Dov Ber, Dov-Ber or Dovber (Hebrew: דובער) is a bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish tautological name: דוב־בער, literally 'bear-bear', traceable back to the Hebrew word דב dov 'bear' and the Middle High German word bër 'bear'.[1]: 138 In various countries the spelling may vary: 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[2]
- 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 Rasofsky (Barney Ross), 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
- Dov-Ber Rasofsky (Barney Ross) (1909-1967), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight and junior welterweight boxer
- Issachar Dov-Ber Bampi, Russian Jewish scholar
- Sholom Dovber Schneersohn
- Yissachar Dov Ber Horowitz
- Yitzchak Dovber Schneersohn
- Yoel Dov-Ber Perski
See also
References
- ^ Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403917232 [1]
- ^ 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. Archived 17 December 2025 at the Wayback Machine.)