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  1. Wa'ad Arba' Aratzot (Wa'ad Arba' Arazot) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See C828: Council of Four Lands
  2. Wa-ani Tefillati (JE | WP GWP G) The introduction to the reading of the lesson before the afternoon prayer on the Sabbath. Among the Ashkenazim it is ......
  3. Wachnacht (JE | WP GWP G) The Judæo-German term for the night preceding the day of circumcision, spent in feasting and the recitation of hymns and ......
  4. Johann Christoph Wagenseil JE (JE | WP GWP G) German Christian Hebraist; born at Nuremberg Nov. 26, 1633; died at Altdorf Oct. 9, 1705. In 1667 he was made ......
  5. Wager S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See A2018: Asmakta
  6. Wages S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See M252: Master and Servant
  7. Wilhelm Richard Wagner (Richard Wagner) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) German composer of music; born at Leipsic May 22, 1813; died at Venice Feb. 13, 1883. He commenced the study ......
  8. Wahb ibn Munabbih (Abu 'Abd Allah al-Sana'ani al-Dhimari) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Mohammedan traditionist of Dhimar (two days' journey from Sanaa) in Yemen; died at the age of ninety, in a year ......
  9. Abraski Wahl (JE | WP GWP G) -- See W11: Wahl, Saul
  10. Moritz Callmann Wahl JE (JE | WP GWP G) German writer; born March 28, 1829, at Sondershausen; died Oct. 15, 1887. He studied Oriental languages at Leipsic under Julius ......
  11. Saul Wahl JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) A remarkable personage who, according to tradition, occupied for a short time the throne of Poland. The story connected with ......
  12. Adolphus Walhtuch (JE | WP GWP G) English physician; born in Odessa, Russia, 1837. He studied medicine at Kiev, Prague, and London (M.D., L.R.C.P., 1863), and then ......
  13. Mark Wahltuch [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) Russian philosopher and author; born at Odessa 1830; died at Pisa Jan. 27, 1901. He resided for many years in ......
  14. Die Wahrheit [de] (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  15. Israel b. Solomon Wahrmann JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian rabbi and Talmudist; born at Altofen, Hungary; died at Budapest June 24, 1824. He was called to the rabbinate ......
  16. Judah Wahrmann JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian rabbi; son of Israel Wahrmann; born 1791; died at Pesth Nov. 14, 1868. He was appointed associate rabbi and ......
  17. Moritz Wahrmann JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian politician; grandson of Israel Wahrmann; born at Budapest Feb. 28, 1832; died there Nov. 26, 1892. He was educated ......
  18. Solomon Elijah Wakrulkar (JE | WP GWP G) Beni-Israel soldier; enlisted in the Nineteenth Regiment Native (Indian) Infantry Sept. 25, 1838. He was promoted jemidar Jan. 1, 1853; ......
  19. Aaron ben Isaiah Nathan Walden JE (JE | WP GWP G) Polish Talmudist, editor, and author; born at Warsaw about 1835. Walden, who is an ardent adherent of Ḥasidism, is known ......
  20. Louis Waldenburg JE (JE | WP GWP G) German physician; born at Filehne, Posen, July 31, 1837; died at Berlin April 14, 1881; educated at the University of ......

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  1. B. Waldow (JE | WP GWP G) -- See B1146: Bloch, Bianca
  2. Charles Waldstein JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Anglo-American archeologist; born in New York March 30, 1856. He was educated at Columbia College, New York city (A.M. 1873), ......
  3. Emile Waldteufel S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) French composer; born at Strasburg Dec. 9, 1837. He commenced the study of music under the tuition of his father, ......
  4. Jacob Waley (JE | WP GWP G) English lawyer and professor of political economy; born in London March 17, 1819; died there June, 1873. He was the ......
  5. Simon Waley (JE | WP GWP G) English merchant, musician, and communal worker; born in London Aug. 23, 1827; died there Dec. 30, 1875; younger son of ......
  6. Wallachia S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See R475: Rumania
  7. Abraham ben Asher Wallerstein (JE | WP GWP G) German scholar and rabbi of the eighteenth century; officiated in Schnaittach, Bavaria. He was the author of the following works: ......
  8. Wallich S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) German family which probably derived its name from the Hebrew transcription of "Falk" (V12p460001.jpg). The earliest known members of it ......
  9. Wallis (Valais) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See S1201: Switzerland
  10. Walls S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The walls erected by the Canaanites for the protection of their farmyards consisted of great unhewn blocks of stone, and ......
  11. Walozin (JE | WP GWP G) -- See V106: Volozhin
  12. Bryan Walton (JE | WP GWP G) Christian Hebraist; born in 1600 at Hilton, Yorkshire, England; died in London Nov. 29, 1661; educated at Magdalene and Peterhouse ......
  13. Wandering Jew S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Imaginary figure of a Jerusalem shoemaker who, taunting Jesus on the way to crucifixion, was told by him to "go ......
  14. Wandsbeck (JE | WP GWP G) Town in Sleswick-Holstein, near Hamburg. About the year 1600 Count Breido Rantzau, owner of the estate of Wandsbeck, allowed Jews ......
  15. Sidney Stern, Lord Wandsworth (JE | WP GWP G) English banker and peer; born in London 1845; son of Viscount de Stern, senior partner of the firm of Stern ......
  16. Eliakim Getschlik Wanefrieden (JE | WP GWP G) Dayyan and preacher in Amsterdam about the end of the eighteenth century. He published a pamphlet entitled "Megillat Sefer" (Amsterdam, ......
  17. War S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The earliest war recorded in the Old Testament is that of the Elamitic king Chedorlaomer and his allies against the ......
  18. Warburg JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Family whose members are widely spread throughout Germany, Denmark, Sweden, England, and America. There is a tradition that the family ......
  19. Warning S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See H362: Hatra'ah
  20. Warranty of Title (JE | WP GWP G) The Hebrew term for warranty of title is V12p467001.jpg (= "future"), the same word denoting the force of an attested ......

