Index — Great Jews

Y Yvan Goll French-German poet (1891–1950) Literature Y Yves Jouffa French politician and lawyer Activism Y Yvette Benarroch American politician from Florida Politics Y Yvette Duval Moroccan-born French historian History Y Yvonne Green English poet, translator and barrister Literature Y Yvonne Kapp British writer and political activist (1903–1999) Literature Y Yvonne Levy Kushner American actress Film & Stage Y Yvonne Netter French advocate and journalist Activism Y Yvonne Rainer American film director, choreographer, dancer (born 1934) Visual Arts Y Yvonne Selcer American politician Politics Z Z. J. Loussac American politician Politics Z Z'EV American percussionist Literature Z Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi British Kabbalist and author (1933–2020) Judaism Z Zac Efron American actor (born 1987) Film & Stage Z Zac Posen American fashion designer (born 1980) Visual Arts Z Zach Avery American actor and fraudster (born 1986) Film & Stage Z Zach Barack American actor (born 1995) Film & Stage Z Zach Braff American actor and filmmaker (born 1975) Film & Stage Z Zach Gilford American actor Film & Stage Z Zach Sage Fox American entertainer Activism Z Zach Sherwin American screenwriter (born 1980) Music Z Zach Tyler Eisen American voice actor (born 1993) Film & Stage Z Zach Woods American actor (born 1984) Film & Stage Z Zach Zucker Award-winning comedian actor and producer Film & Stage Z Zachary Cotler American filmmaker, poet, and novelist Literature Z Zachary Gordon American actor (born 1998) Film & Stage Z Zachary Laoutides American actor and screenwriter Film & Stage Z Zachary Lipton American researcher Music Z Zachg American rapper Music Z Zack Bernbaum Canadian film director Film & Stage Z Zack Pearlman American actor Film & Stage Z Zack Werner Canadian musician (born 1960) Music Z Zadoc Kahn French rabbi 1839–1905 Judaism Z Zadok Amani 12th-century Jewish liturgical poet Literature Z Zadok Ben-David Israeli sculptor working in London Visual Arts Z Zadok HaKohen Hasidic rabbi (1823–1900) Judaism Z Zahara Rubin Israeli sculptor, painter and artist Visual Arts Z Zahara Schatz Israeli artist Visual Arts Z Zahava Burack Polish-American activist and Holocaust survivor Activism Z Zair Azgur Soviet Belarusian sculptor Visual Arts Z Zakhar Bron Russian violinist (born 1947) Music Z Zaki Alhadif Mayor of Tiberias in Mandatory Palestine (1890–1938) Activism Z Zal Yanovsky Canadian folk-rock guitarist (1944–2002) Film & Stage Z Zalman Aran Israeli politician (1899–1970) Activism

Zalman Baruch Melamed

Zalman Baruch Melamed Israeli Orthodox rabbi Judaism Z Zalman Ben-Ya'akov Israeli politician (1897–1959) Politics Z Zalman Dolinsky Rabbi Judaism Z Zalman Gradowski Auschwitz Sonderkommando diarist History Z Zalman King American director, writer, producer, actor (1941–2012) Film & Stage Z Zalman Kornblit Literature

Zalman Leib Teitelbaum

Zalman Leib Teitelbaum One of the two Grand Rebbes of Satmar Judaism Z Zalman Nechemia Goldberg Israeli rabbi and rabbinic judge (1931–2020) Judaism Z Zalman of Sankt Goar 15th-century Ashkenazi Jewish rabbi and chronicler Judaism Z Zalman Reisen Russian lexicographer and literary historian History Z Zalman Shapiro American chemist and inventor Activism Z Zalman Shazar President of Israel from 1963 to 1973 Politics Z Zalmen Zylbercweig Historian of Yiddish theater History Ž Žamila Kolonomos Sephardi Jewish writer, academic, and activist (1922–2013) Literature Z Zamir Chorale of Boston Music Z Zane Buzby American actress Film & Stage Z Zanvil Weinberger Israeli Hasidic singer Music Z Zara Aronson Australian journalist (1864-1944) Literature Z Zara Levina Musical artist Music Z Zara Nelsova Canadian musician Music Z Zara Steiner American-born British historian and academic (1928–2020) History Z Zarif (singer) Musical artist Music Z Zavel Kwartin American singer Music Z Zdenka Rubinstein Croatian operatic singer Music Z Zdzisław Belsitzmann Polish chess player Chess Z Ze'ev (caricaturist) Israeli caricaturist and illustrator Visual Arts Z Ze'ev Chafets American novelist Literature Z Ze'ev Herring Israeli politician (1910–1988) Politics Z Ze'ev Jabotinsky Russian Revisionist Zionist leader (1880–1940) Literature Z Ze'ev Maghen Israeli academic History Z Ze'ev Raban Israeli painter, decorative artist and industrial designer Visual Arts Z Ze'ev Revach Israeli comedian and actor (1940–2025) Film & Stage Z Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes רב רוסי Judaism Z Zebi Hirsch Kaidanover Lithuanian-born rabbi and writer (c. 1650 – 1712) Philosophy Z Zechariah Aghmati Judaism Z Zechariah Baumel American-Israeli soldier in the Israel Defense Forces Activism Z Zechariah Dhahiri 16th-century Yemenite Jewish paytan Literature Z Zechariah ha-Rofé 15th-century Yemenite Jewish scholar Judaism Z Zecharias Frankel Bohemian-German rabbi and historian (1801–1875) Judaism Z Zedekiah ben Abraham Anaw 13th-century author of halakhic works Judaism Z Zee Cohen-Sanchez American activist and political organizer (born 1991) Politics Z Zeev Ben-Zvi Polish-Israeli sculptor (1904–1952) Visual Arts Z Zeev Kun Hungarian-born Israeli painter (1930–2024) Visual Arts Z Zeev Latsky Jewish Ukrainian political activist and civil servant Activism Z Zeev Rechter Pioneering Israeli architect (1899-1960) Visual Arts Z Zeev Sternhell Israeli historian (1935–2020) History Z Zehava Ben Israeli singer Music Z Zehorit Sorek Israeli LGBTQ rights activist Politics Z Zelda (poet) Israeli poet (1914–1984) Literature Z Zelda Curtis British journalist (1923–2012) Activism Z Zelda Popkin American novel and mystery author (1898–1983) Literature Z Zelda Rubinstein American actress and human rights activist Activism