This is a list of prominent rabbis. Rabbis are Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders.
See also: List of Jews.
Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot) (ca. 515 BCE – 70 CE)
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- Avtalyon, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II and convert to Judaism
- Hillel the Elder, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great
- Jose ben Joezer, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence
- Jose ben Johanan, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence
- Joshua ben Perachyah, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus
- Judah ben Tabbai, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome
- Nittai of Arbela, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus
- Shammai, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great
- Shemaya, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II
- Simeon ben Shetach, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome
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Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim) (ca. 70–200 CE)
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- Akiva, (c.40–c.137) 1st-century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah
- Eliezer ben Jose, the son of Jose the Galilean (?-c.160), famous for Baraita of thirty-two mitzvoth, and father of Rabbi Hananiah
- Judah haNasi, (?–c.217) 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
- Rabbi Meir, considered one of the greatest of the Tannaim of the third generation (139-163)
- Shimon bar Yochai, 1st-century mystic, reputed author of the Zohar
- Tarfon, member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE)
- Yohanan ben Zakkai, (c.30 BCE–90 CE) 1st-century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah, first to actually be called “Rabbi”.
Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim) (ca. 200–500 CE)
- See Talmud and Amoraim.
- Abba Arikha, Amora in Babylonia (175–247)
- Samuel of Nehardea, Amora in Babylonia, physician (c.165–254)
- Judah II, sage, called Judah Nesi'ah, in Judea, Nasi (230–270)
- Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, younger brother of Judah II, in Judea (before 280)
- Shimon ben Lakish, Amora in Judea (c.200—c.275)
- Johanan bar Nappaha, primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud (180–279)
- Hamnuna – Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name (3rd and 4th century)
- Rav Nachman, Talmudist in Babylonia (?–320)
- Abbahu, Talmudist in Palestine (c.279–320)
- Rabbah bar Nahmani, Talmudist in Babylonia (c.270–c.330)
- Judah III, scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, Nasi (290–320)
- Abaye, Talmudist in Babylonia (?–337)
- Rabbi Jonah, Amora in Palestine (before 340)
- Rava, Amora in Babylonia (c.280–352)
- Hillel II, creator of the Hebrew calendar, son of Judah II, in Judea, Nasi (320–365)
- Rav Papa, Amora in Babylon (c.300–375)
- Ravina I, primary aide to Rav Ashi in Babylonia (?–420)
- Rav Ashi, sage, primary redactor of the Talmud in Babylonia (352–427)
- Ravina II, Amora in Babylonia (?–499)
Rabbis: Middle Ages (ca. 500–1500 CE)
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Abudarham. David ben Yosef ben David (née Elbaz). Rishon rabbi in Seville, Spain, in 14th century. Authored the Sefer Abudarham on explanation of Sefardi liturgy and customs. Completed c. 1339
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- Abba Mari, (Minhat Kenaot), 13th-century French Talmudist
- Abraham ibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), (c. 1110–c.1180) 12th-century Spanish philosopher
- Abraham ben David of Posquières, (c. 1125–1198) 12th century, France
- Abraham ibn Ezra, (Even Ezra), (1089–1164) 12th-century Spanish-North African biblical commentator
- Abdullah ibn Saba', Rabbi convert to Islam, considered central figure in the configuration of Shia Islam.
- Abdullah ibn Salam, (550 - 630) rabbi, converted to Islam and was a companion of Islam's founder, Muhammad
- Amram Gaon, (?–875) 9th-century organizer of the siddur (prayer book)
- Asher ben Jehiel, (Rosh), (c. 1259–1327) 13th-century German-Spanish Talmudist
- Bahya ibn Paquda, (Hovot ha-Levavot), 11th-century Spanish philosopher and moralist
- Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel), (990–1053) 10th-century Tunisian Talmudist
- David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra, (1479–1573) also called Radbaz, born in Spain, was a leading posek, rosh yeshiva and chief rabbi
- Dunash ben Labrat, (920–990) 10th-century grammarian and poet
- Eleazar Kalir, (c.570–c.640) early Talmudic liturgist and poet
- Eleazar of Worms, (Sefer HaRokeach), (1176–1238) 12th-century German rabbinic scholar
- Eliezer ben Nathan, (1090–1170) 12th-century poet and pietist
- Rabbenu Gershom, (c.960–c.1040) 11th-century German Talmudist and legalist
- Gersonides, Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag), (1288–1344) 14th-century French Talmudist and philosopher
- Hasdai Crescas, (Or Hashem), (c. 1370–c.1411) 14th-century Talmudist and philosopher
- Hillel ben Eliakim, (Rabbeinu Hillel), 12th-century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
- Ibn Tibbon, a family of 12th and 13th-century Spanish and French scholars, translators, and leaders
- Don Isaac Abravanel, (Abarbanel), (1437–1508) 15th-century philosopher, Talmudist and Torah commentator. Also a court advisor and in charge of Finance to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.
