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Avishai (given Name)
Avishai or Avishay ( he, אבישי) is a Jewish given name and surname taken from the Biblical figure Abishai (biblical figure), Abishai. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Avishai Abrahami, founder of wix.com * (born 1968), Israeli journalist *Avishay Braverman *Avishai Cohen (other), several people *Avishai David *Avishai Dekel *Avishay Hadari *Avishai Henik *Avishai Jano *Avishai Margalit *Avishai Raviv Surname *Bernard Avishai See also * * {{given name, type=both Hebrew-language given names Hebrew-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abishai (biblical Figure)
Abishai was a military leader under the biblical King David. He was the eldest son of David's sister Zeruiah. According to Josephus (Antiquities, VII, 1, 3) his father was called Suri. The meaning of his name is "Father of a gift". He was the brother of Joab and Asahel, Abishai was the only one who accompanied David when he went to the camp of Saul and took the spear and water bottle from Saul as he slept. He had the command of one of the three divisions of David's army at the battle with Absalom. He was the commander and "most honoured" of the second rank of David's officers, below the three "mighty men". On one occasion, he withstood 300 men and slew them with his own spear. During one of his missions, he was said to be leading an army of camels to fight against a horde of enemies Abishai slew the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob, who threatened David's life. He once killed 300 men with his spear and helped with the killing of Absalom. Once, his brother, Asahel, who could run as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Abrahami
Wix.com Ltd. ( he, וויקס.קום) is an Israeli software company, publicly listed in the US, that provides cloud-based web development services. It allows users to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites through the use of online drag and drop tools. Along with its headquarters and other offices in Israel, Wix also has offices in Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, the United States, Ukraine, and Singapore. Users can use applications for social media, e-commerce, online marketing, contact forms, e-mail marketing, and community forums to their web sites. The Wix website builder is built on a freemium business model, earning its revenues through premium upgrades. According to W3Techs, Wix is used by 2.3% of the top 10 million websites. History Product development Wix was founded in 2006 by Israeli developers Avishai Abrahami, Nadav Abrahami, and Giora Kaplan. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Wix was backed by investors Insight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishay Braverman
Avishay Braverman ( he, אבישי ברוורמן, born 15 January 1948) is an economics professor, politician, and Israeli public figure. Having held senior positions as economist at the World Bank, he was later elected as fifth president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (1990-2006). As a Knesset member on behalf of the Labor Party (2006-2015) he served as Minister of Minority Affairs, Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee and Chairman of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee. Israel Prize laureate in 2020 for Lifetime Achievement, for his work as president of Ben-Gurion University. Biography Avishay Braverman was born in Ramat Gan, then Mandatory Palestine. His Polish-born father Jacob Braverman was a carpenter and his mother Sarah, a native of Lithuania, a kindergarten teacher. Braverman graduated from “Blich” High School in Ramat Gan, where he also served as captain of the basketball team. In 1968, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Cohen (other)
Avishai Cohen or Avishay Cohen may refer to: *Avishai Cohen (bassist) (born 1970), Israeli jazz bassist *Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) Avishai Cohen ( he, אבישי כהן) is a New York City–based jazz musician and composer originally from Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He grew up in a musical family with his saxophonist siblings: sis ... (born 1978), Israeli-born jazz trumpeter based in New York * Avishay Cohen (born 1995), Israeli footballer {{Hndis, Cohen, Avishai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai David
Rabbi Avishai Chaim David (born 1949) is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Torat Shraga (YTS) in Bayit VeGan, Jerusalem, Israel, and is the founding rabbi of Beit Medrash Torani Leumi (BMTL) in Beit Shemesh, which he left in August, 2017. He is currently the rabbi of Kehillas Beis Tefillah Yonah Avraham in Ramat Beit Shemesh. David studied under Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik for 14 years and received his semicha (ordination) from RIETS, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) at Yeshiva University in New York City. He is a student of Rabbi Avigdor Nevenzahl. He wrote "Dorosh Darash Yosef” (2011) a book on the weekly parsha based on the shiurim of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, and "The Warmth and Radiance of Gedolei Yisroel: Personal accounts, encounters, and experiences" (2023). David lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh, where he is a community-wide ''posek'' and the rabbi of a local synagogue catering to American ''olim''. His brother, Aharon David, is a rabbi at the Mir Yeshiva (Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Dekel
