Iuliu Barasch (1815–1863) was a Ukrainian-born Jewish physician and writer who made his career in Romania.

Born at Brody, he moved to Bucharest, and was an ardent Romanian patriot. A friend of C.A. Rosetti and Ion Heliade Rădelescu , he became a professor at Bucharest's School of Medicine and Pharmacy. He was a popularizer of medical science and of natural science in general. In 1856–1859 he edited a journal Isis sau Natura (Jesus or Nature).

He is memorialized in Bucharest's historically Jewish Văcăreşti neighborhood: the Baraşeum Theater, now home to the State Jewish Theater; the adjoining Baraşeum clinic; and the street that runs in front of the theater, formerly Ionescu de la Brad, now str. Dr. Iuliu Barasch.

See also

• List of Jewish Romanians

References

• Bercovici, Israil, O sută de ani de teatru evriesc în România ("One hundred years of Yiddish/Jewish theater in Romania"), 2nd Romanian-language edition, revised and augmented by Constantin Măciucă. Editura Integral (an imprint of Editurile Universala), Bucharest (1998), 185. ISBN 9739827225. See the article on the author for further publication information.