- Isaac Alfasi, (the Rif), (1013–1103) 12th-century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot"
- Jacob ben Asher, (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim), (c. 1269–c.1343) 14th-century German-Spanish Halakhist
- Jacob Berab, (1474–1546) 15th–16th-century proponent of Semichah (Ordination)
- Joseph Albo, (Sefer Ikkarim), (c. 1380–1444) 15th-century Spain
- Joseph ibn Migash (1077–1141) 12th-century Spanish Talmudist and rosh yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of Maimonides
- Judah ben Joseph ibn Bulat (c. 1500 - 1550), Spanish Talmudist and rabbi
- Ka'ab al-Ahbar, Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ben Mati, (?– 652/653) was a prominent rabbi from Yemen who was one of the earliest important Jewish converts to Islam.
- Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam), (1138–1204) 12th-century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
- Meir ben Samuel (c. 1060–1135) known by the Hebrew acronym (RaM) was a French rabbi and tosafist,
- Mordecai ben Hillel, (The Mordechai), (c. 1250–1298) 13th-century German Halakhist
- Nachmanides, Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban), (1194–1270) 13th-century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
- Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon), (990–1062) 10th-century Tunisian Talmudist
- Nissim of Gerona, (RaN), (1320–1376) 14th-century Halakhist and Talmudist
- Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura), (c. 1445–c.1515) 15th-century commentator on the Mishnah
- Rashbam, (Samuel ben Meir), (1085–1158) French Tosafist and grandson of Shlomo Yitzhaki, "Rashi"
- Rashi, (Solomon ben Yitzchak), (1040–1105) 11th-century Talmudist, primary commentator of the Talmud
- Saadia Gaon, (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur), (c.882–942) 10th-century exilarch and leader of Babylonian Jewry
- Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, (c. 1150–c.1230) 12th–13th-century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator
- Tosafists, (Tosfot) 11th, 12th and 13th-century Talmudic scholars in France and Germany
- Yehuda Halevi, (Kuzari), (c. 1175–1241) 12th-century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to Zion
Rabbis: 16th – 18th centuries
- See: Acharonim.
Rabbis: 16th – 17th centuries
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- Isaac Abendana (c. 1640–1699), 17th-century Sephardic scholar in England
- Jacob Abendana (c. 1630–1685), 17th-century Sephardic rabbi in England
- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693), 17th-century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas
- Abraham Amigo (c. 1610–c. 1683), Judean rabbi
- Bezalel Ashkenazi (c. 1520–c.1592), (Shittah Mekubetzet), 16th-century Talmudist
- Tzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), author of Chacham Tzvi
- Yair Bacharach (Havvot Yair 1639–1702), 17th-century German Talmudist
- Menahem ben Moshe Bavli (Ta'amei Ha-Misvot, 1571), 16th-century rabbi
- Abraham ben Saul Broda (c. 1640–1717), Bohemian Talmudist
- Naphtali Cohen (1649–1718), Russo-German rabbi and Kabbalist
- Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK, 1522–1570), 16th-century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar
- Samuel Edels (Mahrsha, 1555–1631), 16th-century Talmudist
- Kalonymus Haberkasten, 16th-century Polish rabbi
- David HaLevi Segal, (Taz, 1586–1667, 16th-century Halakhist, major commentary on the Shulchan Aruch
- Abraham Cohen de Herrera (RabACH, c.1570–c.1635), 16th-century Kabbalist and philosopher Spanish and Portuguese Jews
- Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (Bet Hillel, (1615–1690), 17th-century Lithuanian scholar
- Isaiah Horowitz (Shlah, c.1565–1632) 16th-century Kabbalist and Author, Eastern Europe and Israel
- Moshe Isserles (Rema, 1520–1572), 16th-century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the Shulchan Aruch)
- Yosef Karo (Mechaber, 1488–1575), 16th-century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulchan Aruch
- Meir ben Isaac (1482–1565) and his son Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen (1521–1597) of Padua
- Elijah Loans (1555–1636), 16th–17th-century German rabbi and Kabbalist
- Judah Low ben Bezalel (Maharal, 1512–1609), 16th-century Prague mystic and Talmudist
- Meir of Lublin (Maharam, 1558–1616), 16th-century Posek and Talmudist
- Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (1550–1619), 16th–17th-century Torah commentator
- Isaac Luria (1534–1572) (Ari, 1534–1572), 16th-century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
- Solomon Luria (Maharshal, 1510–1573), 16th-century Posek and Talmudist
- Menasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657), 17th-century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in England
- David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica) (1591–1657), Dutch rabbi, born in Salonica
- David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam), translator of Joseph Pardo's (his father) Shulchan Tahor into Spanish
- Joseph Pardo (rabbi) (c. 1561–1619), Italian rabbi and merchant
- Samuel Schotten (1644–1719), 17th-century rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Shalom Shachna (1495–1558), 16th-century Polish Talmudist, Rosh Yeshiva of several great Acharonim
- Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th-century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
- Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno, 1475–1550), 16th-century Italian scholar and rationalist
- Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542–1620), 16th-century Kabbalist
- Mordecai Yoffe ("Levush", c.1530–1612), 16th–17th-century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha
- Hayyim Abraham Israel ben Benjamin Ze’evi (c.1650–1731) Palestinian rabbi
- Ephraim Zalman Shor, (c.1550–1633) Czech rabbi
- Simcha Rappaport (1650 - 1718), Ukrainian rabbi
Rabbis: 18th century
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- Aharon of Karlin (I) (1736–1772), Hassidic leader
- Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida, 1724–1806), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographer
- Raphael Berdugo (1747–1821), rabbi in Meknes
