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Harkavy
Harkavy is a Jewish surname. Variants in Russian language include Garkavy/Garkavyi ( :ru:Гаркавый), :ru:Гарькавый) and Gorkavy ( :ru:Горькавый). The ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' suggests that the surname is derived from the Belarusian word 'harkavyj' for a person who pronounces uvular R (see wikt:burr, Etymology 2) instead of voiced alveolar trill R (thus hinting at Jewish accent) In fact a derogatory epithet for a Jew is "гаркавы" (Russian "картавый"), or "burry". Another meaning of the Belarusian word " гаркавы" is "slightly bitter" (in taste). Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Harkavy (1839–1919), Russian Jewish historian and orientalist * Alexander Harkavy (1863–1939), Russian Jewish writer and lexicographer, known for his ''Jewish-English Dictionary'' * Harold Harkavy (1915–1965), American bridge player * Ilya Garkavyi (1888-1397), Soviet Red Army commander * Juliana Harkavy (born 1985), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliana Harkavy
Juliana Jay Harkavy (born January 1, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Rebecca in ''Dolphin Tale'', Jessie in ''To Write Love on her Arms'', and Alisha in the television series '' The Walking Dead''. Her roles include a starring role in the horror film '' Last Shift'', and a reprise of her role as Rebecca in ''Dolphin Tale 2''. She was a series regular on The CW superhero series ''Arrow'', portraying Dinah Drake / Black Canary. Early life Harkavy was born in New York City. She is the daughter of Berta Carela, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic and Michael Harkavy, who is the former Senior Vice president of Warner Bros. Entertainment Worldwide Publishing, Kids' WB Music, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Her professional acting career began when she was 10 years old. Harkavy has described herself as "a Dominican Jew". Harkavy trained at the Young Actors Space in Sherman Oaks, California, for nine years. She attended her first year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Harkavy
Alexander Harkavy ( yi, אַלכּסנדר האַרקאַווי, russian: Александр Гаркави, ''Aleksandr Garkavi''; May 5, 1863 at Nowogrudok (), Minsk guberniya (''governorate''), Russian Empire (now Navahrudak, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus) - 1939 in New York City) was a Russian-born American writer, lexicographer and linguist. Biography Alexander Harkavy was educated privately, and at an early age evinced a predilection for philology. In 1879 he went to Vilna, where he worked in the printing-office of the Romm Brothers. After the antisemitic pogroms of 1880 in Russia, Harkavy joined the Jewish Am Olam (Eternal People) back-to-the-land movement. Unlike Bilu, which directed its activities towards Palestine, Am Olam saw a Jewish future in the United States. In 1882 Harkavy emigrated to the United States. He however did not succeed in joining or establishing an agricultural Am Olam entity, finding himself in search of a living. He was in Paris in 1885, New York i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shlomo Harkavy
Shlomo Harkavy (c. 1890 – c. 1942), also known as Rav Shlomo Grodner, was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi in Grodno, Poland. He served as mashgiach ruchani of the Grodno Yeshiva under Shimon Shkop, until he was murdered the Holocaust. Biography Early life Shlomo Harkavy was born c. 1890 in Grodno, Russian Empire (present-day Belarus). He studied at the Radin Yeshiva, where Yeruchom Levovitz served as '' mashgiach,'' and in 1908, when Levovitz was appointed ''mashgiach'' of the Mir Yeshiva, a number of his students from Radin transferred to Mir with him, Harkavy included. He stayed in the Mir for several years before going to learn in the Kelm Talmud Torah. He later married Freida Baila Gringas of Kremenchug. Rabbinic career In the early 1920s, Harkavy was appointed '' mashgiach ruchani'' at Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah in Grodno, where Shimon Shkop served as ''rosh yeshiva''. As part of his role as mashgiach ruchani, he was supposed to give his students ''mussar'' (rebu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Harkavy
Abraham (Albert) Harkavy (, russian: Авраа́м Я́ковлевич Гарка́ви, translit=Avraám Yákovlevich Garkávi; 17 October 1835 – 15 March 1919) was a Russian historian and orientalist. Biography Harkavy was born in 1835 to a Lithuanian Jewish family in Navahrudak, Minsk Governorate (in present-day Belarus). He studied initially in the Volozhin yeshiva and graduated from the Teacher's Institute in Vilna. In 1863, he enrolled at the University of St Petersburg, where he studied Oriental Languages and graduated with the degree of master of history in 1868. He continued his studies in Berlin and Paris, receiving a doctorate in history in 1872. Harkavy become involved in Jewish communal life in Russia, and was extremely active in various capacities. From 1864 Harkavy was secretary of the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia, and from 1873 he was one of the directors of the Jewish community of St. Petersburg. In 1876 he was appointed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Harkavy
Harold Harkavy (November 29, 1915 – November 29, 1965) was an American bridge player, considered one of the world's best at play. He was originally from New York City, and served in Italy and Africa in World War II. He later from Miami Beach, Florida. He died on his 50th birthday of pancreatitis in a French Hospital in San Francisco, where he had gone for the Fall National Championships. He was survived by his wife, Marie Franko Harkavy, and their son, Robert. Harkavy was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2004. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2004"Induction by Year" . ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-22. Wins * |
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II, a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska, in 1941, and that the fledgling State of Israel was destroyed in 1948. The novel is set in Sitka, which it depicts as a large, Yiddish-speaking metropolis. ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' won a number of science fiction awards: the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for Best Novel. It was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. Setting ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is set in an alternative history version of the present day. The premise is that contrary to real history, the United States voted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehoshafat Harkabi
Yehoshafat Harkabi ( he, יהושפט הרכבי, born 1921, Haifa; died 26 August 1994, Jerusalem) was chief of Israeli military intelligence from 1955 until 1959 and afterwards a professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Harkabi had a good command of Arabic, a deep knowledge of Arab civilization and history, and a solid understanding of Islam. He developed from an uncompromising hardliner to supporter of a Palestinian state who recognized the PLO as a negotiations partner. In his most well-known work ''Israel's Fateful Hour'', Harkabi described himself as a " Machiavellian dove" intent on searching "for a policy by which Israel can get the best possible settlement of the conflict in the Middle East" (1988, p. xx) - a policy that would include a Zionism "of quality and not of acreage" (p. 225). Harkabi was forced to resign as chief of Military Intelligence as a consequence of the 1959 Night of the Duck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Garkavyi
Ilya Ivanovich Garkavyi (1888–1937) was a Soviet komkor (corps commander) and organizer of Red Guards detachments in Tiraspol. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on March 11, 1937 alongside fellow komkor Matvei Vasilenko Matvei Ivanovich Vasilenko (russian: Матвей Иванович Василенко; – 1 July 1937) was a Soviet Union, Soviet komkor (corps commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolshe .... Both were later executed. Bibliography * * Sources БСЭ74-я Краснознаменная Нижнеднепровская гвардейская стрелковая дивизия {{DEFAULTSORT:Garkavyi, Ilya 1888 births 1937 deaths People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate People from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burry
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Burry is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrew George Burry (1873–1975), businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist *Harold Burry (1912–1992), head football coach at Westminster College *Hugh Burry (1930–2013), New Zealand rugby union player *Lester Burry (1898–1977), United Church minister *Mark Burry (born 1957), New Zealand architect *Michael Burry, American investment fund manager See also *Barry (other) *Berry (other) *Burri *Burry Holms *Burry Port *Bury (other) *The Burry Man The Burryman or Burry Man is the central figure in an annual ceremony or ritual, the Burryman's Parade, that takes place in the town of South Queensferry, near Edinburgh on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in Scotland, on the second Friday o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
