# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-ben-mordechai-gershon
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:55:37.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-ben-mordechai-gershon"
name: "Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon"
slug: "joseph-ben-mordechai-gershon"
description: "Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon HaKohen Ka\"tz was a kohen, a rabbi and Talmudist, who began his studies in the Talmud at an early age, and became the dean at a yeshiva founded for him by his father-in-law. His views on religious questions were widely sought, while Solomon Luria was one of his correspondents."
tagline: "Polish rabbi"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1510"
deathDate: "1591-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.9
  momentum:             3.157894736842104
  historical:           4.802952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چوزيف بن مردخاى جيرشون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_ben_Mordechai_Gershon"
    title: "Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_ben_Mordechai_Gershon"
    title: "Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3_%D7%9B%D7%A5"
    title: "יוסף כץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B3%D0%B0-%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Гершон га-Коген, Иосиф бен-Мордехай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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