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Hirsh (other)
Hirsh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Carolyn Hirsh, Australian politician *David Hirsh, British academic *David Julian Hirsh, Canadian actor *Ed Hirsh, special effects artist * Elijah Hirsh (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Jason Hirsh (born 1982), American major league baseball pitcher *Michael Hirsh (other), the name of many different people *Nurit Hirsh, Israeli composer, arranger, and conductor *Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov, Hasidic rabbi and the founder of the Zidichov Hasidic Judaism dynasty See also *Hirsch (other) *Herz (other) *Hersh *Hersch *Hirche {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Hirsh
Carolyn Dorothy Hirsh (born 1 August 1937) is a former Australian politician representing Silvan Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Elected as a member of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party, she was forced to resign from the party in September 2004 after being booked for driving a car without a licence. This followed an incident earlier in the year when she had lost her licence after being booked by police with an alcohol reading of 0.07, while driving home from an ALP function. She sat as an independent member of the Legislative Council from then until November 2005, when she was re-admitted to the ALP, but was forced to resign a second time on 23 June 2006, after a second drink-driving incident. Early history Hirsh was born in Melbourne, though she attended high school in the rural town of Colac, Victoria, Colac. She trained as a teacher at Geelong Teachers College and then Monash University, where she also studied psychology. After graduatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hirsh
David Hirsh (born 29 September 1967) is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and co-founder of Engage, a campaign against the academic boycott of Israel. Early life and education Hirsh was raised in a Jewish family in Highgate, London and attended Highgate School until he was 15, when he persuaded his parents to allow him to transfer to Woodhouse Grammar School. For several years, he was a member of the Trotskyist Alliance for Workers' Liberty and, during the 1980s, a leading activist in the National Organisation of Labour Students. He briefly studied Physics at Sheffield University, then worked as a driver for several years. He is a graduate of City University, London and holds an M.A. in Philosophy and Social Theory and a PhD from the University of Warwick, writing his dissertation on Crimes Against Humanity and International Law. Career Hirsh won the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for the best first book in soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Julian Hirsh
David Julian Hirsh (born October 26, 1973) is a Canadian actor. Early life Born and raised in a Jewish family in Montreal, Hirsh majored in criminology at the University of Toronto. He originally planned to become a lawyer until a summer acting workshop in New York convinced him to pursue an acting career. He studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. Career Hirsh starred in the first two seasons of the TNT medical drama series ''Hawthorne'', and in shows such as the Showcase comedy series ''Naked Josh'', ''Lovebites'' on TBS, the CBC Television drama miniseries ''St. Urbain's Horseman'' and he portrayed Rabbi David Bloom on '' Weeds''. Hirsh starred in the 2013 television film ''Twist of Faith'', which garnered him a Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Hirsh
Ed Hirsh is a special effects artist who was nominated at the 74th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects for his work on ''Pearl Harbor''. He shared his nomination with Eric Brevig, John Frazier and Ben Snow. He is a member of Industrial Light & Magic as well and has worked on many of the movies by them. Selected filmography *''Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) *''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) *''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982) *'' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (1982) *'' Return of the Jedi'' (1983) *''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) *'' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' (1986) *''Innerspace'' (1987) *''Willow'' (1988) *''Ghostbusters II'' (1989) *''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989) *''Die Hard 2'' (1990) *'' Backdraft'' (1991) *'' Hook'' (1991) *''The Rocketeer'' (1991) *'' Star Trek Generations'' (1994) *'' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997) *''Men in Black'' (1997) *''Galaxy Quest'' (1999) *'' Wild Wild West'' (1999) *''Pear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Hirsh
Elijah Hirsh (אלייז'ה הירש; born August 25, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C., Ironi Kiryat Ata in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the forward position. Biography Hirsh was born in Woodstock, Georgia, to Michael and Jo Lynn Hirsh. He is 6' 8" (203 cm) tall, and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg). He attended Woodstock High School (Georgia), Woodstock High School and The King's Academy in Woodstock. Hirsh then attended Berry College (Business Administration; '19). In 2018 he was named Southern Athletic Association All-Second Team and All-Tournament Team, First Team All-Conference, and broke the single-game record for blocks in Berry's NCAA DIII era with 10 blocks. In 2019 he averaged 17.5 points (second in the SAA), 9.2 rebounds (leading the SAA), and 1.9 blocks per game, and was named SAA Player of the Year, SAA All-First Team, and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District South First Team, and Academic All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL (Basketball Super League) or ISBL (Israeli Basketball Super League). For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Winner Sal ( he, ליגת ווינר סל), lit. ''Winner Basket League'', with "Winner" being the name of a game operated by the league's primary sponsor, Toto Winner. The league is run by the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Ltd. Overview Ligat HaAl comprises the top 12 basketball clubs in Israel, and was founded in 1954. The league itself is most known in Europe, due to the success of the Israeli teams in European-wide competitions, such as the EuroLeague, EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup (formerly calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Hirsh
