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1996 Hugo Gryn, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue, dies at 66

1995 Yehuda Meir Getz, rabbi/soldier/religious leader, dies at 71

1995 Shlomo Averbach, Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend

1995 Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, dies at 84

1994 Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99

1994 Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies

1994 Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81

1993 Cut Meijer, Saul Messel, historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80

1992 Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66

1988 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86

1986 Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue

1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi

1983 Louis De Funes, actor and writer (Mad Adv of Rabbi Jacobs), dies at 68

1976 Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi, dies at 62

1972 1st female U.S. rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25

1972 Sally J Priesand becomes 1st female U.S. rabbi

1959 Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71

1950 Julia Neuberger, British Rabbi

1948 Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid

1946 Sally Priesand, 1st us woman rabbi

1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis

1943 Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68

1943 Meijer de Hond, Emanuel Querido, rabbi (Sobibor), dies

1943 Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns

1935 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies

1933 Meir Shapira, rabbi/organizer (Daf Yomi), dies

1930 Hugo Gryn, born in Britain, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue

1928 Cynthia Ozick, U.S., author, Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories

1922 Janis Paige, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD

1922 Moses Rosen, chief Rabbi of Romania

1918 Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies

1914 Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi

1912 Jaap Meijer, Saul van Messel, Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo

1902 Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City)

1902 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin, 1926-37

1900 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80

1895 Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi, 1955-81

1886 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies

1882 Meijer de Hond, Dutch rabbi/writer

1874 Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi, Encyclopedia Judaica

1873 Leo Baeck, rabbi/president, World Union for Progressive Judaism

1867 Salomon J Rappoport, Czechoslovakian rabbi (Ereg miliem), dies

1866 Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies

1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York City

1843 Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian

1839 Hayim Rapoport, Rabbi of Ostrowiec/author (Maxim Chayyim), dies

1836 Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem

1819 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi and founder American Hebrew Congregations

1798 Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St. Peterburg jail

1797 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77

1797 Elijah B Solomon Zalman, rabbi/Gaon of Vilna, dies

1790 Salomon J. Rappoport, Czechoslovakian rabbi/learned, Ereg miliem

1776 Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies

1776 Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi, dies at 78

1726 Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies

1720 Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire

1720 Elia van Vilnius, Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman, Latvian rabbi

1700 Rabbi Judah Hasid and Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem

1697 Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi

1667 David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies

1665 Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah

1654 Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies

1631 Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies

1621 Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel

1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic

1558 Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies

1542 Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies

1542 Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code

1483 Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible

1267 Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem

1204 Maimonides, Moses Ben Maimon, Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69

1198 Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies

1197 Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah

1189 Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England

1105 Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary

1105 Rashi, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki, Jewish intellectual, dies

468 Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita


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