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Leib Chasman
Leib is a given name and (less often) a surname that are usually of Jewish origin. Baby Names Pedia Leib often stems from ''לייב'' (leib), the Yiddish word for lion. The word for lion is ''Löwe'', other - partly dialectal - German forms of the word are ''Löw'', ''Loew'', ''Löb'', ''Leb'' and ''Leib''. In Standard German, ''Leib'' means "body", but that is in general not the source for the Yiddish name. Leib may also be connected to the Hebrew word ''לב'' (lev or leb), meaning "heart". Given name * (1847–1905), Polish ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard German
Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (not to be confused with High German dialects, more precisely Upper German dialects) (german: Standardhochdeutsch, , or, in Switzerland, ), is the standardized variety of the German language used in formal contexts and for communication between different dialect areas. It is a pluricentric Dachsprache with three codified (or standardised) specific regional variants: German Standard German, Austrian Standard German and Swiss Standard German. Regarding the spelling and punctuation, a recommended standard is published by the Council for German Orthography which represents the governments of all majority and minority German-speaking countries and dependencies. Adherence is obligatory for government institutions, including schools. Regarding the pronunciation, although there is no official standards body, there is a long-standing ''de facto'' standard pronunciation (Bühnendeutsch), most commonly used in fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Pinsker
yi, לעאָן פינסקער , birth_date = , birth_place = Tomaszów Lubelski, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = Odessa, Russian Empire , known_for = Zionism , occupation = Physician, political activist , education = Law , alma_mater = Odessa University , movement = Hovevei Zion (Zionism) Leon Pinsker ( yi, לעאָן פינסקער, ''Yehudah Leib Pinsker''; russian: Лев (Леон) Семёнович or Йехуда Лейб Пинскер, ''Lev Semyonovich Pinsker''; 1821–1891) was a physician, and Zionist activist. Earlier in life he had originally supported the cultural assimilation of Jews in the Russian Empire. He was himself born in the town of Tomaszów Lubelski in the southeastern border region of the Kingdom of Poland, and educated in Odessa, where he studied law but was unable to practice because of restrictions on occupations available to Jews. He was a supporter of equal rights under the law for Jews, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Leib
Michael Leib (January 8, 1760December 22, 1822) was an American physician and politician from Philadelphia. He served as a surgeon in the Philadelphia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He served as a Democratic-Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives three times; from 1795 to 1798, 1806 to 1808 and 1817 to 1818. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1799 to 1803 and for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1803 to 1806. He served as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1809 to 1814. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1818 to 1821. Biography Leib was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George and Dorothea Leib. He studied and practiced medicine in Philadelphia, received a commission as a surgeon in the Philadelphia Militia in 1780 and served during the American Revolutionary War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Leib
Karl Leib was a German SS officer. Leib was son-in-law of the head if the SS-Hauptamt Gottlob Berger, and served as a SS officer in that office during World War II. In 1940 he was appointed as head of the SS office ''Ergänzungstelle Norwest'' in the Hague in the Netherlands. With the rank of ''SS-Sturmbannführer'' (Major), Leib was in charge of the Norwegian recruitment and propaganda office ''Germanische Leitstelle'', at Drammensveien in Oslo. His office also published '' Germansk Budstikke'' and '' SS-Heftet'', which was the Norwegian edition of '' SS-Leitheft''. The recruiting footwork was done by the Norwegian ''SS-Untersturmführer''s Felix Thoresen and Brun Evers from Haugesund. The latter was killed in 1944 at Narva, fighting in 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland. Before that Evers was said to have recruited the third company of the Norwegian skijegerbatallion, which became part of the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord. Leib had broad contacts in Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Leib
Gary David Leib (October 29, 1955 – March 19, 2021) was an American underground cartoonist, animator, and musician. Best known for the comic book '' Idiotland'' (a two-man anthology produced with Leib's long-time collaborator, Doug Allen), Leib's work also appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''Musician Magazine'', ''The New York Observer'', ''RAW'', ''BLAB!'' and as weekly features in ''New York Press'' for many years. His animation work was featured in films like ''American Ultra'', ''American Splendor'', and ''Happiness''.Dean, Michael"Gary Leib: 1955 – 2021,"''The Comics Journal'' (March 23, 2021). Leib was a founding member of the Grammy Award-nominated band Rubber Rodeo, which recorded two albums for Mercury Records. He created original music for independent and feature films, including the critically acclaimed '' Ironweed''. Biography Leib was born in Chicago, Illinois, the eldest of four children, and grew up in Lincolnwood. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Leib
Ethan J. Leib (September 15, 1975) is a law professor at Fordham Law School. He is the author of several books, including ''Deliberative Democracy in America: A Proposal for a Popular Branch of Government''. Leib was raised in Riverdale, Bronx. He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Yale University, his J.D. from Yale Law School, and a M.Phil. from Cambridge University. Leib clerked for Chief Judge John M. Walker, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Before arriving at Fordham, Leib litigated at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City and taught at University of California, Hastings College of the Law The University of California, Hastings College of the Law (UC Hastings) is a public law school in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, UC Hastings was the first law school of the University of California as .... References External links * "Prawfsblog- law professors' blog including contributions by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aryeh Leib Yellin , the Pesichtas, and other ancient rabbinic productions, occasionally with critical re ...