- Haim Isaac Carigal (1733–1777), rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles, and therefore on Yale University
- Dovber of Mezritch (c. 1710–1772), (Maggid), Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
- Akiva Eiger (1761–1837), Talmudist, and communal leader
- Elijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra, 1720–1797), Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidism
- Elimelech of Lizhensk, (Noam Elimelech, 1717–1787), Polish mystic and Hasid
- Jacob Emden (1697–1776), German Talmudist and mystic
- Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708 – 1782) rabbi, Practical Kabbalist and alchemist
- Aaron Hart (1670–1756), Chief Rabbi of Great Britain
- David Hassine (1727–1792), Moroccan Jewish poet
- Israel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov, c.1700–1760), mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism
- Yechezkel Landau (Noda Bihudah, 1713–1793), Posek and Talmudist
- Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (Kedushas Leivi, 1740–1809) Polish Hassidic Leader
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal, 1707–1746), Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic
- Hart Lyon (1721–1800), Chief Rabbi of Great Britain
- Nachman of Horodenka (?–1765), Hasidic leader
- David Nieto (1654–1728), English rabbi
- Isaac Nieto (1702–1774), English rabbi
- Jacob Pardo, rabbi of Ragusa and Spalato
- Shalom Sharabi (1720–1777), Yemenite rabbi and Kabbalist
- Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), (Alter Rebbe of Chabad), mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe
Orthodox rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
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Orthodox rabbis: 19th century
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- Aaron of Pinsk (?–1841), rabbi and author of Tosafot Aharon
- Yaakov Koppel Altenkunshtadt (1765–1837), German and Hungarian Rabbi
- Barnett Abrahams (1831–1863), dayan, Principal of Jews' College, London
- Shimon Agassi (1852–1914), Iraqi Hakham and Kabbalist
- Nathan Marcus Adler (1803–1890), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Aharon of Karlin (II) (1802–1872), Hassidic leader
- Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905), (Sfas Emes) Gerrer Rebbe
- Benjamin Artom (1835–1879), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
- Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906), Rabbi in Meknes
- Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (1816–1893), (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) head of Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania
- Avrohom Bornsztain (1838–1910), (Avnei Nezer), first Sochatchover Rebbe
- Lelio Cantoni (1802-1857), Italian rabbi and writer
- Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), (Maharatz Chayes), Galician Talmudic scholar
- Yosef Chayim (1835–1909), the Ben Ish Hai, Iraqi halakhist and preacher
- Yehoshua Leib Diskin (1818–1898), Rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem
- Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908), (Aruch ha-Shulchan) 19th–20th-century halakhist and posek (decisor)
- Jacob Ettlinger (1798–1871), German scholar and opponent of Reform
- Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917), first Rebbe of Boyan
- Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856–1924), (Dor Revi'i) 19th–20th-century talmudist, chief rabbi of Klausenburg, a founder of Mizrahi
- Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794–1867) also known as Stropkover Rov – Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov, Galicia
- Moshe Greenwald (1853–1910), Rav of Chust, Hungary and founder of the Puppa Hasidic dynasty
- Solomon Herschell (1762–1842), British Chief Rabbi
- Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899), German rabbi and philosopher
- Abraham Hillel (1820-1920), Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
- Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement
- Abraham Lichtstein, Av Beit Din of Przasnysz, Poland
- Jacob of Lissa (1760–1832), Galician Halakhist
- Meir Lob ben Yechiel Michael (1809–1879), (The Malbim), Russian preacher and scholar
- Raphael Meldola (1754–1828), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London
- Frederick de Sola Mendes (1850–1927), Sephardic rabbi in London and America
- Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), (Rebbe Nachman), Ukrainian Hasidic Rebbe and mystic
- Nathan of Breslov (1780–1844), Known as Reb Noson was the chief disciple and scribe of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
- Avrohom Chaim Oppenheim (1796?-1824), rabbi at Pécs, Hungary.
- Eliezer Papo (1785–1828), Pele Yoetz, Rabbi of the community of Selestria, Bulgaria
- Moses Pardo (?–1888), Jerusalem-born rabbi of Alexandria
- Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick, (1841–1912) rosh yeshiva and educator
- Mnachem HaKohen Risikoff (1866–1910), 19th–20th-century scholar and author
- Yisrael Lipkin Salanter (1810–1883), Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
- Dovber Schneuri (1773–1827), second Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), (Tzemach Tzedek), third Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Shmuel Schneersohn (1834–1882), fourth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Moses Sofer (1762–1839), (Chatam Sofer), Hungarian rabbi
- Yaakov Chaim Sofer(1870–1939), Baghdadi rabbi, author of Kaf ha-Chaim
- Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918), (father of the "Brisker Rov"), Eastern European rabbi
- Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, (1820–1892) author of Beis Halevi (the title by which he is recognized among Talmudic scholars)
- Hayyim Tyrer (1740–1817), Hasidic rabbi and kabbalist
Orthodox rabbis: 20th century
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- Haim Amsalem (1959-), former member of Knesset and focused on creating an easy path to conversion to Judaism
- Yisrael Ariel (1939–), founder of the Temple Institute and one the liberators of the Western Wall in the Six-Day War
- David Cohen (1887–1972), Rabbi, talmudist, philosopher, and kabbalist, noted Jewish ascetic who accepted a Nazirite vow.
