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Rabinovich (surname)
Rabinovich or Rabinovitch (Рабино́вич, רבינוביץ), is a Russian Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Slavic for "son of the rabbi" or "son of Rabin". The Polish/Lithuanian equivalents are Rabinowitz or Rabinowicz. People People bearing the surname include: *Abraham Rabinovich, American historian and journalist *Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Russian chess player *Adolphe Rabinovitch (1918–1944), American Special Operations Executive agent executed by the Germans in World War II * Birth name of Aharon Yariv ( 1920 – 1994), Israeli general and politician *Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945), Russian-born composer *Aviva Rabinovich (1927-2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, environmental activist. *Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich (1913–1999), Chassidic Rabbi *Daniel Rabinovich (1943–2015), Argentine musician and humorist, founding member of Les Luthiers *Dina Rabinovitch (1963–2007), Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singular: , Modern Hebrew: are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. Their traditional diaspora language is Yiddish (a West Germanic language with Jewish linguistic elements, including the Hebrew alphabet), which developed during the Middle Ages after they had moved from Germany and France into Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. For centuries, Ashkenazim in Europe used Hebrew only as a sacred language until the revival of Hebrew as a common language in 20th-century Israel. Throughout their numerous centuries living in Europe, Ashkenazim have made many important contributions to its philosophy, scholarship, literature, art, music, and science. The rabbinical t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
