List of rabbis

This is a list of prominent rabbis. Rabbis are Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders.

See also: List of Jews.

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Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot) (ca. 515 BCE – 70 CE)

See: Mishnah, Tannaim, Zugot.

Zugot

• 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.
• Nittai of Arbela, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus.
• Judah ben Tabbai, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome.
• Simeon ben Shetach, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome.
• Shemaya, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II.
• Avtalyon, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II. A convert to Judaism.
• Hillel the Elder, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great.
• Shammai, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great.

Other

• Shimon Hatzadik
• Antigonus of Sokho

Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim)(ca. 70–200 CE)

See Mishnah, Tannaim.

• Akiva, 1st century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah
• Judah haNasi, 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
• Shimon bar Yochai, 1st century mystic, reputed author of the Zohar
• Yohanan ben Zakkai, 1st century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah
• Eliezer son of Jose the Galilean (?-c.160), famous for Baraita of Thirty-Two mitzvoth. Father of Rabbi Hananiah.

Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim)(ca. 200–500 CE)

See Talmud and Amora.

• Abaye, 3rd century Talmudist
• Abba Arika, known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora. Moved from Israel to Babylon, 3rd century.
• Abbahu, 4th century Talmudist
• Eleazar Kalir, early Talmudic liturgist and poet
• Hamnuna – Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name.
• Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, 3rd century, in Judea, grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah
• Hillel II, 4th century creator of the Hebrew calendar, in Judea, son of Judah Nesiah, grandson of Gamaliel IV
• Judah II, 3rd century sage, sometimes called Judah Nesi'ah and Rebbi like his grandfather
• Judah III, 4th century scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, and grandson of Judah II
• Rabbah bar Nahmani
• Rav Ashi, 5th century Babylonian Talmudic sage – primary redactor of the Babylonian Talmud
• Rav Nachman
• Rav Papa
• Rava, important Amora
• Ravina, primary aide to Rav Ashi in the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
• Resh Lakish
• Shmuel (Talmud), rabbi of Nehardea, physician
• Yochanan, primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud
• Rav Jonah

Rabbis: Middle Ages (ca. 500–1500 CE)

See: Geonim and Rishonim.

• Abba Mari, (Minhat Kenaot), 13th century French Talmudist
• Don Isaac Abravanel, (Abarbanel), 15th century philosopher and Torah commentator
• Jacob Berab, 15th–16th century proponent of Semichah (Ordination)
• Abraham ibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), 12th century Spanish philosopher
• Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura) 15th century commentator on the Mishnah
• Abraham ben David of Posquières, 1100s, France.
• Abraham ibn Ezra, (Even Ezra), 12th century Spanish-North African Biblical commentator
• Amram Gaon, 9th century organizer of the siddur
• Asher ben Jehiel, (Rosh), 13th century German-Spanish Talmudist
• Bahya ibn Paquda, (Hovot ha-Levavot), 11th century Spanish philosopher and moralist
• Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel), 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Dunash ben Labrat, 10th century grammarian and poet
• Eliezer ben Nathan, 12th century poet and pietist
• Hasdai Crescas, (Or Hashem), 14th century Talmudist and philosopher
• Rabbenu Gershom, 11th century German Talmudist and legalist
• Gersonides, Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag), 14th century French 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
• Isaac Alfasi, (the Rif), 12th century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot".
• Jacob ben Asher, (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim), 14th century German-Spanish Halakhist
• Joseph Albo, (Sefer Ikkarim), 15th century Spain
• Joseph ibn Migash 12th century Spanish Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of Maimonides
• Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam), 12th century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
• Mordecai ben Hillel, (The Mordechai), 13th century German Halakhist
• Nahmanides, Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban), 13th century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
• Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon) 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Nissim of Gerona, (RaN), 14th century Halakhist and Talmudist
• Rashi, (Solomon ben Yitzchak), 11th century Talmudist, the primary commentator of Talmud
• Elazar Rokeach, (Sefer HaRokeach) 12th century German rabbinic scholar
• Saadia Gaon, (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur) 10th century Exilarch and leader of Babylonian Jewry
• Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, 12th–13th century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator
• Tosafists, (Tosfot) 11th, 12th and 13th century Talmudic scholars in France and Germany
• Yehuda Halevi, (Kuzari), 12th century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to Zion

Rabbis: 16th – 18th centuries

See: Acharonim.

