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1. Mordecai: Mordecai was a Benjaminite who lived in Susa, he had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He had a cousin named Esther, whom he raised as his daughter. [100%] 2023-04-08 [Book of Esther Persons] [Jewish People]...
2. Mordecai: Biblical Data: Chief minister of Ahasuerus and one of the principal personages of the Book of Esther. He was the son of Jair, a Benjamite, and a cousin of Esther, whom he adopted as his daughter. He had previously been ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
3. Mordecai: An American family of German origin, the founder of which settled in the United States in the second half of the eighteenth century. Several of its members took part in the military affairs of the nation. Of these members the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Mordecai: The son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. [100%] 2000-04-24
5. Mordecai: MORDECAI mor'-de-ki, mor-de-ka'-i (mordekhay; Mardochaios): An Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, whose fate it has been to occupy a distinguished place in the annals of his people. His great-grandfather, Kish, had been carried ... [100%] 1915-01-01
6. Mordecai: Mordecai (/ˈmɔːrdɪkaɪ, mɔːrdɪˈkeɪaɪ/; also Mordechai; Hebrew: מָרְדֳּכַי, Modern: Mŏrdoḵay, Tiberian: Mārdoḵay, IPA: [moʁdeˈχaj]) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described in Tanna Devei Eliyahu as being the son of Jair, of the ... (Biblical figure) [100%] 2024-09-11 [Hebrew Bible people] [Book of Esther people]...
7. David Mordecai: David Mordecai (1909-1973) was an Indian photographer in Calcutta whose subjects included the Nehrus, Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, and King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal. Mordecai was born in Calcutta, India, in 1909, the son of Isaac ... (Indian photographer (1909–1973)) [70%] 2024-01-10 [1909 births] [1973 deaths]...
8. Spector, Mordecai: Russian Judæo-German writer; born at Uman, government of Kiev, May 5, 1859. His earlier education was in the Ḥasidic spirit, and this made it possible for him afterward to write for both Ḥasidim and Mitnaggedim without any prejudice against ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
9. Mordecai Brown: Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "Three Finger Brown" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th century (known as the "dead-ball era ... (American baseball player and manager) [70%] 2023-12-06 [1876 births] [1948 deaths]...
10. Alfred Mordecai: Alfred Mordecai (January 3, 1804 – October 23, 1887) was an American army officer. He contributed to United States' military development through his research and writing, particularly in the area of artillery. (American army officer (1804–1887)) [70%] 2023-12-07 [1804 births] [1887 deaths]...
11. Barrocas, Mordecai: In Holland, at an advanced age, he openly returned to Judaism about the year 1605; and in celebration of his initiation he composed some tercets in Spanish. Tamar Barrocas, a Marano-Jewess, probably one of his relatives, suffered a martyr ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
12. Mordecai Herman: Mordecai Herman was a pioneering Black Hebrew Israelite religious leader in New York City who founded the Moorish Zionist temple at 127 West 134th Street in Harlem. A Caribbean immigrant to New York City, Herman claimed direct Ethiopian lineage. [70%] 2023-11-24 [American pan-Africanists] [American Zionists]...
13. Mordecai Meirowitz: Mordechai Meirovitz (born 1930 in Romania) is an Israeli telecommunications expert. Meirovitz invented the code-breaking board game Master Mind. (Israeli telecommunications expert (born 1930)) [70%] 2023-12-04 [Living people] [1930 births]...
14. Nathan Mordecai: French physician; lived at Avignon in the middle of the fifteenth century. He was in correspondence with Joseph Colon, who speaks highly of Nathan's medical knowledge and who gives him the title of "mori," an expression which, according to ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
15. Mordecai Yoffe: Mordecai ben Avraham Yoffe (or Jaffe or Joffe) (c. 1530 – 7 March 1612; Hebrew: מרדכי בן אברהם יפה) was a Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva and posek. (Bohemian rabbi (c. 1530 – 1612)) [70%] 2024-01-07 [16th-century rabbis from Bohemia] [1530s births]...
16. Mordecai Paldiel: Mordecai Paldiel (born Markus Wajsfeld, March 10, 1937) is a lecturer at Stern College (Yeshiva University) and Queens College in New York. Paldiel was born into a Hasidic family of Szlomo Wajsfeld, a diamond trader originally from Miechów near Kraków ... [70%] 2023-10-29 [1937 births] [Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni]...
17. Mordecai Kurz: Mordecai Kurz (born, November 29, 1934) is an economist whose research work has covered a variety of problems in economic theory and policy. He has written extensively on growth theory, game theory, the formation of beliefs, and the effect of ... [70%] 2023-12-05 [1934 births] [21st-century American economists]...
18. Mordecai Bartley: Mordecai Bartley (December 16, 1783 – October 10, 1870) was a Whig politician from northeastern Ohio. He served as the 18th governor of Ohio. (American politician (1783–1870)) [70%] 2023-12-03 [1783 births] [1870 deaths]...
19. Mordecai Ezekiel: Mordecai Joseph Brill Ezekiel (May 10, 1899 – October 31, 1974) was an American agrarian economist who worked for the United States government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He was a "New Deal economic advisor" who shaped ... (American economist) [70%] 2023-11-04 [20th-century American economists] [1899 births]...
20. Mordecai Gorelik: Mordecai (Max) Gorelik (August 25, 1899 – March 7, 1990) was an American theatrical designer, producer and director. Born August 25, 1899, in Shchedrin near Minsk, Russia, Mordecai (Max) Gorelik immigrated with his family to the United States in 1905 to ... (American dramatist) [70%] 2023-11-23 [1990 deaths] [1899 births]...
21. Halberstadt, Mordecai: German rabbi; born at Halberstadt at the beginning of the eighteenth century; died at Düsseldorf about 1770. After studying at Frankfort-on-the-Main under Jacob ha-Kohen (1730), Halberstadt became teacher in the rabbinical school of his native town ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
22. Mordecai Oliver: Mordecai Baldwin Oliver (October 22, 1819 – April 25, 1898) was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri from 1853 to 1857. (American politician) [70%] 2023-12-30 [1819 births] [1898 deaths]...
23. Sultansky, Mordecai: Karaite ḥakam; born at Lutzk in 1785; died at Eupatoria, in the Crimea, before 1878. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Karaite sect during the nineteenth century. He officiated as ḥakam of Lutzk (in succession to ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
24. Krespin, Mordecai: Turkish rabbi and writer; lived on the island of Rhodes in the first half of the eighteenth century; son-in-law of R. Moses Israel, author of "Masse' ot Mosheh. Krespin was the author of the following two works: "Ma ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
25. Emma Mordecai: Emma Mordecai (October 6, 1812 – April 8, 1906) was an American educator, a slave owner, an outspoken supporter of the Confederacy and the values of the Old South, and an active member of the Jewish community in 19th-century Richmond ... (Jewish educator and Confederate) [70%] 2023-12-07 [1812 births] [1906 deaths]...
26. Suchostaver, Mordecai: Galician adherent of the Haskalah, and teacher of philosophy at the rabbinical seminary of Jitomir, Russia; born near Brody, Galicia, 1790; died at Jitomir July 29, 1880. As a youth he was the pupil of Nachman Krochmal. He left Brody ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
27. Mordecai Sheftall: Mordecai Sheftall (December 2, 1735 – July 6, 1797) was a Georgia merchant who served as a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and was the highest ranking Jewish officer of the Colonial forces. He was born ... [70%] 2024-01-11 [1735 births] [1797 deaths]...
28. Matalon, Mordecai: Rabbi of Salonica in the sixteenth century; uncle of Jacob b. Besides being a prominent Talmudist, Matalon was, according to his companion Samuel di Modena, who quotes him frequently in his responsa, well versed in secular sciences (Responsa on Ḥoshen ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
29. Mordecai Astruc: French liturgical poet; lived at Carpentras about the end of the seventeenth century. He was the author of several liturgical poems printed in "Seder ha-Tamid," a collection of prayers used at Carpentras, Isle, Avignon, and Cavaillon (Avignon, 1760). His ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
30. Mordecai Comtino: Mordecai ben Eliezer Comtino (Hebrew: מרדכי כומטיאנו‎; lived at Adrianople and Constantinople; died in the latter city between 1485 and 1490) was a Talmudist and scientist. The earliest date attached to any of his writings is 1425. (Biography) [70%] 2023-09-28 [15th-century mathematicians]