morocco to Aragon in 1249, and
Maimon, who was apparently one of the refugees after the anti-Jewish massacres of 1391.
Ibn
Danan in Jewish Enc.
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| Danon |
Dannon, ibn Danon |
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Sephardic rabbinical family.
Search Danon and
variations in Jewish
Enc.
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| Danzig |
Dantzig, Danziger |
derived from Danzig, Germany |
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Search Danzig,
Danziger in Jewish
Enc. |
| Darmon |
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Rabbinical family of Algeria and Tunisia.
Search Darmon in Jewish
Enc.
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| de Avila |
d'Avila, Davila |
derived from Avila, Spain |
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Sephardic family, several of whose members held prominent positions in
Spain. From the second half of the 17th century the family appears in Morocco, England, and later in the United States.
Search Avila,
Davila in Jewish
Enc.
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| Dreyfus (see Treves) |
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| Duran |
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Family originally from Provence went first to Majorca, and finally
settled in Algiers, Algeria.
Duran
in Jewish Enc. |
| Edels |
Eidels, Edelson |
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Search Edels in Jewish
Enc.
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| Eger, Eiger |
Egiert, Aiger, Egier, Egers |
derived from Eger, Bohemia |
17th |
A family established for a
long time at Halberstadt, Germany; appears to have been originally known
by the name of "Gins" or "Ginsmann."
Eger
in Jewish Enc.
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| Eisenstadt |
Ajzensztadt, Asch,
Asz |
derived from Eisenstadt, Hungary |
16th |
Polish family which selected the name of Eisenstadt,
Hungary, where some of the family became rabbis.
Article
Eisenstadt
in Jewish Enc.
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| El Baz, Elbaz |
al Baz, ibn al-Baz |
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North African family noted for its rabbis; originally lived in Azzaouia, Morocco, from which it was expelled in 1668,
then settled in Fez and Sefrou.
Search Baz in Jewish
Enc.
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| Eliashar |
Alyashar |
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Rabbinical family of Eretz Yisrael (Jerusalem & Hebron).
Search Alyashar in Jewish
Enc.
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| Elmaleh |
Almaliah |
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Rabbinical family of North Africa and Eretz Yisrael.
Search Elmaleh in Jewish
Enc.
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| Emden |
Embden |
possibly derived from Emden, Germany |
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Embden
(Emden) in Jewish Enc. |
| Epstein |
Eppstein, Hepsztajn, Etsztajn,
Apsztajn |
derived from Eppstein, Germany |
15th |
Originally Sephardim, normally Levi'im; descendants
of Aaron Halevi, b. ca. 1235, in Barcelona (brother of Pinchas Halevi,
ancestor of the Horowitz family).
Epstein
in Jewish Enc. |
| Ettinger |
Etyngier, Eitiger,
Eitingen, Ittinge |
derived from Öttingen, Bavaria,
Germany |
17th |
The Galician and Russian family
of Ettingers contains many rabbis and writers of some distinction;
normally Levi'im.
Ettinger
(Oettinger) in Jewish Enc. |
| Farhi |
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Rabbinical family of Syria (Aleppo and Damascus).
Web site |
| Fränkel |
Fraenkel, Frenkel, Frankel, Frenk |
meaning "Franconian" |
16th |
Family of scholars and Talmudists widely scattered throughout Central and Eastern
Europe; traced back to two 16th-century scholars in Wallerstein, Moses ha-Levi Heller and Aaron
Heller; Jews with this surname may be descendants of the original Vienna
family, normally Levi'im.
Fränkel
(Frankel) in Jewish Enc. |
| Friedman |
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Of
the Ruzhiner dynasty. |
| Galante |
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Family which flourished in Rome, and the head of which, Mordecai, was a
Spanish exile of the Angel family.
Galante
in Jewish Enc. |
| Gaon |
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| Goetz |
Getz |
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| Gordon |
Gardon, Gordyn |
anagram of Grodno,
Lithuania |
17th |
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| Guez |
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Rabbinical family of Tunisia. |
| Günzburg |
Ginsburg, Gintsburg,
Ginzburg, Gansburg, Nitsberg, Gunzburg |
derived from Günzburg, Bavaria,
Germany |
16th |
Günzburgs from Ulm, Wuertemberg, carried the surname
Ulma-Gunzburg; the Ulm, Ulma, and Ullman families are supposed to be
branches of the Günzburg family.
Günzburg
in Jewish Enc. |
| Haddad |
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Rabbinical family of Tunisia. |
| Halberstadt |
Galberstadt, Halbersztat,
Halpersztat, Halberstam, Alber |
derived from Halberstadt, Saxony |
18th |
Search
Halberstadt, Halberstam, and variations in Jewish
Enc.
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| Hazzan, Hazan |
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derived from the office of "cantor" in Hebrew
lexicon |
18th |
Oriental rabbinical family, probably of Spanish origin,
members of which are found in Spain, and in Smyrna, Alexandria, and
other cities of the East.
Hazzan,
Hazan in Jewish Enc.
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| Heilprin |
Halprin, Halpern, Halborn,
Hajlperyn, Galpern,
Galperin, Heilbronner, Heilprun, Heilbrun, Alpert, Alpern, Alberman, Alber |
derived from Heilbronn, Württemberg,
Germany |
17th |
There are four distinct branches of the rabbinical
Heilprin family.
Heilprin
in Jewish Enc.
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| Heller |
Geller, Eler, Elert,
Kheler |
derived from Schwäbisch-Hall,
Württemberg, Germany |
16th |
Descendants of Vienna (Austria) branch
are normally Levi'im.
Search Heller in Jewish
Enc.
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| Heschel |
Heshel, Geshel |
derived
from a form of
the given name Yehoshua |
18th
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Descended from R. Abraham Joshua Heschel, "Oheiv Yisroel," ABD of Apta,
Iasi, and Medzhibozh, late 18th/early 19th century.
Search Heshel in Jewish
Enc.
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| Horowitz |
Horovitz, Horwicz, Gurwicz, Gurevich, Gurevicz, Gurvich, Gorovits, Orovits,
"Ha-Levi Ish Horowitz"; Munka |
derived from Horovice, Bohemia |
15th |
Originally Sephardim, normally
Levi'im; descendants of Pinchas ha-Levi (brother of Aaron ha-Levi,
ancestor of the Epstein family).
Web site.
Search Horowitz in Jewish
Enc.
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| Israel |
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Rabbinical family of Turkey and Isle of Rhodes.
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| Isserlis |
Isserles,
Isserlein, Isserlin |
derived
from the French variation of the Hebrew given
name "Israel" |
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Search Isserles
and variations in Jewish
Enc.
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| Jaffe |
Joffe, Yaffe, Ioffe, Effa, Yappo, Yufa |
"beautiful" in Hebrew lexicon |
16th |
Family of rabbis, scholars,
and communal workers, of Germany, Austria, Russia, Great Britain, Italy,
and USA; descended from Mordecai Jaffe (1530-1612), author of the
"Levushim," and his uncle Moses Jaffe, both of an old family
of Prague.
Jaffe
(Joffe) in Jewish Enc.
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| Jerucham |
Jerachim,
Jeruchem |
derived from the given
name "Jeruchim" in Hebrew lexicon |
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| Kalonymous |
Kalonymus |
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8th |
One of the most eminent Jewish families in Germany,
which flourished from the 9th-13th centuries; originated in Italy.
Search Kalonymus in Jewish
Enc.
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| Kassin |
Katsin |
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Rabbinical family of Syria (Aleppo).
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| Katz |
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| Katzenellenbogen |
Katsenellenbogen, Ellenbogen |
derived from Katzenelnbogen,
Hessen-Nassau, Germany |
16th |
Old, widely ramified rabbinical family from Italy, Poland,
Germany, Alsace, and USA.
Katzenellenbogen
in Jewish Enc.
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| Kimhi |
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11th |
Family of scholars from Spain and Provence, which spread
into Italy, Turkey, Syria, and England.
Kimhi
in Jewish Enc. |
| Klausner |
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Search Klausner in Jewish
Enc.
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| Labi |
ibn Labi |
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Turkish family of rabbis.
Labi
in Jewish Enc. |
| Landau |
Landa, Lenda, Landes, Lando, Lande |
derived from Landau, Pfalz, Germany |
15th |
Normally Levi'im.
Web site
Landau
in Jewish Enc. |
| Laniado |
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Sephardic family which settled in Italy
and Aleppo, Syria.
Laniado
in Jewish Enc. |
| Levi |
Ha-Levi, Bet ha-Levi |
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Prominent, wealthy, and ramified Sephardic family of scholars and rabbis, many of whom served as congregation leaders during the 15th–17th
centuries; The family originated from Evora, Portugal, and later found
in Salonika (Greece). |
| Lipkin |
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Russo-Jewish family which derives its origin from Dov Ber
Lipkin, rabbi of Plungian in the first half of the 18th century; a
member was Rabbi Israel Salanter.
Lipkin
in Jewish Enc. |
| Lipschütz |
Livshits, Lifshits, Lipshits, Lipszyc |
derived from Landau, in Bohemia or Silesia or Germany |
16th |
Family of Polish and German rabbis.
Lipschütz
(Lüpschütz, Lipschitz, Libschitz) in Jewish Enc.