Rabbis: 16th – 17th centuries

• Isaac Abendana, 17th century Sephardic scholar in England
• Jacob Abendana, 17th century Sephardic rabbi in England
• Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, 17th century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas
• Bezalel Ashkenazi, ( Shittah Mekubetzet), 16th century Talmudist
• Yair Bacharach, (Havvot Yair), 17th century German Talmudist
• Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK) 16th century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar
• Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, (Bet Hillel), 17th century Lithuanian scholar
• Samuel Edels, (Mahrsha), 16th century Talmudist
• Kalonymus Haberkasten 16th century Polish rabbi; Rosh Yeshiva of many great Rishonim
• David HaLevi Segal,(Taz)16th century Halakhist, major commentatry on the Shulchan Aruch
• Abraham Cohen de Herrera(RabACH), 16th Century Kabbalist and Philosopher Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Isaiah Horowitz (Shlah) 16th century Kabbalist and Author – Eastern Europe and Israel
• Moshe Isserles, (Rema), 16th century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the Shulchan Aruch)
• Yosef Karo, (Mechaber), 16th century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulchan Aruch – code of Torah Law
• Meir ben Isaac and his son Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen of Padua.
• Meir of Lublin, (Maharam), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Isaac Luria, (Ari), 16th century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
• Solomon Luria, (Maharshal), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Menasseh Ben Israel, 17th century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in England
• Shalom Shachna, 16th century Polish Talmudist; Rosh Yeshiva of several great Rishonim
• Judah Low ben Bezalel, (Maharal), 16th century Prague mystic and Talmudist
• Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, (Sforno), 16th century Italian scholar and rationalist
• Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
• Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, 16th–17th century Torah commentator
• Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, 16th Kabbalist
• Mordecai Yoffe ("Levush") , 16th–17th century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha

Rabbis: 18th century

• Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographer
• Raphael Berdugo, rabbi in Meknes
• Haim Isaac Carigal, rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles, and therefore on Yale University
• Dovber of Mezritch, (Maggid), 18th century Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
• Elijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra), 18th century Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidim
• Jacob Emden, 18th century German Talmudist and mystic
• Israel ben Eliezer, (Baal Shem Tov), 18th century mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism
• Aaron Hart, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Hassine, Moroccan Jewish poet
• Yechezkel Landau, (Noda Bihudah), 18th century Posek and Talmudist
• Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, (Ramchal), 18th century Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic.
• Hart Lyon, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Nieto, English rabbi
• Isaac Nieto, English rabbi
• Shneur Zalman of Liadi, (Alter Rebbe of Chabad), 18th century mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe
• Akiva Eiger, 18th century Talmudist, and communal leader
• Elimelech of Lizhensk, (Noam Elimelech) 18th century Polish mystic and Hasid
• Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, (Kedushas Leivi) 18th century Polish Hassidic Leader
• Shalom Sharabi, Yemenite rabbi and Kabbalist

Orthodox rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries

See Orthodox Judaism.

Orthodox rabbis: 19th century

• Barnett Abrahams, dayan, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter Sfas Emes Gerrer Rebbe
• Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Salomon Berdugo 19th century Rabbi in Meknes
• Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) 19th century head of Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania
• Avrohom Bornsztain, (Avnei Nezer), first Sochatchover Rebbe
• Zvi Hirsch Chajes (Maharatz Chayes) Galician Talmudic scholar
• Yosef Chayim, the Ben Ish Hai, Iraqi halakhist and preacher
• Yehoshua Leib Diskin, Rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem
• Yechiel Michel Epstein, (Aruch ha-Shulchan) 19th–20th century halakhist and posek (decisor)
• Jacob Ettlinger, 19th century German scholar and opponent of Reform
• Yitzchok Friedman, first Rebbe of Boyan
• Moshe Shmuel Glasner, (Dor Revi'i) 19th–20th century talmudist, chief rabbi of Klausenburg, a founder of Mizrahi
• Moshe Greenwald, Rav of Chust, Hungary and founder of the Puppa Hasidic dynasty
• Jacob of Lissa Galician Halakhist
• Azriel Hildesheimer, 19th century German rabbi and philosopher
• Samson Raphael Hirsch, 19th century German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement
• Solomon Herschell, 19th century British Chief Rabbi
• Abraham Lichtstein, Av Beit Din of Przasnysz, Poland
• Malbim, Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michael, (The Malbim), 19th century Russian preacher and scholar
• Pele Yoetz, Rabbi Eliezer Papo, Rabbi of the community of Selestria, Bulgaria
• Raphael Meldola, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London
• Frederick de Sola Mendes, Sephardic rabbi in London and America
• Nachman of Breslov, (Rebbe Nachman), 19th century Ukrainian Hasidic Rebbe and mystic
• Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick, 19th century rosh yeshiva and educator
• Mnachem HaKohen Risikoff, 19th–20th century scholar and author
• Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, 19th century Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
• Dovber Schneuri, second Rebbe of Chabad
• Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, (Tzemach Tzedek), third Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Shmuel Schneersohn, 19th century Russian fourth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yaakov Chaim Sofer, Baghdadi rabbi, author of Kaf ha-Chaim
• Moses Sofer, (Chatam Sofer) 19th century Hungarian rabbi
• Chaim Soloveitchik (Father of the "Brisker Rov") 19th century Eastern European rabbi
• Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1790–1867) also known as Stropkover Rov – Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov, Galicia