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  1. Rosa Warrens (JE | WP GWP G) Swedish poet and translator; born at Karlskrona Feb. 24, 1821; died at Copenhagen Nov. 8, 1878. At the age of ......
  2. Book of the Wars of the Lord (Wars of the Lord) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) A work mentioned in a single passage of the Old Testament (Num. xxi. 14) in connection with the geographical position ......
  3. Warsaw S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Capital of the Russo-Polish government of the same name, and former capital of the kingdom of Poland; situated on the ......
  4. Warschauer Jüdische Zeitung (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  5. Mark Samoilovich Warshawski [ru] (JE | WP GWP G) Russian writer; born at Kherson in 1853. He received his early education at a gymnasium in St. Petersburg, and then ......
  6. Washing S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) As compared with the Greeks and Romans, the Hebrews paid little attention to the care of the body; and the ......
  7. Washington S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) An extreme northwestern state on the Pacific coast, United States of America; originally a part of Oregon, but admitted to ......
  8. Washington, D. C. >> Washington Hebrew Congregation JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Capital of the United States; situated in the District of Columbia, on the Potomac River. In 1849 there were in ......
  9. Silleman Abajee Wasker (Solomon Abraham) (JE | WP GWP G) Beni-Israel soldier; died about 1850. He enlisted in the Third Regiment Native (Indian) Light Infantry, Jan. 1, 1809, and was ......
  10. Hermann Wassertrilling (Tzebi Hirsch ben Nathan; Zebi Hirsch ben Nathan) JE (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian Hebraist; flourished in the nineteenth century; born at Boskowitz, Moravia. He officiated as teacher in the Jewish school of ......
  11. Haim Wasserzug (JE | WP GWP G) English ḥazzan and composer; born at Sheritz, Prussian Poland, 1822; died at Brighton, England, Aug. 24, 1882. As a child ......
  12. Watch-Night (JE | WP GWP G) -- See W3: Wachnacht
  13. Water S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Water was looked upon by the Jews as extremely important and precious. The first thing placed before a guest was ......
  14. Feat of Water-Drawing (JE | WP GWP G) At the morning service on each of the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) a libation of water ......
  15. Water-Rights (JE | WP GWP G) -- See R305: Riparian Owners
  16. Wave-Offering (JE | WP GWP G) -- See S35: Sacrifice
  17. Waw (letter) (Vav) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The name possibly means "nail" or "hook," and the shape of the letter in ......
  18. Hippolite Henrichovich Wawelberg (JE | WP GWP G) Russian banker; born at Warsaw 1844; died at St. Petersburg Oct. 20, 1901. After graduating from the real-gymnasium of Warsaw ......
  19. Wax S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) In the Old Testament wax is referred to only as a simile for something easily dissolved or evanescent (Ps. lxviii. ......
  20. Way S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See R295: Right of Way

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  1. Lewis Way (JE | WP GWP G) English clergyman; born at Denham, Bucks, England, Feb. 11, 1772; died in London Jan. 26, 1840. He was educated at ......
  2. Wayehi 'Ereb (JE | WP GWP G) One of the "nedarim," or special declamatory variations from the strict Cantillation of the Pentateuch, according to the Northern use. ......
  3. Wayekullu [he] (JE | WP GWP G) The concluding verses of the story of Creation, deemed from Talmudic times an essential portion of the prayers for Friday ......
  4. Wayiqra Rabbah (Wayikra Rabbah) JE (JE | WP GWP G) Haggadic midrash to Leviticus. Under the name "Wayiḳra Rabbah" this midrash is first referred to by Nathan, in his " ......
  5. We-Adar (JE | WP GWP G) -- See A771: Adar Sheni
  6. We-'Al Kullom (JE | WP GWP G) The brief prayer which interrupts and divides into three sections the longer confession of sins enumerated in alphabetical order (see ......
  7. Weasel S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Unclean animal (Lev. xi. 29). Saadia, Bochart, and others render V12p480002.jpg by "mole," referring to the Arabic "?uld" and the ......
  8. Weather-Lore (JE | WP GWP G) Popular prognostications regarding the weather. A certain number of these occur in the Talmud (B. B. 147a). If the weather ......
  9. Weaving S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) As early as the nomadic period the Israelites understood the art of spinning the hair of camels and goats, and ......
  10. Ignaz Wecheselmann JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian architect and philanthropist; born at Nikolai, Prussian Silesia, in 1828; died at Budapest Jan. 17, 1903. He was educated ......
  11. Der Wecker (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  12. Wedding S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See M215: Marriage Ceremonies
  13. Week S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) A division of time comprising seven days, thus explaining the Hebrew name. There are indications of the use of another ......
  14. Weekblad voor Israelieten (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  15. Feast of Weeks S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P177: Pentecost
  16. We-Hizhir (JE | WP GWP G) -- See M587: Midrash Haggadah
  17. Wehu Rachum (Wehu Rahum) (JE | WP GWP G) A prayer, beginning with Ps. lxxviii. 38, recited on Mondays and Thursdays before Taḥanun. It is composed chiefly of Biblical ......
  18. Weiberdeutsch (JE | WP GWP G) -- See J586: Judæo-German
  19. Anton Weichselbaum (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian physician; born at Schiltern, Lower Austria, Feb. 8, 1845. Educated at the Josefs-Akademie and the University of Vienna (M.D. ......
  20. Karl Weigert JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) German pathologist; born at Münsterberg in Silesia March 19, 1845; died at Frankfort-on-the-Main Aug. 5, 1904. He received his education ......

