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Olmert Family
Olmert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aliza Olmert (born 1946), German-Israeli artist, photographer, author and social worker; wife of Ehud Olmert *Dana Olmert (born 1972), Israeli left-wing activist, literary theorist and editor; daughter of Ehud Olmert *Ehud Olmert (born 1945), Israeli politician, the 12th Prime Minister of Israel (4 January 2006 – 31 March 2009) *Michael Olmert (born 1940), professor of English (at University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland) and writer *Mordechai Olmert (1908–1998), Israeli politician; father of Ehud Olmert *Shaul Olmert Shaul Olmert (born 1975) is an Israeli entrepreneur and business executive. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Piggy (AKA: Flying Pigs LTD.), a stealth mode start up based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to Piggy, he was the co-founde ... (born 1975), Israeli entrepreneur and business executive; son of Ehud Olmert {{DEFAULTSORT:Olmert Jewish surnames ... [...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] |
Dana Olmert
Dana Olmert ( he, דנה אולמרט; born December 26, 1972), is an Israeli left wing activist, literary theorist and editor. She is a daughter of Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert graduated with a PhD in literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on "''The Growth of Hebrew Poetry by Women During the Twenties: Psychoanalytical and Feminist Perspectives''." She teaches literature at Tel Aviv University and lately teaches creative writing workshops. She is the editor of a poetry series and was invited to several juries of literary prizes. She volunteered for Machsom Watch. In June 2006, she attended a march in Tel Aviv protesting alleged Israeli complicity in the Gaza beach blast which made her the subject of criticism from right-wing personalities. Olmert is a lesbian and defends the Pride parade in Israel. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert (; he, אֶהוּד אוֹלְמֶרְט, ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006. Between his first and second stints as a cabinet member, he served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. After serving as PM, he was sentenced to serve a prison term over convictions for accepting bribes and for obstruction of justice during his terms as mayor of Jerusalem and as trade minister. Early life Olmert was born near Binyamina in the British Mandate of Palestine. According to Olmert, his parents, Bella (Wagman) and Mordechai Olmert, escaped "persecution in Ukraine and Russia, and found sanctuary in Harbin, China. They emigrated to Israel to fulfill their dream of building a Jewish and democratic state living in peace in the land of our ancestors." His father later became a member of the Knesset for Herut. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Olmert
Michael Olmert, (born 1940) is a professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park and a writer. He was born and raised in Washington D.C. His specialty is British Literature. He has a Ph.D. from Maryland in medieval English literature. He has written many shows and television movies for National Geographic, and many articles for the Colonial Williamsburg Magazine. He has written over 90 television documentaries, two plays, and two books. He has been awarded 3 Emmy Awards for his work on the Discovery Channel. In 2001, he received one for writing '' Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special''. In 2003, he won for '' Walking With Prehistoric Beasts''. His third award came in 2006 for '' Before the Dinosaurs''. Olmert's two plays are entitled ''Shakespeare and Lopez'' and ''Great Creating Nature''. The two books he has published are ''Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella'' (1996) and ''The Smithsonian Book of Books'' (1992). He was inducted into the University of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mordechai Olmert
Mordechai Olmert ( he, מרדכי אולמרט; 16 January 1908 – 30 March 1998) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Herut between 1955 and 1961. He was also the father of Ehud Olmert, who served as Prime Minister between 2006 and 2009. Life and career Born in Buguruslan in the Russian Empire, Olmert's family moved to Harbin in China in 1919. He studied at a local polytechnic, and was amongst the founders of the Jewish Students Organisation and the local branch of Betar. During this time he met Bella Wagman, who he later married. Between 1931 and 1933 he taught Russian at a Chinese high school, before making aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1933. He joined the Betar work group in Hadera, and worked as an agricultural labourer until 1939. He was amongst the founders of the Irgun, as well as the Jabotinsky neighbourhood in Binyamina in 1946. He survived an attack on a bus by Arab militants in November 1947. In 1949 he returned to China as an emiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaul Olmert
Shaul Olmert (born 1975) is an Israeli entrepreneur and business executive. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Piggy (AKA: Flying Pigs LTD.), a stealth mode start up based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to Piggy, he was the co-founder of Playbuzz, an online content publishing platform where he served as chief executive officer for 8 years before stepping down and assuming a new role as the company's president. He has been involved in numerous other startups including NetAlign, GameGround, and Sundaysky. Olmert also worked as an executive with Nickelodeon/MTV Networks and Conduit. Early life and education Olmert grew up in Israel. As a child he liked to develop computer programs and build machines out of electrical circuits from old radio transistors and walkie-talkie type gadgets. His grandparents Bella and Mordechai Olmert came to Palestine in 1933 after escaping from Odessa during the Russian Civil War in 1919. They traveled to China prior to settling in 1930s Pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