Orthodox rabbis: 20th century

Chareidi leaders

• Yehezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yehezkel
• Yisrael Abuhatzeira, 20th century Kabbalist
• Avrohom Blumenkrantz, posek and kashrut authority
• Shmuel Bornsztain (I), Shem Mishmuel, Second Sochatchover Rebbe
• Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, (Michtav Me'Eliyahu) 20th century religious philosopher and ethicist
• Baruch Epstein, (Torah Temimah), 20th century Lithuanian Torah commentator
• Moshe Mordechai Epstein, ( Levush Mordechai), 20th century Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka Yeshiva
• Moshe Feinstein, (Igrot Moshe), 20th century Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
• Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, (Kerem HaTzvi), 20th century author, leader and renowned scholar
• Nosson Tzvi Finkel, (Alter / Sabba), early 20th century founder of Slabodka Yeshiva, Lithuania
• Mordechai Shlomo Friedman, Boyaner Rebbe of New York
• Rogatchover Gaon (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader
• Boruch Greenfeld, (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch
• Yitzchok Hutner, (Pachad Yitzchok), 20th century European-born, American and Israeli Rosh Yeshiva
• Yisrael Meir Kagan, (Chofetz Chaim), 20th century Polish legalist and moralist
• Aryeh Kaplan, (Living Torah) 20th century writer and mystic
• Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, (Chazon Ish) 20th century Haredi leader in Israel
• Aharon Kotler, 20th century Lithuanian scholar, founder of Lakewood Yeshiva in US
• Chaim Kreiswirth, long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Isser Zalman Meltzer, renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
• Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, (Mr. Mendlowitz) 20th century European-born head of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the US
• Shulem Moshkovitz, Hasidic rebbe in London
• Chanoch Dov Padwa, (Cheishev Ho'ephod), rabbinical head of UOHC, London
• Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, 20th century Russian fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, 20th century sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson, (Lubavitcher Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Chabad Rebbe
• Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick, 20th century British rabbi
• Shimon Shkop, famed Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno
• Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, (Ohr Sameiach ; Meshech Chochmah) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader
• Joel Teitelbaum, (Satmar Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for anti-Zionism
• Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl, (Min HaMeitzar) 20th century European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust

Modern rabbis

• Hermann Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Meir Berlin, (Bar Ilan) 20th century religious Zionist leader
• Eliezer Berkovits Talmudic scholar and philosopher
• Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• Isidore Epstein, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Moses Gaster, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain
• Sir Hermann Gollancz, British rabbi and professor
• Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi. Founder of the American Jewish Defense League and Israeli Kach party.
• Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli leader of Kahane Chai party and son of Rabbi Meir Kahane
• Yisrael Ariel is the founder of the Temple Institute, from the liberators of the Western Wall in the Six-Day War.
• Joseph H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, British rabbi and dayan
• Moses Hyamson, British rabbi
• Abraham Isaac Kook, 20th century philosopher and mystic, first chief rabbi of Palestine
• Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist
• Moses Mescheloff, Miami Beach and Chicago, Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist Rabbi
• Chalom Messas, chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem
• David Messas, chief Rabbi of Paris.
• Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• Simeon Singer, editor of the United Synagogue prayer book
• Joseph Soloveitchik, 20th century European-born Talmudist and philosopher
• Selig Starr, Chicago Rabbi

Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)

Haredi

• Gerrer Rebbes, (Gerrer), Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the US and UK
• Vizhnitzer Rebbes, (Vizhnitzer), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the US
• Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Yisroel Belsky, Dean, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Senior Rabbi of the Orthodox Union, and recognized world authority of Jewish law
• Meir Brandsdorfer, member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
• Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, Israeli rabbi and a rabbinical leader of the chareidi world
• Yitzchak Kadouri, leading 20th century Kabbalist (deceased)
• Yaakov Kamenetsky, rabbinical leader and educationalist
• Nissim Karelitz, Israeli chareidi leader
• Israel Meir Lau, former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
• Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
• Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Shlomo Miller, head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized authority of Jewish law
• Avigdor Nebenzahl, Chief Rabbi of the old city of Jerusalem
• Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II), Belzer Rebbe
• Bezalel Rudinsky, dean of Yeshivas Ohr Reuven, Wesley Hills, N.Y.
• Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem
• Adin Steinsaltz, 21st century Israeli Talmud scholar and philosopher
• Moshe Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe (deceased)
• Ovadia Yosef, 21st century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
• Amnon Yitzhak, Yemenite "baal teshuva Rabbi" in Israel

Hardal

• Mordechai Eliyahu – former Sephardic Chief Rabbi
• Avraham Shapira – former Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the head of Mercaz haRav yeshiva
• Dov Lior – rabbi of Hebron
• Zalman Melamed rabbi of Beit El

Modern Orthodox

• Raymond Apple, Australian Jewish spokesman, writer and lecturer on Jewish, interfaith and freemasonic issues
• Benjamin Blech, 20th century American modern Orthodox thinker, Professor of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, noted author and speaker
• Levi Brackman, British-born rabbi
• David Bar Hayim, founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael [1]
• Mordechai Breuer, Israeli rabbi, descendant of Samson Raphael Hirsch
• Barry Freundel, rabbi of Kesher Israel congregation in Washington DC.
• Mark Dratch, Instructor of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and founder of JSafe
• David Hartman, philosopher, author, and founder of Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem
• Sara Hurwitz, Rabba. Assistant Rabbi of Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and dean of Yeshivat Maharat.
• Norman Lamm, 20th century American modern Orthodox thinker, head of Yeshiva University
• Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva University's Gruss Kollel.
• Menachem Genack, OU
• Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat
• Hershel Schachter, leading posek for the modern orthodox 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
• Joseph Telushkin, author.
• Moshe David Tendler, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, and noted bioethist.
• Avi Weiss, Founder, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
• Mordechai Willig, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, prominent Posek for the Modern Orthodox community.
• Manis Friedman, a noted biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
• Benjamin Yudin, rabbi of Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, New Jersey
• Steven Weil, Executive-Vice President of the Orthodox Union
• Moshe Gottesman Rabbi, Educator and community leader.

See also article Modern Orthodox for a list of rabbis.

Conservative rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries

See: Conservative Judaism.

Conservative rabbis: 19th century

• Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the "Positive Historical" school, the progenitor of Conservative Judaism.
• Levi Herzfeld, 19th century German rabbi, proponent of moderate reform
• Nachman Krochmal, 19th century Austrian philosopher and historian

Conservative rabbis: 20th century

• Philip R. Alstat, 20th century rabbi
• Abraham Joshua Heschel, 20th century Conservative Judaism philosopher and scholar of Hasidism
• Solomon Schechter, 20th century scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism
• Saul Lieberman, 20th century rabbi and scholar
• Marshall Meyer, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and human rights activist, founded a Rabbinical school and synagogue in Argentina
• Louis Finkelstein, 20th century Conservative Talmud scholar
• Louis Ginzberg, 20th century American Conservative Talmud scholar
• Albert L. Lewis, 20th century Conservative rabbi
• Robert Gordis, 20th century leader in Conservative Judaism
• Isaac Klein, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and scholar
• Samuel Schafler, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and historian
• Morris Silverman, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and liturgist

Conservative rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)