Jason Michael Hirsh (born February 20, 1982) is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. In his career, he pitched for the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies. He stands at 6' 8" and weighs . He batted and threw right-handed. He threw a two-seam fastball, a four-seam fastball, a slider, and a changeup. Hirsh was not highly recruited out of high school, but after attending California Lutheran University, he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the second round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft. From 2005–06, Hirsh won the Double-A Texas League Pitcher of the Year Award and the Triple-A Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award in successive seasons, as he went a combined 26–10 with 283 strikeouts. In 2006, he was called up to the major leagues for the first time, and he appeared in nine games with the Astros. During the offseason, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies. He was named to the Rockies' starting rotation in 2007 and made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hirsh (other)
Michael Hirsh may refer to: * Michael Hirsh (producer) (born 1948), founder of the animation studio Nelvana *Michael Hirsh (journalist) Michael Hirsh is an American journalist. He is a senior correspondent and the deputy news editor for ''Foreign Policy''. Early life Michael Hirsh was born in 1957. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called the book "provocative" and noted tha ..., political reporter for ''Newsweek'' magazine * Michael Hirsh (Australian producer), Australian film and TV producer at Working Dog Productions {{hndis, Hirsh, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurit Hirsh
Nurit Hirsh ( he, נורית הירש, b. Tel Aviv, August 13, 1942) is an Israeli composer, arranger and conductor who has written over a thousand Hebrew songs. Three of her most famous and widely known songs are ''Ba-Shanah ha-Ba'ah'' (''Next Year'', lyrics by Ehud Manor), ''Oseh Shalom bi-Meromav'' (text from the Kaddish prayer). and A-Ba-Ni-Bi, the winning entry in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Nurit Hirsh (Rosenfeld) studied at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, majoring in piano. She also studied composition with Mordecai Seter, orchestration with Noam Sheriff and conducting with Laslo Rott. She studied clarinet with Yaacov Barnea of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Hirsh did her IDF military service with the entertainment troupe of the armored corps. She began composing upon completion of her service, debuting with ''Perach Halilach'', composed in 1965 to lyrics by Uri Asaf and which was made famous by singer Chava Alberstein. Music career In 1971 her son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Hirsh Of Zidichov
Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein also known as Hirsh Zydaczower (1763, Sambor - June 22, 1831, Zidichov), was a famous Hasidic Rebbe, a noted Talmudist, Kabbalist and author of novellae on Torah and responsa. He founded the Zidichov Hasidic dynasty. He was a disciple of rabbis Moshe Leib of Sassov, Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, the Maggid of Koznitz and the Seer of Lublin. His younger brother was Rabbi Moshe of Sambor. Among Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh's students were Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Komarna, Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov (the ''Bnei Yisaschar''), Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Zidichov, Rabbi Shimon of Yaruslav, and Rabbi Shalom of Kaminka. Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh was very passionate about studying Kabbalah, Zohar, and the ''Kitvei Ari'' ("writings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria") in particular. He made a tremendous effort in encouraging Jews to study these works. With the assistance of his students, some yeshivot in Galicia added the study of Kabbalah to their curriculum. Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh blended the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirsch (other)
Hirsch may refer to: Places * Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada * Hirsch Observatory, in Troy, New York, U.S. People * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), Norwegian-born British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister * Alex Hirsch (born 1985), American animator, screenwriter and voice actor * August Hirsch (1817–1894), German physician and medical historian * Burkhard Hirsch (1930–2020), German politician and civil liberties advocate * Cal Hirsch, 19th century American retailer * Corey Hirsch (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey goaltender * David Hirsch (other), several people * Ed Hirsh (fl. from 1980), special effects artist * Edward Hirsch (born 1950), American poet and critic * E. D. Hirsch (born 1928), American educator and literary critic * Eike Christian Hirsch (1937–2022), German journalist, author and television presenter * Elroy Hirsch (1923–2004), American football player * Emanuel Hirsch (1888–1972), German Protestant theologian * Emil G. Hirsch (1851–1923), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herz (other)
Herz is the German word for ''heart''. It may refer to: * Herz (surname) * Herz Bergner (1907–1970), Polish-born Australian novelist * Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (1730–1793), French Jewish philanthropist * Herz., author abbreviation of German botanist T. K. G. Herzog (1880–1961) * ''Herz'' (album), an album by Rosenstolz * Salle des Concerts Herz, a former concert hall in Paris * Herz Glacier, South Georgia Island, Antarctica * Herz (lesbian bar), a lesbian bar in Mobile, Alabama See also * Herz-9 Herz-9 ( fa, حرز نهم) is an Iranian, domestically built, mobile air defense system developed and unveiled in 2013. Development In May 2013, the Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that it had launched the mass pr ..., an Iranian air defense system * Hertz (other) {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
