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  1. Vaez JE Prominent family of Lisbon, whose foremost members, the four brothers Immanuel, Pedro, Ayres, and Salvador, resided in Portugal as Maranos ......
  2. Albin Valabrègue JE French dramatist; born at Carpentras, Vaucluse, Dec. 17, 1853. He is one of the most prolific of modern French dramatists, ......
  3. Mardochee-Georges Valabrègue JE French general; born at Carpentras, Vaucluse, Sept. 20, 1852. He was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole d'Application ......
  4. Valence JE Chief town of the department of the Drome and former capital of the county of Valentinois in the ancient province ......
  5. Valencia JE Capital of the former kingdom of the same name. During the dominion of the Moors, Valencia had a Jewish community ......
  6. Gabriel Gustav Valentin JE German physiologist; born at Breslau July, 1810; died at Bern, Switzerland, May 24, 1883. He was educated at the University ......
  7. Valentinois JE
  8. Samuel ben Judah Valerio JE Physician and author who lived in the Grecian Archipelago in the second half of the sixteenth century. He wrote the ......
  9. Moses David Vali (Valle) JE Italian rabbi and physician; born at Padua; died there 1777. He was a cabalistic scholar of repute, and lectured before ......
  10. Valladolid JE Former residence of the kings of Castile and Spain; noteworthy for the numerous assemblies of the Cortes which were held ......
  11. Isaac Valentine JE English journalist and communal worker; born in Belgium 1793; died in London 1868; son of the Rev. N. I. Vallentine. ......
  12. Raphael Valls JE Spanish Marano; burned at the stake by the Inquisition at Palma, Majorca, on May 6, 1691, as the "rabbi" of ......
  13. Valuation JE Estimate of the value of the sacred gifts when a money substitute was required for them. The chief Biblical passage ......
  14. Arminius Vámbéry JE Hungarian traveler and Orientalist; born at Duna-Szerdahely, on the island of Schütt, near Presburg, March 19, 1832. He was apprenticed ......
  15. Franz Van Den Ende JE
  16. Abraham Van Oven JE Physician; died in England 1778; grandson of Samuel Basan, who, fleeing from Spain at the beginning of the eighteenth century, ......
  17. Barnard Van Oven JE English physician and communal worker; born in London 1796; died there July 9, 1860; youngest son of Joshua Van Oven. ......
  18. Joshua Van Oven JE English surgeon and communal worker; born in England 1766; died in Liverpool 1838; son of Abraham Van Oven. He was ......
  19. William Van Praagh JE Pioneer of lipreading for deaf-mutes in England; born in Rotterdam June 11, 1845. Having studied under Dr. Hirsch, who had ......
  20. Samuel Van Straalen JE English Hebraist and librarian; born at Gouda, Holland, 1845; died in London, England, 1902. In 1873 he was appointed Hebrew ......
  21. Vancouver JE
  22. Vanities JE
  23. Quintlius Varus JE Roman governor of Syria 6-4 B.C.; successor of Saturninus. He first became prominent in Jewish history when Herod the Great ......
  24. Vashti JE The first wife of Ahasuerus; her disobedience and subsequent punishment furnish the theme for the introduction to the story of ......
  25. Vatican Library JE Papal library; originally housed, with its archives, in the Lateran Palace, where it was enriched, in the course of time, ......
  26. Johann Karl Wilhelm Vatke JE Christian Hebraist; born March 14, 1806, at Behndorf, Saxony; died in Berlin April 19, 1882. After studying in Halle, Göttingen, ......
  27. Vav JE
  28. Wilhelm Vázsonyi JE Hungarian publicist and deputy; born at Sümegh (Sümeg) 1868. He was educated at Budapest, where his remarkable eloquence made him ......
  29. Del Vecchio JE Italian family, tracing its descent from the period of the destruction of the Second Temple. Some members of this family ......
  30. Joseph Vecinho (Vizino) JE Portuguese court physician and scientist at the end of the fifteenth century. He was a pupil of Abraham Zacuto, under ......
  31. Joseph de la Vega JE
  32. Judah Vega JE Rabbi and author; flourished in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Vega was the first rabbi of the second synagogue of ......
  33. Vegetarianism JE The theory according to which it is desirable to sustain the body with vegetables and fruits, and abstain from eating ......
  34. Leo Veigelsberg JE Hungarian publicist; born at Nagy-Boldogasszony Jan. 18, 1846; educated at Kis-Körös, Budapest, and Vienna. For a short time he taught ......
  35. Veil JE A cover for the face; a disguise. From the earliest times it has been a sign of chastity and decency ......
  36. Johannes Veit JE German painter; born in Berlin 1790; died at Rome 1854. He studied at Vienna and at Rome, where he especially ......
  37. Philipp Veit JE German portrait- and genre-painter; born Feb. 13, 1793, in Berlin; died Dec. 18, 1877, at Mayence. His father died while ......
  38. Ephraim Veitel JE
  39. Vellum JE Skins of animals constituted the ancient Oriental writing-material (Herodotus, v. 58; Strabo, xv. 1; Pauly-Wissowa, "Real-Encyc." ii. 944), and the ......
  40. Vendor and Purchaser JE
  41. Ludwig Venetianer JE Hungarian rabbi and writer; born May 19, 1867, at Kecskemet. He studied at the rabbinical seminary and the University of ......
  42. Emmanuel Felix Veneziani JE French philanthropist; born at Leghorn in 1825; died at Paris Feb. 5, 1889. At an early age he went to ......
  43. Venice JE Italian city; formerly capital of a republic embracing northeastern Italy and some islands in the Mediterranean. The first Venetian document, ......
  44. Ventura JE Family of rabbis and scholars prominent in Italy and Greece in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.Eliezer ben Samuel Ventura: ......
  45. Rubino Ventura JE Soldier; born at Finale, Modena, 1795; died at Toulouse, France, April 5, 1858. At the age of seventeen he was ......
  46. Mardochée Venture JE French scholar; flourished at Avignon in the latter part of the eighteenth century. In collaboration with Isaiah Vidal he composed ......
  47. Lope de Vera y Alarcon JE Spanish martyr and knight ("caballero i mui emparentado," as he is designated by a contemporary) of noble family; born about ......
  48. Verband der Vereine für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur in Deutschland JE
  49. Gregori Leontyevich Verblovski JE Russian jurist; born in the first quarter of the nineteenth century; died at Moscow 1900. He studied law at the ......
  50. Vercelli JE City in the compartimento of Piedmont, Italy. The oldest document in existence concerning its Jews is dated Feb. 16, 1446, ......
  51. Verdict JE
  52. Verdun JE Capital of the department of Meuse, France. Jews resided there from the twelfth century; and among the scholars of the ......
  53. Verein zur Abwehr des Anti-Semitismus JE Name of two societies for combating anti-Semitism. The first was formed in Berlin toward the end of 1890 by twelve ......
  54. Verein für Cultur und Wissenschaft der Juden JE Society founded at Berlin (Nov. 27, 1819) by Leopold Zunz, Eduard Gans, and Moses Moser. The objects of the society ......
  55. Verein für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur JE Name of societies founded in many German cities since about 1890 for the spread of the study of Jewish history ......
  56. La Vérité Israélite JE
  57. Verona JE Chief city of the Italian province of the same name. As early as the tenth century it numbered Jews among ......
  58. Verse-Division JE The system of breaking up the Biblical text into verses may seem, both in the original and in the versions, ......
  59. Versicle Themes JE
  60. Elchanan Verveer JE Dutch painter and vignette-engraver; born at The Hague April 19, 1826. He received instruction from his brother Samuel L. Verveer, ......
  61. Samuel Leonardus Verveer JE Dutch landscape- and genre-painter; born at The Hague Nov. 30, 1813; died there Jan. 5, 1876. He was a pupil ......
  62. Vesoul JE Capital of the department of Haute-Saône, France. Jews first settled there in the latter part of the thirteenth century, under ......
  63. Vespasian JE Emperor of Rome from 69 to 79; founder of the Flavian dynasty. The defeat of Cestius Gallus convinced Nero that ......
  64. Sacred Vessels JE
  65. Il Vessillo Israelitico JE An Italian monthly; the continuation of the "Educatore Israelita" (founded 1853), which, upon the death of its editor Giuseppe Levi ......
  66. Joseph Vészi JE Hungarian editor and deputy; born at Arad Nov. 6, 1858. He was educated at the gymnasium of his native town, ......