Avishai Dekel (born 1951) is a professor of physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, holding the Andre Aisenstadt Chair of Theoretical Physics. His primary research interests are in astrophysics and cosmology. Academic career Dekel earned his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University in 1980, and was a research fellow at Caltech and assistant professor at Yale University before joining the faculty of the Hebrew University in 1986. He served as the Head of The Racah Institute of Physics (1997–2001), the Dean of the Authority for the Community and Youth at the Hebrew University (2005–2011), and the President of the Israel Physical Society (2008–11). He headed the university computing committee, was a member of the executive committee of the board of trustees and a member of the standing committee of the Hebrew University. Dekel was awarded a Visiting Miller Professorship at UC Berkeley, a Blaise Pascal International Chair of Research by the École Normale Supérieure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishay Hadari
Avishay Hadari (hebr. אבישי הדרי; born 19 May 1976) is an Israeli artist, theatre director, painter and graphic designer. Life and education Hadari was born on 19 May 1976 in Tiberias, Israel. After graduating in 1994 from Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts in Tel Aviv, he then studied at The School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem, where he became acquainted for the first time with the experimental Cricot 2 Theatre by the renowned Polish art philosopher Tadeusz Kantor. Hadari settled in Kraków in 1999 and studied directing at PWST. In 2009 he was granted Polish citizenship by the President of the Polish Republic.Chaya Barel (4 February 2009) "Avishay Hadari – Theatre director who learned acting and direction in a Polish theatre" The ''Reshet Alef'' Radio (“Programme One”). Retrieved 25 October 2013. Early works Hadari's first show Rust won four awards at the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre (best play, best director's award, the set designer's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Henik
Avishai Henik is an Israeli neurocognitive psychologist who works at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). Henik studies voluntary and automatic (non-voluntary/reflexive) processes involved in cognitive operations. He characterizes automatic processes (in various areas of research), and clarifies their importance, the relationship between automatic and voluntary processes, and their neural underpinnings. Most of his work involves research with human participants and in recent years, he has been working with Archer fish in order to examine evolutionary aspects of various cognitive functions. Biography Avishai Henik was born in Tel Aviv in 1945. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology and education from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1971. He then moved to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to study for his MA and PhD degrees under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman. He received his PhD in 1979. In 1980, Henik received a Rothschild post-doctoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Jano
Avishai (Yaish) Jano ( he, אבישי ז'אנו) is an Israeli international footballer. Jano played usually as an attacking right defender or a right winger. He spent most of his career in Maccabi Haifa (1995–2004), with whom he won all of his honours. Jano retired from football in 2009. Honours * Israeli Premier League (3): ** 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04 *Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ... (1): ** 1997–98 * Toto Cup (1): ** 2001–02 References External links *Profile and biography of Avishai Jano on Maccabi Haifa's official website*Profile and statistics of Avishai Jano on One.co.il 1970 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli men's footballers Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Nof HaGalil F.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Margalit
Avishai Margalit ( he, אבישי מרגלית, born 1939) is an Israeli professor emeritus in philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2006 to 2011, he served as the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Early life and education Avishai Margalit was born in Afula, Mandatory Palestine, and grew up in Jerusalem. He was educated in Jerusalem and did his army service in the airborne Nahal. In 1960 he started his studies at the Hebrew University, majoring in philosophy and economics. He earned his B.A. in 1963 and his M.A. in philosophy in 1965, his M.A. thesis focusing on Karl Marx's theory of labor. During his years of study he worked as an instructor in a youth village, working with immigrant children who arrived with the mass wave of immigration in the 1950s. Thanks to a British Council scholarship he went to Queens College in Oxford University, where he stayed from 1968 to 1970. His doctoral dissertation, "The Cognitive Status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Raviv
Avishai Raviv (born 8 June 1967, he, אבישי רביב) is a former agent of Israel's Shin Bet (Shabak), Israel's domestic intelligence service, whose mission was to monitor the activities of right-wing extremists. His code name was 'Champagne'.Ex-Undercover Agent Charged as a Link in Rabin Killing ''The New York Times'', April 26, 1999 Biography Avishai Raviv studied at Tel Aviv University, which expelled him for violent behavior, and later at Bar Ilan University.Reinfeld, Mosh[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