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| Luria |
Lurie, Loria, Lorie, Lurius |
perhaps derived from the Loire river region
of France or Loria, Italy |
14th |
Well-known family which spread throughout Germany,
Bohemia, Eastern Europe, Italy, and oriental countries; main family is
descended from Rashi.
Luria
in Jewish Enc. |
| Luzzato, Luzzatti |
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derived from a town in Italy |
16th |
Family of Italian scholars; descended from a German who
immigrated into Italy.
Luzzato
(Luzzatti) in Jewish Enc.
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| Maimaran |
Mimran |
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Rabbinical family of Morocco.
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| Maimon |
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| Malca |
ben Malca, ibn Malca, Malkah, ibn Malkah |
1) with an aleph at the end, is Aramaic derived from
Melekh;
2) Malka/Malki is derived from Malaga (until recently called Malaca) |
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Moroccan family of scholars.
Web site
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| Margolioth |
Margolis,
Margulis, Margolin, Margalesh |
"pearls," or from
female given name meaning "pearl" in the Hebrew lexicon |
15th |
Polish family of Talmudic
scholars that traces its descent from Rashi and the
families of Shor and Samuel Edels on the other.
Margolioth
in Jewish Enc.
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| Melli |
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derived from Melli, an Italian village in the
province of Mantua |
15th |
Family of scholars and rabbis.
Melli
in Jewish Enc.
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| Meyuhas |
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Rabbinical family of Jerusalem.
Meyuhas
in Jewish Enc.
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| Mintz, Minz |
Mints, Minc |
derived from Mayence (Mainz, Hessen, Germany) |
15th |
Family of rabbis and scholars.
Minz
in Jewish Enc. |
| Mitrani (see Trani) |
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Rabbinical family of Turkey. |
| Mizrahi |
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There are two main branches: one in Constantinople, and the other in
Jerusalem.
Mizrahi
in Jewish Enc. |
| Monsonyego |
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| Morawtschik |
Morawczyk, Muravchik, Murawczyk |
derived from the village of Murava in Pruzhany district
or Moravia |
16th |
Family of Polish scholars of the 16th and 17th centuries coming originally from Moravia.
Morawczyk
in Jewish Enc. |
| Morgenstern |
Morgiensztern |
"morning
star" in German lexicon |
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| Munk |
Munka |
derived from a
form of the given name Shlomo |
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Family of rabbis. |
| Navon |
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| Ohana |
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Rabbinical family of Morocco. |
| Palacci |
Palatchi |
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Rabbinical family of Turkey.
Search Palacci in Jewish
Enc.
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| Perahia |
Perahia HaCohen |
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Rabbinical family of Greece (Salonika). |
| Perles |
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A family probably originating in Prague many members of which have
been rabbis and scholars; related to Altschul.
Perles
in Jewish Enc. |
| Rabinovich |
Rabinovicz, Rabinovski,
Rabinowicz, Rabinowitz |
|
18th |
Search Rabinowitz in Jewish
Enc.
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| Rapoport |
Rapaport, Rappoport, Rappo,
Paport, Proport |
Rappa family from Porto,
Italy |
16th |
Normally Kohanim; family originated in Germany.
Rapoport
in Jewish Enc. |
| Rosanes |
Rozanes |
derived from Rosas, Spain |
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Family members, originally from Spain, emigrated to Portugal at the
end of the 15th century, and others settled later in Turkey
(Constantinople), Bulgaria (Ruschuk), Austria,
and Russia.
Rosanes
in Jewish Enc. |
| Rottenberg |
Rotenberg, Rothenberg |
derived from Rothenburg, Prussia,
Silesia |
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| Sackheim (see Zakheim) |
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| Samama |
Scemama |
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Rabbinical family of Tunisia. |
| Sarfati |
Ha-Sarfati, Zarfati |
"from France" in Hebrew lexicon |
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Oriental family traced to a line of
French rabbis descended from Rashi through his grandson, Rabbenu Tam.
(see also Trabot)
Zarfati
in Jewish Enc. |
| Sasportas |
Saportas, Saporta, Sforta |
derived from place called "Seisportas" |
16th |
Earliest known members lived in Oran, Algeria.
Sasportas
in Jewish Enc. |
| Schneerson |
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Descendants of R. Shneyer Zalman of Lyadi (Belarus). |
| Schrentzels |
Sztrencel,
Schrenzel |
derived from the female given name
Shrentsel |
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Search Schrenzel
and variations in Jewish
Enc.
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| Segre |
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Italian family.
Segre
in Jewish Enc. |
| Serero |
Serrero |
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Family of Spanish scholars who settled in Fez, Morocco, after the
Expulsion.
Search Serero in Jewish
Enc.
