Kahn is a surname of German origin. Kahn means "small boat", in German. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Cahn.
Ulmann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Slonimsky is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname popular among people of Belarusian, Polish and Russian people of Jewish origin. It means "a person from the city of Slonim".
Lehrer, alternatively Lehr, Lehrian or Lehrmann, is a surname that can be either Germanic or Jewish.
Münch or Muench is a German surname, meaning "monk". Notable people with this surname include the following:
Spindler or Špindler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abraham Auerbach was a German rabbi.
Samson Cerfberr of Medelsheim was a French soldier and author.
Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim was a French Jewish philanthropist. He was a contractor to the army, and employed his wealth and his influence with the French government in promoting the material and spiritual welfare of his coreligionists. The government permitted him to settle at Strasburg, in opposition to the wishes of the authorities of that city, who zealously enforced the law excluding Jews.
Max-Théodore Cerfberr was a French military officer and parliamentary deputy. He was also president of the Consistoire Central Israelite de France.
Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim was a French journalist, writer and governmental official.
Cerf or Le Cerf is a French-language surname, derived from cerf, meaning "hind", "hart" or "deer". It is common for both Christians and Jews, an equivalent of Naphtali, to which the meaning of "hind" is attributed, and is thus also the equivalent of the same name translated into other European languages, for example Hirsch in German and Jellinek in Czech.
The history of the Jews in Alsace is one of the oldest in Europe. It was first attested to in 1165 by Benjamin of Tudela, who wrote about a "large number of learned men" in "Astransbourg"; and it is assumed that it dates back to around the year 1000. Although Jewish life in Alsace was often disrupted by outbreaks of pogroms, at least during the Middle Ages, and reined in by harsh restrictions on business and movement, it has had a continuous existence ever since it was first recorded. At its peak, in 1870, the Jewish community of Alsace numbered 35,000 people.
Medelsheim is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Medelsheim is a German village, part of the municipality of Gersheim, in the Saarpfalz-Kreis, Saarland.
Drach is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Naphtali is the sixth son of Jacob in the Bible and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
Klee is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Variations include Kleefeld, Kleeblatt, Kleegman, Kleiman, Kleeman and Kleeberg. In German, it means "clover" and is possibly a toponymic surname like Feldman.
Beer Léon Fould was a French-Jewish banker, and the founder of the Fould banking dynasty.
Beers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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