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that literally means "

shul A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as Jewi ...

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". A shul is another name for a synagogue, a Jewish house of worship, and the name was usually given to the head of the synagogue or the synagogue's

rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

. It can also appear as a result of double transliteration, to and from the

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, of the German surname " Schulmann".

Notable people

Alexandra Shulman Alexandra Shulman (born 13 November 1957) is a British journalist. She is a former Editor-in-Chief of British ''Vogue'', and became the longest serving Editor in the history of the publication. After assuming the role in 1992, she presided ov ...

(born 1957), editor of ''

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'' * Andrew Shulman (born 1960), English cellist and conductor * Barry Shulman (born 1946), American poker player and CEO of the magazine ''Card Player'' *

Claire Shulman Claire Shulman (née Kantoff; February 23, 1926August 16, 2020) was an American politician and registered nurse from New York City. She served as director of community boards and deputy president of Queens Borough, before becoming interim borou ...

(1926–2020), American politician * Daniel Shulman (disambiguation), several people *

David Shulman David Shulman (November 12, 1912 – October 30, 2004) was an American lexicographer and cryptographer. Shulman contributed many early usages to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' and is listed among "Readers and contributors from collections" for ...

(1912–2004), American lexicographer *

Derek Shulman Derek Victor Shulman (born 11 February 1947) is a Scottish musician and singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record executive. From 1970 to 1980, he was lead vocalist for the band Gentle Giant. Career Simon Dupree and Gentle Giant Born in the ...

(born 1947), Scottish musician *

Douglas H. Shulman Douglas H. "Doug" Shulman (born May 10, 1967) is president and chief executive officer of OneMain Financial. Shulman is a former U.S. commissioner of Internal Revenue. Early life and education Shulman was born in 1967 to Jeff and Celia Shulman. ...

(born 1967), Commissioner of the

IRS The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting Taxation in the United States, U.S. federal taxes and administerin ...

Eli Baruch Shulman Rabbi Eli Baruch Shulman (born October 1959) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University's affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and a lecturer at its Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies (MYP), where he holds the Rab ...

(born 1959),

rosh yeshiva Rosh yeshiva or Rosh Hayeshiva (, plural, pl. , '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and th ...

RIETS Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS ) is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University (YU). It is located along Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Named after Yitzchak Elchanan ...

Eliezer Shulman Eliezer Shulman (Hebrew אליעזר שולמן; July 11, 1923, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Romania – January 3, 2006 Tevet 5766 Bat Yam, Israel) was a biblical scholar and historian. He wrote in Hebrew. Shulman was born in the German-Jewish town Ta ...

(1923–2006), biblical scholar and historian *

Ekaterina Schulmann Ekaterina Mikhailovna Schulmann (, ; ; born 19 August 1978) is a Russian political science, political scientist specializing in legislative processes. Schulmann has been a senior lecturer at Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Pu ...

(born 1978), Russian political scientist * Eyal Shulman (born 1987), Israeli basketball player * Harry Shulman (1903–1955), dean of Yale Law School, 1954-55 * Holly Shulman, American reproductive health statistician *

Irving Shulman Irving Shulman (May 21, 1913 – March 23, 1995) was an American author and screenwriter whose works were adapted into movies. His books included '' The Amboy Dukes,'' ''Cry Tough,'' ''The Square Trap,'' and ''Platinum High School'', all of whic ...

(1913–1995), American author and screenwriter * Jack Shulman, American communist activist * Jeff Shulman (born 1975), poker player and editor of ''Card Player'' magazine *

John Shulman John Shulman (born June 28, 1966) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Central Arkansas. He previously served as the head coach at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. He is a former head varsit ...

(born 1966), basketball coach *

Julius Shulman Julius Shulman (October 10, 1910 – July 15, 2009) was an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph " Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect." The house is also known as the Stahl House. Shulm ...

(1910–2009), American photographer * Lawrence Shulman (born 1937), dean of the

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo (commonly referred to as UB, University at Buffalo, and sometimes SUNY Buffalo) is a public university, public research university in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. ...

Lee Shulman Lee S. Shulman (September 28, 1938 – December 30, 2024) was an American educational psychologist and reformer. He has made notable contributions to the study of teaching; assessment of teaching; education in the fields of medicine, science, ...

(1938–2024), American educational psychologist *

Mark Shulman (author) Mark Shulman (born April 1, 1962, in Rochester, New York) is an American children's author who has written more than 200 books. He is the founder of Oomf, Inc., a book production company. Shulman lives with his family in New York City New ...

(born 1962), American author and publisher * Mark Shulman (rugby league) (1951–2022), Australian rugby player * Marshall D. Shulman (1916–2007), American diplomat *

Max Shulman Maximilian Shulman (March 14, 1919 – August 28, 1988) was an American writer and humorist best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels. Biography Early life and career Shulman was b ...

(1919–1988), American writer and humorist * Michael Shulman (actor) (born 1981), American actor *

Michael Shulman (mathematician) Michael "Mike" Shulman (; born 1980) is an American professor of mathematics at the University of San Diego who works in category theory and higher category theory, homotopy theory, logic as applied to set theory, and computer science. Work Shul ...

(born 1980), American mathematician * Michael Shulman (writer) (born 1973), American writer *

Milton Shulman Milton Shulman (1 September 1913 – 24 May 2004) was a Canadian author, film and theatre critic who was based in the United Kingdom from 1943. Early life Shulman was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of a successful shopkeeper. His parents wer ...

(1913–2004), Canadian writer and broadcaster *

Morton Shulman Morton Shulman (25 April 1925 – 18 August 2000) was a Canadian politician, businessman, broadcaster, columnist, coroner, and physician. He first came to public notice as Ontario's Chief Coroner in the early 1960s. At the same time he became ...

(1925–2000), Canadian politician * Naphtali Herz Shulman (died ), Russian Hebrew writer *Nechama Shulman, birth name of

Nechama Rivlin Nechama Rivlin (, née Shulman; 5 June 1945 – 4 June 2019) was an Israeli researcher, science secretary, and First Lady of Israel from 2014 to 2019. She worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1967 to 2007. Early life and education ...

(1945–2019), Israeli researcher, science secretary, and First Lady of Israel * Neville Shulman, English mountaineer and personal consultant to filmmaker

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. He directs films in the Science fiction film, science fiction, Crime film, crime, and historical drama, historical epic genres, with an atmospheric and highly co ...

* Nicola Shulman, English biographer *

Phil Shulman Philip Arthur Shulman (born 27 August 1937, in The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland), is a Scottish musician who was a member of the progressive rock group Gentle Giant from 1970 to 1973. Career The eldest brother of Derek and Ray Shulman, the thr ...

(born 1937), Scottish musician *

Ray Shulman Raymond Shulman (8 December 1949 – 30 March 2023) was a British musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. With his brothers Derek and Phil, he co-founded the progressive rock band Gentle Giant. Shulman also worked as ...

(1949–2023), English musician *

Robert G. Shulman Robert Gerson Shulman (born March 3, 1924) is an American biophysicist and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a senior research scientist at the Department Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University. Early lif ...

(born 1924), American biophysicist *Yaniv Shulman, member of Israeli ambient music group Shulman *

Yury Shulman Yuri Markavich Shulman (born April 29, 1975) is a Belarusian American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). Chess career Shulman was born in Minsk and started formal chess lessons with coach Tamara Golovey when he was six ...

(born 1975), Belarusian chess grandmaster

Notable people

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