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  1. Weights and measures >> Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) While the references in the Old Testament are sufficient for a general knowledge of the ancient Hebrew system of weights ......
  2. Adolf Weil (JE | WP GWP G) German physician; born at Heidelberg Feb. 7, 1848. Educated at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin, and Vienna (M.D. 1871), he ......
  3. Gustav Weil JE (JE | WP GWP G) German Orientalist; born in Sulzburg, Baden, April 25, 1808; died at Freiburgim-Breisgau Aug. 29, 1889. Being destined for the rabbinate, ......
  4. Henri Weil JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Philologist; born at Frankfort-on-the-Main Aug. 26, 1818; educated at the universities of Bonn, Berlin, and Leipsic. He went to France, ......
  5. Jacob Weil JE (JE | WP GWP G) German rabbi and Talmudist; flourished during the first half of the fifteenth century. Of his life no details are known, ......
  6. Jacob Weil (JE | WP GWP G) German educationist and writer; born at Frankfort-on-the-Main 1792; died there Nov. 18, 1864. His first work was "Fragmente aus Talmud ......
  7. Karl Weil [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian physician; born at Altsattel, Bohemia, March 19, 1844. He studied medicine at the universities of Prague and Vienna(M.D. 1867). ......
  8. Karl, Ritter von Weil [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian journalist; born in Württemberg, Germany; died at Vienna Jan. 7, 1878. He studied law at the University of Freiburg ......
  9. Nethaneel Weil JE (JE | WP GWP G) Rabbi and Talmudist; born at Stühlingen in 1687; died at Rostadt May 7, 1769; son of Naphtali Hirsch Weil. His ......
  10. Simeon Hirsch Weil (JE | WP GWP G) German scholar; son of Nethaneel Weil; lived in Carlsruhe in the eighteenth century. He published his father's "Netib Ḥayyim," "Torat ......
  11. Tiah Weil [de; he] (Jedidiah Weil) (JE | WP GWP G) German rabbi; born at Prague Oct. 2, 1721; died at Carlsruhe Oct. 10, 1805. He was the son of Nethaneel ......
  12. Alexandre Weill [fr] (Alexandre Abraham Weil) (JE | WP GWP G) French writer; born at Schirhoffen, Alsace, May 10, 1811; died at Paris Oct. 18, 1898; grandson of R. Abraham Kellermeister. ......
  13. Anselme Weill (JE | WP GWP G) French physician; born at Bischheim, Alsace, Aug. 24, 1842. He received his education at the lyceum of Strasburg and the ......
  14. Emanuel Weill (JE | WP GWP G) French rabbi; born at Ensisheim, Alsace, Oct. 21, 1841; educated at the bet ha-midrash of Colmar and the Séminaire Israélite ......
  15. Mathieu Weill (JE | WP GWP G) French mathematician; born at Hagenau, Alsace, May 24, 1851; educated in the lyceums of Burg and Strasburg, at the Polytechnique ......
  16. Michel Aaron Weill [fr] (JE | WP GWP G) French rabbi; born at Strasburg July 19, 1814; died at Paris Jan. 6, 1889. He was educated at the Ecole ......
  17. Lazare Jean Weiller (JE | WP GWP G) French manufacturer and author; born at Schlettstadt, Alsace, July 20, 1858; educated at the Lycée Saint-Louis of Paris and at ......
  18. Pauline Weiller [de] (JE | WP GWP G) American pianist; born in Stuttgart April 22, 1839; died in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 28, 1874; eldest daughter of Moritz Eichberg, ......
  19. Weimar S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See S291: Saxon Duchies
  20. Paul Weinberg [ru] (JE | WP GWP G) Russian writer; born at Odessa about 1840. His father, Isaiah Weinberg, adopted Christianity. Unlike his brothers, Peter Weinberg, a prominent ......

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  1. Weinberge (JE | WP GWP G) -- See K350: Königliche Weinberge
  2. Felix Alphonse Weingaertner (JE | WP GWP G) French musician and composer; born at Nantes May 5, 1844. The son of a musician, he received his early education ......
  3. Hirz Weisel (JE | WP GWP G) -- See W132: Wessely.
  4. Adolphe Weiss (JE | WP GWP G) French painter; born at Budapest May 11, 1838. He was educated at the School of Fine Arts in Vienna, and ......
  5. Isaac Hirsch Weiss JE (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian Talmudist and historian of literature; born at Gross Meseritsch, Moravia, Feb. 9, 1815; died at Vienna June 1, 1905. ......
  6. Joseph Hirsch Weiss JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian rabbi; born at Podola, Comitat Neutra, 1800; died at Erlau 1881. He was a descendant of a long line ......
  7. Leopold W. Weiss (JE | WP GWP G) German ophthalmologist; born at Giessen 1849. He was educated at the universities of Giessen (M.D. 1874), Tübingen, and Vienna; and ......
  8. Markus Nissa Weiss JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian advocate of Reform. In 1792 he had a small business at Pesth, and in 1794 he leased an estate ......
  9. Max Weiss S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian chess-player; born July 21, 1857, at Szered on the Waag. Removing to Vienna, he studied mathematics and physics at ......
  10. Wilhelm Weiss (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian mathematician; born at Ridka, Bohemia, Feb. 3, 1859; died at Prague June 18, 1904. He received his early education ......
  11. Isaac Jacob Weissberg (JE | WP GWP G) Russo-Hebrew writer and pedagogue; born at Polonki, government of Minsk, 1841; died at Kiev 1904. He received his preliminary training ......
  12. Samuel Abramowitch Weissenberg [ru] (JE | WP GWP G) Russian physician and anthropologist; born in Yelizavetgrad, South Russia, Dec. 16, 1867. He attended the public school and the real-school ......
  13. Asher (Arthur) Simchah Weissmann (Asher (Arthur) Simhah Weissmann) (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian scholar and publicist; born at Zelynia, Galicia, April 21, 1840; died at Vienna May 14, 1892. He received a ......
  14. Marcus Weissmann-Chajes (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian scholar; born at Tarnow, Galicia, 1830. He was destined for a rabbinical career, and began early to receive instruction ......
  15. Berthold Weisz JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian deputy; born at Budapest 1845. He was educated at the gymnasium and commercial academy of his native city, devoting ......
  16. Well S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The Hebrew language distinguishes between two kinds of wells: (1) "be'er," an artificially constructed hollow in which the water of ......
  17. Song of the Well (JE | WP GWP G) A poem which is quoted in Num. xxi. 17, 18. It is introduced in a list of the encampments made ......
  18. Well-Poisoning (JE | WP GWP G) -- See B1114: Black Death
  19. Julius Wellhausen S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) German Biblical critic and Semitist; born at Hameln May 17, 1844; educated in theology and Semitics at Göttingen (Ph.D. 1870), ......
  20. Die Welt (JE | WP GWP G) Zionist periodical, published weekly at Vienna (it is arranged to remove its headquarters to Berlin in 1906). The first number ......

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  1. Samuel Weltsch (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian cantor; born at Prague Sept. 12, 1835; died in that city Aug. 5, 1901. Belonging to a family of ......
  2. Baruch Werber (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian Hebraist; born at Brody, Galicia, in the beginning of the nineteenth century; died there July 31, 1876. Werber, who ......
  3. Jacob Werber (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian Hebraist; born at Brody, Galicia, Feb. 4, 1859; died there Aug. 20, 1890; son of Baruch Werber. When only ......
  4. Abraham Werner S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Polish rabbi; born at Tels, Kovno, 1837. He received his early education in various ?adarim, and at thirteen was well ......
  5. Judah Wernikovski (JE | WP GWP G) Russian Talmudical educator; born in Slonim, government of Grodno, 1823; died in Jerusalem Feb. 20, 1901. In his childhood he ......
  6. John Wertheimer (JE | WP GWP G) English printer; born in London at the close of the eighteenth century; died there Dec. 18, 1883; senior member of ......
  7. Joseph, Ritter von Wertheimer [de; ru] (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian philanthropist and author; born at Vienna March 15, 1800; died there March 15, 1887. He was the descendant ......
  8. Samson Wertheimer JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian court Jew, financier, and rabbi; born at Worms Jan. 17, 1658; died at Vienna Aug. 6, 1724. He was ......
  9. Solomon Aaron Wertheimer JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian rabbi and scholar; born at Bösing Nov. 18, 1866. In 1871 he went with his parents to Jerusalem, where ......
  10. Baruch Bendet ben Reuben Wesel (JE | WP GWP G) German rabbi and scholar; born at Wesel in the latter half of the seventeenth century; died at Breslau in the ......
  11. We-Shameru (JE | WP GWP G) Quotation from the Pentateuch, recited before the "'Amidah" in the Sabbath evening service, and repeated in the domestic Ḳiddush on ......
  12. Hartwig Wessely (JE | WP GWP G) -- See W134: Wessely, Naphtali Hirz
  13. Moritz August Wessely [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) German physician; born at Bleicherode, near Erfurt, Oct. 15, 1800; died at Nordhausen March 7, 1850; nephew of Naphtali Hirz ......
  14. Naphtali Hirz (Hartwig) Wessely JE (JE | WP GWP G) German Hebraist and educationist; born at Hamburg 1725; died there Feb. 28, 1805. One of his ancestors, Joseph Reis, fled ......
  15. Wolfgang Wessely [de; cs] (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian jurist and theologian; born at Trebitsch, Moravia, Oct. 22, 1801; died at Vienna April 21, 1870. At the age ......
  16. West S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) One of the "four skirts" (V12p507002.jpg, Isa. xi. 12; Ezek. vii. 2; Job xxxvii. 3, xxxviii. 13) or "four corners," ......
  17. West Indies S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Group of islands in the North Atlantic adjoining the Gulf of Mexico; so named because supposed by Columbus, who discovered ......
  18. West Virginia S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) One of the east-central states of the American Union; formerly part of Virginia; made a separate state on June 19, ......
  19. Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Christian Biblical critic and theologian; born at Ulla, near Weimar, Jan. 12, 1780; died in Basel June 16, 1849. He ......
  20. Wetzlar S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Prussian city in the district of Coblenz; formerly a free city. Jews lived there probably as early as the twelfth ......

