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This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
Academics
Aaron Aaronsohn , botanistJ. J. Benjamin , historianNicolae Cajal , virologist and Jewish community leaderŞtefan Cazimir , literary criticConstantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea , sociologist and Marxist theoristLazăr Edeleanu , chemistDavid Emmanuel , mathematicianZicman Feider , biologist, acarologist[1] Herman Finer , political scientist[2] Moses Gaster , chakham, Hebrew linguistAlexandru Graur , linguistLucien Goldmann [philosopher, critic, sociologist]
Joseph M. Juran , industrial engineerErnest Klein , linguistPeter George Oliver Freund , physicistLiviu Librescu , physicist [3] Mario Livio , astrophysicistGeorge Lusztig , mathematicianEdward Luttwak , economist and historianSolomon Marcus , mathematicianMeinhard E. Mayer , physicistSerge Moscovici , social psychologistVictor Neumann , historian and political analystAndrei Oişteanu , historian and anthropologistZigu Ornea , literary criticJulius Popper , explorerSimion Sanielevici , mathematicianIosif Sava , musicologist and television hostAlice Săvulescu , botanistIsaac Jacob Schoenberg , mathematicianItic Şvarţ-Kara , historian, literary and theater criticHeimann Hariton Tiktin , linguistVladimir Tismăneanu , historian and political analystDavid Wechsler , psychologist
Artists
Avigdor Arikha , painterVictor Brauner , painter and photographerSorel Etrog , sculptorAndré François , painter and graphic artist (Jewish father)Idel Ianchelevici , sculptorMarcel Iancu , architect and painterIosif Iser , painterIsidore Isou , Letterist Barbu Iscovescu , painterM. H. Maxy , painterJules Perahim , painter (surrealist) and graphic artistConstantin Daniel Rosenthal , painterReuven Rubin , painterLola Schmierer-Roth , painterArthur Segal , painterDaniel Spoerri , assemblage artist and author(Jewish father)Saul Steinberg , cartoonistNicolae Vermont , painter and graphic artist
Business people
Israil Bercovici , playwrightChristian Calson , director/writerI.A.L. Diamond , screenwriterAbraham Goldfaden ,founder of Yiddish-language theaterJohn Houseman , actor (Jewish father)Marin Karmitz , director, producerElina Löwensohn , actressSigmund Mogulesko Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress[2] Bernard Natan , film producerOvitz family , circus actors and traveling musiciansEdward G. Robinson , actorAbba Schoengold [4] Iulian Schwartz , actor and scholarSimcha Schwartz , theater director and criticDumitru Solomon , playwrightJacob Sternberg , directorcambos rozina actress israel
Musicians
Bill Averbach , composer, klezmer musicianMoshe Bazian , cantorMiriam Fried , violinistAlma Gluck , sopranoClara Haskil , pianistPhilip Herschkowitz , music theorist and composerMandru Katz , pianistYoel Levi , conductorGyörgy Ligeti , composerRadu Lupu , pianistSilvia Marcovici , violinistJoseph Moskowitz , klezmer musicianMoishe Oysher , cantor and singerArnold Rosé , violinistLya Stern , violinist, teacherRichard Stein , light music composer (Sanie cu zurgalai)Beverly Sills, opera singer
Martin Abern , Trotskyist activistRadu F. Alexandru , politicianColette Avital , politicianOlga Bancic , communist activistSilviu Brucan , communist politician and dissidentSimion Bughici , communist politicianIosif Chişinevschi , communist politicianAlexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea , communist activistDavid Fabian , communist activistMax Goldstein , communist activistRemus Koffler , communist activistDavid Korner , Trotskyist activistAlex Kozinski , judgeSerge Klarsfeld , anti-Nazi activistSamuel Leibowitz , attorneyKarpel Lippe , Zionist activistVasile Luca , communist politicianGheorghe Gaston Marin , communist politicianNati Meir , politicianAlexandru Nicolschi , communist politicianSaul Ozias , communist politicianAna Pauker , communist politicianMarcel Pauker , communist politicianMircea Răceanu , diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)Leonte Răutu , communist politicianMihail Roller , communist politicianValter Roman , communist politician
Solomon Tinkelman , communist activistLeonte Tismăneanu , communist politicianSorin Toma , communist activistGhizela Vass , communist activistBelu Zilber , communist activist
Sportspeople
Writers
Iuliu Barasch , physician and writerMax (Marcel) Blecher , writerSrul Bronshtein , poetNina Cassian , poetPaul Celan , poetAndrei Codrescu , poet and essayistVladimir Colin , short story writer and novelistRadu Cosaşu , short story writer and journalistEmil Dorian , poet and writerVirgil Duda , writer,and journalistBluma Finkelstein , poet and essayistBenjamin Fondane , poet, playwright, and literary criticAbraham Goldfaden , poet and playwrightIsidore Isou , poetIrving Layton , poetGherasim Luca , poetIsac Ludo , novelistNorman Manea , novelistCilibi Moise , storyteller and humoristSaşa Pană , poet and short story writerIon Pribeagu ,poet and essayistMaurice Samuel , novelistBenjamin Schwarzfeld , writer and educator
Aurel Storin , essayist, journalist and poetMihail Sebastian , playwrightNicolae Steinhardt , writer (Jewish father)Alexandru Toma , poetTristan Tzara , poet and essayistTudor Vianu , literary critic
Ion Vianu , essayist, novelist, and journalistIlarie Voronca , poet and essayistElie Wiesel , writer
References
^ Contribution of the Romanian Jews to Culture and Civilisation , Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, Hasefer Press, Bucharest, 2004, ISBN 973-630-067-6^ [1] "Mr. Herman Finer, an Englishman, Jewish"; born Jassy, Roumania (Who was Who)^ Jewish Chronicle ^ Jacob Adler , "A Life on the Stage: A Memoir", translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-679-41351-0. 68, 125, 203, 221
See also
Judaism portal