Pollak
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Pollak is a surname, and may refer to:
- Burglinde PollakBurglinde PollakBurglinde Pollak, née Grimm, is a German athlete who mainly competed in the women's pentathlon....
(1951— ), German athlete - Jacob PollakJacob PollakRabbi Jacob Pollak was the founder of the Polish method of halakic and Talmudic study known as the Pilpul; born about 1460; died at Lublin in 1541...
(c. 1460–1541), Polish rabbi, founder of the PilpulPilpulPilpul refers to a method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis in attempts to either explain conceptual differences between various halakhic rulings or to reconcile any apparent contradictions presented from various readings of different texts.Pilpul has entered English as a...
method of halakic study - Joachim PollakJoachim PollakJoachim Pollak was an Austrian rabbi, born in Hungary, who officiated at Trebitsch, Moravia from 1828 until his death. He wrote a commentary, entitled Meḳor Ḥayyim , on R. Isaac Arama's philosophical work Aḳedat Yiẓḥaḳ, and a biography of the same scholar...
(1798–1879), Austrian rabbi - Jonathan PollakJonathan PollakJonathan Pollak is an Israeli anarchist and graphic designer who grew up in Tel Aviv and lives in Jaffa. Pollak was amongst the founders of the radical Israeli group Anarchists Against the Wall, which is one of the most active groups of the Israeli radical left.Previous to the formation of...
(1982— ), Israeli anarchist - Kay PollakKay PollakKay Pollak is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish film director. After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with As It Is in Heaven , a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
(1938— ), Swedish film director - Kevin PollakKevin PollakKevin Elliot Pollak is an American actor, impressionist, game show host, and comedian. He started performing stand-up comedy at the age of 10 and touring professionally at the age of 20...
(1957— ), American comedian and actor - Mimi PollakMimi PollakMaria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish actress and theatre director.- Mini biography :Maria Helena Pollak was born in Hammarö, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the performing arts at the prestigious Dramatens elevskola in Stockholm 1922-24.Pollak worked in the 1920s and...
(1903–1999), Swedish actress - Otto PollakOtto PollakOtto Pollak was a writer and a professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.His most controversial and famous book was The Criminality of Women , in which he suggested that women commit just as much crime as men, but that their crime is more easily hidden...
(1908–1998), American sociologist