Josel of Rosheim (alternatively:
Joselin,
Joselmann,
Yoselmann, ,
Joseph ben Gershon mi-Rosheim, or
Joseph ben Gershon Loanz; c. 1480 – March, 1554) was the great advocate ("
shtadlan") of the
German and
Polish Jews during the reigns of the
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and
Charles V. Maximilian I appointed him as governor of all Jews of Germany, a position which was confirmed after his death by his grandson, Charles V.