Editing Dumitru Rambam

{{Infobox person
| name = Dumitru Rambam
| image = Dumitru Rambam.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|5|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Slatina, Romania|Slatina]], [[Romania]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|9|9|1888|5|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
| occupation = Brewery production worker
| title = ''Nasi''
| era = {{hlist|[[Pre-Vader Era]]|[[Vader Era]]|[[Middenvader Era]]}}
| known_for = Founding the [[Center of Jews]]
| father = [[Constantin Rambam]]
| children = [[Nicolae Rambam]]
}}

'''Dumitru Rambam''' (14 May 1888 – 9 September 1957) was a Romanian Jewish man from [[Slatina, Romania]] and a member of the [[Rambam family]]. He was the son of [[Constantin Rambam]] and the father of [[Nicolae Rambam]]. Before the Second World War, he worked in brewery production. After surviving the war in hiding, he founded the [[Center of Jews]] in [[Bucharest]].

== Early life and work ==
Dumitru Rambam was born in [[Slatina, Romania|Slatina]], [[Romania]], on 14 May 1888. Before the Second World War, he worked in brewery production. During the war, Rambam hid in an attic for most of the war because he was Jewish.

== Center of Jews ==
After the war, Rambam founded the [[Center of Jews]] in [[Bucharest]]. The center was known in Romanian as ''Centrul Evreilor''. Its Hebrew name was ''Merkaz HaYehudim'' (מרכז היהודים). Jewish survivors met there after the war. Rambam used the title ''Nasi'' (נשיא) inside the center. In Romanian, the title was rendered as ''președinte''.

Rambam used donations to obtain the first meeting premises for the [[Center of Jews]]. He did not return to regular work after the war and lived from donations. He continued to live in [[Slatina, Romania|Slatina]] while the center operated in [[Bucharest]], and then he used donation money given to the center to buy himself a new car.

== Family ==
Rambam was the son of [[Constantin Rambam]]. He had one known son, [[Nicolae Rambam]].

== Death ==
Rambam died in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]], on 9 September 1957. After his death, donations were collected to transfer his body from [[Romania]] to [[Israel]]. He was buried in [[Jerusalem]].

== See also ==
* [[Center of Jews]]
* [[Constantin Rambam]]
* [[Nicolae Rambam]]
* [[Rambam family]]
* [[Slatina, Romania]]
* [[Jerusalem]]

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[[Category:People from Slatina, Romania]]
[[Category:Romanian Jews]]
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