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| Seror |
Abiseror |
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Rabbinical family of Algeria.
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| Shor |
Schor, Schorr, Szor, Szorer, Szoor |
"ox" in Hebrew lexicon; derivation of the "Firstling
Bullock" which became the kinnui (nickname) for Joseph |
12th |
Descendants of Joseph ben Isaac Bechor-Shor, 12th century,
most renowned scholar of Orleans, France.
Search Schor and
variations in Jewish
Enc.
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| Sofer-Schreiber |
Sofer, Sojfer, Schreiber |
Sofer is a "scribe" in Hebrew
lexicon |
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Descended from Moshe Sofer, the Chasam Sofer;
the surname Schreiber was used in civil records.
Search Sofer,
Schreiber, and variations in Jewish
Enc.
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| Soloveichik |
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18th |
Prominent Lithuanian rabbinical family first heard of
in Slobodka.
Search Soloveichik
in Jewish
Enc.
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| Spira (Spiro) |
Shapiro,
Shapira, Szpiro, Szapir, Saphir, Saper, Sapir, Safir, Shpir, Shuper,
Super |
derived from Speyer, Bavaria,
Germany |
14th |
Originally bore the name
"Ashkenazi," to distinguish it from the Kahane or Katz-Spira
family; prominent families of Bohemia added to their names, e.g., Frankl-Spiro,
Wiener-Spiro, Porges-Spiro; a branch is descended from
Solomon Spira, 14th century, a descendant of Rashi.
Spira
(Spiro) in Jewish Enc. |
| Sutton |
Sethon |
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Rabbinical family of Syria (Aleppo). |
| Teomim |
Teomum,
Teumin, Tauman, Taumin, Tumim, Tomin, Thumim |
"twins" |
17th |
First bearer was Jonas ben
Isaiah, rabbi in Nikolsburg, Moravia.
Search Teomim in Jewish
Enc.
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| Tiktin |
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derived from Tiktin (Tykocin), Poland |
18th |
Silesian family originating from Tykocin, near Bialystok
(Poland).
Tiktin
in Jewish Enc. |
| Toledano |
de Toledo |
derived from Toledo, Spain |
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Family of rabbis and hakhamim originating in Toledo, Spain. After the expulsion from Spain in 1492, they
were found in Safed, Salonika, and Morocco, and later in Holland,
England, and Turkey; latest was chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel.
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| Trabot (Trabotti) |
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Family of Italian scholars of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, which
immigrated to Italy from France, so that several of its members bore the
additional name Zarfati.
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| Trani |
di Trani |
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Family of scholars, members of which were
prominent in Spain and the Levant (Middle East).
Trani
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| Treves |
Trivush,
Travush, Trejvis, Trejvius, Trius, Trywasz, Dreyfus, Drajfus |
derived from Trier, Germany, or
Troyes, France |
14th |
First bearer was Joseph ben
Johanan, rabbi of Paris or Marseilles, a descendant of Rashi.
Treves
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| Twersky |
Twierski |
derived from
Tweri, Kowno Gubernia, or Tiberius, Israel, or Twierdza, Galicia |
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| Ulm, Ulma, Ullman (see Günzburg) |
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| Uziel |
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15th |
After the expulsion from Spain and Portugal, the family was scattered
throughout northern Africa, Italy, and the Levant (Middle East).
Uziel
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| Ventura |
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Family of rabbis and scholars prominent
in Italy and Greece in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
Ventura
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| Vital |
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Italian family of scholars
Vital
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| Wahl |
Wohl, Wal |
meaning "ox" |
16th |
From the
nickname of "king for a night" Saul Wahl, 1541-1617, of the
Katzenellenbogen family. |
| Wallich |
Wallach, Walich, Walch, Weilach, Walchowicz,
Wlach |
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14th |
German family.
Wallich
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| Walsch |
Walsh |
"Welsh" in German lexicon |
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| Weil |
Wajl, Weill,
Weyl, Weille |
derived from Weil,
Württemberg or Baden, Germany |
13th |
A branch from southern
Germany is descended from R. Meir of Rothenberg.
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| Yahya |
Yahia, Ibn Yechia |
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Portuguese family of the Middle Ages, members of which were prominent
in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Turkey. The family claims descent from
King David. (see also Charlap)
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| Zak |
Zaks, Sak, Saks, Zakshtejn,
Zakson, Zakman, Zakov, Zak-Zakovski |
abbreviation of "Zerae
Qoydesh," meaning "holy seed" in Hebrew lexicon |
17th |
First bearers may have been three
sons of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhany, martyred in 1659. (see also Bacharach)
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| Zakheim |
Zakgejm,
Sackheim, Zakim |
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18th |
Variation of Zak taken in Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania). |
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