Trending Rabbis in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed rabbis this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Jesus Christ.
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Ranked
305,225
Total Views (this year)
1
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
95,848
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2
Paul the Apostle
Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
44,154
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3
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
11,148
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4
Meir Kahane
Rabbi, writer and far right American-Israeli politician (1932–1990)
11,102
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5
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Russian-American Orthodox Jewish rabbi (1902–1994)
10,478
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views
6
Moses Gaster
British-Romanian academic and rabbi
7,143
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views
7
Sabbatai Zevi
Sephardic Rabbi
5,609
views
views
8
Jackie Mason
American comedian (1928-2021)
4,641
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views
9
Hillel the Elder
Jewish religious leader of the 1st century
3,735
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views
10
Gaon of Vilnius
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
3,690
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views
11
Baal Shem Tov
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
3,351
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views
12
Gamaliel
first-century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin
3,179
views
views
13
Jacob Frank
Polish-Jewish religious leader
3,167
views
views
14
Rashi
French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
2,968
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views
15
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Czech rabbi
2,690
views
views
16
Akiva ben Joseph
Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
2,480
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views
17
Susan Silverman
American reform rabbi
2,344
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views
18
Ovadia Joseph
Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983
2,297
views
views
19
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi and first Rebbe of Chabad (1745–1812)
2,118
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views
20
Isaac Luria
Ottoman rabbi in Egypt and Palestine
2,110
views
views
21
Mendy Chitrik
Turkish rabbi (born 1977)
2,108
views
views
22
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Polish-American rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist (1907-1972)
2,031
views
views
23
Hugo Gryn
British rabbi (1930-1996)
2,022
views
views
24
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
American rabbi
1,883
views
views
25
Joel Teitelbaum
Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim, opponent of Zionism (1887–1979)
1,828
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views
26
Ephraim Mirvis
South African rabbi
1,812
views
views
27
Shlomo Carlebach
Jewish musician (1925–1994)
1,780
views
views
28
Nachman of Breslov
Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)
1,665
views
views
29
Yitzhak Kaduri
Iraqi-born, Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi
1,650
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views
30
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
1,635
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views
31
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish rabbi author of the Zohar
1,627
views
views
32
Eliezer Shlomo Schik
Israeli rabbi
1,564
views
views
33
Eli M. Black
American businessman (1921–1975)
1,504
views
views
34
Abraham Isaac Kook
chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
1,501
views
views
35
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto
rabbi
1,460
views
views
36
Judah Halevi
Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)
1,392
views
views
37
Moshe Friedman
rabbi
1,348
views
views
38
Shnayer Leiman
American scholar & university teacher (born 1941)
1,312
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views
39
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
Israeli rabbi and extremist (1966-2000)
1,289
views
views
40
Chaim Potok
American rabbi and author (1929–2002)
1,277
views
views
41
Abby Stein
Israeli-American author, rabbi, activist (1991-)
1,233
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views
42
Chaim ibn Attar
Moroccan rabbi
1,120
views
views
43
Isaac HaLevy Herzog
1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
1,109
views
views
44
Sharon Brous
American rabbi
1,096
views
views
45
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
American rabbi and theologian (1903–1993)
1,094
views
views
46
Johanan ben Zakai
1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage
1,092
views
views
47
Nahmanides
13th century Catalonian rabbi and scholar
1,070
views
views
48
Harold Kushner
American rabbi (1935–2023)
1,065
views
views
49
David Yosef
Israeli rabbi
1,054
views
views
50
Yechiel Leiter
Israeli policy analyst
1,033
views
views
51
Mordecai Kaplan
Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)
1,032
views
views
52
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
Russian orthodox rabbi (1880–1950)
1,031
views
views
53
Yisroel Dovid Weiss
American rabbi and activist
1,017
views
views
54
Abraham ibn Ezra
12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
1,014
views
views
55
Nathan of Gaza
prophet
963
views
views
56
Berl Lazar
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Orthodox rabbi
952
views
views
57
Tovia Singer
American rabbi
942
views
views
58
Judah ha-Nasi
2nd century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah
935
views
views
59
Solomon ibn Gabirol
11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher
934
views
views
60
Louis Finkelstein
American rabbi and scholar (1895–1991)
911
views
views
61
Abraham Abulafia
Spanish Kabbalah teacher (1240-1291)
902
views
views
62
Saadia Gaon
rabbi, translator, Jewish philosopher and theologian (0882-0942) active during the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt and Irak
892
views
views
63
Isaac Joseph
Israeli chief (Sephardi Jewish) rabbi
878
views
views
64
Moshe Feinstein
Great Orthodox Jewish Rabbi of the 20th century (1895–1986)
874
views
views
65
Amichai Eliyahu
Minister of Heritage of Israel
868
views
views
66
Ka'b al-Ahbar
7th-century Muslim scholar
850
views
views
67
Stephen Samuel Wise
American rabbi (1874–1949)
840
views
views
68
Moshé de León
Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist (c. 1240 – 1305)
837
views
views
69
Isaac Abrabanel
Portuguese-Spanish Jewish businessman, exegete and philosopher (1437-1508)
791
views
views
70
Elazar Shach
Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001)
789
views
views
71
Baba Sali
Moroccan rabbi.
758
views
views
72
Marc Schneier
American rabbi
720
views
views
73
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)
713
views
views
74
Gavriel Holtzberg
American-Israeli rabbi.
699
views
views
75
Moses Sofer
Austro-Hungarian rabbi
687
views
views
76
Leo Baeck
German-born rabbi, scholar and theologian (1873–1956)
668
views
views
77
Samson Raphael Hirsch
Jewish theologian, Germany 19th century (1808–1888)
668
views
views
78
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Polish rabbi (1838–1933)
666
views
views
79
David Wolpe
American rabbi
664
views
views
80
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
663
views
views
81
Rbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
Rbi Third Chabad Rebbe (1789–1866)
662
views
views
82
Philip Berg
American astrologer and astrological writer
660
views
views
83
Ethan Tucker
co-founder of Yeshivat Hadar in Manhattan
652
views
views
84
Sharon Kleinbaum
American rabbi
651
views
views
85
Mordechai Eliyahu
Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993)
641
views
views
86
Aaron Teitelbaum
American rabbi
630
views
views
87
Avi Weiss
American Modern Orthodox rabbi and founder of the Open Orthodox movement
618
views
views
88
Jeremy England
American physicist and rabbi
615
views
views
89
Chaim Kanievsky
Haredi rabbi in Israel
609
views
views
90
Manis Friedman
American rabbi
607
views
views
91
Dov Lior
Israeli rabbi
602
views
views
92
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Israeli rabbi (1878-1953)
601
views
views
93
Zvi Yehuda Kook
Religious zionist leader (1891–1982)
588
views
views
94
Rabbi Meir
Jewish rabbi
587
views
views
95
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Italian orthodox rabbi (1707-1746)
580
views
views
96
Judah Alkalai
rabbi (1798–1878)
578
views
views
97
Kalonymus ben Kalonymus
French poet
578
views
views
98
Rabbi Levi Shemtov
American Rabbi
571
views
views
99
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
American writer and activist, Jewish Renewal movement pioneer
567
views
views
100
Pesach Wolicki
Rabbi, author, educator, lecturer and social activist
564
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