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Also Known As ha-Yehudi ha-Kadosh • Jacob Isaac ben Asher Pshishkhah • Jacob Isaac of Przysucha • ha-Yehudi
Born 1776 • Poland
Died 1814 (aged 38) • Poland
Founder Pshishkhah Ḥasidism
Subjects Of Study Hasidism • Pshishkhah Ḥasidism • Torah
Baʿal Shem Ṭov
Polish rabbi
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Ezra, Hebrew religious leader in the 5th–4th century bce
Ezra
Hebrew religious leader
Simon Markovich Dubnow
Russian historian
Eduard Gans
German jurist
Naḥman ben Simḥah of Bratslav
Hasidic rabbi
Jacob Joseph Of Polonnoye
Polish rabbi
Elimelech Of Lizhensk
Jewish teacher and author
Johannes von Mikulicz-Radecki
Polish surgeon
Hilary Koprowski
Polish-born virologist
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
John Paul II
St. John Paul II
pope
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish astronomer
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
British writer
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Polish-French composer and pianist
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman