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Hurwitz is one of the variants of a surname of Ashkenazi Jewish origin (for historical background see the Horowitz page). Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Hurwitz (1859–1919), German mathematician **Hurwitz polynomial **Hurwitz matrix **Hurwitz quaternion **Hurwitz's automorphisms theorem **Hurwitz zeta function ** Hurwitz's theorem (other) Five theorems named after Adolf Hurwitz **Routh–Hurwitz stability criterion * Andrew D. Hurwitz (born 1947), American judge * Edward Hurwitz (born 1931), American diplomat *Emanuel Hurwitz (1919–2006), British violinist *Gregg Hurwitz, American novelist * Henry Hurwitz Jr. (1918–1992), nuclear physicist * Hyman Hurwitz (1770–1844), professor of Hebrew in England *Jake Hurwitz (born 1985), American comedian, writer and actor known for ''Jake and Amir'' and CollegeHumor *Johanna Hurwitz (born 1937), American children's author, known for books such as '' Baseball Fever'' and ''Class Clown'' *Jon Hurwitz (born 1977) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singular: , Modern Hebrew: are a Jewish diaspora population who Coalescent theory, coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. Their traditional diaspora language is Yiddish (a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language with Jewish linguistic elements, including the Hebrew alphabet), which developed during the Middle Ages after they had moved from Germany in the Middle Ages, Germany and France in the Middle Ages, France into Northern Europe#UN geoscheme classification, Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. For centuries, Ashkenazim in Europe used Hebrew only as a sacred language until Revival of the Hebrew language, the revival of Hebrew as a common language in 20th-century Israel. Throughout their numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake And Amir
Jake and Amir is an American comedy duo made up of podcasters and former CollegeHumor writers Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld. The duo came into prominence in 2007 when they began writing and starring in the web series ''Jake and Amir.'' The program would later be picked up and produced by CollegeHumor. It portrays humorous versions of Jake and Amir, where Jake is usually depicted as a sensible " regular guy" and Amir as his annoying co-worker who engages in bizarre and sometimes surreal hijinks which involuntarily involve Jake, much to his chagrin. In 2013, Jake and Amir started the podcast, ''If I Were You'', an advice show where listeners email in questions which are answered in a humorous way. Their involvement in podcasting led them to founding the podcasting network HeadGum. Jake and Amir left CollegeHumor in 2015 to focus on producing their own content. In 2016, the duo released an on-demand comedy series called ''Lonely and Horny'' on Vimeo. The series was picked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Hurwitz
Mitchell Donald "Mitch" Hurwitz (born May 29, 1963) is an American television writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the television sitcom ''Arrested Development'' as well as the co-creator of ''The Ellen Show''. He is also a contributor to ''The John Larroquette Show'' and ''The Golden Girls''. Early life Hurwitz was born in 1963 to a Jewish family in Anaheim, California. In 1976, when Hurwitz was 12, he co-founded a chocolate-chip cookie business, called the Chipyard on Balboa Boulevard in Balboa Fun Zone in Newport Beach, California, in a former taco place, with his older brother, Michael, and his father, Mark. The Chipyard is still in operation in Boston. He graduated from Estancia High School in Costa Mesa, California, and from Georgetown University in 1985 with a double major in English and theology. Early career Hurwitz worked on several sitcoms in the 1980s and 1990s, including ''Nurses'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''The Golden Palace'', ''The John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Ha-Levi Hurwitz
Moses ben Isaac ha-Levi Hurwitz (; died 25 October 1820) was a rabbi from Krozh, Kovno Governorate. He was on intimate terms with the Vilna Gaon, and was the teacher of his sons. He became ''maggid'' of Vilna, and occupied that position for many years, until he lost his voice. He was succeeded by Rabbi Ezekiel Feivel of Dretchin (about 1811). His son Ḥayyim was the father of Lazar Lipman Hurwitz Lazar Lipman Hurwitz (; 1815 – 21 October 1852) was a Russian Empire, Russian Jews, Jewish editor and writer. Biography Hurwitz was born in 1815, the grandson of Rabbi Moses ha-Levi Hurwitz, Moses ben Isaac ha-Levi Hurwitz of Kražiai, Krozh. He .... The work entitled ''Mo'ade ha-shem'' (Vilna, 1802), on the Jewish calendar, is often credited to Hurwitz. References 1820 deaths 19th-century Lithuanian Jews Maggidim People from Vilna Governorate People from Rossiyensky Uyezd Rabbis from the Russian Empire Rabbis from Vilnius {{Judaism-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Hurwitz
Leo Hurwitz (June 23, 1909 – January 18, 1991) was an American documentary filmmaker. Among the films he directed were '' Native Land'' (1942) and ''Verdict for Tomorrow'' (1961), the Emmy Award- and Peabody Award-winning film of the Eichmann trial. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy period for his strong left-wing political beliefs. Background Leo Hurwitz was born on June 23, 1909, in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish Russian immigrants. He grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. He had four sisters, including dancer Sophia Delza and psychoanalyst Marie Briehl. Hurwitz saw his first film at the age of four. Mesmerized by this medium of expression, he subsequently immersed himself in it. While in high school, he discovered the Harvard Club scholarship and decided to sit for the exam. Highly gifted and hard working, Hurwitz won the scholarship and attended Harvard University. Although he graduated '' summa cum laude'', he was not granted an international merit-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazar Lipman Hurwitz
