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  1. U-Ba Le-Tzion JE Opening words of the closing prayer of the daily morning service, before which one should not leave the synagogue (Shulḥan ......
  2. Samuel ben Israel de Uçeda JE Palestinian commentator and preacher; born at Safed in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. His name, Uçeda, originally was ......
  3. Solomon Tzebi Hirsch Ufhausen JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  4. Blaisio Ugolino JE Italian polyhistor; born at Venice about 1700. He is stated to have been a Jewish convert, and was certainly well ......
  5. Ujhely (Satoralja-Ujhely) JE City in the county of Zemplin, Hungary. Documents in its archives show that in 1734 Jews were living at Ujhely ......
  6. Mar 'Ukba JE Exilarch at Bagdad in the first half of the tenth century; the second exilarch to die in banishment. When Kohen ......
  7. 'Uktzin JE Name of a treatise of the Mishnah and the Tosefta, dealing chiefly with the conveyance of ritual impurity by means ......
  8. Ulam JE In JE redirects to Temple. Ours is about Polish mathematician who was born after JE was written...
  9. Jacob Daniel Ulamo JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  10. Gershon Ashkenazi Ulif JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  11. Albert Ulmann JE American banker and author; born in New York city July 2, 1861; educated in the public schools and at the ......
  12. Benjamin Ulmann JE French historical painter; born at Blotzheim, Alsace, May 24, 1829; died at Paris Feb. 24, 1884. He studied at the ......
  13. Salomon Ulmann JE French rabbi; born at Zabern, Alsace, Feb. 25, 1806; died at Paris May 5, 1865. He commenced his rabbinical studies ......
  14. Uncleanness JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  15. Ungarisch-Jüdische Wochenschrift JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  16. Der Ungarische Israelit JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  17. Ephraim Solomon Unger JE German educator and writer; born at Coswig-on-the-Elbe March 8, 1789; died Nov. 1, 1870. He studied philosophy, mathematics, and natural ......
  18. Manasse Unger JE German art critic; born in Coswig-on-the-Elbe March 14, 1802; died at Berlin May 17, 1868. When he was only four ......
  19. Unicorn JE Rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew V12p344001.jpg or V12p344002.jpg, following the Septuagint and the Vulgate. Aquila and Saadia, ......
  20. Union Israélite JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  21. Union of Jewish Literary Societies JE An association of societies founded in 1902 in London, England, for the diffusion of Jewish literature, history, and sociology, and ......
  22. L'Univers Israélite JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  23. Unleavened Bread JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  24. Unterführer JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  25. Urbino JE Italian family, originating in the city of the same name. The following important members are cited in chronological order:Solomon d'Urbino: ...... Our article is about Italian city.
  26. Uri JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  27. Uri ben David ben Moses JE Great-grandson of Samuel Edels (MaHaRSHA); rabbi of Pollno, Lithuania, and chief rabbi of the district; flourished in the middle of ......
  28. Uri Phoebus ben Aaron Ha-Levi JE Dutch printer; born at Amsterdam 1623; died there Jan. 27, 1715 (not at Zolkiev in 1713, as Steinschneider records); son ......
  29. Uri (Ori) ben Simeon JE Scholar of the sixteenth century; born at Biel (V12p382002.jpg); resided at Safed. He made an abstract of a manuscript of ......
  30. Uriel d'Acosta JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  31. Uriel von Gemmingen JE NO DESCRIPTION...
  32. Adolphe (Simon) Ury JE Alsatian rabbi; born at Niederbronn, Lower Alsace, June 14, 1849. He was educated at the lyceum of Strasburg and the ......
  33. Michael Usishkin JE One of the leaders of the Russian Zionists; born in 1863 in Dubrovna, government of Moghilef (Mohilev). In 1871 he ......
  34. Usque JE Family deriving its name from the Spanish city of Huesca (the ancient Osca; Hebr. V12p387001.jpg), where it originated, its members ......
  35. Uz JE Son of Aram, and grandson of Shem, according to Gen. x. 23; but I Chron. i. 17 records him as ...... Our article is a dab page which doesn't mention this
  36. Uziel JE Family name occurring principally among the Sephardim in Spain, where it is found as early as the fifteenth century. After ......
  37. Uzza, Uzzah JE Son of Abinadab. Together with his brother Ahio, he drove the new cart on which was placed the Ark of ......
  38. Uzziah JE Son of Amaziah; called also Azariah (comp. II Kings xv. 1, 13, 30). He was king of Judah, and began ......
  39. Uzziel JE Son of Kohath and brother of Amram (Ex. vi. 18; I Chron. vi. 2). He was the father of Mishael, ......