Tzvi Ashkenazi
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Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi, known as the Hakham Tzvi after his responsa by the same title, served for some time as rabbi of Amsterdam. He was a resolute opponent of the followers of the self-pro
Oil portrait of R. Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi painted in 1714, during his visit to England. The portrait is currently held at the Jewish Museum London.
Jacob Javits
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Jacob Koppel Javits was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of New York. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the U
Tzvi Ashkenazi
…to the subject. His son, Jacob Emden, served as rabbi in Emden and followed in his father's footsteps in combating inroads of the Sabbatean movement; Jacob Javits, a grandson of Jacob who was named for him, served as a United States Congressman. His daughter Miriam was the wife of Aryeh Leib ben Saul, the rabbi…
Jacob Javits portrait
Javits in 1955