Nissim

Nissim (also, Nisim) may refer to:

People

Given name

• Nissim (born 1986), American Jewish rapper
• Nissim of Gerona (1320-76), talmudist and authority on Jewish law
• Nissim Aloni (1926–98), Israeli playwright and translator
• Nissim Behar (1848-1931), Jewish Palestinian educator
• Nissim ben Jacob (990-1062), rabbi
• Nissim Dahan (born 1954), Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health
• Nissim de Camondo (1892–1917), French banker
• Nissim Eliad (born 1919), Israeli politician
• Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), Indian Jewish poet, playwright, editor, and art critic
• Nissim Karelitz, rabbi
• Nissim Mossek, Israeli documentary director, writer, and producer
• Nissim Ze'ev (born 1951), Israeli politician
• Nissim Zvili (born 1942), Israeli politician

Surname

• Afik Nissim, Israeli point guard in basketball
• Chaïm Nissim, Green politician who launched the 1982 rocket attack against the Superphénix nuclear plant
• Gabriele Nissim (born 1950), Italian journalist, historian, and essayist
• Giorgio Nissim (1908-1976), Italian civilian anti-fascist hero
• Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin, Jewish philosopher who lived in Tunisia in the 10th century
• Judah ben Nissim al-Malkah, Moroccan, Jewish writer and philosopher
• Moshe Nissim (born 1935), Israeli politician and Deputy Prime Minister
• Oren Nisim (born 1976), Israeli footballer
• Yitzhak Nissim (1896–1981), Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel
• Solomon Nissim Algazi, rabbi in the 17th century

Museums

• Musée Nissim de Camondo, museum

Synagogues

• Bet Nissim Synagogue, synagogue built in the 1840s in Istanbul, Turkey