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  1. We-Ye'etayu [he] (JE | WP GWP G) A piyyuṭ, by Eleazar Ḳalir (Zunz, "Literaturgesch." p. 21), chanted by the ḥazzan during the Musaf service on the days ......
  2. Max Weyl (JE | WP GWP G) American painter; born at Mühlen, Württemberg, in 1840. At the age of fifteen he went to the United States, but ......
  3. Meïr b. Simchah Weyl (Meïr b. Simhah Weyl) (JE | WP GWP G) German rabbi; born at Lissa 1744; died at Berlin 1826. He was a pupil of Hirsch Janow. In 1771 he ......
  4. Walter Edward Weyl (JE | WP GWP G) American economist; born at Philadelphia, Pa., March 11, 1874. He was educated in the public schools of his native city ......
  5. Whale S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) A cetaceous mammal. Several species of cetacea are found in the Mediterranean as well as in the Red Sea. In ......
  6. Wheat S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The chief breadstuff of Palestine in both ancient and modern times. It has been observed that the cultivation of wheat ......
  7. Wheel S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) In the Bible wheels are mentioned in connection with ordinary wagons, as well as with Chariots. Mention is made also ......
  8. Wheeling S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See W138: West Virginia
  9. Fernand Georges Widal JE (JE | WP GWP G) French physician; born at Paris March 9, 1862. From 1886 to 1888 he devoted himself to public demonstrations of the ......
  10. Widdin S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Bulgarian fortified town, situated at the confluence of the rivers Widd and Danube.The beginnings of the Jewish community of Widdin ......
  11. Widdui (JE | WP GWP G) -- See C716: Confession of Sin
  12. Widow S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The law of Israel treats the widow as a privileged person, and seeks to indemnify her in some degree for ......
  13. Adolf Wiener [pl] (JE | WP GWP G) German rabbi; born in Murowana-Goslin, Posen, 1811; died in Oppeln, Prussian Silesia, Aug. 25, 1895. Having acquired his diploma as ......
  14. Aloys Wiener [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) -- See S973: Sonnenfels, Perlin Lipmann
  15. Der Israelit Wiener (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  16. Jacques Wiener [fr; de] (JE | WP GWP G) Belgian engraver; born at Hoorstgen, Rhine Province, 1815; died at Brussels Nov. 3, 1899. When thirteen years of age he ......
  17. Wiener Jahrbuch (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  18. Wiener Jüdische Illustrirte Presse (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  19. Wiener Jüdische Presse (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  20. Wiener Jüdische Zeitung (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals

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  1. Leo Wiener (JE | WP GWP G) American philologist; born at Byelostok, Grodno, Russia, July 27, 1862; studied in the gymnasia of Minsk and Warsaw, in the ......
  2. Leopold Wiener [fr; nl; de] (JE | WP GWP G) Belgian engraver and sculptor; born in Holland 1823; died at Brussels Jan. 24, 1891. He was a resident of Boitsfort, ......
  3. Meïr Wiener [de] (JE | WP GWP G) German teacher; born at Glogau June 3, 1819; died at Hanover March 31, 1880; head master of the religious school ......
  4. Wiener Mittheilungen (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  5. Wiener Monatsblätter für Kunst und Litteratur (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  6. Wiener-Neustadt S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) City of Austria; situated thirteen miles south of Vienna. Jews settled in this city probably shortly after its foundation in ......
  7. Wiener Vierteljahrsschrift (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  8. Henri Wieniawski S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Russian violinist and composer; born at Lublin, Russian Poland, July 10, 1835; died at Moscow April 1, 1880; brother of ......
  9. Joseph Wieniawski (JE | WP GWP G) Russian pianist and composer; born at Lublin, Poland, May 23, 1837; brother of Henri Wieniawski. He studied music under Zimmerman, ......
  10. Peter Wiernik (JE | WP GWP G) Russo-American journalist; born at Wilna, Russia, in March, 1865. He received the customary Jewish education. From 1878 to 1882 he ......
  11. Wiesbaden S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) German town in the province of Hesse-Nassau; capital of the former duchy of Nassau. Schenk ("Gesch. der Stadt Wiesbaden") thinks ......
  12. Adolf Wiesner (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian journalist and author; born in Prague 1807; died in New York Sept. 23, 1867. His name was originally Wiener, ......
  13. Wife S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See H986: Husband and Wife
  14. Wig S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) A covering for the head, consisting of false hair interwoven with or united to a kind of cap or netting. ......
  15. Judah Wiga (JE | WP GWP G) Polish preacher of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The name so written is given by Sternberg ("Gesch. der Juden in ......
  16. Ludwig Wihl [de] (JE | WP GWP G) German poet and philologist; born at Wevelingen, Prussia, Oct. 24, 1807; died at Brussels Jan. 16, 1882; educated at Krefeld, ......
  17. Ernest Julius Wilczynski (JE | WP GWP G) American mathematician; born in Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 13, 1876. He went with his parents in 1885 to America, where he ......
  18. Wild Ass Ours is about something else (JE | WP GWP G) Rendering used in Gen. xvi. 12 (R. V.), Job vi. 5, xi. 12, xxiv. 5, xxxix. 5, Ps. civ. 11, ......
  19. Wild Bull (JE | WP GWP G) -- See U27: Unicorn
  20. Wild Goat S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See G281: Goat

