Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan
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Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan was a prominent Orthodox rabbi, Zionist leader, and activist who played a key role in the religious Zionist movement in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan canonical | 2 |
| Meir Bar-Ilan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4666000 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan Context triple: [Bar-Ilan University, founder, Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan]
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Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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B.
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi and halachic authority, best known as the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem and for his influential Torah scholarship.
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Yosef Sprinzak
Yosef Sprinzak was an Israeli politician and Zionist leader who became the first Speaker of the Knesset and a key figure in the early governance of the State of Israel.
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D.
Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss
Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss was a prominent Acharon-era rabbinic authority known for his halachic rulings and Torah scholarship.
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E.
Mordechai Gur
Mordechai Gur was an Israeli general and later Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, best known for leading the paratroopers who entered the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan Target entity description: Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan was a prominent Orthodox rabbi, Zionist leader, and activist who played a key role in the religious Zionist movement in the early 20th century.
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A.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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B.
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi and halachic authority, best known as the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem and for his influential Torah scholarship.
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C.
Yosef Sprinzak
Yosef Sprinzak was an Israeli politician and Zionist leader who became the first Speaker of the Knesset and a key figure in the early governance of the State of Israel.
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D.
Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss
Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss was a prominent Acharon-era rabbinic authority known for his halachic rulings and Torah scholarship.
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E.
Mordechai Gur
Mordechai Gur was an Israeli general and later Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, best known for leading the paratroopers who entered the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orthodox rabbi
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Zionist leader ⓘ human ⓘ rabbi ⓘ religious Zionist activist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Mizrachi
NERFINISHED
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World Mizrachi Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Meir Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Russian Empire
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1880-09-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1949-04-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
Volozhin Yeshiva NERFINISHED ⓘ yeshiva in Novardok ⓘ yeshiva in Telz ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Bar-Ilan
NERFINISHED
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Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Meir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Religious Zionism
NERFINISHED
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Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
German
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Hebrew ⓘ Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| movement | Religious Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Meir Bar-Ilan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeOf |
Bar-Ilan Street in Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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Bar-Ilan University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the religious Zionist movement
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organizational work in Mizrachi ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bar-Ilan Responsa Project (namesake)
NERFINISHED
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religious Zionist organizational leadership ⓘ |
| occupation |
Zionist activist
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community leader ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Volozhin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of Mizrachi movement ⓘ |
| relative | Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Germany
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Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan Description of subject: Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan was a prominent Orthodox rabbi, Zionist leader, and activist who played a key role in the religious Zionist movement in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Meir Bar-Ilan