Lazar Lipman Hurwitz (; 1815 – 21 October 1852) was a Russian Empire, Russian Jews, Jewish editor and writer. Biography Hurwitz was born in 1815, the grandson of Rabbi Moses ha-Levi Hurwitz, Moses ben Isaac ha-Levi Hurwitz of Kražiai, Krozh. He acted for many years as private instructor at Vilnius, Vilna, and then became teacher in a public school at Riga. Later he was appointed by the government headmaster in the Vilna Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary, rabbinical school of Vilna. With Samuel Joseph Fuenn, S. J. Fuenn, Hurwitz issued a periodical entitled ''Pirḥe tsafon'', devoted to Jewish history, literature, and exegesis; the first number appeared in 1841, the second in 1844. He was also the author of ''Ḥaḳirot 'al Sefer Iyyob'', studies on Book of Job, Job, published in the second volume of Isaak Markus Jost, Jost's ''Tsiyyon'' (1842), and ''Korot toledot melekhet ha-shir veha-melitsah'', a history of ancient Piyyut, Jewish poetry, published in ''Pirḥe tsafon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Hurwitz
Justin Gabriel Hurwitz (born January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and a television writer. He is best known for his longtime collaboration with director Damien Chazelle, scoring each of his films: ''Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'' (2009), ''Whiplash'' (2014), ''La La Land'' (2016), '' First Man'' (2018), and ''Babylon'' (2022). For ''La La Land'', Hurwitz won two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for " City of Stars"), as well as the Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. For ''First Man'' he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and was nominated in the same category for ''Babylon''. Early life Hurwitz was born in California, the son of Gail (née Halabe), a professional ballet dancer turned registered nurse, and Ken Hurwitz, a writer. He is of Jewish heritage (from Russia, Poland, Damascus in Syria, and Beirut in Lebanon). His family moved to Wisconsin i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis is a distorted projection requiring the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point, use special devices, or both to view a recognizable image. It is used in painting, photography, sculpture and installation, toys, and film special effects. The word is derived from the Greek prefix ''ana-'', meaning "back" or "again", and the word ''morphe'', meaning "shape" or "form". Extreme anamorphosis has been used by artists to disguise caricatures, erotic and scatological scenes, and other furtive images from a casual spectator, while revealing an undistorted image to the knowledgeable viewer. Types of projection There are two main types of anamorphosis: ''perspective'' (oblique) and ''mirror'' (catoptric). More complex anamorphoses can be devised using distorted lenses, mirrors, or other optical transformations. An oblique anamorphism forms an affine transformation of the subject. Early examples of Perspective (graphical), perspectival anamorphosis date to the Renaissance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanoart
NanoArt is a novel art discipline related to science and technology. It depicts natural or synthetic structures with features sized at the nanometer scale, which are observed by electron or scanning probe microscopy techniques in scientific laboratories. The recorded two or three dimensional images and movies are processed for artistic appeal and presented to the general audience. One of the aims of NanoArt is to familiarize people with nanoscale objects and advances in their synthesis and manipulation. NanoArt has been presented at traditional art exhibitions around the world. Besides, online competitions have been launched in the 2000s such as the “NANO” 2003 show at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and “Nanomandala”, the 2004 and 2005 installations in New York and Rome by Victoria Vesna and James Gimzewski, and the regular "Science as Art" section launched at the 2006 Materials Research Society Meeting. A characteristic example of nanoart is ''A Boy and His Atom'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonty Hurwitz
Jonty Hurwitz (born 2 September 1969 in Johannesburg) is a British South African artist, engineer and entrepreneur. Hurwitz creates scientifically inspired artworks and anamorphic sculptures. He is recognised for the smallest human form ever created using nano technology. Early life Jonty Hurwitz was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Selwin, a hotelier and entrepreneur and Marcia Berger, a drama lecturer and teacher. Jonty and his sister (Tamara) spent their early life living in small hotels in rural towns in South Africa while his father built up his business. Jonty studied Electrical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg from 1989 to 1993. His major was Signal Processing. He then joined the University of Cape Town Remote Sensing Group as a full-time researcher under Professor Michael Inggs, publishing a paper on radar pattern recognition. Following his research post, Hurwitz traveled for a long period of time in India studying Yoga and woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Hurwitz
Jonathan Benjamin Hurwitz (born November 15, 1977) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on ''Cobra Kai'' (with Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald), the ''Harold & Kumar'' films, and ''American Reunion'' (with Schlossberg). Early life Hurwitz was born in Byram, New Jersey, to Jewish parents. and lived there for two years. He then moved to Roxbury for 5 years, although following that he grew up mostly in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania and Randolph, New Jersey. He met Hayden Schlossberg when they both attended Randolph High School. Hurwitz was studying finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, with Josh Heald who lived in the same dorm with him during freshman year. As Schlossberg (who was in college at The University of Chicago) frequently came to visit, he got to know Heald as well. Career Hurwitz was studying finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, while Schlossberg was a history major at the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