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  1. Wild Ox (JE | WP GWP G) -- See A1572: Antelope
  2. Wilhelm Eduard Wilda (JE | WP GWP G) German jurist; born at Altona Aug. 17, 1800; died at Kiel Aug. 9, 1856; educated at the Johanneum of Hamburg ......
  3. Wilderness S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) An examination of the Hebrew terms rendered "wilderness" or "desert" in the English versions shows that these translations are inadequate ......
  4. Wanderings in the Wilderness (JE | WP GWP G) Next to the Exodus, the remembrance of the wanderings in the desert for a period corresponding to the life of ......
  5. Wilenkin (JE | WP GWP G) -- See M644: Minski, Nicolai Maksimovich
  6. Gregory Wilenkin [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) Russian government official; born at Tsarskoye-Selo, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 22, 1864. He is a member of an ancient ......
  7. Wilkes-Barre S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) County-seat and principal city of Luzerne county, Pa. Evidence points to 1838 as the date of arrival of the first ......
  8. Will S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Legal instrument by which a person disposes of his property, or of a part thereof, and which takes effect ......
  9. William of Auvergne S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See G490: Guillaume of Auvergne
  10. William of Norwich S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Alleged victim of ritual murder by Jews at Norwich in 1144. He may therefore claim to be the protomartyr of ......
  11. Willow S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) A tree or shrub of the genus Salix. Willows and poplars are numerous in Palestine. In all regions the white ......
  12. Max, Ritter von Wilmersdörffer [de] (JE | WP GWP G) Bavarian financier and philanthropist; born at Bayreuth April 8, 1824; died at Munich Dec. 26, 1903. At an early age ......
  13. Wilmington S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See N339: North Carolina
  14. Wilna (Vilna) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Ancient Lithuanian city, capital of the district of the same name; situated on the rivers Vilia and Vileika, about 200 ......
  15. Abraham Wilna JE (JE | WP GWP G) -- See A431: Abraham ben Elijah of Wilna
  16. Wilna Gaon (Vilna Gaon) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See E284: Elijah ben Solomon
  17. Simon Winawer S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Russian chess-player; born in Warsaw 1839. In 1867 he was in Paris; and while watching some games at the Café ......
  18. Winchester S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Ancient capital of England; county town of Hampshire. Jews appear to have settled there at an early date, one of ......
  19. Windows S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The climate of Palestine and the customs of the ancient and the modern Orient alike rendered the house less important ......
  20. Winds S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Ancient Hebrew literature recognizes only four winds-north, south, east, and west, having no names for those from intermediate points, so ......

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201 – 220

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  1. Wine (See Kosher wine) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The juice of the grape is the subject of special praise in the Scriptures. The "vine tree" is distinguished from ......
  2. Max Winkler - Ours is about German politician - (JE | WP GWP G) American philologist; born at Cracow, Austria, Sept. 4, 1866; educated at the gymnasium of Cracow, Hughes High School (Cincinnati, Ohio), ......
  3. Winnipeg S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Capital of the province of Manitoba, Canada; situated at the junction of the Assiniboin and Red rivers. Jews had relations ......
  4. Solomon Winter JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian philanthropist; born in the county of Zips, Hungary, in 1778; died at Hunsdorf, in the same county, Feb. 24, ......
  5. Moriz Winternitz JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian Orientalist; born at Horn Dec. 23, 1863. He received his earliest education in the gymnasium of his native town, ......
  6. Wilhelm Winternitz JE (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian physician and hydropathist; born at Josefstadt, Bohemia, March 1, 1835; educated at Vienna and at Prague (M. D. 1857), ......
  7. Simon, Freiherr von Winterstein [de] (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian railroad magnate; born at Prague 1819; died at Vöslau June 11, 1883. The son of poor parents, he had ......
  8. Winterthur S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See S1201: Switzerland
  9. Wisconsin S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) State in the Upper Lake region of the United States of America; admitted to the Union in 1848. In 1792 ......
  10. Wisdom S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Practical intelligence; the mental grasp which observes and penetrates into the nature of things, and also the ability skilfully to ......
  11. Wisdom of Solomon (Book of the Wisdom of Solomon) JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Apocryphal book written in Alexandria about the middle of the first century B.C. That it was composed in Greek by ......
  12. Wisdom of God (JE | WP GWP G) -- See G282: God
  13. Aaron Wise JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) American rabbi; born at Erlau, Hungary, May 2, 1844; died in New York March 30, 1896; son of Chief Rabbi ......
  14. Isaac Meyer Wise JE S 2005-08-19 (JE | WP GWP G) American Reform rabbi, editor, and author; born at Steingrub, Bohemia, March 29, 1819; died at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26, 1900. He was the son of Leo Wise ......
  15. Leo Wise (JE | WP GWP G) American journalist and publisher; born at Albany Oct. 28, 1849; son of Isaac Mayer Wise. He was educated at St. ......
  16. Stephen Samuel Wise S 2005-08-19 (JE | WP GWP G) American rabbi; born at Budapest March 17, 1862; son of Aaron Wise. He studied at the College of the City of New York (1887-91), Columbia ......
  17. Wismar S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See M319: Mecklenburg
  18. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Jüdische Theologie (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  19. Kalonymos Zeeb Wolf Wissotzky (JE | WP GWP G) Russian philanthropist; born in Zhagory, government of Kovno, July 8, 1824; died at Moscow May 24, 1904. Wissotzky, whose father ......
  20. Witchcraft S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) "Witchcraft" and "sorcery" are the terms used in the Bible to designate the practise of the arts of divination, which ......

