# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simcha-zissel-ziv
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:31:19.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simcha-zissel-ziv"
name: "Simcha Zissel Ziv"
slug: "simcha-zissel-ziv"
description: "Simcha Zissel Ziv Broida, also known as Simhah Zissel Ziv or the Alter of Kelm, was one of the foremost students of Yisrael Salanter and one of the early leaders of the Musar movement. He is best known as the founder and director of the Kelm Talmud Torah."
tagline: "One of the foremost students of Rabbi Israel Salanter"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1824"
deathDate: "1898"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.151873333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%94_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%95"
    title: "שמחה זיסל זיו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B2%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "سيمتشا زيسيل زيڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Zissel_Ziv"
    title: "Simcha Zissel Ziv"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_de_Kelm"
    title: "Alter de Kelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%94_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%95"
    title: "שמחה זיסל זיו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Zissel_Ziv"
    title: "Simcha Zissel Ziv"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Zissel_Ziv"
    title: "Simcha Zissel Ziv"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5501221"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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