David Twersky (journalist) — David Twersky in an undated photo David Twersky (February 19, 1950 – July 16, 2010) was a journalist, Zionist activist, and peace advocate in Israel and the United States. He was an editor for The Forward and The New York Sun and a leader of the… … Wikipedia
David Twersky (Skverer Rebbe) — Skverer Rebbe Skverer Rebbe dancing with Torah (2005) Term April 1968 – present Full name … Wikipedia
David Twersky (New Square) — Infobox Rebbe title = Skverer Rebbe caption = Grand Rabbi David Twersky of New Square term =April, 1968 – present full name =David Twersky main work = predecessor =Yakov Yosef Twersky successor = spouse1 =Chana Hager issue1 = spouse2 = issue2 =… … Wikipedia
Twersky — Twerski/y is the pedigree Rebbes of the Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty), Ukrainian descent. Tversky *Amos Tversky *Barbara Tversky, American cognitive psychologist Twersky *Grand Rabbi David Twersky *Rabbi Dr. Isadore Twersky *Rav Mayer Twersky… … Wikipedia
TWERSKY — TWERSKY, ḥasidic dynasty in the Ukraine. The founder of the dynasty, MENAHEM NAHUM BEN ẒEVI of Chernobyl (1730–1787), was educated in Lithuanian yeshivot. After his marriage he eked out a living as a teacher. Influenced by the kabbalistic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DAVID OF TALNA — (David b. Mordecai Twersky; 1808–1882), ẓaddik living first at Vasilkov and afterward at Talna (Talnoye, Ukraine). He was the most celebrated of the eight sons of Menahem Nahum twersky , founder of the Chernobyl ḥasidic dynasty. Thousands of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Mayer Twersky — Mayer E. Twersky (born October 17, 1960) is an Orthodox rabbi and one of the roshei yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) of Yeshiva University. He holds the Leib Merkin Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud and… … Wikipedia
Isadore Twersky — (a.k.a. Yitzhak Asher Twersky) (1930 ndash;October 12, 1997) was the Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University, a chair previously held by Harry Austryn Wolfson. Twersky was an internationally recognized… … Wikipedia
Mordechai Twersky — Chernobyler Maggid Term 1798–1837 Full name Mordechai Twerski Born 1770 Buried Igantovka, near Kiev … Wikipedia
ABRAHAM BEN DAVID OF POSQUIÈRES — (known as Rabad, i.e., Rabbi Abraham Ben David; c. 1125–1198); talmudic authority in Provence. Abraham was born in Narbonne, and died in Posquières, a small city near Nîmes famous for the yeshivah he established there. He lived during a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism