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Ilan (name)
Ilan ( in Hebrew) is an Israeli masculine given name and a surname which means "tree" in the Hebrew language. Variants of the name include Alon and Elon. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Ilan Averbuch (born 1953), Israeli sculptor * Ilan Bakhar (born 1975), Israeli football player *Ilan Ben-Dov (born 1957), Israeli businessman *Ilan Berman (born 1975), American political scientist *Ilan Chester (born 1952), Venezuelan singer *Ilan Chet (born 1939), Israeli microbiologist, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science The Weizmann Institute of Science ( he, מכון ויצמן למדע ''Machon Vaitzman LeMada'') is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli unive ... *Ilan Davis, Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Oxford *Ilan Eshkeri (born 1977), British composer *Ilan Gilon (born 1956), Israeli politician *Ilan Goldfajn (born 1966), Brazilian-Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alon (name)
Alon ( he, אַלּוֹן) is an Israeli surname and masculine given name, which means "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Variants of the name include Allon, Elon and Ilan, which have their separate pages. The name may refer to: Given name *Alon Abutbul (born 1965), Israeli actor *Alon Badat (born 1989), Israeli footballer * Alon Bar (born 1966), Israeli filmmaker * Alon Bement (1876–1954), American artist, arts administrator, author, and educator. *Alon Ben David (born 1967), Israeli journalist * Alon Ben-Meir (born 1937), American writer * Alon Carmeli (born 1964), Israeli businessman * Alon Chen (born 1970), Israeli neuroscientist; 11th President of the Weizmann Institute of Science *Alon Davidi (born 1973), Israeli politician *Alon Day (born 1991), Israeli racing driver * Alon De Loco (born 1974), Israeli musician *Alon Eizenman (born 1979), Israeli ice hockey player * Alon Harazi (born 1971), Israeli football player *Alon Harel (born 1974), Israeli legal scholar * Alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Meyer
Ilan may refer to: Organization *ILAN, Israeli umbrella organization for the treatment of disabled children Given name *Ilan (name), a Hebrew/Israeli name * Ilan Bakhar, a retired Israeli footballer *Ilan Araújo Dall'Igna, a Brazilian footballer *Ilan Gilon, an Israeli politician * Ilan Halevi, a Jewish-Palestinian journalist and politician *Ilan Pappé, an Israeli historian and socialist *Ilan Ramon, an Israeli fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force and first Israeli astronaut *Ilan Shalgi, an Israeli lawyer *Ilan Volkov, an Israeli orchestral conductor Surname * Meir Bar-Ilan, Orthodox rabbi and leader of Religious Zionism *Menachem Ilan (born 1960), Israeli Olympic sport shooter *Uri Ilan, Israeli soldier who committed suicide in a Syrian prison Places *Bar-Ilan University, a university in Ramat Gan, Israel *Neve Ilan, a moshav shitufi in central Israel, west of Jerusalem *Ilan (county) (Yilan), a county in Taiwan *Ilan (city) (Yilan), capital of the county of Ilan (Yilan) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Ilan
Eli Ilan ( he, אלי אילן; 1928 – 1982) was an Israeli sculptor. Ilan was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enrolled in a premedical curriculum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and emigrated to Israel in 1948. He then studied pre-historic archaeology and physical anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1956, he returned to Canada to study sculpture at the Ontario College of Art & Design. He lived in Kibbutz Sasa from 1959 to 1963. He died in 1982 in Caesarea, Israel Caesarea (; he, קֵיסָרְיָה, , ''Keysariya'' or ''Qesarya''), also transliterated as Keisarya or Qaysaria, is an affluent town in north-central Israel, which was named after the ancient city of Caesarea Maritima situated to the south .... References Sources * Dagon, Yoav, ''Eli Ilan 1928-1982, Retrospective'', Herzliya, Israel, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 1992. * Kohansky, Mendel, ''Sculptures of Eli Ilan'', London, Jacques O'Hana Gallery, 1974. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Volkov
Ilan Volkov ( he, אילן וולקוב; born September 8, 1976, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli orchestral conductor. Biography Volkov's father, Alexander Volkov, was a concert pianist. He studied with the conductor Mendi Rodan at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem, before continuing at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At age 19, he was named Young Conductor in Association to the Northern Sinfonia. He later served as conductor of Young Sinfonia, the youth orchestra of the Northern Sinfonia. In 1997, he became Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. In 1999, Seiji Ozawa named Volkov the Assistant Conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Volkov first conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) in 1998. He became Chief Conductor of the BBC SSO in January 2003, the youngest chief conductor appointed to a BBC orchestra at the time. He was named the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Musician of the Year in 2004, in recognition of his work with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Stavans
Ilan Stavans (born Ilan Stavchansky on April 7, 1961) is a Mexican-American author and academic. He writes and speaks on American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures. He is the author of ''Quixote'' (2015) and a contributor to the ''Norton Anthology of Latino Literature'' (2010). Life Ilan Stavans was born in Mexico in 1961 to a middle-class Jewish family; his father's ancestors had immigrated from the Russian Pale of Settlement. His parents were born in Mexico City. His father, Abraham Stavans, had become a Mexican telenovela actor. His mother, Ofelia Stavans, taught theater. After living in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, Stavans immigrated to the United States in 1985. He earned a master's degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Doctorate in Letters from Columbia University. He married Alison, and they had two sons, Joshua and Isaiah. Since 1993 he has been on the faculty at Amherst College, where he is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Shor