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  1. Witebsk (Vitebsk) S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See V94: Vitebsk
  2. Witness S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See E530: Evidence
  3. Leopold Wittelschöfer JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian physician; born at Nagy-Kanizsa, Hungary, July 14, 1818; died at Vienna Jan. 8, 1889; educated at the University of ......
  4. Franz Wittmann JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian electrician and physicist; born at Hod-Mezö-Vasarhely Jan. 16, 1860. He was educated at the university of Budapest, and continued ......
  5. Wochenblatt für die Familie (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P199: Periodicals
  6. Philip Wodianer JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian communal worker; flourished in Szegedin during the latter part of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. ......
  7. Jules Wogue [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) French author; son of Lazare Wogue; born in Paris Dec. 4, 1863; educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in his ......
  8. Lazare Eliezer Wogue [fr] (JE | WP GWP G) French rabbi; born at Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, July 22, 1817; died at Paris April 14, 1897; educated at the Lycée Charlemagne ......
  9. Jetty Wohllerner (JE | WP GWP G) Galician Hebrew writer; born at Lemberg in 1813; died there in 1891. When a little girl of eight, Jetty, after ......
  10. Wolf S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) The wolf (Canis lupus) is still found in Palestine, where the animals prowl in pairs or droves about sheepfolds at ......
  11. Aaron Benjamin Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) -- See W211: Aaron b. Benjamin Wolf
  12. Abraham Nathan Wolf [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) German scholar; born at Dessau in 1751; died there in 1784. On account of his liberal views he was highly ......
  13. Adolph Grant Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) American jurist; born at Washington, D. C., Jan. 11, 1869; educated at Johns Hopkins University (A.B. 1890) and at the ......
  14. Emma Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) American authoress; born June 15, 1865, in San Francisco, Cal., to which city her parents had migrated from France, and ......
  15. George Garcia Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) South-African merchant, and member of the Cape Parliament; born at Great Yarmouth 1838; died in London March 18, 1899. He ......
  16. Gerson Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian historian and educator; born at Holleschau, Moravia, July 16, 1823; died in Vienna Oct. 29, 1892. He began the ......
  17. Hirsch W. Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) German physician; born at Lobsens, Posen, 1738; died at Hamburg April 14, 1820; studied at the University of Giessen (M.D. ......
  18. Johann Christoph Wolf JE (JE | WP GWP G) Christian Hebraist and polyhistor; born at Wernigerode Feb. 21, 1683; died at Hamburg July 25, 1739. He studied at Wittenberg, ......
  19. Wolf ben Joseph of Dessau (JE | WP GWP G) German scholar and author; born at Dessau in 1762; died there March 16, 1826. Left an orphan at an early ......
  20. Lucien Wolf S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) English journalist and Anglo-Jewish historian; born in London Jan. 20, 1857. He began his journalistic career at a very early ......

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  1. Max Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian composer; born at Weisskirchen, Moravia, Feb., 1840; died in Vienna March 23, 1886. His father, a wealthy business man, ......
  2. Simon Wolf (JE | WP GWP G) American jurist, publicist, and philanthropist; born at Hinzweiler, Bavaria, Oct. 28, 1836; emigrated to the United States in 1848 and ......
  3. Wolfenbüttel S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) German city, particularly noted for its Samson-Schule, a school, originally at Brunswick, founded by Herz Samson, on a legacy by ......
  4. Martha Wolfenstein (JE | WP GWP G) American authoress; born at Insterburg, Prussia, Aug. 5, 1869. During her infancy her parents emigrated to the United States, settling ......
  5. Wolff - Ours is a dab page - (JE | WP GWP G) American family which derives its origin from the Robles family of Surinam, Dutch Guiana. The following is the family tree:Wolff ......
  6. Aaron Wolff (JE | WP GWP G) Danish merchant; born in the Island of Saint Christopher on Aug. 6, 1795; died in London, England, Jan. 12, 1872. ......
  7. Abraham Alexander Wolff (JE | WP GWP G) German rabbi; born at Darmstadt April 29, 1801; died at Copenhagen Dec. 3, 1891. His first teacher was his father, ......
  8. Joseph Wolff S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Missionary and Oriental traveler; born at Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany, in 1795; died at Ile Brewers, Somerset, England, May 2, ......
  9. Joseph Wolff (JE | WP GWP G) Russian historian; born at St. Petersburg; died at Heidelberg 1900. The son of a book-dealer, he early developed a passion ......
  10. Julius Wolff S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) German surgeon; born at Märkisch Friedland, West Prussia, March 21, 1836; died at Berlin Feb. 18, 1902. He received his ......
  11. Maurice Wolff [de] (JE | WP GWP G) Swedish rabbi; born in 1824 at Meseritz, Prussia, where his father officiated as rabbi. He studied at the universities of ......
  12. Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff [de] (JE | WP GWP G) German improvisator and novelist; born at Altona July 26, 1799; died at Jena Sept. 13, 1851. He early manifested an ......
  13. Ulla Wolff (JE | WP GWP G) German authoress; born at Gleiwitz, Silesia, April 2, 1850; daughter of Max Hirschfeld. She received her education at home and ......
  14. Isaac Wolffson [de] (JE | WP GWP G) German jurist and politician; born Jan. 19, 1817; died at Hamburg Oct. 12, 1895. He was prominent in German politics, ......
  15. Wolfkan of Ratisbon (JE | WP GWP G) Jewish convert to Christianity and traducer of the Jews; lived in the second half of the fifteenth century. He was ......
  16. Wolflein of Lochamen (Wolflein of Lochheim) (JE | WP GWP G) Medieval Bavarian litterateur; known for his compilation of the so-called "Lochheimer Liederbuch" (about 1450), a collection of medieval German folk-songs, ......
  17. Bernard Wölfler (JE | WP GWP G) Austrian physician; born at Praschnoaugezd, Bohemia, Dec. 8, 1816. After having studied philosophy at the gymnasium of Prague, he attended ......
  18. Theodore Wolfner JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian deputy; born at Uj-Pest June 18, 1864; educated at the gymnasium and at the school of technology at Budapest. ......
  19. Aaron Wolfsohn (JE | WP GWP G) -- See H140: Halle, Aaron ben Wolf
  20. Wilhelm Wolfsohn [de; ru] (JE | WP GWP G) German poet and essayist; born at Odessa Oct. 20, 1820; died at Dresden Aug. 13, 1865; studied medicine and philosophy ......