• Ronald Androphy, Conservative rabbi of East Meadow Jewish Center, President of the Long Island Board of Rabbis and the East Meadow Clergy Association, member of the Board of Governors of the New York Board of Rabbis, past Chairman of the Rabbinic Advisory Committee of the UJA Federation of Long Island, and past President of the Rabbinical Assembly of Nassau-Suffolk.
• Bradley Shavit Artson, Conservative rabbi, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University, author, speaker, and theologian
• Menachem Creditor, Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa Network
• 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.
• Neil Gillman, Conservative philosopher and theologian
• David Golinkin, Masorti rabbi and halakhist
• Reuven Hammer, Masorti rabbi, author, and siddur commentator
• Jules Harlow, 20th century Conservative Judaism liturgist
• Louis Jacobs, founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologian
• William E. Kaufman, advocate of process theology
• Harold Kushner, 21st century American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writer
• William H. Lebeau, Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at Jewish Theological Seminary of America
• Aaron L. Mackler, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
• Jacob Neusner, 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
• Arnold Resnicoff, Navy Chaplain, AJC National Director of Interreligious Affiars, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
• Joel Roth, Conservative scholar and rabbi
• Ismar Schorsch, Conservative educator and leader
• Harold M. Schulweis, Conservative rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California and founder of the Jewish World Watch
• Alan Silverstein, Conservative rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey, and former President of the Rabbinical Assembly
• Gordon Tucker, Conservative rabbi
• David Wolpe, Conservative rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, California

Conservative rabbinical organizations

• Rabbinical Assembly
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
• Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

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, 19th century German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El
• Emil Hirsch, 19th century American Reform rabbi and scholar
• David Einhorn, 19th century American Reform rabbi
• Samuel Hirsch, 19th century German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
• Abraham Geiger, 19th century German Reform ideologist
• Samuel Holdheim, 19th century German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
• Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, 19th century Hungarian-English Reform rabbi in Eperies and Manchester, first Jewish professor in Cambridge
• Leopold Zunz, 19th century German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
• Isaac Mayer Wise, American Reform rabbi

Reform rabbis: 20th century

• Paula Ackerman, 20th century Reform rabbi (first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, not ordained)
• Leo Baeck, 20th century Reform rabbi
• Pauline Bebe, first women rabbi in France
• Laszlo Berkowitz, 20th century Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
• Lionel Blue, British rabbi, writer and broadcaster
• Abraham Cronbach, 20th century Reform rabbi & educator
• Maurice Davis, 20th century Reform rabbi, past Chairman, President's Commission on Equal Opportunity
• Elyse Goldstein, first woman Rabbi in Canada, educator and writer
• Julia Neuberger, British Reform rabbi
• Gunther Plaut, 20th century Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom Temple
• Sally Priesand, 20th century Reform rabbi, first ordained female rabbi in the United States
• Abba Hillel Silver, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
• Stephen S. Wise, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist activist

Reform rabbis: contemporary (ca. 21st century)

• Arik Ascherman, American-born Reform rabbi and Palestinian human rights activist in Israel
• Alysa Stanton, 21st century Reform rabbi, first ordained Black female rabbi

Reform rabbinical organizations

• Union for Reform Judaism
• Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Movement for Reform Judaism (UK)

Reconstructionist rabbis, 20th and 21st centuries

See: Reconstructionist Judaism.

Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century

• Mordecai Kaplan, 20th century founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America

Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)

• Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
• Sandy Eisenberg Sasso,children’s books author
• Tina Grimberg, a leader in the inter-religious diadoque
• Carol Harris-Shapiro, modern author

Karaite rabbis

See: Karaite Judaism.

See: Karaite Hakhamim.

Other rabbis

See Jewish Renewal ; Humanistic Judaism

• Capers C. Funnye Jr. first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis
• Michael Lerner founder/editor of Tikkun magazine
• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
• Sherwin Wine, US founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
• Itzhak Yehoshua, Chief Rabbi of Bukharian Jewish Community in USA & Canada

External links

Orthodox

• List of leaders, Orthodox Union
• Famous Rabbis, famousrabbis.com
• 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

• Benson Skoff, 20th century Conservative rabbi
• President of the United States delivers speech devoted to rabbi's wartime report (speech: video version); (speech: text version); (text of original report).

Pan-denominational

• Torah Commentator Biographies, kolel.org
• List of Commentators, torahproductions.com
• E-Lectures Glossary
• RavSIG (Genealogy of Rabbinic families)