- Shlomo Goren (1917–1994), Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces
- Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (1966–2000), Israeli leader of the Kahane Chai party and son of Rabbi Meir Kahane
- Meir Kahane (1932–1990), founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach party, rosh yeshiva of Haraayon Hayehudi yeshiva, Jerusalem
- Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine, philosopher and mystic
- Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), rosh yeshiva of Mercaz Harav and son of Abraham Isaac Kook
- Moshe Tzvi Neria (1913-1995), head of the Bnei Akiva Yeshivot
- Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), first Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Palestine
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- Yehezkel Abramsky (1886–1976), author of Chazon Yehezkel
- Yisrael Abuhatzeira (1889–1984), Kabbalist
- Amram Blau (1894–1974), Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem and one of the founders of the fiercely anti-Zionist Neturei Karta
- Shmuel Bornsztain (1855–1926), Shem Mishmuel, Second Sochatchover Rebbe
- Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892–1953), (Michtav Me'Eliyahu) religious philosopher and ethicist
- Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948), also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of Dushinsky
- Baruch Epstein (1860–1941), (Torah Temimah), Lithuanian Torah commentator
- Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866–1933), ( Levush Mordechai), Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka yeshiva
- Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), (Igrot Moshe), Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
- Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), (Kerem HaTzvi), author, leader and renowned scholar
- Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849–1927), (Alter / Sabba), early 20th-century founder of Slabodka yeshiva, Lithuania
- Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York
- Rogatchover Gaon (1858–1936), (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader
- Boruch Greenfeld (1872–1956), (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater), Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch
- Yaakov Yehezkiya Greenwald (1882-1941), Rabbi in Pápa, Hungary, author of Vayageid Yaakov
- Yosef Greenwald (1903-1984), (Pupa Rav) author of Vaychi Yosef
- Yisrael Meir Kagan (1839–1933), (Chofetz Chaim), Posek, and ethicist, compiler of classic works. Born and lived in Poland. Famous for writing the Mishnah Berurah, a work on Jewish Law.
- [Mordechai Leib HaKohen Kaminetzky] (1859-1955), Rabbi in Shaarei Chesed, Jerusalem
- Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe, killed by the Nazis in 1941
- Yitzchok Hutner (1906–1980), (Pachad Yitzchok), European-born, American and Israeli rosh yeshiva
- Yaakov Kamenetsky (1891–1986), rabbinical leader and educationalist
- Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899–1985), ("Steipler Gaon"), Ukrainian-born scholar
- Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983), (Living Torah) writer and mystic
- Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1878–1953), (Chazon Ish) Haredi leader in Israel
- Pinchas Kohn (1867–1941), last rabbi of Ansbach, a founder and executive director of World Agudath Israel
- Aharon Kotler (1891–1962), Lithuanian scholar, founder of Lakewood Yeshiva in the United States
- Chaim Kreiswirth (1918–2001), long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)
- Gershon Liebman (1905–1997), leader of the Novardok Yeshiva movement in France
- Elyah Lopian(1876–1970), known as Reb Elyah, prominent in the Mussar Movement
- Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870–1953), renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
- Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886–1948), (Mr. Mendlowitz) European-born head of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the United States
- Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), (Ohr Somayach ; Meshech Chochmah) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader
- Shulem Moshkovitz (?–1958), Hasidic rebbe in London
- Yisroel Ber Odesser (1888–1994), Breslover Hasid and Rabbi
- Chanoch Dov Padwa (1908–2000), (Cheishev Ho'ephod), rabbinical head of UOHC, London
- Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (1973–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi, leader of Mosdot Shuva Israel, a global organization, based in Ashdod and New York
- David Rappoport (1890-1941), rosh yeshiva of the Baranovich Yeshiva
- Eliyahu Chaim Rosen (1899–1984), rabbi and leader of the Breslov Hasidim in Uman, Ukraine before World War II
- Moshe Rosenstain (1881-1940), mashgiach ruchani of the Lomza Yeshiva in Poland
- Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860–1920), fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick (1882–1937), British rabbi
- Simcha Sheps (1908-1998), rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath
- Shimon Shkop (1860–1939), Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno
- Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1848–1932), rabbi and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis community in Jerusalem during the British Mandate of Palestine
- Abraham Sternhartz (1862–1955), rabbi in Ukraine and key figure in the chain of transmission of Breslover teachings
- Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), (Satmar Rebbe), Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for strong anti-Zionist positions
- Elchonon Wasserman (1874 - 1941) Prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Europe. One of the Chofetz Chaim's closest disciples and a noted Torah scholar.
- Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903–1957), (Min HaMeitzar) European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust
Modern Orthodox
- Hermann Adler (1839–1911), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Meir Berlin (1880–1949), (Bar Ilan) religious Zionist leader
- Eliezer Berkovits (1908–1992) Talmudic scholar and philosopher
- Israel Brodie (1895–1979), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
- Eli Cashdan (1905-1998), British rabbi
- Isidore Epstein (1894–1962), Principal of Jews' College, London
- Harry Freedman (19081-1982), rabbi
- Moses Gaster (1856–1939), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain
- Hermann Gollancz (1852–1930), British rabbi and professor
- Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman (1868–1953), British rabbi and dayan
- Moses Hyamson (1862–1949), British rabbi
- Immanuel Jakobovits (1921–1999), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist
- Moses Mescheloff (1909–2008), Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist Rabbi, Miami Beach and Chicago
- Chalom Messas (1913–2003), Chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem
- David Messas (1934–2011), Chief Rabbi of Paris
- Solomon Mestel (1886–1966), British rabbi
- Jonathan Sacks (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
- Simeon Singer (1846–1906), editor of the United Synagogue prayer book
- Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903–1993), Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University[1]
- Selig Starr (1893–1989), Chicago rabbi
Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
Religious-Zionist
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- Shlomo Amar (1948–), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Mordechai Eliyahu (1929–2010), former Sephardic Chief Rabbi
- Yitzchak Ginsburgh (1944), American-born Israeli rabbi, currently president of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshivah in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank
- David Bar Hayim (1960–), founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael
- Israel Meir Lau (1937–), former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
- Dov Lior (1933–), Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Arba and Hebron
- Zalman Melamed (1937–), rabbi of Beit El
- Avigdor Nebenzahl (1935–), Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem
- Meir Porush (1955-), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael, son of Menachem Porush
- Menachem Porush (1916–2010), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael
- Avraham Shapira (1914–2007), former Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the head of Mercaz haRav yeshiva
- Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001), Renowned scholar of Talmud, Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva
- Adin Steinsaltz (1937–2020), 21st-century Israeli Talmud scholar and philosopher
- Aryeh Stern (1944–), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and student of Zvi Yehuda Kook
- Moshe David Tendler, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, and noted bioethist
Haredi
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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
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Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky
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Rabbi Dovid Twersky, Grand Rabbi of Skver
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Rabbi Yechezkel Roth of Karlsburg
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Rabbi Shlomo Miller
- Elazar Abuhatzeira (1948–2011), Orthodox Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist, known among his followers as the "Baba Elazar
- Yaakov Aryeh Alter (1939), eighth and current Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger
- Shalom Arush (1952), Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions
- Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943–2015), Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad Hasidic movement
- Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), Dean, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Senior Rabbi of the Orthodox Union, and recognized world authority of Jewish law
- Moshe Ber Beck (1934–), Orthodox rabbi and a chief rabbi of the Neturei Karta movement in United States.
- Eliezer Berland (1937), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Shuvu Bonim affiliated with the Breslov Hasidic movement.
- Yaakov Blau (1929–2013), rabbi and dayan on the Badatz of the Edah HaChareidis
- Avrohom Blumenkrantz (1944–2007), posek and kashrut authority
- Meir Brandsdorfer (1934–2009), member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
- Nachum Dov Brayer (1959–), present Rebbe of the Boyan
- Uriel Davidi (1922–2006), chief rabbi of Iran from 1980 to 1994
- Michel Dorfman (1913–2006), de facto head of the Breslover Hasidim living in post-Stalinist Russia
- Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Rebbe of the Dushinsky of Jerusalem
- Yosef Sholom Eliashiv (1910–2012), Israeli rabbi and a rabbinical leader of the haredi world
- Aharon Feldman (1932–), American Rosh Yeshiva
- Avraham Bromberg, American Rosh Yeshiva and Posek
- Gerrer Rebbes, Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the United States and UK
- Shlomo Goldman, Sanz-Klausenburger Grand Rabbi
- Shmuel Dovid Halberstam, Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Borough Park
- Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (1952–), Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe of Netanya, Israel
- Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Chief Rabbi of Iran and spiritual leader for the Jewish community of Iran
- Moshe Hirsch (1923 or 1924–2010), Leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group in Jerusalem
- Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, Grand Rabbi of the Boston Jewish Hasidic dynasty
- Mayer Alter Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe of Jerusalem
- Naftali Yehuda Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe
- Yitzchak Kadouri (1898–2006), leading 20th-century Kabbalist (Mekubal)
- Chaim Kanievsky (1928–), Israeli rabbi and posek, living in Bnei Brak, Israel
- Nissim Karelitz (1926–2019), Israeli haredi leader
- Meir Kessler, rabbi of Modi'in Illit
- Yitzhak Aharon Korff, Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh.
- Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014), author of Ohr Hachamah
- Dov Landau, Israeli rosh yeshiva
- Berel Lazar (1964–), Chief Rabbi of Russia
- Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Rebbe of Nikolsburg
- Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (1955–), current leader of the Bobov
- Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynasty
- Uri Mayerfeld, rosh yeshiva in Canada
- Yona Metzger (1953–), former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Avigdor Miller (1908–2001), author and renowned lecturer
- Shlomo Miller, head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized authority of Jewish law
- Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, Rebbe of Ropshitz
- Yaakov Perlow, Hasidic rebbe of Novominsk and rosh yeshiva living in Borough Park, Brooklyn
- Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (1973–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel. Based in Ashdod and New York
- Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, Rebbe of Skulen
- Moshe Leib Rabinovich (1940–), current rebbe of Munkacs
- Chaim Dov Rabinowitz (1909-2001), author of Da'as Sofrim on Tanach and other commentaries
- Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka (1949–), Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei Brak
- Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1948–), Belzer Rebbe
- Yechezkel Roth, Karlsburger Rav
- Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (1910–2012), dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem
- Yitzchok Scheiner, Israeli rosh yeshiva
- Eliezer Shlomo Schick (1940–2015), Hasidic rabbi and prolific author and publisher of Breslov teachings
- Elyakim Schlesinger, English rabbi
- Dovid Shmidel, Chairman of Asra Kadisha
- Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (1912), prominent Haredi rabbi and posek (halakhic authority)
- Aaron Teitelbaum (1947–), Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the Ruv of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York
- Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), Satmar Rebbe
- Zalman Teitelbaum (1951–), Grand Rebbe of Satmar, and the third son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum
- David Twersky (1940–), Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York
- Mordechai Dovid Unger (1954–), currently Bobover Rebbe
- Vizhnitzer Rebbes, (Vizhnitzer), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the United States
- Osher Weiss (1953-) Possek and An Av Beis Din
- Shmuel Wosner (1913–2015), prominent Haredi rabbi and posek
- Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi
- Amnon Yitzhak (1953–), Yemenite "ba'al teshuva Rabbi" in Israel
- Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), 21st-century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
- Amram Zaks (1926–2012), rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka yeshiva of Bnei Brak
- Elyakim Rosenblatt (1933-2019), rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kesser Torah in Queens, NY
Modern Orthodox
- Raymond Apple, Australian Jewish spokesman, writer and lecturer on Jewish, interfaith and freemasonic issues
- Benjamin Blech, American modern Orthodox thinker, Professor of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, noted author and speaker
- Levi Brackman, British-born rabbi
- Mordechai Breuer, Israeli rabbi, descendant of Samson Raphael Hirsch
- Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994), Jewish rabbi, religious teacher, composer, singer and pioneer in Baal Teshuvah Movement
- Chuck Davidson (1961-), founder of organizations Giyur Kehalacha and Ahavat Hager which aims to undermine the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and their monopoly with conversions and marriages
- Mark Dratch, Instructor of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and founder of JSafe
- Barry Freundel, former rabbi of Kesher Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., convicted of voyeurism
- Manis Friedman, a noted biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
- Menachem Froman (1945–2013), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a peacemaker and negotiator with close ties to Palestinian religious leaders
- Menachem Genack, OU
- Moshe Gottesman, rabbi, educator and community leader.
- Irving Greenberg, American rabbi and writer on the relationship between Christianity and Judaism
- David Hartman, philosopher, author, and founder of Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem
- David Bar Hayim, founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael [2]
- Norman Lamm, American modern Orthodox thinker, head of Yeshiva University
- Joel Landau, New York rabbi associated with Yad Ezra V’Shulamit
- Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva University's Gruss Kollel
- Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat
- Hershel Schachter, leading posek for the Modern Orthodox Jewish community.
- Arthur Schneier, prominent rabbi in the secular world and rabbi at Park East Synagogue, which hosted Pope Benedict.
- Zvi Sobolofsky, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Ohr Hatorah in Bergenfield, New Jersey
- Stanley M. Wagner, American rabbi and academic
- Mordechai Willig, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, prominent posek for the Modern Orthodox community.
- Benjamin Yudin, rabbi of Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, New Jersey
See also article Modern Orthodox for a list of rabbis.
Open Orthodox rabbis (Neo-Conservative), 20th and 21st centuries
- See Open Orthodoxy.
