RIVLIN — RIVLIN, distinguished Jerusalem family. The Rivlin family claims descent from moses rivkes (d. 1671), son of Naphtali Hirsch Sofer of the Prague Jewish community, son of Pethaḥiah Sofer of that community, son of the scholarly Joseph, and from… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Rivlin — ( he. ריבלין) may refer to:* Alice Rivlin (b. 1931), American economist * Hillel Rivlin (1758 1838), a Rabbi and student of the Vilna Goan, which revitalized Ashkenazi community in Eretz Yisrael. * Reuven Rivlin (b. 1939), Israeli politician *… … Wikipedia
rivlin — /rivˈlin/ (Scot) noun 1. A shoe moulded from untanned hide, worn with the hair to the outside 2. (in pl) tatters, rags ORIGIN: OE rifling, ON hriflinger hide shoe * * * rivlin variant of riveling1 … Useful english dictionary
RIVLIN, YOSEF YIẒḤAK — (1837–1896), leader of the Jewish community in Jerusalem. Born in Jerusalem, Rivlin was a fourth generation descendant of Hillel Rivlin (see rivlin ), family the leader of the disciples of the Vilna Gaon who settled in Ereẓ Israel in the early… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RIVLIN, JOSEPH JOEL — (1889–1971), Israeli educator and scholar of Arabic language and literature. Born in jerusalem , Rivlin was the son of Reuven Rivlin, the last secretary of the general council of Keneset Yisrael. His mother, a sister of avraham shapira , died… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RIVLIN, ALICE — (Mitchell; 1931– ), U.S. economist and government official. Born in Philadelphia, Rivlin was raised in Bloomington, Ind., and educated at Bryn Mawr College (B.A. 1952) and Radcliffe College, Harvard University (M.A. 1955; Ph.D. 1958). She had a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RIVLIN, ELIEZER — (1889–1942), historian and journalist in Ereẓ Israel. Rivlin was born in Jerusalem into one of its old established families. He went into business and then became the secretary of the United Old Age Home in Jerusalem. As a young man, he became a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RIVLIN, HARRY N. — RIVLIN, HARRY N. (1904–1991), U.S. educator. Born in New York, Rivlin was a schoolteacher before joining the department of education at the City College of New York. In 1939, he organized and headed the department of education at the newly… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RIVLIN, SHELOMO ZALMAN — (1886–1962), ḥazzan, composer, and rabbi, son of yosef rivlin . Rivlin studied liturgical music with A.Z. Idelsohn. For 60 years, he was ḥazzan of the Shirat Israel Synagogue in Jerusalem, and founded and directed its school for ḥazzanim and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Rivlin — Recorded in over seventy spellings forms including Reuben, Ruhben, Rubin and Rubel, to diminutives and patronymics such as Reubbens, Rubenovic, and Rubinivitz, and ornamental compounds such as Rubinfeld (ruby field) and Rubinsztein (ruby stone),… … Surnames reference
