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Dvir (name)
Dvir ( he, דביר) is a Hebrew given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Dvir Abramovich, Israeli-Australian Jewish studies academic, columnist, and editor *Dvir Benedek, Israeli actor * Dvir Sorek, murder victim Surname *Boaz Dvir Boaz Dvir (born June 23, 1967) is an Israeli-American professor, journalist, and filmmaker. His main work includes documentaries, most recently ''Jessie's Dad'', '' Discovering Gloria'', and '' A Wing and a Prayer''. Background Filmmaker and ..., Israeli-American professor, journalist, and filmmaker *, Israeli explorer and geographer * (1931-2018), Israeli physicist, CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries and Elscint Fictional characters * Zohan Dvir, from comedy film ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' See also * {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvir Abramovich
Dvir Abramovich ( he, דביר אברמוביץ, russian: Двир Абрамович, born 1971) is an Israeli-Australian Jewish studies academic, columnist, and editor. Abramovich is the chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), a former division of B'nai B'rith in Melbourne, and director of the Program for Jewish Culture and Society at The University of Melbourne. Abramovich's areas of study are the Hebrew language, Israel and Holocaust studies. Career Education Abramovich attended Monash University where he earned his undergraduate degrees in Arts and Law. In 1995 he earned an MA in Jewish Studies and in 1999 a PhD from The University of Melbourne. He won the A.D. Hallam Prize for excellence in Hebrew studies in 1992. Academia Abramovich began teaching Hebrew language and literature at The Centre for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Melbourne. He was appointed Centre Director in 2006. While at the university, Abramovich has taught a range of subjec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvir Benedek
Dvir Benedek ( he, דביר בנדק; born 29 December 1969) is an Israeli actor. He is chairman of the Israeli screen actors union Shaham. Biography Dvir Benedek lives in Givatayim with his wife Irit Natan Benedek and their daughter, Yuli, born in 2010. Acting and media career Theatre Benedek appeared in Israeli plays such as ''Gever Isha Milim'', ''Miskhakey Hevra'', ''Revizor'', ''4 on 4'', In Habima Theatre: ''Hadibuk'', ''Kadish Le Neomy'', ''The Good Soldier Švejk'', ''Tango'', ''Perurim'', and ''Driving Miss Daisy (play)''. In 2008, Benedek won the Best supporting actor award on behalf of Habima Theatre. Benedek was also the first non-English speaking actor portraying Shrek in the Israeli production of Shrek The Musical. Television Benedek starred in the television series ''Shaul'', ''Haretzua'', ''Sibat Hamavet: Retakh'', ''My first Sony'', ''Zimerim'', ''Hanefilim'', ''Gam Lahem Magia'', ''Quicky''. In 2008, Bendek participated in the Israeli television series ''Makom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvir Sorek
Dvir ( he, דְּבִיר), also known as Dvira ( he, דְּבִירָה), is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Rahat and Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established in 1951 by Hashomer Hatzair members from Hungary and tookCarta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 136, its name from the Biblical city of Dvir (Joshua 21:15) that was located in the area. The original residents were joined by immigrants from South America. A member of the kibbutz, Yitzhak Mintz, developed the QText word processing program in 1988 which was one of the first to handle the Hebrew language Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boaz Dvir
Boaz Dvir (born June 23, 1967) is an Israeli-American professor, journalist, and filmmaker. His main work includes documentaries, most recently ''Jessie's Dad'', '' Discovering Gloria'', and '' A Wing and a Prayer''. Background Filmmaker and Penn State assistant professor Boaz Dvir tells the stories of ordinary people who, under extraordinary circumstances, transform into trailblazers and game changers. For instance, his PBS film, A Wing and a Prayer, recounts a World War II flight engineer's transformation into the leader of a secret operation to save newborn Israel. Dvir grew up in Kfar Galim, a village in Israel, and moved to New Jersey when his father worked for the U.N. The family later moved to Florida and Dvir attended the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and an MFA in creative photography. He also earned a master's from the UF Documentary Institute. He would serve as an officer and military journalist for the Israel Defense Forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ''ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el'') or IAI (תע"א) is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage. It has 15,000 employees as of 2018. IAI is completely state-owned by the government of Israel. IAI designs, develops, produces and maintains civil aircraft, drones, fighter aircraft, missile, avionics, and space-based systems. Although IAI's main focus is engineering, aviation and high-tech electronics, it also manufactures military systems for ground and naval forces. Many of these products are specially suited for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) needs, while others are also marketed to foreign militaries. History Israel Aerospace Industries was founded in 1953 as Bedek Aviation Company under the initiative of Shimon Peres, then director general of the Ministry of Defense, in order to maintain Israel Defense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elscint
Elscint was an Israeli technology company that developed, manufactured and sold medical imaging solutions, including: Nuclear medicine, computed tomography magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray scanners. Elscint's shares traded on the NASDAQ as well as on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. At its height, Elscint was a world leader in the development of medical imaging technologies. Most of Elscint's activities were sold to GE Healthcare and Philips Medical Systems. History 1969–1974: Early years Elscint (perhaps a portmanteau of the words "electronic" and "scientific, but more likely of "El" as in "El Al", and "Scint", as in scintillation, referring to the type of radiation detector used in Nuclear Medicine as in Elscint's first products.) was founded in 1969 by Dr. Avraham Suhami, who was a nuclear physics professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology at the time, after receiving encouragement to apply his scientific and technical knowledge for commercial applications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
