List of Romanian Jews

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This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.

Academics[]

  • Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist
  • J. J. Benjamin, historian
  • Martin Bercovici, energy engineer
  • Randolph L. Braham, political scientist, historian
  • Nicolae Cajal, virologist and Jewish community leader
  • Gedeon Dagan, hydrologist
  • Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, sociologist and Marxist theorist
  • Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
  • Zicman Feider, biologist, acarologist[1]
  • Herman Finer, political scientist[2]
  • Peter Freund, theoretical physicist
  • Moses Gaster, hakham (Sephardi scholar & Rabi), linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leader
  • Lucien Goldmann, philosopher, critic, sociologist
  • Alexandru Graur, linguist
  • Michael Harsgor, historian
  • Joseph M. Juran, industrial engineer
  • Ernest Klein, linguist
  • Charles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist[3]
  • Liviu Librescu, physicist[4]
  • Mario Livio, astrophysicist
  • Edward Luttwak, economist and historian
  • Norman Manea, writer and college professor
  • Meinhard E. Mayer, physicist
  • Serge Moscovici, social psychologist
  • Victor Neumann, historian and political analyst
  • Andrei Oișteanu, historian and anthropologist
  • Zigu Ornea, literary critic
  • Julius Popper, explorer
  • Lazăr Șăineanu, (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folklorist
  • Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historian
  • Heimann Hariton Tiktin, linguist
  • Vladimir Tismăneanu, historian and political analyst
  • David Wechsler, psychologist
  • Avram Leib Zissu, political leader, Zionist activist, author, opinion journalist

Mathematicians[]

  • David Emmanuel, mathematician
  • Murray Gerstenhaber (born 1927), mathematician and lawyer
  • Sergiu Hart, mathematician, economist
  • George Lusztig, mathematician
  • Solomon Marcus, mathematician
  • Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician

Artists[]

  • Avigdor Arikha, painter
  • Victor Brauner, painter and photographer
  • Sorel Etrog, sculptor
  • André François, painter and graphic artist
  • Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor
  • Marcel Iancu, architect and painter
  • Iosif Iser, painter
  • Isidore Isou, Letterist
  • Alex Leon, painter
  • Moissaye Marans, sculptor
  • M. H. Maxy, painter
  • Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, painter
  • Reuven Rubin, painter
  • Herman Sachs, muralist
  • Arthur Segal, painter
  • Saul Steinberg, cartoonist
  • Hedda Sterne, painter, sculptor and graphic artist
  • Nicolae Vermont, painter and graphic artist
  • Jean Weinberg, photographer
  • Medi Dinu, painter

Business people[]

  • Max Auschnitt, financier
  • Emil Calmanovici, financier and communist activist
  • Safra Catz, business executive
  • , financier
  • Eduardo Saverin (grandson of a Romanian Jew), co-founder of Facebook

Film and stage figures[]

  • Israil Bercovici, playwright
  • Lauren Bacall, actress
  • Lucian Bratu, director/film producer
  • Christian Calson, director/writer
  • Natalie Portman, famous actress, director
  • I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter
  • Abraham Goldfaden, founder of Yiddish-language theater
  • Marin Karmitz, director, producer
  • Elina Löwensohn, actress
  • Sigmund Mogulesko
  • Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress[2]
  • Bernard Natan, film producer
  • Ovitz family, circus actors and traveling musicians
  • Edward G. Robinson, actor
  • Abba Schoengold[5]
  • Dumitru Solomon, playwright
  • Jacob Sternberg, director

Miscellaneous[]

Musicians[]

