- List of Romanian Jews
This is a list of
Romania n Jews who are or wereJew ish or of Jewish ancestry.Academics
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Aaron Aaronsohn , botanist
*J. J. Benjamin , historian
*Nicolae Cajal , virologist and Jewish community leader
*Ştefan Cazimir , literary critic
*Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea , sociologist and Marxist theorist
*Lazăr Edeleanu , chemist
* David Emmanuel, mathematician
*Zicman Feider , biologist, acarologist ["Contribution of the Romanian Jews to Culture and Civilisation", Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania, Hasefer Press, Bucharest, 2004, ISBN 973-630-067-6]
*Herman Finer , political scientist [ [http://www.grazian-archive.com/autobiography/student/STUS12.htm] "Mr. Herman Finer, an Englishman, Jewish"; born Jassy, Roumania (Who was Who)]
*Moses Gaster , chakham, Hebrew linguist
*Alexandru Graur , linguist
* Lucien Goldmann [philosopher, critic, sociologist]
*Joseph M. Juran , industrial engineer
*Ernest Klein , linguist
*Peter George Oliver Freund , physicist
*Liviu Librescu , physicist ["Jewish Chronicle ", Apr 20 2007 p.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
*Simion Sanielevici , mathematician
*Iosif Sava , musicologist and television host
*Alice Săvulescu , botanist
*Isaac Jacob Schoenberg , mathematician
*Itic Şvarţ-Kara , historian, literary and theater critic
*Heimann Hariton Tiktin , linguist
*Vladimir Tismăneanu , historian and political analyst
*David Wechsler , psychologistArtists
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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
*Barbu Iscovescu , painter
*M. H. Maxy , painter
*Jules Perahim , painter (surrealist) and graphic artist
*Constantin Daniel Rosenthal , painter
*Reuven Rubin , painter
*Lola Schmierer-Roth , painter
*Arthur Segal , painter
*Daniel Spoerri , assemblage artist and author(Jewish father)
*Saul Steinberg , cartoonist
*Nicolae Vermont , painter and graphic artistBusiness people
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Max Auschnitt , financier
*Mauriciu Blank , financier
**Aristide Blank , financier and activist
*Emil Calmanovici , financier and communist activist
*Jacques Elias , banker, landowner, manufacturer
*Hillel Manoah , banker
*Iosif Samitca , publisher
**Ralian Samitca , publisher
**Ignat Samitca , publisherFilm and stage figures
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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 [http://new.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1529]
*Bernard Natan , film producer
*Ovitz family , circus actors and traveling musicians
*Edward G. Robinson , actor
*Abba Schoengold [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]
*Iulian Schwartz , actor and scholar
*Simcha Schwartz , theater director and critic
*Dumitru Solomon , playwright
*Jacob Sternberg , directorMusicians
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Bill Averbach , composer, klezmer musician
*Moshe Bazian , cantor
*Miriam Fried , violinist
*Alma Gluck , soprano
*Clara Haskil , pianist
*Philip Herschkowitz , music theorist and composer
*Mandru Katz , pianist
*Yoel Levi , conductor
*György Ligeti , composer
*Radu Lupu , pianist
*Silvia Marcovici , violinist
*Joseph Moskowitz , klezmer musician
*Moishe Oysher , cantor and singer
*Arnold Rosé , violinist
*Lya Stern , violinist, teacher
*Richard Stein , light music composer (Sanie cu zurgalai)Political figures
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Martin Abern , Trotskyist activist
*Radu F. Alexandru , politician
*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
*David Fabian , communist activist
*Max Goldstein , communist activist
*Remus Koffler , communist activist
*David Korner , Trotskyist activist
*Alex Kozinski , judge
* Serge Klarsfeld, anti-Nazi activist
*Samuel Leibowitz , attorney
*Karpel Lippe , Zionist activist
*Vasile Luca , communist politician
*Gheorghe Gaston Marin , communist politician
*Nati Meir , politician
*Alexandru Nicolschi , communist politician
*Saul Ozias , communist politician
*Ana Pauker , communist politician
*Marcel Pauker , communist politician
*Mircea Răceanu , diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)
*Leonte Răutu , communist politician
*Mihail Roller , communist politician
*Valter Roman , communist politician
**Petre Roman , politician (Jewish father)
*Solomon Tinkelman , communist activist
*Leonte Tismăneanu , communist politician
*Sorin Toma , communist activist
*Ghizela Vass , communist activist
*Belu Zilber , communist activistReligious figures
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Ernest Klein , rabbi
*Moses Rosen , rabbi
*Moses Josef Rubin , rabbi
*Alexandru Şafran , rabbi
*Meir Shapiro , rabbi
*Nicolae Steinhardt , Christian Orthodox priest (Jewish father)
*Richard Wurmbrand , minister of religionportspeople
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Abraham Baratz , chess player
*Ernie Grunfeld , basketball player
*Leon Rotman , canoeist
*Angelica Rozeanu , table tennis player
*Andre Spitzer , fencing master and coach
*Alexandru Tyroler , chess player
*Bernardo Wexler , chess player
*Kevin Youkilis , first baseman for theBoston Red Sox
*Victor Zilberman , boxerWriters
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Iuliu Barasch , physician and writer
*Max (Marcel) Blecher , writer
*Srul Bronshtein , poet
*Nina Cassian , poet
*Paul Celan , poet
*Andrei Codrescu , poet and essayist
*Vladimir Colin , short story writer and novelist
*Radu Cosaşu , short story writer and journalist
*Emil Dorian , poet and writer
*Virgil Duda , writer,and journalist
*Bluma Finkelstein , poet and essayist
*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
*Ion Pribeagu ,poet and essayist
*Maurice Samuel , novelist
*Benjamin Schwarzfeld , writer and educator
**Elias Schwarzfeld , historian and novelist
**Moses Schwarzfeld , writer and journalist
**Wilhelm Schwarzfeld , essayist and journalist
*Aurel Storin , essayist, journalist and poet
*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 , writerReferences
ee also
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History of the Jews in Romania
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