Baruch

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Baruch (Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ, Standard Baruḫ Tiberian Bārûḵ ; "Blessed", Baouche or Barouche in arabic) may refer to:

  • Baruch College, part of the City University of New York
  • Bernard Baruch, an American financier, stock market speculator, statesman, and presidential adviser.
  • Book of Baruch or 1 Baruch, a deuterocanonical book, considered by Jews and most Protestants to be apocryphal
  • 2 Baruch, also called the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch
  • 3 Baruch, also called the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch
  • 4 Baruch, also known as the Paraleipomena of Jeremiah when combined with the Epistle of Jeremy
  • Baruch ben Neriah, aide to the prophet Jeremiah
  • Baruch (His Dark Materials), a fictional angel in the His Dark Materials series
  • Baruch Plan, a proposed U.S. atomic energy plan following WWII
  • Also related to "berakhah" or bracha (Hebrew: ברכה; plural ברכות, berakhot), which is a blessing. See also: Baraka and Barakah.

Baruch may also be used for:

  • Baruch, son of Zabbai; one of Nehemiah's helpers in repairing the walls of Jerusalem
  • Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh; a member of the Tribe of Judah who settled in Jerusalem
  • The Baruch of Baghdad, the king of the Saracens in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival

[edit] People with the surname Baruch

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[edit] People with the given name Baruch

  • Baruch Spinoza, Dutch rationalist philosopher
  • Baruch Blumberg, American Nobel-prize winning physician, developed Hepatitis B vaccine
  • Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli physician who murdered 29 Muslim worshippers in 1994
  • Baruch Cohen, American artist and entrepreneur
  • Baruch Lev, Accounting professor who is known for research on immaterial property