Brisker

Brisker (Yiddish: בריסק), derived from the Yiddish name Brisk for the town of Brest, Belarus, is a Jewish surname and a Rabbibic appellation. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Reb Chaim Brisker (Soloveitchik) (1853–1918), rabbi and Talmudist
  • Eliyahu Brisker - One of the founders of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan
  • Yehuda Brisker - writer, playwright, journalist, radio broadcaster and Hebrew editor
  • Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brisk") (1886 in Valozhyn – 1959)
  • Gordon Brisker (1937–2004), American jazz tenor saxophonist
  • Jaquan Brisker (born 1999), American football player
  • John Brisker (born 1947), American basketball player
  • Mark Brisker (born 1969), American-Israeli basketball player
  • Michael Brisker (born 1998), Israeli basketball player

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Brisker
  • Briskman
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