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Glantz
Glantz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Glantz (1977–), an American journalist and author * Abraham Glantz (1907–1998), South African cricketer * David M. Glantz (1942–), an American military historian * Ezra Glantz (1945–), an American handball goalkeeper * Leib Glantz (1898–1964), a Ukrainian lyrical tenor * Margo Glantz Margo Glantz Shapiro (; born January 28, 1930) is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic. She has been a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua since 1995. She is a recipient of the FIL Award. Biography Margo Glantz's family ... (1930–), a Mexican writer, essayist, critic, and academic * Matthew Glantz (1971–), an American professional poker player * Nathan Glantz, an American jazz bandleader * Peter Glantz (1975–), an American director of theater and film * Stanton Glantz (1946–), a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco {{surname, Glantz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo Glantz
Margo Glantz Shapiro (; born January 28, 1930) is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic. She has been a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua since 1995. She is a recipient of the FIL Award. Biography Margo Glantz's family immigrated to Mexico from Ukraine in the 1920s. Her father, Jacobo Glantz, met her mother, Elizabeth (Lucia) Shapiro in Odessa, where they married. They tried to emigrate to the United States of America, where they had relatives, but were denied entry and had to remain in Mexico. Although they stayed faithful to Jewish traditions, they soon moved in Mexican artistic circles. Her father was a friend of Diego Rivera, and had great interest in the new cultural currents of his new adoptive country. For many reasons, the family (including four daughters) had to move quite often. As a result, Margo went to several schools. She spent two years in the Secondary School No. 15, a year in the Israelite School of Mexico, and earned her baccalaureate i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leib Glantz
Leib Glantz ( yi, לייב גלאנץ; June 1, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was a Ukrainian-born lyrical tenor cantor (chazzan), composer, musicologist of Jewish music, writer, educator, and Zionist leader. He was born in 1898 in Kyiv, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. His father and both grandfathers were important cantors with Chassidic backgrounds. Leibele, as he was fondly nicknamed, was eight years old when he first appeared as a cantor in Kyiv. Word spread swiftly about the child prodigy, and he was engaged to appear in concerts all over Europe. In his teens he organized and conducted a large choir in his father's Talner Chassidic synagogue. Glantz studied piano with the Ukrainian pianist and composer, Nikolai Tutkovski, and later graduated in piano and composition under composer Reinhold Glière, Reinhold Gliere at the Kyiv Music Conservatory. In those years Glantz traveled numerous times as a delegate to congresses of the He'Chalutz movement and to World Zionist Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Glantz
Aaron Glantz (born August 10, 1977) is a Peabody Award-winning radio, print and television journalist who produces public interest stories. His reporting has sparked more than a dozen Congressional hearings, a raft of federal legislation and led to criminal probes by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. Because of his reporting, 500,000 fewer U.S. military veterans face long waits for disability compensation, while 100,000 fewer veterans are prescribed highly addictive narcotics by the government. He is also the author of three books, most recently “The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans" (UC Press), the first book to systematically document the government's failure to care for soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Glantz has reported across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. His work has appeared in a broad range of media outlets, including ''The New York Times'', ABC News, NPR and the PBS News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Glantz
Nathan Glantz was an early 20th-century American jazz bandleader. Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra had a number of aliases. The orchestra produced many recordings, including the following compositions: * ''June Night'' (1924) * ''Love Is Just A Gamble'' (1924) * '' Oh Baby'' (1924) * ''Don't Bring Lulu'' (1925) * ''Bye Bye Blackbird'' (1926) * ''Talking To The Moon'' (1926) * '' Diane'' (1927) References External linksNathan Glantz and His Orchestraon Spotify Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active us ... American jazz bandleaders Dixieland bandleaders Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{US-jazz-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Glantz
Matthew "Matt" Glantz (born November 26, 1971) is a professional poker player from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. Glantz has had success at the World Series of Poker and other poker tournaments. At the 2005 World Series of Poker The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2nd, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7th. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15th marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports an ..., Glantz finished runner-up to Andre Boyer, which was also his highest finish in a WSOP tournament, in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event which earned him $364,620. His biggest cash at the World Series of Poker was in 2008, where he finished 4th in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship and earned $568,320. On October 2, 2009, he won the European Poker Tour High Roller tournament in London for $86,653,070. As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings are almost $30,700,000. His 11 cashes at the WSOP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Glantz
Peter Glantz is an American director of theater and film, notably the films ''Lightning Bolt - Power Of Salad'' and the music video DVD ''Pick A Winner'', both released through the record label Load Records. About He recently co-wrote, wrote and directed a series for MTV's Liquid Television and directed the band OK Go's touring show. He has produced a number of documentaries for the Service Employees International Union and Change to Win, in particular ''Beyond The Spin'', which documented the race for the 2004 Democratic Nomination and won a National Labor Council award for excellence in documentary filmmaking. His theater work includes directing the comedy group Killing My Lobster in San Francisco and the theater collective ' that features artists and musicians from the Providence, RI and Fort Thunder communities. In October, 2010, Glantz collaborated with Randy Weiner to co-direct "The Most Interesting Show In The World", a variety show that toured 17 U.S. cities. In 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezra Glantz
Ezra "Jerry" Glantz (born January 28, 1945, in Los Angeles, California) is an American handball goalkeeper. In 1976 he played as the goalkeeper of the USA Olympic team in Handball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic games. He was National goalkeeper for the Israeli National Handball team as well. He lived in Tel Aviv from 1954 till 1990. He won eight national championships as goalkeeper for several Israeli Handball teams and competed for years in the European Cup Handball Championshipson behalf of Israel. Glantz was one of the original founders of Israeli Baseball and Fastpitch softball Fastpitch softball, also known as fastpitch or fastball, is a form of softball played by both women and men. While the teams are most often segregated by sex, coed fast-pitch leagues also exist. Fast pitch is considered the most competitive for .... As coach, many members of Israel's national baseball team players were groomed by Glantz. In July 2009 Jerry Glantz was inducted into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Glantz
Abraham Glantz (24 April 1907 – 10 July 1998) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province from 1929 to 1940. After making his first-class debut in the first match of the 1929–30 Currie Cup season, Glantz remained Western Province's regular wicket-keeper until World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glantz, Abraham 1907 births 1998 deaths South African cricketers Western Province cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town Jewish South African sportspeople Jewish cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David M
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] |
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