Consult biographical dictionaries to get brief information about people, dates and events.
For additional sources in Omni, search by Subject Heading, for example:
jewish philosophers biography
rabbis biography
jews biography
israel biography
For books about an individual's life or theories, search for the person's name in Omni by Subject Heading, for example:
abravanel isaac
bronfman samuel
Canadian Jewish Women of Today: Who's Who of Canadian Jewish Women 
FC106.J5 C35
Canadian Jewry Today: Who's Who in Canadian Jewry
REF FC106.J5 C37 1989
A collection of essays and biographical information on individual Jews in Canada.
Jewish Women in America: an Historical Encyclopedia
REF DS115.2.J49 1997
Who's Who in the Old Testament, Together with the Apocrypha
BS570.C64 [1971]
Who's Who in Canadian Jewry: Canadian Jewry at Year 2000 and Beyond
FC100. J5 C428 2000 (Lorne Pierce) 3rd ed.
