From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Halberstam (Hebrew: הלברשטאם‎) is a surname, and may refer to:

• Ari Halberstam (1977-1994), Yeshiva student killed in the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting.
• David Halberstam - (1934-2007), American journalist and author.
• David J. Halberstam, an executive with Westwood One, author of sports books, and former play-by-play announcer for the Miami Heat and St. Johns (New York) basketball.
• Judith Halberstam - Professor of English and Director of The Center for Feminist Research at University of Southern California.
• Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874-1941), Grand Rebbe of Bobov (1905-1941).

Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1954-present) Current Bobover Rebbe

• Rabbi Chaim Halberstam - (1793-1876), of Sanz, founder of the Sanz dynasty. Known commonly as the Divrei Chaim.
• Heini Halberstam - one of the two mathematicians after whom the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture is named.
• Rabbi Moshe Halberstam - (1932–2006), member of the Edah Charedis Rabbinical court of Jerusalem.
• Rabbi Naftali Halberstam - (1931-2005), Grand Rebbe of Bobov (2000-2005).
• Rabbi Samuel David Halberstam - current Klausenberg Rebbe of Borough Park, Brooklyn.
• Rabbi Solomon Halberstam (The First) - (1847-1905), founder of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty.
• Rabbi Solomon Halberstam (The Second) - (1907-2000), Grand Rebbe of Bobov (1941-2000).
• Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam - (1813-1899)
• Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam - (1905-1994), Orthodox rabbi and founding rebbe of the Klausenberger dynasty.
• Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Halberstam - Klausenberg Rebbe of Netanya
• Elliott-Halberstam conjecture - conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers in arithmetic progressions.

Many other surnames beginning with "Halber" may have originated from Halberstam when immigrants came to America seeking more American-sounding names.

This page or section lists people with the surname Halberstam. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.