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  1. Leone Wollemborg (JE | WP GWP G) Italian economist; born at Padua 1859; graduated from the university of his native city (1878). He made a special study ......
  2. Anton Eduard W. da Fonesca Wollheim [de] (JE | WP GWP G) German playwright and journalist; born in Hamburg Feb. 12, 1810; died in Berlin Oct. 24, 1884; studied at the University ......
  3. Wolowski (JE | WP GWP G) Polish family, several members of which became converted to Christianity. It flourished in southern Poland in the seventeenth and eighteenth ......
  4. Michael Wolper [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) Russian educator and author; born in Wilna 1852; educated in the rabbinical school of his native city. He was graduated ......
  5. Creation of Woman (JE | WP GWP G) -- See E527: Eve
  6. Rights of Woman (JE | WP GWP G) The problem of the rights of woman in Jewish law and custom is presented mainly in five phases: (1) the ......
  7. Wood Festival (JE | WP GWP G) -- See A111: Ab, Fifteenth Day of
  8. Woodbine, New Jersey S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Borough in Cape May county, New Jersey; established as an industrial village Aug. 28, 1891; incorporated as a borough in ......
  9. Albert Edward Woolf (JE | WP GWP G) American chemist and inventor; born in New York Sept. 26, 1846; educated in the public schools of that city and ......
  10. Edward Woolf [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) American musician and novelist; born in London, England, Sept., 1803; died in New York March 14, 1882. After acting as ......
  11. Sidney Woolf (JE | WP GWP G) English lawyer; born in London 1844; died March 12, 1892; educated at Neumegen's school and at University College, London. After ......
  12. Worm S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) "Rimmah" and "tole'ah" are the terms most frequently employed in the Bible to connote not only the earthworm, but any ......
  13. Worms, Germany S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Town in Rhein-Hesse, grand duchy of Hesse, Germany. Like Mayence and Cologne, it has one of the oldest Jewish communities ......
  14. Worms JE (JE | WP GWP G) Frankfort and English family, tracing its descent from Aaron Worms of Frankfort-on-the-Main in the middle of the eighteenth century. Aaron's ......
  15. Aaron Worms (JE | WP GWP G) -- See A101: Aaron Worms
  16. Asher Anshel Worms [de] (JE | WP GWP G) German physician, mathematician, and Hebraist; born at Frankfort-on-the-Main toward the end of the seventeenth century; died there in 1769. Worms ......
  17. Émile Worms [de] (JE | WP GWP G) French jurist; born at Frisange, Luxembourg, May 23, 1838; educated at the University of Heidelberg and at Paris (LL.D. 1864). ......
  18. Gustave-Hippolyte Worms (JE | WP GWP G) French actor; born in Paris March 21, 1837. He was graduated from the Conservatoire in 1857, winning the first prize ......
  19. Baron Henry de Worms (JE | WP GWP G) -- See P347: Pirbright, Henry de Worms, Baron
  20. Jules Worms (JE | WP GWP G) French physician; born in Paris Jan. 24, 1830; died there April 15, 1898; educated at the University of Strasburg (M.D. ......

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  1. Jules Worms (JE | WP GWP G) French genre painter; born in Paris Dec. 16, 1832. He studied under Philippon and Lafosse, and made his début at ......
  2. Maurice Benedict de Worms (JE | WP GWP G) English financier and agriculturist; born in Frankfort-on-the-Main 1805; died in London 1867; grandson of Meyer Anselm de Rothschild, and son ......
  3. René Worms JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) French auditor of the council of state; son of Emile Worms; born at Rennes Dec. 8, 1869; educated at the ......
  4. Baron Solomon Benedict de Worms (JE | WP GWP G) English financier; born at Frankfort-on-the-Main Feb. 5, 1801; died at Brighton, England, Oct. 20, 1882; son of Benedict de Worms ......
  5. Victor Worms (JE | WP GWP G) French lawyer; younger brother of Emile Worms; born at Luxembourg Nov. 16, 1853; educated at Paris and Rennes ("docteur en ......
  6. André Alphonse Wormser (JE | WP GWP G) French composer; born in Paris Nov. 1, 1851; studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Bazin and Marmontel. In 1875 he ......
  7. Idol-Worship (Idolatry) (JE | WP GWP G) All idolatrous cults are condemned by the Biblical insistence on worship of Yhwh only. The Decalogue begins with the command ......
  8. Wreath S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Garland placed on the head as a token of honor. The wealthy bridegroom and bride, on the day of their ......
  9. Wreschen JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) A town in Posen, Germany, three miles from the Russian frontier. Its Jewish community formerly ranked among the largest of ......
  10. Writing S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) -- See A1308: Alphabet
  11. Written Instruments (JE | WP GWP G) -- See D203: Deed
  12. Reuben Joseph Wunderbar [Wikidata] (JE | WP GWP G) Russian pedagogue and author; born at Mitau Sept. 12, 1812; died there Aug. 16, 1868. He received the usual Jewish ......
  13. August Wünsche JE (JE | WP GWP G) German Christian Hebraist; born at Hainewalde July 22, 1839. He has devoted his attention almost exclusively to rabbinic literature. After ......
  14. Württemberg S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Kingdom of southwestern Germany. The earliest traces of Jews in this country are found in Bopfingen (1241), Ulm (1243), Esslingen ......
  15. Würzburg S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Capital of Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It ranked as a city in 741, and had a Jewish community as early ......
  16. Julius Würzburger (JE | WP GWP G) American journalist; born in Bayreuth, Germany, 1819; died in New York city Sept. 14, 1876; studied at the University of ......
  17. Ludwig Wysber JE S 2006-02-20 (JE | WP GWP G) Hungarian journalist and author; born 1817. Originally a street pedler in Pesth, he obtained employment as a chorus singer in ......
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