- Sara Hurwitz, rabba and assistant rabbi of Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and dean of Yeshivat Maharat
- Avi Weiss, Founder, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
Conservative rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
- See: Conservative Judaism and Rabbinical Assembly
Conservative rabbis: 19th century
- Zecharias Frankel, critical historian, founder of the "Positive Historical" school, progenitor of Conservative Judaism
- Levi Herzfeld, German rabbi, proponent of moderate reform
- Nachman Krochmal, Austrian philosopher and historian
Conservative rabbis: 20th century
- Jacob B. Agus, rabbi and theologian
- Philip R. Alstat, Conservative rabbi
- Ben-Zion Bokser, Conservative rabbi
- Boaz Cohen, Talmud scholar and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
- Gerson D. Cohen, historian and Jewish Theological Seminary of America chancellor
- Moshe Davis, historian at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Hebrew University
- Louis Finkelstein, Talmud scholar and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
- Louis Ginzberg (1873–1953), American Conservative Talmud scholar
- Robert Gordis, leader in Conservative Judaism
- Sidney Greenberg, rabbi and author
- Simon Greenberg, professor and vice-chancellor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Morris Gutstein, congregational rabbi and historian
- Jules Harlow, liturgist
- Arthur Hertzberg, rabbi, scholar, and activist
- Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), philosopher, scholar of Hasidism, and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
- Max Kadushin, philosopher and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
- Wolfe Kelman, Rabbinical Assembly leader
- Isaac Klein, American rabbi and scholar of halakhah
- Albert L. Lewis, Conservative rabbi
- Saul Lieberman, rabbi and scholar
- Marshall Meyer, rabbi and human rights activist, founded a Rabbinical school and synagogue in Argentina
- Chaim Potok, American rabbi and author
- Samuel Schafler, American rabbi and historian
- Solomon Schechter, scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism
- Morris Silverman, American rabbi and liturgist
- Benson Skoff , American rabbi, author, talk show host, and lecturer at the University of Texas
- Chana Timoner, first female rabbi to hold an active duty assignment as a chaplain in the U.S. Army
Conservative rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
- Ronald Androphy, rabbi of East Meadow Jewish Center[2]
- Leslie Alexander (rabbi), first female rabbi of a major Conservative Jewish synagogue in the United States
- Bradley Shavit Artson, Conservative rabbi, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University
- Lia Bass, second Latin American female rabbi in the world.
- Miriam Berkowitz, Conservative rabbi, chaplain, educator and writer
- Geoffrey Claussen, Conservative rabbi and Elon University professor
- Aryeh Cohen, Conservative rabbi and American Jewish University professor
- Martin Samuel Cohen, Conservative rabbi and author
- Shaye J. D. Cohen, Conservative rabbi and Harvard University professor
- Moshe Cotel, pianist, composer, and rabbi
- Menachem Creditor, Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa Network
- Cynthia Culpeper, first full-time female rabbi in Alabama
- Jerome Cutler, director of the Creative Arts Temple in West Los Angeles, California.
- David G. Dalin, rabbi and historian
- Zvi Dershowitz (1928–), rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, California
- Elliot N. Dorff, Conservative rabbi, bioethicist, and professor of Jewish Theology at the American Jewish University
- Amy Eilberg, Conservative rabbi, author and co-founded the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco
- Edward Feld, Conservative rabbi and siddur editor
- Everett Gendler, rabbi and progressive activist
- Neil Gillman, philosopher, theologian, and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor
- David Golinkin, Masorti rabbi and halakhist
- Daniel Gordis, Israeli author and speaker
- Michael Greenbaum, professor and vice-chancellor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Reuven Hammer, Masorti rabbi, author, and siddur commentator
- Sherre Hirsch, rabbi and author
- Judith Hauptman, feminist Talmudic scholar at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Rachel Isaacs, first openly lesbian rabbi ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Jill Jacobs (rabbi), Executive Director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
- Louis Jacobs, founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologian
- William E. Kaufman, advocate of process theology
- Daniella Kolodny, first female rabbi enlisted in the United States Naval Academy
- Myer S. Kripke, rabbi, scholar, and philanthropist based in Omaha, Nebraska
- Harold Kushner, American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writer
- Aaron Landes (1929–2014), rabbi of Beth Sholom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
- William H. Lebeau, Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Naomi Levy, American rabbi, author and speaker
- Alan Lew, teacher of Jewish meditation
- Aaron L. Mackler, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
- Jason Miller (rabbi), Conservative rabbi, entrepreneur and technology blogger
- Alan Mittleman, professor of Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Jack Moline, Executive Director of Interfaith Alliance
- Jacob Neusner (1932–), Conservative trained scholar and writer
- Daniel Nevins, Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism
- Einat Ramon, first Israeli-born woman rabbi
- Paula Reimers, one of the first women to be ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Arnold Resnicoff, Navy Chaplain, AJC National Director of Interreligious Affairs, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
- Joel Roth, Conservative scholar and rabbi
- Simchah Roth. Israeli rabbi and Siddur Va'ani Tefillati editor
- Julie Schonfeld, first female rabbi to serve in the chief executive position of an American rabbinical association
- Ismar Schorsch, Conservative educator and leader
- Harold M. Schulweis, rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California and founder of the Jewish World Watch
- Rona Shapiro, first female rabbi to head a Conservative synagogue in Cleveland
- Alan Silverstein, rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey, and former President of the Rabbinical Assembly
- Mychal Springer, rabbi and Jewish Theological Seminary of America leader
- Valerie Stessin, first woman to be ordained as a Conservative rabbi in Israel
- Ira F. Stone, a leading figure in the contemporary renewal of the Musar movement
- Susan Tendler, first female rabbi in Chattanooga
- Gordon Tucker, Conservative rabbi
- Stuart Weinblatt, Conservative rabbi and founder of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Potomac, Maryland; President of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish Federations of North America
- David Wolpe (1958–), rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, California
- Bea Wyler, first female rabbi in Germany to officiate at a congregation
Union for Traditional Judaism
- David Weiss Halivni, Hungarian-American Talmudist of Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)
Reform rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
- See Reform Judaism.
