# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/menasseh-ben-israel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:27:32.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/menasseh-ben-israel"
name: "Menasseh Ben Israel"
slug: "menasseh-ben-israel"
description: "Manoel Dias Soeiro, better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh or Menashe ben Israel, was a Jewish scholar, rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer, publisher, and founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam in 1626."
tagline: "Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Menasseh_ben_Israel_1642.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1604"
deathDate: "1657-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3290676416819013
  historical:           16.95645066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "ch0535835"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump