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List of Galicia (Eastern Europe) Jews –
Jews born in
Galicia (Eastern Europe) or identifying themselves as
Galitzianer. Those born after the
Congress of Vienna would be considered subjects of the
Austrian empire and those after the foundation of the dual monarchy in 1867 and before the end of
World War I in 1918, would have been
Austro-Hungarian citizens.
Religious figures
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Eliezer Adler, founder of the Jewish Community in Gateshead, England
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Yosef Babad
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Josef Samuel Bloch
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Zvi Hirsch Chajes
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
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Jacob Frank, Jewish messianic claimant who combined Judaism and Christianity
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Ben Zion Halberstam, second Rebbe of
Bobov
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Chaim Halberstam of Sanz
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Naftali Halberstam, fourth Rebbe of Bobov
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Shlomo Halberstam, first Rebbe of Bobov
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Arthur Hertzberg
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Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov
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Nachman Krochmal
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Hirschel Levin, Chief Rabbi at London and Berlin
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Roza Pomerantz-Meltzer (1861–1934), writer, Zionist, women's rights activist
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Samuel Judah Löb Rapoport (Shir)
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Shalom Rokeach, first
Rebbe of
Belz (Hasidic dynasty)
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Yehoshua Rokeach, second Rebbe of Belz
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Yissachar Dov Rokeach, third Rebbe of Belz
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Aharon Rokeach, fourth Rebbe of Belz
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Malka Rokeach, first
rebbetzin of Belz
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Mordechai Rokeach, Rav of Bilgoray
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Sholom Mordechai Schwadron
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Meir Shapiro, Hasidic rabbi and
rosh yeshiva
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Dov Berish Weidenfeld
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Mendel Weinbach (1933–2012), rosh yeshiva, Yeshivas
Ohr Somayach
[1]
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Israel Zolli, Chief Rabbi of Rome, converted to Christianity
Political figures
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Muhammad Asad, Jewish religious writer who converted to
Islam, Pakistani diplomat
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Isaac Deutscher, Polish-British political activist and historian
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Abba Hushi, Israeli mayor of Haifa
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Julian Klaczko, Polish-Austrian politician
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František Kriegel, Czechoslovak politician
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Walter Krivitsky, Soviet spy
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Manfred Lachs, Polish diplomat and jurist
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Pinhas Lavon, Israeli politician
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Herman Lieberman, Polish socialist politician
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Karl Radek, Bolshevik politician
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Jakob Rosenfeld, Chinese general
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Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish foreign affairs minister
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Dov Sadan, Israeli academic and politician
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Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York, Attorney General of New York
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Józef Światło, Polish intelligence officer
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Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy
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Shevah Weiss, Israeli speaker of the Kneset
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Simon Wiesenthal, hunter of Nazis
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Grigory Yavlinsky, Russian politician
Academics
Cultural figures
Chess players
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Izak Aloni, born in
Lviv
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Alexander Beliavsky, born in Lviv
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Oscar Chajes, born in
Brody
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Arthur Dunkelblum, born in
Kraków
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Salo Flohr, born in
Horodenka
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Henryk Friedman, lived in Lviv
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Edward Gerstenfeld, born in Lviv
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Max Judd, born in Kraków
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Salo Landau, born in
Bochnia
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Menachem Oren, lived in Kraków
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Oskar Piotrowski, lived in Lviv
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Jakob Rosanes, born in Brody
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Leon Stolzenberg, lived in
Ternopil
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Oscar Tenner, born in Lviv
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Daniel Yanofsky, born in Brody
Others
See also
References
External links