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Mandelbaum is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname from the German ''Mandelbaum'' ‘almond tree’.Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press Notable people with the surname include: *
Albert Mandelbaum Albert Mandelbaum (1925 – unknown) was an Israeli chess player. Biography In the early 1950s Albert Mandelbaum was one of the leading Israeli chess players. He played mainly in domestic chess tournaments. In 1951, Albert Mandelbaum participated ...
(1925–unknown), Israeli chess player *
Allen Mandelbaum __NOTOC__ Allen Mandelbaum (May 4, 1926 – October 27, 2011) was a American Jews, Jewish American professor of literature and the humanities, poet, and translator from Classical Greek, Latin and Italian. His translations of classic works gained hi ...
(1926–2011), American professor of Italian literature, poet, and translator *
David G. Mandelbaum David Goodman Mandelbaum (August 22, 1911, in Chicago – April 19, 1987) was an American anthropologist. He majored in anthropology at Northwestern University, studying with Melville J. Herskovits. His major published work dealt with the Plains ...
(1911–1987), American anthropologist *
Fredericka Mandelbaum Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum (March 25, 1825 – February 26, 1894)Holub, Rona"Fredericka Mandelbaum."In ''Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present'', vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Histo ...
(1825–1894), New York entrepreneur and criminal fence operator *
Frederic Morton Frederic Morton (October 5, 1924 – April 20, 2015) was an Austrian-born American writer. Life Born Fritz Mandelbaum in Vienna, Morton was the son of a blacksmith who specialized in forging (manufacturing) imperial medals. In the wake of the ...
(born Fritz Mandelbaum) (1924–2015), Austrian writer *
Henryk Mandelbaum Henryk Mandelbaum (December 15, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was a Polish Holocaust survivor. He was one of the prisoners in the '' Sonderkommando KL Auschwitz-Birkenau'' in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp who had to work in the crematory. ...
(1922–2008), Holocaust survivor * Jacques Mandelbaum (born 1958), French journalist and film critic * Joel Mandelbaum (born 1932), microtonal musician *
Ken Mandelbaum Ken Mandelbaum is a Jewish American columnist, critic, and author whose primary field of expertise is musical theatre. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mandelbaum was introduced to Broadway musical theatre by his parents and grandparents at ...
, American columnist, critic, and author *
Kurt Mandelbaum Kurt Mandelbaum (13 November 1904 – 28 September 1995) was a German-British economist well known for his pioneering contribution in the field of the economics of development. Kurt Mandelbaum (also known as Kurt Martin) was one of a group of ...
(1904–1995), development economist *
Michael Mandelbaum Michael Mandelbaum (born 1946) is a professor and director of the American Foreign Policy program at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. He has written a number of books on American foreign policy and edited ...
(born 1946), professor of American foreign policy *
Samuel Mandelbaum Samuel Mandelbaum (September 20, 1884 – November 20, 1946) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born on September 20, 1884, in the Russian Empire, M ...
(1884–1946), American lawyer and politician


Fictional characters

* Izzy Mandelbaum, character on ''Seinfeld'' *Mandelbaum (aka Mandel), assistant district attorney for Manhattan in the Nero Wolfe books


See also

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Mandelbaum Gate The Mandelbaum Gate is a former checkpoint between the Israeli and Jordanian sectors of Jerusalem, just north of the western edge of the Old City along the Green Line. The first checkpoint for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan/Israel Mixed Armisti ...
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The Mandelbaum Gate ''The Mandelbaum Gate'' is a novel written by Scottish author Muriel Spark published in 1965. The title refers to the Mandelbaum Gate in Jerusalem, around which the novel is set. In 1965, it won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize that year. ...
'', a 1965 novel by Muriel Spark * Mandelbaum Effect, the tendency for people to focus nearby in conditions of poor visibility


References

Jewish surnames {{surname, Mandelbaum Surnames from ornamental names