Dov-Ber

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

• All pages with titles containing Dov Ber
• All pages with titles containing Dovber
• Dov
• Ber (name)

References

1. Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403917232 [1]
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. Archived from the original on 17 December 2025.)