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
351,863
Total Views (this year)
1
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
110,444
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2
Paul the Apostle
Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
50,263
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3
Meir Kahane
Rabbi, writer and far right American-Israeli politician (1932–1990)
13,200
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views
4
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
12,817
views
views
5
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Russian-American Orthodox Jewish rabbi (1902–1994)
12,123
views
views
6
Moses Gaster
British-Romanian academic and rabbi
7,305
views
views
7
Sabbatai Zevi
Sephardic Rabbi
6,496
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views
8
Jackie Mason
American comedian (1928-2021)
5,282
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views
9
Gaon of Vilnius
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
4,278
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views
10
Hillel the Elder
Jewish religious leader of the 1st century
4,252
views
views
11
Baal Shem Tov
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
3,860
views
views
12
Gamaliel
first-century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin
3,599
views
views
13
Jacob Frank
Polish-Jewish religious leader
3,593
views
views
14
Rashi
French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
3,458
views
views
15
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Czech rabbi
3,090
views
views
16
Akiva ben Joseph
Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
3,014
views
views
17
Susan Silverman
American reform rabbi
2,747
views
views
18
Ovadia Joseph
Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983
2,713
views
views
19
Shlomo Carlebach
Jewish musician (1925–1994)
2,570
views
views
20
Hugo Gryn
British rabbi (1930-1996)
2,449
views
views
21
Isaac Luria
Ottoman rabbi in Egypt and Palestine
2,421
views
views
22
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
American rabbi
2,409
views
views
23
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi and first Rebbe of Chabad (1745–1812)
2,367
views
views
24
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Polish-American rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist (1907-1972)
2,293
views
views
25
Mendy Chitrik
Turkish rabbi (born 1977)
2,157
views
views
26
Joel Teitelbaum
Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim, opponent of Zionism (1887–1979)
2,101
views
views
27
Ephraim Mirvis
South African rabbi
1,998
views
views
28
Nachman of Breslov
Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)
1,885
views
views
29
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
1,877
views
views
30
Yitzhak Kaduri
Iraqi-born, Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi
1,820
views
views
31
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish rabbi author of the Zohar
1,816
views
views
32
Abraham Isaac Kook
chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
1,751
views
views
33
Eli M. Black
American businessman (1921–1975)
1,736
views
views
34
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto
rabbi
1,689
views
views
35
Judah Halevi
Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)
1,665
views
views
36
Shnayer Leiman
American scholar & university teacher (born 1941)
1,642
views
views
37
Eliezer Shlomo Schik
Israeli rabbi
1,587
views
views
38
Chaim Potok
American rabbi and author (1929–2002)
1,503
views
views
39
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
Israeli rabbi and extremist (1966-2000)
1,490
views
views
40
Moshe Friedman
rabbi
1,459
views
views
41
Abby Stein
Israeli-American author, rabbi, activist (1991-)
1,451
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views
42
Johanan ben Zakai
1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage
1,361
views
views
43
Isaac HaLevy Herzog
1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
1,329
views
views
44
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
American rabbi and theologian (1903–1993)
1,289
views
views
45
Sharon Brous
American rabbi
1,255
views
views
46
Yechiel Leiter
Israeli policy analyst
1,248
views
views
47
Chaim ibn Attar
Moroccan rabbi
1,241
views
views
48
Harold Kushner
American rabbi (1935–2023)
1,224
views
views
49
Yisroel Dovid Weiss
American rabbi and activist
1,221
views
views
50
Nahmanides
13th century Catalonian rabbi and scholar
1,220
views
views
51
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
Russian orthodox rabbi (1880–1950)
1,212
views
views
52
David Yosef
Israeli rabbi
1,199
views
views
53
Mordecai Kaplan
Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)
1,192
views
views
54
Abraham ibn Ezra
12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
1,166
views
views
55
Berl Lazar
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Orthodox rabbi
1,151
views
views
56
Judah ha-Nasi
2nd century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah
1,140
views
views
57
Louis Finkelstein
American rabbi and scholar (1895–1991)
1,124
views
views
58
Tovia Singer
American rabbi
1,112
views
views
59
Solomon ibn Gabirol
11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher
1,102
views
views
60
Nathan of Gaza
prophet
1,080
views
views
61
Amichai Eliyahu
Minister of Heritage of Israel
1,050
views
views
62
Isaac Joseph
Israeli chief (Sephardi Jewish) rabbi
1,047
views
views
63
Saadia Gaon
rabbi, translator, Jewish philosopher and theologian (0882-0942) active during the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt and Irak
1,040
views
views
64
Abraham Abulafia
Spanish Kabbalah teacher (1240-1291)
1,040
views
views
65
Moshe Feinstein
Great Orthodox Jewish Rabbi of the 20th century (1895–1986)
996
views
views
66
Moshé de León
Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist (c. 1240 – 1305)
989
views
views
67
Ka'b al-Ahbar
7th-century Muslim scholar
985
views
views
68
Stephen Samuel Wise
American rabbi (1874–1949)
956
views
views
69
Isaac Abrabanel
Portuguese-Spanish Jewish businessman, exegete and philosopher (1437-1508)
954
views
views
70
Elazar Shach
Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001)
933
views
views
71
Baba Sali
Moroccan rabbi.
862
views
views
72
Sharon Kleinbaum
American rabbi
861
views
views
73
David Wolpe
American rabbi
852
views
views
74
Gavriel Holtzberg
American-Israeli rabbi.
836
views
views
75
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Polish rabbi (1838–1933)
789
views
views
76
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)
786
views
views
77
Moses Sofer
Austro-Hungarian rabbi
786
views
views
78
Rbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
Rbi Third Chabad Rebbe (1789–1866)
781
views
views
79
Mordechai Eliyahu
Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993)
781
views
views
80
Philip Berg
American astrologer and astrological writer
771
views
views
81
Marc Schneier
American rabbi
764
views
views
82
Samson Raphael Hirsch
Jewish theologian, Germany 19th century (1808–1888)
760
views
views
83
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
754
views
views
84
Chaim Kanievsky
Haredi rabbi in Israel
753
views
views
85
Aaron Teitelbaum
American rabbi
741
views
views
86
Leo Baeck
German-born rabbi, scholar and theologian (1873–1956)
740
views
views
87
Dov Lior
Israeli rabbi
735
views
views
88
Dov Lando
Israeli rabbi
724
views
views
89
Ethan Tucker
co-founder of Yeshivat Hadar in Manhattan
719
views
views
90
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Israeli rabbi (1878-1953)
704
views
views
91
Manis Friedman
American rabbi
703
views
views
92
Avi Weiss
American Modern Orthodox rabbi and founder of the Open Orthodox movement
701
views
views
93
Yisrael Meir Lau
Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Holocaust survivor (b. 1937)
698
views
views
94
Jeremy England
American physicist and rabbi
691
views
views
95
Rabbi Meir
Jewish rabbi
687
views
views
96
Onkelos
author of an edition of the Targum
686
views
views
97
Zvi Yehuda Kook
Religious zionist leader (1891–1982)
679
views
views
98
Rabbi Levi Shemtov
American Rabbi
665
views
views
99
Shlomo Goren
Israeli military officer and rabbi (1917–1994)
665
views
views
100
Moshe Reuven Azman
Chief Rabbi of Ukraine
663
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