  67. Victoria, Australia JE
  68. Victoria, British Columbia JE
  69. Vidal b. Benveniste Ibn Labi JE
  70. Menahem b. Solomon Meiri Vidal JE
  71. Vidal of Tolosa JE Spanish scholar of the latter half of the fourteenth century. He resided in Catalonia, where he prepared his most important ......
  72. Samuel Emanuel Vidal-Naquet JE French financier; born at Paris Aug. 22, 1859. Educated in his native city, he graduated from the Law Faculty and ......
  73. Elijah b. Moses de Vidas JE
  74. Samuel ben Chabib de Vidas JE Spanish scholar and Bible commentator of the fifteenth century; it is said, but not known with certainty, that he was ......
  75. Vienna JE Capital of Austria-Hungary. Legend asserts that Jews settled in this city in the remotest antiquity, and it is alleged that ......
  76. Vienne JE Town in the ancient province of Dauphiné, France. Jews dwelt there as early as the tenth century (Gross, "Gallia Judaica," ......
  77. Villefranche JE Town in the mountain district of the department of Rousillon, France; belonged formerly to Aragon. It was founded in 1095, ......
  78. Vine JE
  79. Vinegar JE In the Biblical period vinegar was prepared either from wine or from cider, the former variety being termed "ḥomeẓ yayin," ......
  80. Vineyards JE
  81. Vinnitsa (Vinitza) JE Russian town in the government of Podolia; situated on the banks of the Bug. Vinnitsa was founded in the fourteenth ......
  82. Viol JE Musical instrument; next to the "kinnor," it was the one most used by the Israelites. The Old Testament furnishes no ......
  83. Viper JE
  84. Virginia JE One of the Middle Atlantic states and one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America; seceded ......
  85. Original Virtue JE A term invented by S. Levy as a contrast to the expression "original sin," and designating the specifically Jewish concept ......
  86. Visigoths JE
  87. Vita JE
  88. Vita della Volta (Solomon Chayyim) JE Italian physician and Hebraist; born Sept. 24, 1772; died March 29, 1853; flourished in Mantua. He was the owner of ......
  89. Vital JE Italian family, including several scholars, of whom the best known are:Ḥayyim Vital: Cabalist; son of Joseph Vital; born at Safed ......
  90. David b. Solomon Vital Ha-Rofe Vital JE Spanish scholar; emigrated from Spain in the early part of the sixteenth century; died at Arta, or Narda, in Greece, ......
  91. Benjamin Alessandro Vitale (Coen) JE
  92. Vitoria JE
  93. Campegius Vitringa (the Elder) JE Dutch Christian Hebraist; born at Leeuwarden May 16, 1669; died at Franeker March 31, 1722. He was educated at the ......
  94. Simchah b. Samuel Vitry JE
  95. Vizhainy (Vizhuny, Vizan, Vizany) JE Russian town in the government of Suwalki. On Jan. 29, 1723, Moses Yefraimovich, an elder of the Grodno ḳahal, presented ......
  96. Vocalization JE All Semitic script, excepting Ethiopic and Assyro-Babylonian, the latter of which in its origin is held by many to be ......
  97. Hermann Vogelstein JE German rabbi and historian; born at Pilsen, Bohemia, Jan. 8, 1870. His father was Heinemann Vogelstein, rabbi of Stettin. Vogelstein ......
  98. Voice of Heaven JE
  99. Voice of Israel JE
  100. Voice of Jacob JE
  101. Void and Voidable Contracts JE
  102. Aaron Chai Volterra JE Liturgical poet of the first half of the eighteenth century; rabbi of the Italian communities in Massa e Carrara. He ......
  103. Meshullam ben Menahem Volterra JE Italian jeweler of the fifteenth century. He lived in Florence, where he and his father, Menahem ben Aaron Volterra (who ......
  104. Jacob Voorsanger JE American rabbi; born at Amsterdam, Holland, Nov. 13, 1852. He was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amsterdam, and ......
  105. Vorspiel JE
  106. Voskhod JE
  107. Vulture JE The Hebrew terms rendered in one or the other of the English versions by "vulture" are: "da'ah" (Lev. xi. 14) ...... Our article is about bird