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Relating to public figures or personalities, celebrities or otherwise, who have made significant progress in their particular professional field, or who have helped or influenced wider society to an outstanding degree.

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Gershon Shufman

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Gershon Shoffman (Hebrew: גרשון שופמן) (born 1880; died 1972) was an Israeli writer and painter. Shoffman was born in Orsha (now in Belarus), in the Russian Empire in 1880. His ...

Miriam Yalan-Shteklis

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Miriam Yalan-Shteklis (born 21 September 1900; died 9 May 1984) was an Israeli writer and poet famous for her children's books. Her surname, Yalan, was an acronym based on her ...

Nechama Leibowitz

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Nechama Leibowitz was a noted Israeli Bible scholar and commentator who rekindled interest in Bible study.

Yehezkel Kaufmann

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Yehezkel Kaufmann (born 1889; died 9 October 1963) was an Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar associated with Hebrew University.Kaufmann was born in Ukraine. His Talmudic ...

Gershom Scholem

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Gerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Palestine, changed his name to Gershom Scholem (December 5, 1897 – February 21, 1982), was a German-born Israeli Jewish ...

Ben-Zion Dinur

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Ben-Zion Dinur (born Ben-Zion Dinaburg on 2 January 1884, died 8 July 1973) was a Zionist activist, educator, historian and Israeli politician.

Joseph Klausner

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Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), was a Jewish historian and professor of Hebrew Literature. He was the chief redactor of The Hebrew Encyclopedia. He ...