# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/israel-friedman-of-ruzhyn
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:24:50.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/israel-friedman-of-ruzhyn"
name: "Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn"
slug: "israel-friedman-of-ruzhyn"
description: "Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn, also called Israel Ruzhin, was a Hasidic rebbe in 19th-century Ukraine and Austria. Known as Der Heiliger Ruzhiner, he conducted his court with regal pomp and splendor. Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, who was said to be jealous of the Rebbe's wealth and influence, had the Rebbe imprisoned for nearly two years on an unsubstantiated murder charge. After his release, the Rebbe fled to Austria, where he re-established his court in Sadigura, Bukovina, attracted thousands of Hasidim, provided for the Hasidic community in Israel, and inaugurated the construction of the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem."
tagline: "Hasidic rabbi and rebe founder of the Ruzhyn dynasty (1796–1850)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Israel_Friedman_of_Ruzhyn%2C_signature.svg/330px-Israel_Friedman_of_Ruzhyn%2C_signature.svg.png"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1796-10-05"
deathDate: "1850-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.25
  momentum:             2.615384615384615
  historical:           9.632688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Friedmann"
    title: "Israel Friedmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Friedman_of_Ruzhin"
    title: "Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisroel_Friedman_de_Ruzhin"
    title: "Yisroel Friedman de Ruzhin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Friedman_de_Ruzhin"
    title: "Israel Friedman de Ruzhin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ישראל פרידמן (רוז'ין)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrael_Friedman"
    title: "Izrael Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ізраїль Фрідман з Ружина"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ישראל פון רוזשין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1674604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump