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Al-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-Kohen

(Encyclopedia) Al-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-KohenAl-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-Kohenäl-fäˈsē [key], 1013–1103, prominent Jewish Talmudic scholar of the very late Gaonic period, b. near Fès, N Africa. He…

Sharett, Moshe

(Encyclopedia) Sharett, MosheSharett, Moshemōˈshə shərĕtˈ [key], 1894–1965, Israeli statesman, b. Russia, originally named Shertok. In 1906 he emigrated to Palestine where he was active in the labor…

Remah

(Encyclopedia) Remah: see Isserles, Moses ben Israel.

Gaon of Vilna

(Encyclopedia) Gaon of Vilna: see Elijah ben Solomon.

Gabirol

(Encyclopedia) Gabirol: see Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah.

Avicebron

(Encyclopedia) Avicebron: see Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah.

Maimonides

(Encyclopedia) MaimonidesMaimonidesmīmŏnˈĭdēz [key] or Moses ben MaimonMoses ben Maimonmīˈmən [key], 1135–1204, Jewish scholar, physician, and philosopher, the most influential Jewish thinker of the…

Aben Ezra

(Encyclopedia) Aben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir.