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David Weiss (other)
David Weiss may refer to: Music * David Weiss (musician) (born 1964), jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger * David Was (born 1952), stage name of David Weiss, American musician and producer Science and academia * David Weiss (physicist), American physicist * David Solomon Weiss (born 1953), organizational psychologist and business strategist * David Weiss Halivni (born 1927), scholar and professor of Jewish studies and the Talmud Writers * David Weiss (novelist) (1909–2002), author of ''Naked Came I'' * David N. Weiss (born 1960), American screenwriter, executive in the Writers Guild of America * David S. Weiss (fl. 1995), American comedy writer, radio sidekick for Dennis Miller Other * David Weiss (1946–2012), of duo Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Swiss multi-media artist * David C. Weiss (born 1956), United States Attorney for the District of Delaware * David Weiss (2009 fictional person), false name used by a Norwegian man to contact journalists, including Haviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Weiss (musician)
David Weiss (born October 21, 1964) is a jazz trumpeter and the founder of The New Jazz Composers Octet. Career He studied music at North Texas State University, graduating in 1986. Returning to New York, he performed with Jaki Byard, Frank Foster, and Jimmy Heath. He continued his studies with trumpeters Tommy Turrentine and Bill Hardman, as well as attending Barry Harris's jazz classes. Eventually leading an "after hours" session for Harris, he performed with such musicians as Stephen Scott, Winard Harper, Leon Parker, Sam Newsome, Justin Robinson, Rodney Kendrick, Roy Hargrove, Clifford Jordan, Mulgrew Miller, Jeff Watts, Terence Blanchard, Benny Green, and Billy Hart. In 1990, Weiss started a band with tenor saxophonist Craig Handy. The rest of the band rotated: Benny Green, Stephen Scott, or Dave Kikoski on piano, Christian McBride on bass, and Billy Hart or Jeff Watts on drums. Weiss assisted Handy with the music of ''The Cosby Mysteries'', including arranging the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Was
David Jay Weiss, known as David Was, is an American musician, music producer and journalist. With his stage-brother Don Was, he was the founder of the 1980s pop group Was (Not Was). Career Was was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Jewish family. A graduate of Oak Park High School in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, Michigan, and later the University of Michigan, Was left his native Detroit for California, and found employment as the jazz critic for the now-defunct Hearst daily the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'', where he forged friendships with Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis and Mel Tormé. With his childhood friend Don Was he went on to form Was (Not Was), composing the lyrics and music and playing various instruments, primarily flute, keyboards and harmonica. Reviewed by ''The New York Times'' in 1980 as "the funkier art-funk band," Was (Not Was) used members of Funkadelic, alongside jazz musicians like trumpeter Marcus Belgrave; and singers Mel Tormé and Ozzy Osbourne. They rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Weiss (physicist)
David S. Weiss is an American physicist. Weiss graduated from Amherst College in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in physics. He earned a Ph.D. in the same subject in 1993, from Stanford University. Weiss began his teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley, and joined the Pennsylvania State University faculty in 2001, where he later became a distinguished professor. He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ... in 2007, and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences awarded him an equivalent honor in 2020. Weiss is the 2022 awardee of the Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, conferred by the American Physical Society. References 20th-century American physicists 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Solomon Weiss
David Solomon Weiss is an organizational psychologist and business strategist and author of seven books, including ''The Leadership Gap'', ''Innovative Intelligence'' and ''Leadership-Driven HR''. Education and career David S. Weiss has post-baccalaureate degrees from Columbia University (M.A. and M.Ed.), Yeshiva University (M.S.) and University of Toronto (Ph.D.). He specialized in organizational psychology and was an organizational and business strategist as a partner of Geller, Shedletsky and Weiss (1987–2001), as vice president and chief innovation officer of Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions (2002–2007), and as president of Weiss International Ltd (2007 to present). Weiss is a certified director with the Institute of Corporate Directors and was a director on the Board of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Foundation and an advisory board member of the Institute for Performance and Learning. He was honored as the first lifetime Fellow of the Institute for Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Weiss Halivni
David Weiss Halivni ( he, דוד וייס הלבני; September 27, 1927 – June 28, 2022) was a European-born American-Israeli rabbi, scholar in the domain of Jewish sciences, and Professor of Talmud. He served as '' Reish Metivta'' of the Union for Traditional Judaism's rabbinical school. Biography David Weiss was born on September 27, 1927, in Kobyletska Poliana (Кобилецька Поляна, Poiana Cobilei, Gyertyánliget) in Carpathian Ruthenia, then in Czechoslovakia (now in Rakhiv Raion, Ukraine). His parents separated when he was 4 years old, and he grew up in the home of his maternal grandfather, Rabbi Isaiah (Shaye) Weiss, a Hasidic Talmud scholar in Sighet, Romania. His grandfather began teaching him at age 5, and he was regarded as an ''Illui'' ; he received semicha (rabbinic ordination) at age 15 from Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Gross of the town's yeshiva.See the Hebrew Wikipedia article :he:דוד הלבני In March 1944, German troops arrived in Sighet to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Weiss (novelist)
David Weiss (1909 – November 29, 2002) was an American novelist and writer best known for his bestselling 1963 biographical novel ''Naked Came I'' about the life of sculptor Auguste Rodin. Biography Born in 1909, from an early age Weiss showed an interest in the lives of artists and composers. His father was a painter,Weiss, David, ''Justin Moyan'', William Heinemann Ltd., ASIN B00005XKMT (1966) and after Weiss was orphaned at the age of four he was raised in Philadelphia by an aunt who owned a Russian restaurant across the street from the Academy of Music (Philadelphia), Academy of Music.Staff and Wire Reports''Obituary: David Weiss, 93; Wrote Historical Novels Based on Lives of Artists'' Los Angeles Times, (December 12, 2002) In 1933 he graduated from Temple UniversityVariety staff''Obituary: David Weiss Story editor, historical novelist'' Variety, (December 16, 2002) and moved to New York City, New York, where he became private secretary to Erwin Piscator, then head of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David N
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David S
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fischli & David Weiss
Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952) and David Weiss (21 June 1946 – 27 April 2012), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, were a Swiss artist duo that collaborated beginning in 1979. Their best-known work is the film '' Der Lauf der Dinge'' (''The Way Things Go'', 1987), described by ''The Guardian'' as being "post apocalyptic", as it concerned chain reactions and the ways in which objects flew, crashed and exploded across the studio in which it was shot. Fischli lives and works in Zürich; Weiss died on 27 April 2012. Education and early career Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952) was born in Zürich. David Weiss (21 June 1946 – 27 April 2012) grew up as the son of a parish priest and a teacher. After discovering a passion for jazz at the age of 16, he enrolled in a foundation course at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zürich, where in his first year of study he befriended fellow artist Urs Lüthi. Having rejected careers as a decorator, a graphic designer and a photographer, Weiss soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David C
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haviv Rettig Gur
Haviv Rettig Gur ( he, חביב רטיג גור) (b. April 4, 1981) is an Israeli journalist who serves as the political correspondent and senior analyst for ''The Times of Israel''. Early life Haviv Rettig (later Rettig Gur) was born in Jerusalem. His parents were American-Jewish immigrants to Israel. He lived in the United States from 1989 to 1999, returning to Israel in 1999 to serve in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat medic. Upon completing military service, Gur studied history and Jewish thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Media career From 2010 to 2012, Rettig Gur served as the Director of Communications for the Jewish Agency. Before that, he was the Jewish world correspondent for the Israeli English-language daily ''The Jerusalem Post'' between June 2005 and July 2010. According to the website of the Limmud Conference, where he was a speaker in December 2007, Gur covered "organised Jewish communities worldwide on issues including demographics, identity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
