This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.
Academics
Aaron Aaronsohn , botanistYaakov Bar-Shalom , electrical engineerJ. J. Benjamin , historianMartin Bercovici , energy engineerRandolph L. Braham , political scientist, historianNicolae Cajal , virologist and Jewish community leaderGedeon Dagan , hydrologistConstantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea , sociologist and Marxist theoristLazăr Edeleanu , chemistZicman Feider , biologist, acarologist[ 1] Herman Finer , political scientist[ 2] Peter Freund , theoretical physicistMoses Gaster , hakham (Sephardi scholar & Rabi), linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leaderLucien Goldmann , philosopher, critic, sociologistAlexandru Graur , linguistMichael Harsgor , historianJoseph M. Juran , industrial engineerErnest Klein , linguistCharles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist[ 3]
Liviu Librescu , physicist[ 4] Mario Livio , astrophysicistEdward Luttwak , economist and historianNorman Manea , writer and college professorMeinhard E. Mayer , physicistSerge Moscovici , social psychologistVictor Neumann , historian and political analystAndrei Oișteanu , historian and anthropologistZigu Ornea , literary criticJulius Popper , explorerLazăr Șăineanu , (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folkloristItamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historianHeimann Hariton Tiktin , linguistVladimir Tismăneanu , historian and political analystDavid Wechsler , psychologistAvram Leib Zissu , political leader, Zionist activist, author, opinion journalist
Mathematicians
Artists
Avigdor Arikha , painterVictor Brauner , painter and photographerSorel Etrog , sculptorAndré François , painter and graphic artistIdel Ianchelevici , sculptorMarcel Iancu , architect and painterIosif Iser , painterIsidore Isou , Letterist Alex Leon , painterMoissaye Marans , sculptorM. H. Maxy , painterConstantin Daniel Rosenthal , painterReuven Rubin , painterHerman Sachs , muralistArthur Segal , painterSaul Steinberg , cartoonistHedda Sterne , painter, sculptor and graphic artistNicolae Vermont , painter and graphic artistJean Weinberg , photographerMedi Dinu , painter
Business people
Israil Bercovici , playwrightLauren Bacall , actressLucian Bratu , director/film producerChristian Calson , director/writerWinona Ryder , actressYael Stone , actressI.A.L. Diamond , screenwriterAbraham Goldfaden , founder of Yiddish-language theaterMarin Karmitz , director, producerElina Löwensohn , actressSigmund Mogulesko Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress[2] Bernard Natan , film producerOvitz family , circus actors and traveling musiciansEdward G. Robinson , actorAbba Schoengold [ 5] Dumitru Solomon , playwrightJacob Sternberg , director
Miscellaneous
Musicians
Art Garfunkel , composer, singer-songwriterDana International , Israeli singer and musicianShlomo Artzi , musician now living in IsraelDan Bittman , singerAlexander Uriah Boskovich , composerDumitru Bughici composer, pianistSergiu Comissiona , conductor, violinistAlma Gluck , sopranoSarah Gorby singerClara Haskil , pianistPhilip Herschkowitz , music theorist and composerGabriel Iranyi , composerMindru Katz , pianistMax Leibowitz violinist and bandleaderSammy Lerner , composerYoel Levi , conductorSergiu Luca , violinistRadu Lupu , pianistSilvia Marcovici , violinistIon Marin , conductorAbraham Moskowitz , singer and theatre actorJoseph Moskowitz , klezmer musicianMoishe Oysher , cantor and singerSimon Paskal singer, cantor and theatre actorMendi Rodan . conductor, composer and violinist.Beverly Sills , opera singer
Martin Abern , Trotskyist activistColette Avital , Israeli politicianDavicion Bally , public servantOlga Bancic , communist activistSilviu Brucan , communist politician and dissidentSimion Bughici , communist politicianAvram Bunaciu , communist politicianIosif Chișinevschi , communist politicianAlexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea , communist activistMișu Dulgheru , communist activist, spyMiriam Eshkol , wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol Max Goldstein , communist activistMichael Howard , British politicianSerge Klarsfeld , anti-Nazi activistDavid Korner , Trotskyist activistAlex Kozinski , judgeLeon Lichtblau , communist activistSamuel Leibowitz , attorneyVasile Luca , communist politicianGheorghe Gaston Marin , communist politicianNati Meir , politicianGhiță Moscu , communist activist and politicianAlexandru Nicolschi , communist politicianAna Pauker , communist politicianMarcel Pauker , communist politicianMircea Răceanu , diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)Leonte Răutu , communist politicianValter Roman , communist politicianPetre Roman , politician (Jewish father)Leonte Tismăneanu , communist politicianGhizela Vass , communist activist
Moses Gaster , rabbi, philologist, community leader, early ZionistDavid L. Genuth , rabbiErnest Klein , rabbiMoses Rosen , rabbiMoses Josef Rubin , rabbiAlexandru Șafran , rabbiMeir Shapiro , rabbiNicolae Steinhardt , Christian Orthodox monk (Jewish father)Richard Wurmbrand , minister of religion
Sportspeople
Baseball
All Star Kevin Youkilis
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
Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018), novelist and Holocaust survivorIuliu Barasch , physician and writerZelig Bardichever , poet and songwriterMax Blecher , writerSrul Bronshtein , poetNina Cassian , poetPaul Celan , poetAndrei Codrescu , poet and essayistVladimir Colin , short story writer and novelistBenjamin Fondane , poet, playwright, and literary criticAbraham Goldfaden , poet and playwrightAlexandru Hâjdeu , writer, founding member of the Romanian Academy .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman , songwriter, journalist and actorD. Iacobescu , poetIsidore Isou , poetIrving Layton , poetStan Lee (1922–2018) born Stanley Martin Lieber, writer, editor, publisher, and co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe.Gherasim Luca , poetIsac Ludo , novelistNorman Manea , novelistCilibi Moise , storyteller and humoristFlorin Mugur , author (poetry, prose, essays)Sașa Pană , poet and short story writerMaurice Samuel , novelistElias Schwarzfeld , historian and novelistMihail Sebastian , playwrightNicolae Steinhardt , writer (Jewish father)Alexandru Toma , poetTristan Tzara , poet and essayist, founder of Dadaism Tudor Vianu , literary criticIlarie Voronca , poet and essayistElie Wiesel , writerHaralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writerGellu Naum , poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator (Jewish Mother, Maria Naum née Rosa Gluck)
See also
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)^ Blumenthal, Ralph (28 May 1987). "DR. CHARLES KREMER, 89, DIES; PRESSED TRIFA WAR CRIME CASE" . The New York Times . Retrieved 30 July 2016 . ^ Jewish Chronicle ^ 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^ Darvari, Alex (9 January 2021). "A murit Iancu Țucărman, penultimul supraviețuitor al "trenurilor morții" din timpul Pogromului" . Newsweek România (in Romanian). ^ Cristescu, George Andrei (8 January 2021). "Iancu Țucărman, supraviețuitor al Pogromului de la Iași, a murit din cauza COVID-19" . Adevărul ^ "Jews in Sports: Basketball" . Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved May 25, 2010 .^ Arbure, Zamfir C. (1898). "Basarabia in secolul XIX" . ^ "The Reform Advocate" . 1914.^ http://filosofieromaneasca.uv.ro/bogdanpetriceicuhasdeu.htm ^ "Home" . Archived from the original on 20 April 2009.
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