Aronson — is a surname. It may refer to:* Billy Aronson American playwright * Boris Aronson (1898 1980) American artist and set designer * Chaim Aronson (1825 1893) Lithuanian inventor and memoirist in Tsarist Russia * Elliot Aronson American psychologist… … Wikipedia
ARONSON, ARNOLD — (1911–1998), U.S. social activist. Aronson co founded the pioneering Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and was a driving force behind the passage of the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1950s and 1960s. In addition to being… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARONSON, NAUM — (1872/73–1943), graphic artist and sculptor. Aronson was born into a ḥasidic family in Kreslavka, Vitebsk province (today Kreslava, Latvia) and, as a child, received a traditional Jewish education. In 1889–91, he studied at the Vilna School of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARONSON, BORIS — (1900–1980), U.S. stage designer and artist; son of solomon aronson , chief rabbi of Kiev. Born in Kiev, Aronson was trained at the Kiev State Art School and spent five years in the Yiddish and other theaters in Moscow. From his exposure to the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARONSON, SOLOMON — (1862–1935), chief rabbi of Tel Aviv and Zionist leader. Aronson was chief rabbi of Kiev, 1906–21, and was active in the Ḥovevei Zion movement, attending its conventions as a delegate. After the First Zionist Congress in 1897, Aronson published… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARONSON, GRIGORI — (1887–1968), journalist, author, and public figure. Aronson, who was the nephew of mordecai ben hillel hacohen , was born in St. Petersburg and received a rudimentary traditional Jewish education in Gomel. As a youth, he was a Bolshevist, but in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARONSON, DAVID — (1894–1988), U.S. rabbi; born in Ulla Vitebsk, Russia, a descendant of the Gaon of Vilna. He immigrated to the United States and was educated at New York University (1916) and the Jewish Theological Seminary where he was ordained in 1919. He… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARONSON, DAVID — (1923– ), U.S. painter. Born in Lithuania, Aronson taught at Boston University from 1955. His work, painting or drawing in several media, are often based on Jewish themes, such as Ḥasidim and kabbalists, the Ba al Shem, and the dybbuk. His… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Aronson & Company — Infobox Company company name = Aronson Company company company type = Private location = Rockville, MD foundation = 1962 key people = Lisa J. Cines, Managing Officer | industry = Accounting and Consulting services = Audit Tax Consulting slogan =… … Wikipedia
Aronson, Rudolph — (1856 1919) A theatre manager and a composer, Aronson was born in New York and built his career there, managing musical theatre performers. He built the Casino Theatre at 39th and Broadway as a home for operettas; it opened in 1882 with The… … The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater
