Twersky, Twerski, or Tverski is the surname of a pedigree of rebbes in the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty. It was begun by the Grand Rabbi Menachum Nachum Twerski. People with this name include: Twersky David Twersky (journalist) (1950–2010), journalist David Twersky (Skverer Rebbe) (born 1940), spiritual leader of Skverer Hasidim Isadore Twersky (1930–1997) scholar of Rabbinic literature and Jewish philosophy Mayer Twersky (born 1960), rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Menachem Nachum Twersky, the rebbe of Chernobyl and early 18th-century founder of the Hasidic Twersky family Mordechai Twersky, Maggid of Chernobyl, Rabbi Menachem Nochum's son Moshe Twersky (1955?-2014), son of Isadore Twersky, head of the kollel in Yeshiva Toras Moshe Shmuel Abba Twersky (1872–1947), Makarover Rebbe of Winnipeg, Canada Victor Twersky (1923–1998), physicist and IEEE Fellow renowned for his contributions to the multiple-scattering theory Twerski Aaron Twerski (born 1939), American lawyer and the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, as well as a former Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law Aaron Twerski of Chernobyl (1784–1871), Hasidic rabbi Abraham J. Twerski (1930–2021), Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist Michel Twerski (born 1939), Hasidic rabbi and composer. Tversky Amos Tversky (1937–1996), cognitive and mathematical psychologist Barbara Tversky, American cognitive psychologist References Jewish surnames Ukrainian-language surnames Surnames of Ukrainian origin Surnames of Israeli origin Yiddish-language surnames