List Of Romanian Jews
This is a list of Romanian name, Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry. Academics * Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist * Yaakov Bar-Shalom, electrical engineer * 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 * Herman Finer, political scientist *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 * Liviu Librescu, physicist * Mario Livio, astrophysicist * Edward Luttwa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romanian Name
A name in Romanian tradition consists of a given name (''prenume'') and a family name (surname) (''nume'' or ''nume de familie''). In official documents, surnames usually appear before given names. Given names Romanians have one, two, or more given names, e.g. Ana Cristina Maria (three given names), all being chosen by the child's parents. One of them, usually the first, is used in daily life while the others are solely for official documents, such as birth, marriage, or death certificates. Saints Traditionally, most people were given names from the Romanian Orthodox calendar of saints. Common names of this type are ''Ion'' or ''Andrei'' for males and ''Maria'' or ''Elena'' for females. Given names with a Christian lineage have an identifiable English equivalent: ''Andrei'' (''Andrew)'', ''Constantin'' ('' Constantine)'', ''Cristian'' (''Christian''), ''Daniel''/''Dan'' ('' Daniel''/'' Dan''), ''Gheorghe''/''George'' ('' George''), ''Grigore'' ('' Gregory''), ''Ilie'' (''El ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ernest Klein
Ernest David Klein, (July 26, 1899, Szatmárnémeti – February 4, 1983, Ottawa, Canada) was a Hungarian-born Romanian-Canadian linguist, author, and rabbi. Early life and education Klein was born to father Yitzchok (Ignac) and mother Sarah Rachel (Roza) Klein (née Friedrich) on July 26, 1899. in Szatmárnémeti (also known as Szatmar), in Partium, a region of Kingdom of Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania. He had three sisters. Klein's father was a respected scholar known for his brilliance. He was rabbi of the Jewish Status Quo Community in Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș, Romania) and author of over 20 books on rabbinical subjects, including the following (all were printed in Satu Mare): * Hebrew Torah Journal ''Ohel Yitzchok'' (1903–1914) * Hebrew Book ''Zichron L'Yisroel'' (1912) * Hebrew Torah Journal ''Sefer Hamagid'' (1928–1934) * Hebrew Torah Journal ''Magid Yeruchem'' (1925–1930) * Hebrew Book ''Kol Ha'chatan'' (1937) Klein's mother also had rabbinical ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lazăr Șăineanu
Lazăr Șăineanu (, also spelled Șeineanu, born Eliezer Schein;Leopold, p.383, 417 Francization , Francisized Lazare Sainéan, , Alexandru Mușina"Țara turcită", in ''România Literară'', Nr. 19/2003 or Sainéanu; April 23, 1859 – May 11, 1934) was a Philology, philologist, Linguistics, linguist, Folkloristics, folklorist and cultural historian born in the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, today part of Romania. A specialist in Oriental studies, Oriental and Romance studies, as well as a German studies, Germanist, he was primarily known for his contribution to Yiddish language , Yiddish and Romanian language , Romanian philology, his work in evolutionary linguistics, and his activity as a Comparative literature , literary and Comparative linguistics , philological comparatist. Șăineanu also had innovative contributions to the investigation and anthologizing of Folklore of Romania, Romanian folklore, placed in relation to Balkans , Balkan and East Central ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julius Popper
Julius Popper (December 15, 1857 – June 5, 1893), known in Spanish as Julio Popper (), was a Romanian Jew and later Argentinian colonial engineer and explorer. He was known as a modern "conquistador" of Tierra del Fuego in southern South America, and was both a controversial and influential figure. Popper was one of the main perpetrators of the genocide against the native Selkʼnam people in the islands,According to Federico Echelaite's account in the documentary film ''Los onas, vida y muerte en Tierra del Fuego'' (by A. Montes, A. Chapman, and J. Prelorán). and the circumstances surrounding his own death remain a mystery. Life Popper was born in 1857 to a Jewish family in Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia, son of professor Neftali Popper, a successful antiques merchant, and his wife Peppi. He studied in Paris, gaining credentials as an engineer. After working in Europe for several years, he took a job working on the infrastructure for the telegraph in Chile. He arri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zigu Ornea
Zigu Ornea (; born Zigu Orenstein Andrei Vasilescu"La ceas aniversar – Cornel Popa la 75 de ani: 'Am refuzat numeroase demnități pentru a rămâne credincios logicii și filosofiei analitice.' ", in Revista de Filosofie Analitică', Vol. II, Nr. 1, January–June 2008, p. 85. or OrnsteinGeorge Ardeleanu in ''Observator Cultural'', Nr. 363, March 2007. and commonly known as Z. Ornea; August 28, 1930 – November 14, 2001) was a Romanian cultural historian, literary critic, biographer and book publisher. The author of several monographs focusing on the evolution of Romanian culture in general and Romanian literature in particular, he chronicled the debates and meeting points between conservatism, nationalism, and socialism. His main early works are primarily dedicated to the 19th and early 20th century cultural and political currents heralded by ''Junimea'', by the left-wing ideologues of Poporanism and by the ''Sămănătorul'' circle, followed independently or in relation to on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrei Oișteanu
Andrei Oișteanu (; born September 18, 1948) is a Romanian historian of religions and mentalities, ethnologist, cultural anthropologist, literary critic and novelist. Specialized in the history of religions and mentalities, he is also noted for his investigation of rituals and magic and his work in Jewish studies and the history of antisemitism. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he also became noted for his articles and essays on the Holocaust in Romania. A founding member and researcher at the Institute for History of Religions of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest, he is also the president of the Romanian Association for the History of Religions (RAHR). Oișteanu is professor in the Department for Jewish Studies at the University of Bucharest. He is also member of the educational board of the Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism (Academic Studies Press, Boston ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Victor Neumann
Victor Neumann is a Romanian historian, political analyst, and professor at the West University in Timișoara. He is a well-known specialist in the recent cultural and intellectual histories of Eastern and Central Europe (focusing his research on interculturality and multiculturality). Much of his work deals with Conceptual History, history of political thought and theory of history. As of October 2013, he is Director of the Timișoara Art Museum. Biography Born in Lugoj, Victor Neumann graduated from the University of Cluj-Napoca in 1976, and earned his PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ... in History from the University of Bucharest in 1992. He was a visiting professor at the Université d'Angers (1999), Emory University in Atlanta, and Georgia State Univers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serge Moscovici
Serge Moscovici (; June 14, 1925 – November 15, 2014) born Srul Herş Moscovici, was a Romanian-born French social psychologist, director of the Laboratoire Européen de Psychologie Sociale ("European Laboratory of Social Psychology"), which he co-founded in 1974 at the Maison des sciences de l'homme in Paris. He was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Commander of the Legion of Honour, as well as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Moscovici's son, Pierre Moscovici is the current First President of the Court of Audit and was European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs and Minister of Finance. Biography Moscovici was born in Brăila, Romania, Lavinia Betea"Moscovici, victima regimului Antonescu", in '' Jurnalul Naţional'', October 24, 2004 (retrieved June 17, 2007) to a Jewish family who were grain merchants. His uncle was Ilie Moscovici, a leadin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Meinhard E
Meinhard is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The community lies in the North Hesse Low Mountain Range landscape on the edge of the Werra valley, 3 km from the district seat of Eschwege. Near Meinhard-Frieda, the Frieda empties into the Werra. After heavy rainfall, it can swell into a fast-running river that can wash the bank of the Werra away. On the bank facing Meinhard-Jestädt, the Wehre empties into the Werra. Neighbouring communities Meinhard borders in the northeast and the east on the communities of Volkerode, Pfaffschwende, Kella and Geismar (all four in Thuringia’s Eichsfeld district), in the southeast on the town of Wanfried, in the south and west on the town of Eschwege and in the northwest on the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis). Constituent communities The community’s seven ''Ortsteile'' are Frieda, Grebendorf (administrative seat), Hitzelrode, Jestädt, Neuerode, Motz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norman Manea
Norman Manea (; born 19 July 1936) is a Romanian writer and author of short fiction, novels, and essays about the Holocaust, daily life in a communist state, and exile. He lives in the United States, where he is a Professor and writer in residence at Bard College. He left Romania in 1986 with a DAAD-Berlin Grant and in 1988 went to the US with a Fulbright Scholarship at the Catholic University in Washington DC. He won the 2002 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Manea's most acclaimed book, '' The Hooligan's Return'' (2003), is an original fictionalized memoir, encompassing a period of almost 80 years, from the pre-war period, through the Second World War, the communist and post-communist years to the present. Manea has been known and praised as an internationally important writer since the early 1990s, and his works have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has received more than 20 awards and honours. Early years Born to Jewish parents in the neighbourhood o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edward Luttwak
Edward Nicolae Luttwak (born 4 November 1942) is an American author known for his works on grand strategy, military strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations. He is best known for being the author of '' Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook''. His book ''Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace'', also published in Chinese, Russian and ten other languages, is widely used at war colleges around the world. His books are currently published in 29 languages besides English. Early life Luttwak was born into a Jewish family in Arad, Romania that fled Soviet occupation after World War II. He was thereafter raised in Italy and England. Career After attending a boarding school in Berkshire, where he joined the British Army cadet corps, Luttwak moved to London at the age of 16 and went to a grammar school. He then studied analytical economics at the London School of Economics. In 1968, when he was 26 and working in London as a consultant for the oil industry, he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mario Livio
Mario Livio (born June 19, 1945) is an astrophysics, astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. For 24 years (1991–2015) he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope. He has published more than 400 scientific articles on topics including cosmology, supernova explosions, black holes, extrasolar planets, and the emergence of life in the universHis book on the irrational number ''Golden ratio, phi'', ''The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number'' (2002), won the Peano Prize and the International Pythagoras Prize for popular books on mathematics. Scientific career Livio has focused much of his research on supernova explosions and their use in determining the Metric expansion of space, rate of expansion of the universe. He has also studied so-called dark energy, black holes, and the formation of planetary systems around young stars. He has contributed to hu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |