Maimonides

Maimonides, also known as Rambam, born on March 30, 1135 and deceased on December 12, 1204, was a physician, astronomer, philosopher, and one of the most important Jewish thinkers due to his tireless study of the Torah, the e...

George Soros

George Soros, born on August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary, is widely regarded as one of the most prominent philanthropists in the world, largely due to the vast sums he has donated throughout his life through the Open Societ...

Moses Montefiore

Moses Montefiore, born on October 24, 1784 in Italy and deceased on July 28, 1885, was a banker, financier and European philanthropist who donated large sums of money for the construction of Jewish neighborhoods and communiti...

Baron Maurice de Hirsch

Maurice de Hirsch, also known as Moritz von Hirsch auf Gereuth, was born on December 9, 1831, in Germany and died on April 21, 1896. He was a businessman, banker, and philanthropist best known for founding the Jewish Coloniza...

Jacob Rothschild

Jacob Rothschild was born on April 29, 1936, in London and died on February 26, 2024. He was the 4th Baron Rothschild and a leading representative of the British branch of the Rothschild dynasty. The eldest son of Victor Roth...

Baron Edmond James de Rothschild

Edmond James de Rothschild was born on August 19, 1845, in France and died on November 2, 1934. A member of the French branch of the Rothschild banking dynasty, he became known primarily for his philanthropic commitment to Je...

Henrietta Szold

Born on December 21, 1860, in Baltimore, United States, and deceased on February 13, 1945, in Jerusalem, Henrietta Szold was a Zionist leader, educator, and founder of Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America

Jacob Schiff

Born on January 10, 1847, in Frankfurt, Germany, and deceased on September 25, 1920, Jacob Schiff was a German-born American banker and philanthropist who became a central figure on Wall Street. After immigrating to the Unite...

Lynn Schusterman

Born on January 21, 1939, in Kansas City, United States, Lynn Schusterman is co-founder of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, a philanthropic organization that directs funding toward Israel, ...

Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson was born on August 6, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, and died on January 11, 2021. He was an American businessman and casino magnate who served as chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp....