List of Romanian Jews
This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
Academics
- Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist
- J. J. Benjamin, historian
- Martin Bercovici, energy engineer
- Nicolae Cajal, virologist and Jewish community leader
- Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, sociologist and Marxist theorist
- Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
- David Emmanuel, mathematician
- Zicman Feider, biologist, acarologist[1]
- Herman Finer, political scientist[2]
- Moses Gaster, chakham, Hebrew linguist
- Alexandru Graur, linguist
- Lucien Goldmann [philosopher, critic, sociologist]
- Joseph M. Juran, industrial engineer
- Ernest Klein, linguist
- Liviu Librescu, physicist [3]
- Mario Livio, astrophysicist
- George Lusztig, mathematician
- Edward Luttwak, economist and historian
- Solomon Marcus, mathematician
- Meinhard E. Mayer, physicist
- Serge Moscovici, social psychologist
- Victor Neumann, historian and political analyst
- Andrei Oişteanu, historian and anthropologist
- Zigu Ornea, literary critic
- Julius Popper, explorer
- Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician
- Lazăr Șăineanu, (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folklorist
- Heimann Hariton Tiktin, linguist
- Vladimir Tismăneanu, historian and political analyst
- David Wechsler, psychologist
- Prof. Dr. Gedeon Dagan, hydrologist
- Prof. Sergiu Hart, mathematician, economist
- Prof.Michael Harsegor, historian
Artists
- Avigdor Arikha, painter
- Victor Brauner, painter and photographer
- Sorel Etrog, sculptor
- André François, painter and graphic artist (Jewish father)
- Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor
- Marcel Iancu, architect and painter
- Iosif Iser, painter
- Isidore Isou, Letterist
- Alex Leon, painter
- Moissaye Marans, sculptor
- M. H. Maxy, painter
- Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, painter
- Reuven Rubin, painter
- Herman Sachs, muralist
- Arthur Segal, painter
- Daniel Spoerri, assemblage artist and author (Jewish father)
- Saul Steinberg, cartoonist
- Nicolae Vermont, painter and graphic artist
- Jean Weinberg, photographer
Business people
Film and stage figures
- Israil Bercovici, playwright
- Christian Calson, director/writer
- I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter
- Abraham Goldfaden,founder of Yiddish-language theater
- John Houseman, actor (Jewish father)
- Marin Karmitz, director, producer
- Elina Löwensohn, actress
- Sigmund Mogulesko
- Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress[2]
- Bernard Natan, film producer
- Ovitz family, circus actors and traveling musicians
- Edward G. Robinson, actor
- Abba Schoengold [4]
- Dumitru Solomon, playwright
- Jacob Sternberg, director
Musicians
- Shlomo Artzi, musician now living in Israel
- Alma Gluck, soprano
- Clara Haskil, pianist
- Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer
- Mindru Katz, pianist
- Sammy Lerner, composer
- Yoel Levi, conductor
- Sergiu Luca, violinist
- Radu Lupu, pianist
- Silvia Marcovici, violinist
- Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician
- Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer
- Arnold Rosé, violinist
- Beverly Sills, opera singer
- Mendi Rodan. conductor, composer and violinist.
Political figures
- Martin Abern, Trotskyist activist
- Colette Avital, politician
- Olga Bancic, communist activist
- Silviu Brucan, communist politician and dissident
- Simion Bughici, communist politician
- Iosif Chişinevschi, communist politician
- Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea, communist activist
- Max Goldstein, communist activist
- David Korner, Trotskyist activist
- Alex Kozinski, judge
- Serge Klarsfeld, anti-Nazi activist
- Samuel Leibowitz, attorney
- Vasile Luca, communist politician
- Gheorghe Gaston Marin, communist politician
- Nati Meir, politician
- Alexandru Nicolschi, communist politician
- Ana Pauker, communist politician
- Avram Bunaciu, communist politician
- Marcel Pauker, communist politician
- Mircea Răceanu, diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)
- Valter Roman, communist politician
- Leonte Tismăneanu, communist politician
- Ghizela Vass, communist activist
Religious figures
Sportspeople
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
- Leon Rotman, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles
Chess
Fencing
Table tennis
Writers
- Iuliu Barasch, physician and writer
- Srul Bronshtein, poet
- Nina Cassian, poet
- Paul Celan, poet
- Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
- Vladimir Colin, short story writer and novelist
- Benjamin Fondane, poet, playwright, and literary critic
- Abraham Goldfaden, poet and playwright
- Isidore Isou, poet
- Irving Layton, poet
- Gherasim Luca, poet
- Isac Ludo, novelist
- Norman Manea, novelist
- Cilibi Moise, storyteller and humorist
- Saşa Pană, poet and short story writer
- Maurice Samuel, novelist
- Elias Schwarzfeld, historian and novelist
- Mihail Sebastian, playwright
- Nicolae Steinhardt, writer (Jewish father)
- Alexandru Toma, poet
- Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist
- Tudor Vianu, literary critic
- Ion Vianu, essayist, novelist, and journalist
- Ilarie Voronca, poet and essayist
- Elie Wiesel, writer
- Haralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writer
References
- ^ Contribution of the Romanian Jews to Culture and Civilisation, Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, Hasefer Press, Bucharest, 2004, ISBN 973-630-067-6
- ^ [1] "Mr. Herman Finer, an Englishman, Jewish"; born Jassy, Roumania (Who was Who)
- ^ Jewish Chronicle, Apr 20 2007 p.3
- ^ Jacob Adler, "A Life on the Stage: A Memoir", translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-679-41351-0. 68, 125, 203, 221
- ^ "Jews in Sports: Basketball". Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/basketballtoc.html. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
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