Dov-Ber

Dov Ber, Dov-Ber or Dovber (Hebrew: דובער) is a bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish tautological name: דוב־בער dov-ber, literally 'bear-bear', traceable back to the Hebrew word דוב \ דֹּב \ דב dov 'bear' and the Middle High German word bër 'bear'.^: 138 In various countries the spelling may vary: Dow Bär, Dow Ber, Duber, etc. Notable people with the name include:

Dov Ber Abramowitz, an American Orthodox rabbi and author
Dov Ber Birkenthal
Dov Ber Borochov
Dov-Ber, Hebrew name of Boris Gersman (1900–1953), South African musician and businessman
Dow Ber Meisels (1798-1870), Polish rabbi
Dov Ber of Mezeritch, a disciple of Hasidic founder Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov
Dov Ber Nathanson
Dov-Ber Rosofsky (Barney Ross) (1909-1967), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight and junior welterweight boxer
Dovber Schneuri, also known as the Mitteler Rebbe ("Middle Rebbe" in Yiddish)

Abraham Dov Ber Gottlober
Avraham Dov Ber Kahana
Avraham Dov Ber Lebensohn
Chaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine
Issachar Dov-Ber Bampi, Russian Jewish scholar
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn
Yissachar Dov Ber Horowitz
Yitzchak Dovber Schneersohn
Yoel Dov-Ber Perski

References

↑ Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403917232
↑ Congress for Jewish Culture, Inc., ed. (1958). Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur (Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature), Vol. 2 (gimel–dalet) (in Yiddish). New York: Marstin Press. p. 327. Retrieved 17 December 2025. (English translation for the online CJC lexicon project: "Entry 'Gershman, Boris (Dov-Ber)'". Translated by Joshua A. Fogel. 17 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link))

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[1] Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403917232

[biographicaldictionary1960-2] Congress for Jewish Culture, Inc., ed. (1958). Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur (Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature), Vol. 2 (gimel–dalet) (in Yiddish). New York: Marstin Press. p. 327. Retrieved 17 December 2025. (English translation for the online CJC lexicon project: "Entry 'Gershman, Boris (Dov-Ber)'". Translated by Joshua A. Fogel. 17 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link))

Dov-Ber

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