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Name | Occupation or position | Community | |
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Arthur HertzbergAvraham Hertzberg was born in Lubaczów, Poland, the eldest of five children, and left Europe in 1926 with his mother and grandmother to join his... |
Scholar | Lubaczów לוברצ'וב | |
Dov SadanProfessor Dov Sadan was born in Brody in the Galicia region of Austria-Hungary. Sadan received a traditional Jewish education. He joined... |
Scholar | Brody | |
Iuliu (Yehuda) BaraschBorn in Brody in 1815, Julius Barasch received a traditional religious education, but after meeting two famous maskillim, Hirsh Mendel and Izkhak... |
Scientist | Brody | |
Chajes Hirsch PerezHirsch Perez Chajes was a theologian, orientalist, and one of the leaders of the Zionist movement. He was born in Brody in 1876.After graduating from... |
Theologian | Brody | |
Aron Hersch ZupnikAron Zupnik was born in Stryi, Galicia, in 1848. He settled in Drohobych in 1866, the year in which he also... |
Writer | Drohobych | |
Yitzhak Ben-AharonBen-Aharon was born in the Bukovina region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Romania). He became a leader in Hashomer Hatzair in Romania,... |
Zionist activist | ||
Yitzhak ArtziArtzi was born Izo Hertzig in Siret, Romania into a Hassidic family. He was educated at high schools in his hometown and Chernivtsi, before attending... |
Zionist activist | Siret | |
Oser KokeschOser Kokesch was a Zionist activist, born in Brody in 1859. After graduating with a law degree from the University of Vienna, Kokesch –... |
Zionist activist | Brody |