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Arad (surname)
Arad (אָרַד) is a surname from the Hebrew word for bronze. Notable people with the surname include: * Atar Arad (born 1945), Israeli-American violist; older brother to Ron * Avi Arad (born 1948), Israeli-American businessperson; current CEO of Marvel Studios * Boaz Arad (1956–2018), Israeli visual artist * Dori Arad (born 1982), Israeli footballer * Maya Arad (born 1971), American-based Israeli writer * Michael Arad (born 1969), Israeli-American architect * Moshe Arad (1934–2019), Romanian-Israeli diplomat * Naama Arad (born 1985), Israeli sculptor and installation artist * Nava Arad (1938–2022), Israeli politician * Ofri Arad (born 1998), Israeli footballer * Ron Arad, multiple people ** Ron Arad (industrial designer) (born 1951), Israeli industrial designer, architect, and artist; younger brother to Atar ** Ron Arad (pilot) (born 1958), Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer; classified as missing in action since 1986 * Roy Arad (born 1977), Israeli journalist, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atar Arad
Atar Arad (Hebrew: עתר ארד; born 8 March 1945) is an Israeli American violist, professor of music, essayist and composer. Biography Arad and his brother, architect Ron Arad, were born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Arad began his training on the violin in Tel Aviv and received an Artist Diploma in 1966 from the Samuel Rubin Israeli Academy of Music. In 1968 he was selected for study at Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Waterloo, Belgium, earning a Laureate there in 1971 and a Diplome Superieure from Brussels Conservatory in 1973. Having decided to devote himself to the viola in 1971, he entered the Carl Flesch International Competition in 1972 as a violist, winning the City of London prize (second prize) in his first public appearance with the instrument. Two months later he repeated, winning first prize in the International Viola Competition in Geneva, Switzerland. Arad has performed around the world as a soloist with orchestras and as a member of the Cleveland Quartet from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Arad
Roy "Chicky" Arad (Hebrew language, Hebrew: רועי "צ'יקי" ארד, born 1977) is an Israeli poet, singer, script-writer, artist, and political activist. Arad is the founder and former editor of ''Maayan (magazine), Maayan'' magazine for poetry and a former journalist for Haaretz. Poetry and Literature Arad has published eight books. He formed a style that he called "Kimo" and defined as "a Hebrew adaptation of the Japanese Haiku": it consists of three lines of 10, 7, and 6 syllables. It usually describes one frozen scene that has no movement in it, and in practice, the content of the poems is close to Senryū. As an author, Arad published the book "The Israeli Dream" (Xargol-Am Oved) in 2010, "The Pelican" (Xargol-Modan) in 2013, and many short stories. In 2016, "The Israeli Dream" was chosen on Mako website as one of the ten best Israeli books of the 21st century. Arad's poem "The Owl" which deals with the destruction of the Israeli urban city center in favor of a giant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arad (given Name)
Arad is a masculine given name. People with the name include: * Arad Simon Lakin (1810–1890), American minister, and university president * Arad McCutchan (1912–1993), American college basketball coach * Arad Sawat (born 1975), Israeli film and television set and production designer * Arad Thomas (1807–1889), American lawyer See also * Arad (surname) Arad (אָרַד) is a surname from the Hebrew word for bronze. Notable people with the surname include: * Atar Arad (born 1945), Israeli-American violist; older brother to Ron * Avi Arad (born 1948), Israeli-American businessperson; current CEO ..., list of people with the surname {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netanya Academic College
Netanya Academic College ( he, האקדמית נתניה, ''HaAkademit Netanya'') is a private college based in Netanya, Israel. Established in 1994 by a team from Bar-Ilan University, it has an enrolment of around 4,000 undergraduate students. It was founded by Zvi Arad, who served as its president for 24 years. History The college was established in 1994 by Zvi Arad at the request of the mayors of Netanya, Yoel Elroi and Zvi Poleg. A partner in the initiation and establishment of the college was Miriam Feirberg, who at that time served as head of the Education Department of Netanya. Today the college is an accredited institute of higher education that grant first and second academic degrees in a variety of fields. The college offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in several subjects, focusing on law, business administration, finance and computer science. Notable faculty * Ernest Krausz (1931-2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at Bar Ilan University Notable al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has about 20,000 students and 1,350 faculty members. Bar-Ilan's mission is to "blend Jewish tradition with modern technologies and scholarship and the university endeavors to ... teach the Jewish heritage to all its students while providing nacademic education." History Bar-Ilan University has Jewish-American roots: It was conceived in Atlanta in a meeting of the American Mizrahi organization in 1950, and was founded by Professor Pinkhos Churgin, an American Orthodox rabbi and educator, who was president from 1955 to 1957 where he was succeeded by Joseph H. Lookstein who was president from 1957 to 1967. When it was opened in 1955, it was described by ''The New York Times'' "as Cultural Link Between the sraeliRepublic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Arad
Zvi Arad ( he, צבי ארד,16 April 1942, in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine – 4 February 2018, in Petah Tikva, Israel) was an Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, and president of Netanya Academic College. Biography Zvi Arad began his academic studies in the Mathematics Department of Bar-Ilan University. He received his first degree in 1964 and after army service went on to complete a second and third degree in the Mathematics Department of Tel Aviv University. Academic career In 1968 Arad joined the academic staff at Bar-Ilan University as an assistant and in 1983 was appointed a full professor. During the years 1978/9 he held the position of Visiting Scientist at the University of Chicago, and from 1982 to 1983 held the position of visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. Arad held a variety of senior academic posts at Bar-Ilan University. He served as chairman of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Dean of the Faculty of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yitzhak Arad
Yitzhak Arad ( he, יצחק ארד; né Icchak Rudnicki; November 11, 1926 – May 6, 2021) was an Israeli historian, author, IDF brigadier general and Soviet partisan. He also served as Yad Vashem's director from 1972 to 1993, and specialised in the history of the Holocaust. Names He was born Icchak Rudnicki, later adopting the Hebrew surname Arad ( he, ארד). During World War II, he was known as Tolya (Russian diminutive for Anatoly) in the underground and among the partisans.Burkhard SchröderLitauen und die jüdischen Partisanen (Lithuania and the Jewish Partisans) ''Heise Online'', September 14, 2008 Early life Arad was born Icchak Rudnicki on November 11, 1926, in what was then Święciany in the Second Polish Republic (now Švenčionys, Lithuania). In his youth, he belonged to the Zionist youth movement ''Ha-No'ar ha-Tsiyyoni''. World War II According to Arad's 1993 interview with Harry J. Cargas, he was active in the ghetto underground movement from 1942 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yael Arad
Yael Arad ( he, יעל ארד; born May 1, 1967) is an Israeli judoka. She was the first Israeli to win an Olympic Games, Olympic medal. She is widely recognized as one of Israel's most successful athletes and is credited with bringing judo into the athletic mainstream. After her retirement, Arad developed a career as a businesswoman and CEO. She specializes in entrepreneurship, business development and marketing strategy. She manages the commercial rights of ViacomCBS in Israel. Arad advises companies in various sectors and lectures on excellence in sports, life and business. Biography Arad, who is Jewish, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Aryeh Arad, a journalist in Davar, Galei Tzahal & Kol Yisrael, and Nurit Arad, a journalist in Yedioth Ahronoth reporting in the field of consumerism. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Reichman University. International judo career Arad started taking judo classes at the age of eight and within half a year, ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedem Arad
Wedem Arad ( gez, ወደም አራድ; died 1314) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1299 to 1314 and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the brother of Yagbe'u Seyon, and seized power from his nephews. Reign Only one military action is recorded for this ruler. In the first year of his reign, one Sheikh Abu-Abdallah had gathered a large following and proclaimed a jihad against Wedem Arad's realm. Wedem Arad sent a number of agents into Abu-Abdallah's camp, who were able to persuade most of his followers to defect. Without sufficient manpower, Abu-Abdallah was forced to agree to a treaty with Wedem Arad, in return for providing "them with all their needs until they are completely satisfied". Taddesse Tamrat suggests this involved giving them land to settle on, and notes that on the edge of the territory of Shewa there is a locality known as "Abdalla", which might be that settlement. In 1306, Wedem Arad sent an embassy of 30 envoys to Europe seeking the "king of the Spaniards" (prob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzi Arad
Uzi Arad ( he, עוזי ארד, born October 2, 1947) is an Israeli strategist and a well-known figure in foreign policy, security and strategic circles in Israel and abroad. He is a fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv. Between 2009 and 2011 Arad served as the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, and the head of the Israeli National Security Council. Between 1999 and 2009 Arad was the Founding Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (IDC). Arad established and chaired the annual Herzliya Conference, Israel's principal international policy conference, convening Israeli and international leaders, policy-makers and most senior experts in the field of national security, broadly defined. Arad was a professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy. Between 1997 and 1999 Arad was foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu on secondm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shira Arad
Shira Arad (Hebrew: שירה ארד, born July 4, 1972) is an Israeli film editor and musical supervisor. She is a former DJ and TV actress. In 2016 she received the Ophir Award for Best Film Editing, for the movie Our Father. Since 2020 Arad is a member of the European Film Academy. Early career Arad studied acting at The Poor School in London, graduating in 1995. In that same year she was the assistant director of Hanoch Levin in the play ''Beheading'' at Habimah Theatre. She began her acting career in the play ''The Physicists'' at the Left Bank theatre. She later performed in the play ''The Crucible'' at the Habimah Theatre, directed by Shmulik Hasfari (1999), and in the play ''My Kinneret'' at the Beersheba Theater (2002-2002). At the same time, Arad appeared various children's programs on Channel One. In 1999, she played in the Israeli film ''Yana's Friends'', directed by Arik Kaplun. In 2001 she played in the Israeli telenovela ''Touching Happiness'', in which she pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Arad (pilot)
Ron Arad ( he, רוֹן אָרָד; born 5 May 1958, presumed dead), was an Israeli Air Force weapon systems officer (WSO) who has officially been classified as missing in action since October 1986. Arad was lost on a mission over Lebanon and is believed to have been captured by the Shiite group Amal and later handed over to Hezbollah. Personal life Arad was born on 5 May 1958 in Hod HaSharon, Israel. He studied in the Boarding Command School in Tel Aviv. Arad began his military service in the Israel Defense Forces in 1978 and graduated from the IAF flight course in 1979 as a combat navigator. In October 1985, Arad began studying chemical engineering at the Technion in Haifa. Arad was married to Tami and is father to a daughter, Yuval. Capture On 16 October 1986, Arad and pilot Yishai Aviram were on a mission to attack PLO targets around Maghdouche in Southern Lebanon. A bomb dropped by their F-4 Phantom II apparently exploded prematurely, causing damage to the aircraft an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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