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Alon (name)
Alon ( he, אַלּוֹן) is an Israeli surname and masculine given name, which means "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Variants of the name include Allon, Elon and Ilan, which have their separate pages. The name may refer to: Given name *Alon Abutbul (born 1965), Israeli actor *Alon Badat (born 1989), Israeli footballer * Alon Bar (born 1966), Israeli filmmaker * Alon Bement (1876–1954), American artist, arts administrator, author, and educator. *Alon Ben David (born 1967), Israeli journalist * Alon Ben-Meir (born 1937), American writer * Alon Carmeli (born 1964), Israeli businessman * Alon Chen (born 1970), Israeli neuroscientist; 11th President of the Weizmann Institute of Science *Alon Davidi (born 1973), Israeli politician *Alon Day (born 1991), Israeli racing driver * Alon De Loco (born 1974), Israeli musician *Alon Eizenman (born 1979), Israeli ice hockey player * Alon Harazi (born 1971), Israeli football player *Alon Harel (born 1974), Israeli legal scholar * Alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allon (surname)
Allon is a Hebrew language surname, a variant of Alon, which means "oak tree". Notable people with the surname include: *George Allon (1899–1893), British football player *Henry Allon (1818–1892), British priest *Henry Erskine Allon (1864–1897), British composer. Son of Henry Allon (1818–1892). *Joe Allon (born 1966), British football player *Tom Allon (born 1962), American newspaper publisher *Yigal Allon (1918–1980), Israeli general and politician Fiction *Gabriel Allon, fictional character in novels by Daniel Silva *Gim Allon, fictional character in the DC Comics universe *Yera Allon, fictional character in the DC Comics universe See also * *Allon (other) Allon (a Hebrew language word meaning "oak tree") may refer to: * Allon (surname) * Allon, Georgia, a ghost town *Allon Road, named after Yigal Allon *Allon (village), an Israeli settlement east of Jerusalem, also named after Yigal Allon *Allon, th ... {{surname Hebrew-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weizmann Institute Of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science ( he, מכון ויצמן למדע ''Machon Vaitzman LeMada'') is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli universities in that it offers only postgraduate degrees in the natural and exact sciences. It is a multidisciplinary research center, with around 3,800 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and scientific, technical, and administrative staff working at the institute. As of 2019, six Nobel laureates and three Turing Award winners have been associated with the Weizmann Institute of Science. History Founded in 1934 by Chaim Weizmann and his first team, among them Benjamin M. Bloch, as the Daniel Sieff Research Institute. Weizmann had offered the post of director to Nobel Prize laureate Fritz Haber, but took over the directorship himself after Haber's death en route to Palestine. Before he became President of the State o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi ( he, אלון מזרחי; born 22 November 1971) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played for clubs including Nice, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem. His nickname is The Airplane, referring to the movement he used to do after scoring a goal. Personal life His father, Amos Mizrahi was also a footballer who played in Bnei Yehuda in the 1950s and 1960s and was part of the team that won the State Cup in 1968. International career International goals :''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mizrahi goal.'' Personal achievements * Mizrahi is the Israeli player with the most goals in his career (339). * Mizrahi was the top scorer of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in seasons 1993-94 and 1998-99. * Mizrahi scored 206 goals in the Israeli Premier League. Mizrahi broke the scoring record of the Israeli legendary striker Oded Machnes and became the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Mandel
Alon Mandel ( he, אלון מנדל; born 23 August 1988) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Mandel is the national record holder (2014) in 50- and 100-meter butterfly. Mandel won the 100-meter butterfly at the 2009 Maccabiah Games and still holds the record in that event. Biography Mandel was born in the United States and was raised in Netanya, Israel. He has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in environmental engineering from Tel Aviv University, and another master's degree in political science from Tel Aviv University as well. Mandel started swimming at age 6 and began training at the club Hapoel Emek Hefer. Initially he raced in backstroke, and set records for youth in both the 50- and 100-meter backstroke. In 2006, at age 18, Alon was recognized as an athletic prodigy, and postponed his mandatory army service in order to study chemical engineering at the University of Michigan i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of the American Association (19th century), American Association in 1881 before joining the NL in 1890. The Reds played in the NL National League West, West division from 1969 to 1993, before joining the Central division in 1994. For several years in the 1970s, they were considered the most dominant team in baseball, most notably winning the 1975 World Series, 1975 and 1976 World Series; the team was colloquially known as the "Big Red Machine" during this time, and it included National Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame members Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Perez. Overall, the Reds have won five World Series championships, nine NL pennants, one AA pennant and 10 division titles. The team plays its home games at Great American Ball Park, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel National Baseball Team
The Israel national baseball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בבייסבול) represents Israel in international competitions. It is managed by Israeli-American former Major League Baseball World Series champion, World Baseball Classic champion, All Star, and Olympian Ian Kinsler. At the 2017 WBC, Team Israel came in 6th. In 2021, Israel was ranked 20th in the world. The Israel national baseball team competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, where it beat Mexico and finished 5th. The team will next compete in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 2023 in Miami, Florida, against Team Puerto Rico, Team Dominican Republic, and Team Venezuela. Among the players who have committed to play for the team are All Star outfielder Joc Pederson, Gold Glove outfielder Harrison Bader, and pitcher Dean Kremer. History In the 1970s American immigrants started playing baseball in Israel. In December 1986, the Israel Association of Baseball (IAB) was formed as a non-profit organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Leichman
