This is a list of notable Jews in religion. Biblical figures See: List of Jewish Biblical figures. High Priests See: List of High Priests of Israel. Rabbis See: List of rabbis. Rosh yeshivas See: List of rosh yeshivas. Karaite Jewish Hakhamim See: List of Karaite Jews. Religious figures by country Germany Scholars Felix Adler Hugo Bergmann (born in Prague) Max Bodenheimer David Cassel Ismar Elbogen Emil Ludwig Fackenheim Jonas Fränkel Heinrich Graetz, Jewish historian (born in Posen) Manuel Joël, Jewish philosopher Isaak Markus Jost, Jewish historian Marcus Kalisch, Biblical scholar Jakob Klatzkin Israel Lewy Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish Enlightenment philosopher David Rosin Gershom Scholem, Jewish scholar and historian Ernst Simon Friedrich Weinreb (born in Lemberg) Benedict Zuckermann Leopold Zunz, Jewish scholar Other Ayya Khema, Buddhist teacher (born Jewish) Adolf Lasson Georg Lasson Johannes Pfefferkorn, antisemitic controversialist (born Jewish) Friedrich Adolf Philippi Johann Peter Spaeth (Moses Germanus Ashkenazi), a Christian German Proselyte Edith Stein, canonized nun, Holocaust victim (born Jewish) Hungary Joseph Breuer Henrik Bródy J. H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain Abraham Hochmuth Sanz-Klausenberger rebbe from Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Ludwig Lichtenstein Yosef Greenwald, Puppa rebbe Sándor Scheiber, rabbi and director of the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, rabbi and first Jewish professor in Cambridge Isaac Tyrnau Joachim Jacob Unger Wahrmann family Michoel Ber Weissmandl Béla Wenckheim United Kingdom Other religious leaders Selig Brodetsky, President of the British Board of Deputies Barnett Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies Greville Janner, President of the British Board of Deputies Ewen Montagu, President of the United Synagogue Claude Montefiore, co-founder of British Liberal Judaism Anthony Rothschild, first president of the United Synagogue United States Rebbetzins Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Hungarian born founder of Hineni Chaya Mushka Schneerson, rebbetzin of Chabad Other religious leaders (including Jews associated with religions outside of Judaism) Apostles, the "Twelve Apostles", first followers of Jesus Ram Dass, modern American Hindu author Jacob Frank, self-proclaimed messiah in Poland, founder of Frankists Maurice Frydman Polish Jew who lived in India and was involved in translating Nisargadatta's "I am That." Was close to Gandhi and Nehru Jesus, inspired the creation of Christianity John the Baptist, revered by Christians Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal (raised Catholic) John Joseph O'Connor Saint Peter, considered the first Pope Saul of Tarsus, early Christian leader Edith Stein, Catholic nun, Holocaust victim St. Teresa of Avila, Catholic saint (parents were Conversos) References Religion