Trending Rabbis this year
The 100 most-viewed rabbis this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Jesus Christ.
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Ranked
333,965
Total Views (this year)
1
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
108,457
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2
Paul the Apostle
Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
50,667
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3
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
12,288
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4
Meir Kahane
Rabbi, writer and far right American-Israeli politician (1932–1990)
11,643
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5
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Russian-American Orthodox Jewish rabbi (1902–1994)
11,258
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views
6
Moses Gaster
British-Romanian academic and rabbi
7,151
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views
7
Sabbatai Zevi
Sephardic Rabbi
6,210
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views
8
Jackie Mason
American comedian (1928-2021)
4,652
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views
9
Hillel the Elder
Jewish religious leader of the 1st century
3,968
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views
10
Gaon of Vilnius
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
3,824
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views
11
Baal Shem Tov
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
3,586
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views
12
Jacob Frank
Polish-Jewish religious leader
3,467
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views
13
Gamaliel
first-century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin
3,428
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views
14
Rashi
French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
3,218
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views
15
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Czech rabbi
2,874
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views
16
Akiva ben Joseph
Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
2,674
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views
17
Ovadia Joseph
Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983
2,416
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views
18
Susan Silverman
American reform rabbi
2,344
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views
19
Isaac Luria
Ottoman rabbi in Egypt and Palestine
2,291
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views
20
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi and first Rebbe of Chabad (1745–1812)
2,289
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views
21
Mendy Chitrik
Turkish rabbi (born 1977)
2,108
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views
22
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Polish-American rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist (1907-1972)
2,087
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views
23
Hugo Gryn
British rabbi (1930-1996)
2,022
views
views
24
Nachman of Breslov
Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)
1,895
views
views
25
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
American rabbi
1,888
views
views
26
Joel Teitelbaum
Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim, opponent of Zionism (1887–1979)
1,874
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views
27
Ephraim Mirvis
South African rabbi
1,815
views
views
28
Shlomo Carlebach
Jewish musician (1925–1994)
1,805
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views
29
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish rabbi author of the Zohar
1,745
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views
30
Yitzhak Kaduri
Iraqi-born, Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi
1,729
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views
31
Jonathan Sacks
British rabbi (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (1991-2013) and Member of the House of Lords L
1,653
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views
32
Jacob Emden
German rabbi and talmudist (1697–1776)
1,628
views
views
33
Abraham Isaac Kook
chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
1,601
views
views
34
Eliezer Shlomo Schik
Israeli rabbi
1,564
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views
35
Eli M. Black
American businessman (1921–1975)
1,515
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views
36
Judah Halevi
Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)
1,475
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views
37
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto
rabbi
1,474
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views
38
Moshe Friedman
rabbi
1,366
views
views
39
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
Israeli rabbi and extremist (1966-2000)
1,363
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views
40
Shnayer Leiman
American scholar & university teacher (born 1941)
1,312
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views
41
Chaim Potok
American rabbi and author (1929–2002)
1,300
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views
42
Berl Lazar
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Orthodox rabbi
1,254
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views
43
Abby Stein
Israeli-American author, rabbi, activist (1991-)
1,248
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views
44
Nahmanides
13th century Catalonian rabbi and scholar
1,197
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views
45
Isaac HaLevy Herzog
1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
1,148
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views
46
Johanan ben Zakai
1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage
1,146
views
views
47
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
Russian orthodox rabbi (1880–1950)
1,137
views
views
48
Chaim ibn Attar
Moroccan rabbi
1,124
views
views
49
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
American rabbi and theologian (1903–1993)
1,122
views
views
50
Sharon Brous
American rabbi
1,096
views
views
51
Abraham ibn Ezra
12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
1,085
views
views
52
Solomon ibn Gabirol
11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher
1,078
views
views
53
Harold Kushner
American rabbi (1935–2023)
1,070
views
views
54
Mordecai Kaplan
Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)
1,059
views
views
55
David Yosef
Israeli rabbi
1,054
views
views
56
Yechiel Leiter
Israeli policy analyst
1,044
views
views
57
Judah ha-Nasi
2nd century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah
1,020
views
views
58
Yisroel Dovid Weiss
American rabbi and activist
1,017
views
views
59
Nathan of Gaza
prophet
1,012
views
views
60
Abraham Abulafia
Spanish Kabbalah teacher (1240-1291)
987
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views
61
Tovia Singer
American rabbi
943
views
views
62
Saadia Gaon
rabbi, translator, Jewish philosopher and theologian (0882-0942) active during the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt and Irak
940
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views
63
Isaac Joseph
Israeli chief (Sephardi Jewish) rabbi
926
views
views
64
Isaac Abrabanel
Portuguese-Spanish Jewish businessman, exegete and philosopher (1437-1508)
917
views
views
65
Louis Finkelstein
American rabbi and scholar (1895–1991)
912
views
views
66
Amichai Eliyahu
Minister of Heritage of Israel
908
views
views
67
Moshé de León
Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist (c. 1240 – 1305)
899
views
views
68
Moshe Feinstein
Great Orthodox Jewish Rabbi of the 20th century (1895–1986)
896
views
views
69
Ka'b al-Ahbar
7th-century Muslim scholar
887
views
views
70
Stephen Samuel Wise
American rabbi (1874–1949)
858
views
views
71
Elazar Shach
Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001)
810
views
views
72
Baba Sali
Moroccan rabbi.
791
views
views
73
Leo Baeck
German-born rabbi, scholar and theologian (1873–1956)
787
views
views
74
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)
756
views
views
75
Marc Schneier
American rabbi
720
views
views
76
Moses Sofer
Austro-Hungarian rabbi
718
views
views
77
Samson Raphael Hirsch
Jewish theologian, Germany 19th century (1808–1888)
713
views
views
78
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Polish rabbi (1838–1933)
704
views
views
79
Rbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
Rbi Third Chabad Rebbe (1789–1866)
704
views
views
80
Gavriel Holtzberg
American-Israeli rabbi.
700
views
views
81
Philip Berg
American astrologer and astrological writer
697
views
views
82
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
688
views
views
83
David Wolpe
American rabbi
664
views
views
84
Mordechai Eliyahu
Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993)
663
views
views
85
Ethan Tucker
co-founder of Yeshivat Hadar in Manhattan
652
views
views
86
Sharon Kleinbaum
American rabbi
651
views
views
87
Chaim Kanievsky
Haredi rabbi in Israel
641
views
views
88
Delphine Horvilleur
French rabbi, journalist and editor
637
views
views
89
Aaron Teitelbaum
American rabbi
630
views
views
90
Avi Weiss
American Modern Orthodox rabbi and founder of the Open Orthodox movement
620
views
views
91
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Italian orthodox rabbi (1707-1746)
617
views
views
92
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Israeli rabbi (1878-1953)
616
views
views
93
Dov Lior
Israeli rabbi
616
views
views
94
Zvi Yehuda Kook
Religious zionist leader (1891–1982)
616
views
views
95
Jeremy England
American physicist and rabbi
615
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96
Rabbi Meir
Jewish rabbi
614
views
views
97
Judah Alkalai
rabbi (1798–1878)
613
views
views
98
Manis Friedman
American rabbi
607
views
views
99
Abraham Zacuto
Spanish Jewish astronomer and rabbi (1452 – c. 1515)
602
views
views
100
Yisrael Meir Lau
Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Holocaust survivor (b. 1937)
595
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