Alon Leichman ( he, אלון ליישמן; born May 29, 1989) is an Israeli assistant pitching coach of the Cincinnati Reds in Major League Baseball. He also pitches and coaches for Team Israel. Leichman was formerly the pitching coach of the Tacoma Rainiers (the Class AAA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners in the Pacific Coast League), the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League, and other teams. Leichman plays and coaches for Team Israel. He pitched for UC San Diego Tritons and Cypress College, leading them to the 2013 CCCAA state title."Alon Leichman Bio," UCSDTritons.com. He coached Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, in Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Hilu
Alon Ḥilu ( he, אלון חילו) (born Jaffa, Israel, June 21, 1972) is an Israeli novelist. His first novel, '' Death of a Monk'' (Xargol, 2004), is based on a historical blood libel against the Jews in Damascus, Syria, and offers an original homosexual interpretation for the historical events. The novel was shortlisted for the prestigious Sapir Prize in Israel (2005), was awarded the Presidential Prize for literature (Israel, 2006) and has been translated into English (Harvill Secker, London), French (Edition Du Seuil, Paris), Greek (Metaichmio, Athens) and Dutch (Ambo Anthos, Amsterdam). Hilu's second novel, '' The House of Rajani'' (Harvill Secker, Random House UK), a fictional retelling of the history of early Zionism, was published in Hebrew in February 2008 by Yedioth Sfarim. The novel initially received the 2009 Sapir Prize, but after claims were made regarding a conflict of interests among the judges (Yossi Sarid, the head judge of the committee, was related to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Hazan
Alon Hazan ( he, אלון חזן; born 14 September 1967) is an Israeli former footballer and manager who manages the senior Israel national team. As a player, he played as a midfielder. Biography Alon Hazan was raised in Ashdod, Israel, to an observant Masorti Jewish family. Outside of football he studied for a degree in politics. Club career Hazan spent most of his playing career in Israel, but did spend 18 months with English club Watford, with whom he achieved two promotions – from Division Two to the English Premier League. In 1999 Hazan scored in the penalty-shootout semi-final play-off against Birmingham City to put Watford into the play-off final against Bolton Wanderers, which they won 2–0 at Wembley, to earn promotion to the Premier League. He turned home to Israel, for personal reasons, before he could play a part in the top tier of English football. International career As a football player, Hazan capped 72 times and scored 5 goals for the senior Israel, bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Harel
Alon Harel ( he, אלון הראל, born 1957) is a law professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he holds the Phillip P. Mizock & Estelle Mizock Chair in Administrative and Criminal Law. He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University, and Balliol College, Oxford (where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy, D.Phil. in legal philosophy with a dissertation supervised by Joseph Raz). He has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Chicago. Harel writes on political philosophy, jurisprudence, criminal law, constitutional law, and law and economics. His articles often undertake philosophical and legal issues of contemporary political relevance. In a recent article (co-authored with Yuval Eylon), Harel defends judicial review on the grounds of a "right to a hearing", which, as a participatory right, does not conflict with the right to equal d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Harazi
Alon Harazi ( he, אלון חרזי; born February 13, 1971) is a retired Israeli footballer and currently the Israel national under-21 football team, Israel youth team assistant manager. Harazi finished his career during the season of 2009/2010 as captain and the most veteran player at Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa. He came to the club in 1990 at the age of 18 from a third Division team. Began as a Striker (association football), striker in Hakoah Ramat Gan youth teams and in there senior squad but at his late career played in defensive roles, mostly as a central defender or right back. Harazi has made 89 international appearances for Israel national football team, Israel and won 9 league championships, more than any other Israeli player – 8 of those championships were with Maccabi Haifa (1 more was with Beitar Jerusalem) as well as three State Cup titles. Harazi have made 400 league appearances with Maccabi Haifa - a team record, which was celebrated during November 2005 le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon Eizenman
Alon Eizenman (born February 9, 1979) is a Canadian and Israeli former ice hockey player. He played club hockey for the Nittany Lions at Pennsylvania State University, then played professionally in France and on the Israeli national team in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2006 Ice Hockey World Championships. Eizenman earned a Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University in 2001, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 2007. Hockey career In secondary school, Eizenman played for the Wexford Raiders. Eizenman played for Canada in the Maccabiah Games while still in secondary school. Eizenman played for Penn State as an undergraduate from 1997 to 2001 under coach Joe Battista. He led Penn State to 4 ACHA national championships. In 2000 he scored 16 minutes into overtime, to beat Eastern Michigan for the ACHA Division I Championship. In 2001 he scored 2 goals and was named MVP of the game in which Penn State beat Delaware for the national championship. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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