Aryeh Leib Yellin (1820 in Jasionówka, Mońki County – April 2, 1886) (or Jelin n Polish Hebrew: אריה ליב יעלין) was rabbi of Bielsk Podlaski, Poland. He was one of the most prominent Polish rabbis, to whom halakic matters were frequently referred for decision. He was the author of ''Kol Aryeh'' and ''Miẓpeh Aryeh,'' novellæ on various Talmudical tractates. His most important production is the ''Yefeh 'Enayim,'' (trans.: "beautiful eyes") giving the parallel passages found in the Babylonian Talmud, the Yerushalmi, the Midrashim ''Midrash'' (;"midrash" ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. he, מִדְרָשׁ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leib Yaffe
Aryeh Leib Yaffe (born 1876) ( he, אריה לייב יפה ) was a Hebrew poet, journalist and editor of Haaretz newspaper. Leib Yaffe was born in Grodno, Belarus. He spent his university years in Germany. A life-long champion of the Zionist cause, he immigrated to Palestine in 1920, where he became chief editor of Haaretz. He founded and served as director-general of Keren Hayesod. In 1924, he visited Pinsk to promote the Zionist cause and received a warm welcome from the Jewish community. In 1942, he was sent on a mission to South America, and in December of that year he traveled to United States as an emissary of the Zionist Movement. On March 11, 1948, he and 12 others were killed by a car bomb in the courtyard of the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem. |
Leib Weissberg
Leib Weissberg (January 9, 1893 – 1942) was a Slavonski Brod rabbi who was killed during the Holocaust. Weissberg was born in Probużna (then part of Austria-Hungary) to Jewish parents Seide and Ehaja (née Ringel) Weissberg. He was married to Adela (née Taubes) Weissberg with whom he had two sons: Samuel (born on April 25, 1933, in Brod na Savi) and Saadia (born on December 28, 1936, in Slavonski Brod). Weissberg was educated at the rabbinical seminary "Israelitisch-theologische Lehranstalt Vienna". He didn't know any Croatian when he arrived in Brod with his wife, but he quickly learned it. Weissberg was a rabbi of the Jewish Community of Slavonski Brod until World War II. His wife would often replace him at religious classes. Weissberg and his family were deported to Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration and extermination camp established in the village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leib Tropper
Rabbi Leib Tropper (born 1950 in New York City) is the founder of the Kol Yaakov Torah Center, which was located in Monsey, New York. Career Tropper worked for Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem, and later become the educational director of Ohr Sameach, New York located in Yonkers and Monsey. In 1981, Tropper joined Rabbi Avrohom Gershon Tress zt"l in founding a new yeshiva for baalei teshuva, the Kol Yaakov Torah Center, and became its rosh yeshivah. Eternal Jewish Family Tropper founded the Eternal Jewish Family (EJF) project, which advocated more rigorous standards for conversion to Judaism, and made it easier for intermarried families to get a conversion. Until 2009 he was the director and chairman of EJF's Rabbinic Committee. The organization was funded by Thomas Kaplan and his nephew, Guma Aguiar, who donated at least $8 million to the project, according to IRS documents. Sex and Theft Scandals On October 2009, Tropper was sued by Guma Aguiar for allegedly misappropriating funds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zalman Teitelbaum
Yekusiel Yehuda III Teitelbaum, known by the Yiddish colloquial name Rav Zalman Leib (born 23 December 1951),Arye Ehrlich. Malkhut shel Khesed'. Mishpacha, 13 December 2012 (p. 28). is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the late Rebbe of the Satmar Hasidim. He is the son-in-law of the previous Bistritzer Rebbe of Brooklyn. He is currently one of the two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, with his faction being based in central Satmar congregation in Williamsburg, and the Dean of a Satmar yeshiva in Queens. Prior to taking up his position in Williamsburg, Rabbi Teitelbaum was the rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim in Jerusalem. Before that, he was the rabbi of the Sighet synagogue in Boro Park, which had once been his father's synagogue. Presently, both of those synagogues are led by sons of Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum. He is currently the Rabbi of the central Satmar synagogue in Williamsburg, at 152 Rodney Street. Additionally, he controls approximatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman
Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman ( he, אהרן יהודה לייב שטינמן), also Shtainman or Steinman (November 3, 1914 – December 12, 2017), was a Haredi rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. Following the death of Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 2012, he was widely regarded as the Gadol HaDor (Leader of the Generation), the leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian Haredi Jewish world. Along with several other rabbis, Shteinman is credited with reviving and expanding the appeal of European-style yeshivas in Israel. Early life Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteiman was born in Kamyenyets (Kaminetz), the son of Noach Tzvi and Gittel Faiga, and raised in Brest (Brisk), then part of the Russian Empire. He studied in Yeshivas Toras Chessed in Brest, headed by a rabbi known as the Imrei Moshe. He attended ''shiurim'' (Torah lectures) given by Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (the Brisker Rav). He also studied in Kletzk under Aharon Kotler. Upon reaching draft age in 1937, Shteinman was subject to the Polish dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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