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Aliza
Aliza is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Aliza Bin-Noun, Israeli diplomat *Aliza Green, American chef and writer *Aliza Greenblatt (1888–1975), American poet *Aliza Gur, American actress *Aliza Kezeradze (1937–1996), Georgian classical pianist *Aliza Lavie (born 1964), Israeli academic and politician *Aliza Olmert (born 1946), Israeli artist, photographer, writer and social worker *Aliza Sherman, American writer *Aliza Vellani Aliza Vellani (born October 30, 1991) is a Canadian television actress based in British Columbia. Vellani is most recently known for her role as Rani Singh in the Netflix series, Sweet Tooth. Her other credits include Layla Siddiqui on CBC's ser ... (born 1991), Canadian actress {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Sherman
Aliza Sherman, also known as Aliza Pilar Sherman, Aliza Sherman Risdahl, and Cybergrrl (born December 19, 1964) is a new media entrepreneur, author, blogger, women's issues activist, and international speaker. She is known for her expertise in online marketing and networking. Her primary focus includes addressing women's issues on the Internet, while empowering women to expand their role and involvement in progressive technology and the new media industry. In 1995, Sherman was named by ''Newsweek'' magazine as one of the "Top 50 People Who Matter Most on the Internet". She was one of only three women on the list. In 2009, she was named by ''Fast Company'' magazine as one of the "Most Influential Women in Technology", in the Blogger category. She is a native of Honolulu, Hawaii. Professional background In January 1995, Sherman founded Cybergrrl, Inc., which is the first full-service Internet company owned by a woman.Lambert, Laura; Poole, Hilary W.; Woodford, Chris; Moschovitis, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Green
Aliza Green is an American chef and writer. In addition to being one of the first women chefs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is known as a pioneer of the farm-to-table movement. She was one of the first chefs in Philadelphia to deal directly with local farms and utilize locally raised food in her restaurants. She writes as a food columnist and has published more than a dozen books about food. Career Aliza Green grew up in Washington, D.C. but was part of an extended family that included people in Israel and Borough Park, Brooklyn, a Hasidic Jewish section of New York City. As a result, she traveled extensively and was exposed to different cultures and foods, even as a child. A self-taught chef, Green opened her own catering business in 1975. Her first job as a chef was at the restaurant Under the Blue Moon in Philadelphia, PA. She studied briefly in Italy with Marcella Hazan. She then joined Ristorante DiLullo, where she became the executive chef for Joe Dilullo and won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Greenblatt
Aliza Greenblatt ( yi, עליזה גרינבלאַט, September 8, 1888 - September 21, 1975) was an American Yiddish poet. Many of her poems, which were widely published in the Yiddish press, were also set to music and recorded by composers including Abraham Ellstein, Solomon Golub, and Esther Zweig. They were also recorded by Theodore Bikel and Sidor Belarsky, among others.Guide to the Papers of Aliza Greenblatt and the American Jewish Historical Society in New York, NY Greenblatt published five volumes of Yiddish poetry and an autobiography in , ''Baym fentsṭer fun a lebn'' (A Window on a Life yi, ביים פענצטער פון א לעבן) and her works include such well-known Yi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Olmert
Aliza Olmert ( he, עליזה אולמרט; née Richter; born 1946) is an Israeli artist, photographer, author and social worker. She is married to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Biography Aliza Olmert was born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Germany. Her parents were Holocaust survivors from Łódź, Poland. She immigrated to Israel with her family in 1949, grew up in Ramat Gan, and served as an instructor in the Israel Defense Forces. She met her husband, Ehud Olmert, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she was studying social work. The Olmerts live in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood. They have five children (including Dana and Shaul Olmert), one of them adopted. Art career In 1985–1988, at the age of 40, Olmert studied environmental design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. In Israel, Olmert has exhibited at the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem, the Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan, the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Vellani
Aliza Vellani (born October 30, 1991) is a Canadian television actress based in British Columbia. Vellani is most recently known for her role as Rani Singh in the Netflix series, Sweet Tooth. Her other credits include Layla Siddiqui on CBC's series ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'', Marcy in the CW series '' iZombie'' and Sandeep in the revival season of the Fox series ''The X-Files''. Early life and education Vellani was born in Vancouver to Indian immigrants from East Africa. She began her training at an early age while she attended York House School. In 2007 and 2008, Vellani won the BC and National Istar Awards for Arts and Culture. After high school, Vellani continued her training in acting, voice and dance. Vellani currently holds a BFA, Majoring in Theatre, at Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Bin-Noun
Aliza Bin-Noun is an Israeli diplomat. She serves as the Israeli Ambassador to France and Monaco. Biography Aliza Bin-Noun grew up near Nahariya, in northern Israel. Her Hungarian paternal grandparents were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Her father is a Holocaust survivor. Bin-Noun graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she studied French. She served in the Israel Defense Forces. Bin-Noun is married to Claus, with whom she has two daughters. Diplomatic career Bin-Noun is a career diplomat. From 2001 to 2006, she was Advisor in the Arms Control Division, followed by Advisor in Political Affairs, and Director of Department of Coordination Bureau. She served as Israel's ambassador in Budapest, Hungary from 2007 to 2011. In 2012, she was appointed as the Head of the Political Bureau in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since August 2015, Bin-Noun has served as the Israeli Ambassador to France. She is the first female Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza (given Name)
Eliza is a female given name in English language, English, meaning "pledged to God" or "joyful." Etymology The name first developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth (given name), Elizabeth in the 16th century and its use as an independent name started in the 18th century. The name Elizabeth has been around since the Middle Ages, mainly popularised by the French people, French (using the spelling Elisabeth). Elizabeth with a “z” is the typical spelling in English. Elizabeth is found in the Bible (Luke 1:57) as the mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth became popularised during the late medieval period as a given name, mostly influenced by two saints – Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Elizabeth of Aragon, St. Elizabeth of Portugal. It was brought to England by the French and the English People, English can be credited with the formation of Eliza as a hypocorism (the French use Élise). It may also be used as a variant of the Hebrew name Aliza, עַלִיזָה mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Gur
Aliza Gur ( he, עליזה גור, born Alizia Gross; 1 April 1940) is an Israeli actress who was Miss Israel of 1960 and a semifinalist in the Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach that same year. She played Vida in the James Bond film '' From Russia with Love'' in 1963. Early life Born Alizia Gross on 1 April 1940 in Ramat Gan, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel), to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her parents had fled Nazi Germany during Hitler's dictatorship and settled in the city of Ramat Gan where she and her brother were born. She studied at the University of Haifa, where she designed and made dresses to help pay for tuition. Her first pageant win was as Miss Haifa.She designed dresses in "Miss Israel to Visit Syracuse", ''The Post-Standard'', Syracuse, New York, pg. 9, 12 December 1960 She was enlisted as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. Gur also and studied acting in Tel Aviv under Peter Fry, a well known director. After her success in national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Lavie
Aliza Lavie ( he, עליזה לביא, born 23 September 1964) is an Israeli academic and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2019, and is a senior lecturer at the School of Communication at Bar-Ilan University. She is also an author, publicist, media personality, and social activist. Her work focuses on gender issues and multiculturalism in Judaism and Israeli society. Early life Lavie was born in Kfar Saba and attended the religious Bar-Ilan High School in Netanya, and was also a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement. After graduation, she served in the IDF as an educator. Upon completing her service, she continued in a similar role in her work with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. Academic career Lavie studied at Bar-Ilan University, where she received a BA in 1988, an MA in 1997 and a PhD in 2002. From 2000 until her election to the Knesset in 2013, she served as a senior lecturer at the university's School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliza Kezeradze
Alisa Kezheradze ( ka, ალისა კეჟერაძე; 11 December 1937, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia – 18 February 1996, London, UK) was a Georgian pianist and teacher. She received her first piano lessons from her pianist mother Lucya Kezheradze. She studied at the Tbilisi Central Music School for Gifted Children with Nina Pleshcheyeva, a student of Alexander Siloti, and subsequently, at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire with Emil Gurevich. In early 1970s, she married a construction engineer George Teslenko, with whom she had a son George, and moved to Moscow, where she taught piano at the State Pedagogical University. In 1976, she met and began working with Ivo Pogorelić, whom she married in 1980. She died on February 18, 1996, from liver cancer Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
