List of Romanian Jews

This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.

Academics

• Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist
• Yaakov Bar-Shalom, electrical engineer
• J. J. Benjamin, historian
• Martin Bercovici, energy engineer
• Randolph L. Braham, political scientist, historian
• Nicolae Cajal, virologist and Jewish community leader
• Gedeon Dagan, hydrologist
• Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, sociologist and Marxist theorist
• Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
• Zicman Feider, biologist, acarologist ^[1]
• Herman Finer, political scientist ^[2]
• Peter Freund, theoretical physicist
• Moses Gaster, hakham (Sephardi scholar & Rabi), linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leader
• Lucien Goldmann, philosopher, critic, sociologist
• Alexandru Graur, linguist
• Michael Harsgor, historian
• Joseph M. Juran, industrial engineer
• Ernest Klein, linguist
• Charles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist ^[3]
• Liviu Librescu, physicist ^[4]
• Mario Livio, astrophysicist
• Edward Luttwak, economist and historian
• Norman Manea, writer and college professor
• Meinhard E. Mayer, physicist
• Serge Moscovici, social psychologist
• Victor Neumann, historian and political analyst
• Andrei Oișteanu, historian and anthropologist
• Zigu Ornea, literary critic
• Julius Popper, explorer
• Lazăr Șăineanu, (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folklorist
• Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historian
• Heimann Hariton Tiktin, linguist
• Vladimir Tismăneanu, historian and political analyst
• David Wechsler, psychologist
• Avram Leib Zissu, political leader, Zionist activist, author, opinion journalist

Mathematicians

• Peter Constantin, mathematician
• David Emmanuel, mathematician
• Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024), mathematician and lawyer
• Sergiu Hart, mathematician, economist
• George Lusztig, mathematician
• Sergiu Klainerman, mathematician
• Solomon Marcus, mathematician
• Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician

Artists

• Avigdor Arikha, painter
• Victor Brauner, painter and photographer
• Sorel Etrog, sculptor
• André François, painter and graphic artist
• Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor
• Marcel Iancu, architect and painter
• Iosif Iser, painter
• Isidore Isou, Letterist
• Alex Leon, painter
• Moissaye Marans, sculptor
• M. H. Maxy, painter
• Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, painter
• Reuven Rubin, painter
• Herman Sachs, muralist
• Arthur Segal, painter
• Saul Steinberg, cartoonist
• Hedda Sterne, painter, sculptor and graphic artist
• Nicolae Vermont, painter and graphic artist
• Jean Weinberg, photographer
• Medi Dinu, painter

Business people

• Max Auschnitt, financier
• Emil Calmanovici, financier and communist activist
• Safra Catz, business executive
• Solomon Leibovici, financier
• Eduardo Saverin (grandson of a Romanian Jew), co-founder of Facebook

Film and stage figures

• Israil Bercovici, playwright
• Lauren Bacall, actress
• Lucian Bratu, director/film producer
• Christian Calson, director/writer
• Winona Ryder, actress
• Yael Stone, actress
• I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter
• Abraham Goldfaden, founder of Yiddish-language theater
• Marin Karmitz, director, producer
• Elina Löwensohn, actress
• Sigmund Mogulesko
• Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress
• Bernard Natan, film producer
• Ovitz family, circus actors and traveling musicians
• Edward G. Robinson, actor
• Abba Schoengold ^[5]
• Dumitru Solomon, playwright
• Jacob Sternberg, director

Miscellaneous

• Iancu Țucărman, Holocaust and Iași pogrom survivor ^{[6] [7]}

Musicians

• Art Garfunkel, composer, singer-songwriter
• Dana International, Israeli singer and musician
• Shlomo Artzi, musician now living in Israel
• Dan Bittman, singer
• Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer
• Dumitru Bughici composer, pianist
• Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, violinist
• Alma Gluck, soprano
• Sarah Gorby singer
• Clara Haskil, pianist
• Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer
• Gabriel Iranyi, composer
• Mindru Katz, pianist
• Max Leibowitz violinist and bandleader
• Sammy Lerner, composer
• Yoel Levi, conductor
• Sergiu Luca, violinist
• Radu Lupu, pianist
• Silvia Marcovici, violinist
• Ion Marin, conductor
• Abraham Moskowitz, singer and theatre actor
• Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician
• Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer
• Simon Paskal singer, cantor and theatre actor
• Mendi Rodan. conductor, composer and violinist.
• Beverly Sills, opera singer

Political figures

• Martin Abern, Trotskyist activist
• Colette Avital, Israeli politician
• Davicion Bally, public servant
• Olga Bancic, communist activist
• Silviu Brucan, communist politician and dissident
• Simion Bughici, communist politician
• Avram Bunaciu, communist politician
• Iosif Chișinevschi, communist politician
• Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea, communist activist
• Mișu Dulgheru, communist activist, spy
• Miriam Eshkol, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
• Max Goldstein, communist activist
• Michael Howard, British politician
• Serge Klarsfeld, anti-Nazi activist
• David Korner, Trotskyist activist
• Alex Kozinski, judge
• Leon Lichtblau, communist activist
• Samuel Leibowitz, attorney
• Vasile Luca, communist politician
• Gheorghe Gaston Marin, communist politician
• Nati Meir, politician
• Ghiță Moscu, communist activist and politician
• Alexandru Nicolschi, communist politician
• Ana Pauker, communist politician
• Marcel Pauker, communist politician
• Mircea Răceanu, diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)
• Leonte Răutu, communist politician
• Valter Roman, communist politician
• Petre Roman, politician (Jewish father)
• Leonte Tismăneanu, communist politician
• Ghizela Vass, communist activist

Religious figures

• Moses Gaster, rabbi, philologist, community leader, early Zionist
• David L. Genuth, rabbi
• Ernest Klein, rabbi
• Moses Rosen, rabbi
• Moses Josef Rubin, rabbi
• Alexandru Șafran, rabbi
• Meir Shapiro, rabbi
• Nicolae Steinhardt, Christian Orthodox monk (Jewish father)
• Richard Wurmbrand, minister of religion

Sportspeople

Baseball

All Star Kevin Youkilis

• Harry Feldman
• Hank Greenberg
• Bud Selig
• Kevin Youkilis

Basketball

• Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion ^[8]

Boxing

• Victor Zilberman, boxer

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

• Abraham Baratz, chess player
• Alexandru Tyroler, chess player
• Bernardo Wexler, chess player

Fencing

• Andre Spitzer, fencing master and coach

Football

• Itay Shechter, soccer player
• Avi Strool, soccer player
• Samuel Zauber, late soccer player
• Rudolf Wetzer, late soccer player
• Jack Moisescu, late soccer player
• Elemer Hirsch, late soccer player
• Nicolae Hönigsberg, late soccer player
• Norberto Höfling, late soccer player

Table tennis

• Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF

Writers

• Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018), novelist and Holocaust survivor
• Iuliu Barasch, physician and writer
• Zelig Bardichever, poet and songwriter
• Max Blecher, 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
• Alexandru Hâjdeu, writer, founding member of the Romanian Academy. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}
• Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman, songwriter, journalist and actor
• D. Iacobescu, poet
• Isidore Isou, poet
• Irving Layton, poet
• Stan Lee (1922–2018) born Stanley Martin Lieber, writer, editor, publisher, and co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe.
• Gherasim Luca, poet
• Isac Ludo, novelist
• Norman Manea, novelist
• Cilibi Moise, storyteller and humorist
• Florin Mugur, author (poetry, prose, essays)
• Sașa Pană, poet and short story writer
• Maurice Samuel, novelist
• Elias Schwarzfeld, historian and novelist
• Mihail Sebastian, playwright
• Nicolae Steinhardt, writer (Jewish father)
• Alexandru Toma, poet
• Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist, founder of Dadaism
• Tudor Vianu, literary critic
• Ilarie Voronca, poet and essayist
• Elie Wiesel, writer
• Haralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writer
• Gellu Naum, poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator (Jewish Mother, Maria Naum née Rosa Gluck)

See also

• History of the Jews in Romania
• Category:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent

References

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2. "Mr. Herman Finer, an Englishman, Jewish"; born Jassy, Roumania (Who was Who)
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4. Jewish Chronicle , Apr 20 2007 p.3
5. 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
6. Darvari, Alex (9 January 2021). "A murit Iancu Țucărman, penultimul supraviețuitor al "trenurilor morții" din timpul Pogromului". Newsweek România (in Romanian).
7. Cristescu, George Andrei (8 January 2021). "Iancu Țucărman, supraviețuitor al Pogromului de la Iași, a murit din cauza COVID-19". Adevărul (in Romanian).
8. "Jews in Sports: Basketball". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
9. Arbure, Zamfir C. (1898). "Basarabia in secolul XIX".
10. "The Reform Advocate". 1914.
11. http://filosofieromaneasca.uv.ro/bogdanpetriceicuhasdeu.htm
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