Religious Figure

Shlomo Goren

Israeli military officer and rabbi

1917 - 1994

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Shlomo Goren is the 2,587th most popular religious figure, the 898th most popular biography from Poland and the 48th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Shlomo Goren is most famous for serving as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983 and for his pioneering role as the first Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Defense Forces, where he provided religious guidance during conflicts. A surprising lesser-known fact is that he was born in Poland in 1917 and immigrated to Palestine as a child in 1925, escaping rising anti-Semitism. His lasting legacy includes influential halachic rulings on modern issues like brain death and the treatment of war casualties, which continue to impact Jewish law and Israeli military ethics.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Shlomo Goren ranks 2,587 out of 3,187. Before him are Kuriakose Elias Chavara, János Simor, Saint Thorlak, Gamzat-bek, Pietro Palazzini, and Alfred Des Cloizeaux. After him are Jon Sobrino, Shuka, Yisrael Meir Kagan, Paul Egede, John Onaiyekan, and Severino Poletto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Shlomo Goren ranks 211. Before him are Robert Byrd, J. L. Mackie, Yvette Chauviré, Olga Sanfirova, Steno, and Tetyana Yablonska. After him are Helena Rasiowa, Christiane Rochefort, Kusuo Kitamura, Leandro Remondini, Isuzu Yamada, and Marion Donovan. Among people deceased in 1994, Shlomo Goren ranks 210. Before him are Erich Buschenhagen, Ștefan Dobay, Norman Read, Arnold Badjou, Cameron Mitchell, and Rudolf Hrušínský. After him are Robert Rozhdestvensky, Helena Rasiowa, Anatoly Alexandrov, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Caroline Smith, and Tom Ewell.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Shlomo Goren ranks 898 out of NaN. Before him are Wilhelm Hasse (1894), Jan Klemens Branicki (1689), Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1750), Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (1953), Hans Baluschek (1870), and Marlene Schmidt (1937). After him are Chava Alberstein (1946), Joanna Pacuła (1957), Walter Bathe (1892), Kazimierz Sosnkowski (1885), Józef Chełmoński (1849), and Teresa Ciepły (1937).

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Among Religious Figures In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Shlomo Goren ranks 48. Before him are Ida Siekmann (1902), Zbigniew Oleśnicki (1389), Stanislaus Papczyński (1631), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Yisrael Meir Lau (1937), and Zacharias Ursinus (1534). After him are Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845), Frederick Jagiellon (1468), Jakub Wujek (1541), Sawa (1938), and Adam Kozłowiecki (1911).

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