Sharett, Moshe
(Encyclopedia) Sharett, Moshe mōˈshə shərĕtˈ [key], 1894–1965, Israeli statesman, b. Russia, originally named Shertok. In 1906 he emigrated to Palestine where he was active in the labor movement. In 1933 he ...
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Remah
(Encyclopedia) Remah: see Isserles, Moses ben Israel.
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Avicebron
(Encyclopedia) Avicebron: see Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah.
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Gaon of Vilna
(Encyclopedia) Gaon of Vilna: see Elijah ben Solomon.
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Gabirol
(Encyclopedia) Gabirol: see Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah.
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Aben Ezra
(Encyclopedia) Aben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir.
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Maimonides
(Encyclopedia) Maimonides mīˈmən [key], 1135–1204, Jewish scholar, physician, and philosopher, the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages, b. Córdoba, Spain, d. Cairo. He is sometimes called Rambam...
Duran
(Encyclopedia) Duran, Durand düräNtˈ [key], Jewish family of scholars. Profiat Isaac ben Moshe ha-Levi Duran, 1350–1414, called Efodi, was born probably in Perpignan, France, but he moved to Catalonia. In 1391...
Ananites
(Encyclopedia) Ananites: see Anan ben David; Karaites.
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Adams, Abigail
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Abigail, 1744–1818, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams, b. Weymouth, Mass., as Abigail Smith. A lively, intelligent woman, she married John Adams in 1764 a...
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