Wertheimer
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Wertheimer is an Ashkenazi
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Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew name for this region and thus for Germany...
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- AlainAlain WertheimerAlain Wertheimer is a Jewish French businessman based in France who, with his brother Gerard own the controlling interest in the House of Chanel. The son of Jacques Wertheimer and Eliane Fischer, it was his grandfather Pierre who co-founded the Chanel business...
& Gerard WertheimerGerard WertheimerGerard Wertheimer is a Jewish French businessman based in France who owns and controls the House of Chanel perfume company in partnership with his brother, Alain....
, French Jewish billionaires owners of ChanelChanelChanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France... - Egon Ranshofen-WertheimerEgon Ranshofen-WertheimerEgon Ranshofen-Wertheimer was a diplomat, journalist, doctor of laws and state.-Early life:...
(1894-1957), Austrian and German diplomat, journalist, jurist and political scientist - Esther WertheimerEsther WertheimerEsther Wertheimer , a Canadian sculptor.She was born in Łódź, Poland, and grew up in Montreal, Canada...
, Polish architect - François Wertheimer, French singer :fr:François Wertheimer
- Fred WertheimerFred WertheimerFredric Michael "Fred" Wertheimer is an American activist notable for his work on campaign finance reform. He served as president of Common Cause and is currently the President and CEO of Democracy 21 and Democracy 21 Education Fund, which he founded in 1997.He has received honorary Doctorates...
, American political activist - Haim Ernst WertheimerHaim Ernst Wertheimer- Biography :Wertheimer was born in Bühl, Germany in 1893 and studied in his native town and in Baden Baden. He commenced studying medicine in 1912, initially in Berlin, Bonn and Kiel, before his studies were interrupted by Word War I, where he served in a medical capacity in Flanders and Italy,...
, German-born Israeli biochemist - Jack WertheimerJack WertheimerJack Wertheimer is a Professor of American Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the flagship yeshiva of Conservative Judaism. He is the former Provost of JTS, and was the founding director of the Joseph and Miriam Ratner Center for the Study of Conservative Judaism...
, professor of American Jewish history - Jacques WertheimerJacques WertheimerJacques Guy Wertheimer was a prominent French businessman who inherited and ran the renowned House of Chanel perfume company...
, father of Pierre - Arjeh Yehuda WertheimerConstantin BrunnerConstantin Brunner was the pen-name of the German Jewish philosopher Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer . He was born in Altona . He came from a prominent Jewish family that had lived in the vicinity of Hamburg for generations; his grandfather, Akiba Wertheimer, was chief Rabbi of Altona and Schleswig-Holstein...
(1862-1937), known as Constantin BrunnerConstantin BrunnerConstantin Brunner was the pen-name of the German Jewish philosopher Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer . He was born in Altona . He came from a prominent Jewish family that had lived in the vicinity of Hamburg for generations; his grandfather, Akiba Wertheimer, was chief Rabbi of Altona and Schleswig-Holstein...
, German-Jewish philosopher - Linda WertheimerLinda Wertheimer-Background and education:Wertheimer was born on March 19, 1943 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. She graduated from Wellesley College with the class of 1965.-Career:...
, American broadcast journalist for National Public Radio - Max WertheimerMax Wertheimer- External links :* * * * *...
(1880- 1943), Prague-born Gestalt psychologist - Michael WertheimerMichael WertheimerDr. Michael Wertheimer is a cryptologic mathematician. From October 31, 2005 until June 2009, he was the Assistant Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for Analysis...
, American cryptologic mathematician - Pierre WertheimerPierre WertheimerPierre Wertheimer was a French businessman.In October 1910, Pierre Wertheimer married Germaine Revel, a daughter of a stockbroker and a member of the Lazard family of investment bankers....
, co-founder of ChanelChanelChanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France... - Rabbi Samson WertheimerSamson WertheimerSamson Wertheimer was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also an Austrian financier, court Jew and Shtadlan to Austrian Emperor Leopold I.-Family:...
(1658-1724), German-Hungarian and Austrian rabbi, philanthropist - Rabbi Solomon Aaron WertheimerSolomon Aaron WertheimerRabbi Solomon Aaron Wertheimer , was a Hungarian rabbi, scholar, and seller of rare books.-Life:He was born in Bösing in 1866. In 1871 he went with his parents to Jerusalem, where he was educated. By 1890, he was residing in Cairo, Egypt, where he made a living as a rare bookseller and a collector...
- Stef WertheimerStef WertheimerStef Wertheimer is a German-born Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist, a former Member of the Knesset, and is well known for founding industrial parks in Israel and neighboring countries.-Early life:Wertheimer was born in Kippenheim, Germany...
(born 1926), Israeli industrialist - Yair WertheimerYair WertheimerYair Wertheimer is an Israeli former tennis player.-Tennis career:Beginning in 1972, Wertheimer played for the Israeli Davis Cup team and had a 6-4 record in singles and a 5-6 record in doubles....
, Israeli tennis player