Reform rabbis: 19th century
- Samuel Adler, German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El
- Moses Berlin, British Reform rabbi
- Emil Hirsch, American Reform rabbi and scholar
- David Einhorn, American Reform rabbi
- Samuel Hirsch, German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
- Abraham Geiger, German Reform ideologist
- Samuel Holdheim, German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
- Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, Hungarian-English Reform rabbi in Eperies and Manchester, first Jewish professor in Cambridge
- Leopold Zunz, German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
- Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi
Reform rabbis: 20th century
- Paula Ackerman, first female to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, not ordained
- Leo Baeck (1873–1956), Reform rabbi
- Pauline Bebe, first female rabbi in France
- Laszlo Berkowitz, Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
- Lionel Blue, British rabbi, writer and broadcaster
- Abraham Cronbach, Reform rabbi & educator
- Maurice Davis, Reform rabbi, past Chairman, President's Commission on Equal Opportunity
- David Max Eichhorn (Jan. 6, 1906–July 16, 1986), Reform Jewish rabbi, author, founder of Merritt Island's Temple Israel,[3] and Army chaplain among the troops that liberated Dachau
- Elyse Goldstein, first female Rabbi in Canada, educator and writer
- Regina Jonas, first female rabbi in the world
- Julia Neuberger, British Reform rabbi
- Gunther Plaut (1912–2012), Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom Temple
- Sally Priesand, Reform rabbi, first female rabbi in the United States
- Murray Saltzman (1929–2010), Reform rabbi
- Abba Hillel Silver, Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
- Jackie Tabick, first female rabbi in Britain
- Stephen S. Wise (1874–1949), Reform rabbi and Zionist activist
Reform rabbis: contemporary (ca. 21st century)
- Rachel Adler, theologian and Hebrew Union College professor
- Arik Ascherman, American-born Reform rabbi and human rights activist for both Jews and non-Jews in Israel-best known for advocating for Palestinian human rights.
- Rebecca Dubowe, first deaf woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the United States
- Denise Eger, former rabbi of Beth Chayim Chadashim (world's first LGBT Synagogue) and founder of Temple Kol Ami in West Hollywood, first female and open lesbian to serve as president of Southern California Board of Rabbis, officiated at the first legal same-sex wedding of two women in California
- Lisa Goldstein, Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality,
- Alysa Stanton, first ordained Black female rabbi (Reform) in America
- Margaret Wenig, rabbi known for advocating for LGBT rights
Reconstructionist rabbis, 20th and 21st centuries
Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century
- Mordecai Kaplan (1881–1983), founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America
- Ira Eisenstein (1906-2001), founding president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
- Deborah Brin, one of the first openly gay rabbis and one of the first hundred women rabbis
- Susan Schnur, editor of Lilith Magazine
Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
- Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
- Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, children's book author
- Tina Grimberg, leader in the inter-religious dialog
- Carol Harris-Shapiro, modern author
- Sandra Lawson, first openly gay, female, black rabbi
- Joy Levitt, first female president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.
- Toba Spitzer, first openly gay head of a rabbinical association
Karaite rabbis
- See: Karaite Judaism.
- See: Karaite Hakhamim.
Other rabbis
See Jewish Renewal ; Humanistic Judaism
- Steven Blane, American Jewish Universalist rabbi
- Capers C. Funnye Jr., first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis[4]
- Michael Lerner (1943–), founder/editor of Tikkun magazine
- Jackie Mason (born 1931), comedian and actor, received smicha from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein[5]
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924–2014), leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
- Arthur Waskow (1933–), leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
- Sherwin Wine, U.S. founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
- Tamara Kolton, first rabbi in Humanistic Judaism
- Shlomo Helbrans (1962–2017), Rebbe of the Lev Tahor community
- Eli Herb, (1971-present) Rabbi of the first temple in Salem, Oregon
See also
- List of people called Rabbi
- List of rabbis known by acronyms
References
- ^ "Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik as Philosopher". Spertus, Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. February 16, 2014.
This conference situated Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the great American Talmudist and Modern Orthodox leader, within the tradition of Western philosophy that includes ancient, medieval, and modern figures, ranging from Aristotle to Maimonides to Kant.
- ^ Ain, Stewart (January 14, 2001). "Nassau Plans to Tax Parsonages". Rockville Centre (NY); Nassau County (NY): The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ New York Times obituary, July 23, 1986.
- ^ "Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith", Nikko Kopel, New York Times, March 16, 2008
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External links
Orthodox
- List of leaders, Orthodox Union
- Gallery of Our Great, chabad.org
- Biographies of Gedolim, tzemachdovid.org
- Mini-Biographies of Gedolim , chaburas.org
- Cross-referenced Notes on Rishonim and Acharonim (PDF)
Conservative
Reform
Reconstructionist
Pan-denominational
- Torah Commentator Biographies, kolel.org
- List of Commentators, torahproductions.com
- E-Lectures Glossary
- RavSIG (Genealogy of Rabbinic families)