  • Art Garfunkel, composer, singer-songwriter
  • Dana International, Israeli singer and musician
  • Shlomo Artzi, musician now living in Israel
  • Dan Bittman, singer
  • Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer
  • Dumitru Bughici composer, pianist
  • Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, violinist
  • Alma Gluck, soprano
  • Sarah Gorby singer
  • Clara Haskil, pianist
  • Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer
  • Gabriel Iranyi, composer
  • Mindru Katz, pianist
  • Max Leibowitz violinist and bandleader
  • Sammy Lerner, composer
  • Yoel Levi, conductor
  • Sergiu Luca, violinist
  • Radu Lupu, pianist
  • Silvia Marcovici, violinist
  • Ion Marin, conductor
  • Abraham Moskowitz, singer and theatre actor
  • Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician
  • Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer
  • Simon Paskal singer, cantor and theatre actor
  • Mendi Rodan. conductor, composer and violinist.
  • Beverly Sills, opera singer

Political figures[]

Religious figures[]

  • Moses Gaster, rabbi, philologist, community leader, early Zionist
  • David L. Genuth, rabbi
  • Ernest Klein, rabbi
  • Moses Rosen, rabbi
  • Moses Josef Rubin, rabbi
  • Alexandru Șafran, rabbi
  • Meir Shapiro, rabbi
  • Nicolae Steinhardt, Christian Orthodox monk (Jewish father)
  • Richard Wurmbrand, minister of religion

Sportspeople[]

Baseball[]

All Star Kevin Youkilis

Basketball[]

Boxing[]

Canoeing[]

  • Leon Rotman, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles

Chess[]

  • Abraham Baratz, chess player
  • Alexandru Tyroler, chess player
  • Bernardo Wexler, chess player

Fencing[]

Soccer (association football)[]

Table tennis[]

Writers[]

  • Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018), novelist and Holocaust survivor
  • Iuliu Barasch, physician and writer
  • Zelig Bardichever, poet and songwriter
  • Max Blecher, writer
  • Srul Bronshtein, poet
  • Nina Cassian, poet
  • Paul Celan, poet
  • Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
  • Vladimir Colin, short story writer and novelist
  • Benjamin Fondane, poet, playwright, and literary critic
  • Abraham Goldfaden, poet and playwright
  • Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman, songwriter, journalist and actor
  • D. Iacobescu, poet
  • Isidore Isou, poet
  • Irving Layton, poet
  • Stan Lee (1922–2018) born Stanley Martin Lieber, writer, editor, publisher, and co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe.
  • Gherasim Luca, poet
  • Isac Ludo, novelist
  • Norman Manea, novelist
  • Cilibi Moise, storyteller and humorist
  • Florin Mugur, author (poetry, prose, essays)
  • Sașa Pană, poet and short story writer
  • Maurice Samuel, novelist
  • Elias Schwarzfeld, historian and novelist
  • Mihail Sebastian, playwright
  • Nicolae Steinhardt, writer (Jewish father)
  • Alexandru Toma, poet
  • Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist, founder of Dadaism
  • Tudor Vianu, literary critic
  • Ilarie Voronca, poet and essayist
  • Elie Wiesel, writer
  • Haralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writer
  • Gellu Naum, poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator (Jewish Mother, Maria Naum née Rosa Gluck)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Contribution of the Romanian Jews to Culture and Civilisation, Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, Hasefer Press, Bucharest, 2004, ISBN 973-630-067-6
  2. ^ [1] "Mr. Herman Finer, an Englishman, Jewish"; born Jassy, Roumania (Who was Who)
  3. ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (28 May 1987). "DR. CHARLES KREMER, 89, DIES; PRESSED TRIFA WAR CRIME CASE". nytimes.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ^ Jewish Chronicle, Apr 20 2007 p.3
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Darvari, Alex (9 January 2021). "A murit Iancu Țucărman, penultimul supraviețuitor al "trenurilor morții" din timpul Pogromului". Newsweek România (in Romanian).
  7. ^ Cristescu, George Andrei (8 January 2021). "Iancu Țucărman, supraviețuitor al Pogromului de la Iași, a murit din cauza COVID-19". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  8. ^ "Jews in Sports: Basketball". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
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