 katzenellenbogen is the surname of a prominent jewish family that originated from katzenelnbogen, germany. it may refer to: * ezekiel katzenellenbogen, polish-german rabbi * meir ben isaac katzenellenbogen, italian rabbi * samuel judah katzenellenbogen, his son * ostap ortwin, whose real name was ostap katzenellenbogen, polish journalist and literary critic * tamara katzenelenbogen, russian architect * eyran katsenelenbogen, jazz pianist *in popular culture: ** gilly, gilly, ossenfeffer, katzenellenbogen by the sea, a 1954 popular song by al hoffman and dick manning ** a fictional family in "spectre bridegroom," a short story by washington irving derivative forms of the original name include katsenelenbogen, ellenbogen, elbogen, nellen and bogen. ==references==  
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