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Name | Occupation or position | Community | |
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Iuliu (Yehuda) BaraschBorn in Brody in 1815, Julius Barasch received a traditional religious education, but after meeting two famous maskillim, Hirsh Mendel and Izkhak... |
Scientist | Brody | |
Chajes Hirsch PerezHirsch Perez Chajes was a theologian, orientalist, and one of the leaders of the Zionist movement. He was born in Brody in 1876.After graduating from... |
Theologian | Brody | |
Alfred LandauAlfred Landau was a famous folklorist and philologist. Born in Brody in 1850, into the family of a famous rabbi, Landau studied in a gymnasium in... |
Folklorist | Brody | |
Josef SigallJosef Sigall was a painter, born in Brody in 1891. Having graduated from the gymnasium in Lviv in 1909, he moved to Vienna, where he gained his art... |
Painter | Brody | |
Leo LandauLeo Landau was a well-known stage director and actor, who appeared under the stage name Lenkhart. Born in Brody in 1878, Landau became famous... |
Director | Brody | |
Mayer von KallirMayer von Kallir was a famous banker and patron of the arts. He was born in 1789 to a family of immigrants from Bohemia. His father, Alehander Kallir... |
Banker | Brody | |
Shmuel Yosef AgnonShmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew... |
Author | Buchach | |
Lee StrasbergLee Strasberg was born Israel Strassberg Budzanów, Austria-Hungary (today in Ukraine). He was an American actor, director and acting... |
Filmmaker | Budaniv |