List of Romanian Jews
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Template:JewsByCountry This is a list of Romanians who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
Academics
- Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist
- J. J. Benjamin, historian
- 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
- Theodor Gaster, historian of religion
- 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
- Julius Popper, explorer
- Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician
- Heimann Hariton Tiktin, linguist
- Vladimir Tismăneanu, historian and political analyst
- David Wechsler, psychologist
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
- M. H. Maxy, painter
- Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, painter
- Reuven Rubin, painter
- Daniel Spoerri, dancer (Jewish father)
- Saul Steinberg, cartoonist
Business people
- Emil Calmanovici, financier and communist activist
Film and stage figures
- Israil Bercovici, playwright
- I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter
- John Houseman, actor (Jewish father)
- Marin Karmitz, director, producer
- 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
- Alma Gluck, soprano
- Clara Haskil, pianist
- Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer
- 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
Political figures
- Martin Abern, Trotskyist activist
- Colette Avital, politician
- Olga Bancic, communist activist
- Silviu Brucan, communist politician and dissident
- 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
- Marcel Pauker, communist politician
- Mircea Răceanu, diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)
- Valter Roman, communist politician
- Petre Roman, politician (Jewish father)
- Leonte Tismăneanu, communist politician
Religious figures
- 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 religion
Sportspeople
- Abraham Baratz, chess player
- Ernie Grunfeld, basketball player
- Angelica Rozeanu, table tennis player
- Andre Spitzer, fencing master and coach
- Bernardo Wexler, chess player
- Kevin Youkilis, first baseman for the Boston Red Sox
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
- Saşa Pană, poet and short story writer
- Elias Schwarzfeld, historian and novelist
- Mihail Sebastian, playwright
- Nicolae Steinhardt, writer (Jewish father)
- Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist
- Tudor Vianu, literary critic
- Ion Vianu, essayist, novelist, and journalist
- Ilarie Voronca, poet and essayist
- Elie Wiesel, 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