Ilan Shor (or Șor; he, אילן שור; born 6 March 1987) is a Moldovan hideaway businessman, oligarch and politician. From July 2015 to April 2019, he served as mayor of the Moldovan city of Orhei. He owns several Moldovan businesses, including a company named ''Dufremol'' (Duty-free) and the FC Milsami football club. In 2014, he became the chairman of the board of the Savings Bank of Moldova. Personal life Shor was born in Tel Aviv, Israel on 6 March 1987, the son of Miron and Maria Shor, Moldovan Jews from Chișinău who had moved to Israel in the late 1970s. The family returned to Chișinău around 1990, when Shor was either two or three years old, and his father went into business in Moldova. His father died in 2005. Shor has been married to the Russian singer Jasmin since 2011. In addition to Jasmin's son from a previous marriage, they have a daughter, Margarita, who was born in 2012, and a son, Miron, who was born in 2016. 2014 Moldovan bank fraud scandal The Kro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Shohat
Ilan Shohat ( he, אילן שוחט; born 21 September 1974) is an Israeli politician, and the mayor of Safed in the Israeli Galilee since 2008. In 2010, he was the youngest mayor in Israel. In 2015, he was elected to the Knesset, but chose not to take his seat days before he was to be sworn in. He lost his bid for re-election in 2018. Biography Ilan Shohat was born in Safed to a Tunisian-Jewish family. He was named after his aunt Ilana Neeman, who was murdered in the Maalot massacre – the May 1974 terrorist massacre of 22 children and three adults in a Ma'a lot school by armed members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He is secular. Mayor of Safed Shohat was first elected Mayor of Safed, a city in the Israeli Galilee, in 2008. He was a representative of an independent list identified with Kadima and was supported by Yisrael Beiteinu and the Labor Party. In 2009, he visited Bowling Green, Kentucky, asking for help providing transportable bomb s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Shiloah
Ilan Shiloah (also anglicised as Shiloach) is an Israeli businessman. He is the former CEO and chairman of McCann Erickson-Kesher-Barel, Israel's largest advertising firm. He is the chairman of The Time; a technology startups investment company. During 2003-2011, Shiloah has served on the Executive Board of McCann Erickson EMEA. Since he sold his holdings in 2011, he serves as a board member at Mccan TLV. Biography Ilan Shiloah was born in Maoz Haim, a kibbutz in northern Israel. Drafted to the army in 1977, he served in the Special Forces unit Sayeret Matkal. After completing his service, Shiloah obtained a BA in Economics & Management from Tel Aviv University. He also earned his MBA there. Shiloah is twice divorced and has four daughters. He is married to Shira Margalit, daughter of Dan Margalit. Shiloah lives in Tel Aviv. Business career In 1995, Shiloah was appointed as the CEO of Kesher-Barel, which later became McCann Erickson Israel (now part of McCann WorldGroup The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Shalgi
Ilan Shalgi ( he, אילן שלגי, born 13 July 1945) is an Israeli lawyer, politician and a former member of the Knesset. Background After his national service in the IDF, in which he served as a lieutenant-colonel, Shalgi gained an LLB and an MA in law from Tel Aviv University. He was a member of the Tel Aviv District Disciplinary Court and National Court of Appeals of the Israeli Bar between 1986 and 1995. Between 1987 and 1990 he was chairman of the Friends of Youth Corps, and in 1993 became Chairman of the National Crude Oil Company directorate, a position he held until 1996. Political career Shalgi joined the secular-liberal party Shinui, and served as chairman of its secretariat between 1996 and 1999 and again from 2001 to 2003, as well as chairing the party's foreign affairs and defense committee. In the 2003 elections he was elected to the Knesset and chaired the Education, Culture and Sports Committee. In July 2004 he was appointed Minister of Science and Technol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Rubin
Ilan Rubin (born July 7, 1988) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is known primarily for playing drums with bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Paramore, and Angels & Airwaves. In 2008 he formed The New Regime, in which he sings and plays all instruments in the studio and plays guitar with a band for live performances. In 2021 Ilan released music for the first time under his name. His debut single "Talk Talk Talk" was remixed by Phantogram. As a member of Nine Inch Nails, in 2020 Rubin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the youngest living inductee in its history. He is also the first Rock Hall inductee to be born in the 1980s. Early life Rubin was raised in San Diego, California. He began playing drums at the age of eight, when he discovered his father's 1968 Silver Sparkle Ludwig drum kit set up in the garage. After three months of "toying" with the kit, he had taught himself to play and was jamming with his older brothers. By age nine, he was read ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Rechtman
Ilan Rechtman (; born 4 April 1963) is an Israeli pianist, composer and music director. Music career Ilan Rechtman gave his first performance with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at age 11, performing Mozart Concerto in D minor K. 466. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Rechtman traveled in over 50 countries and performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, 92nd St. Y, Avery Fisher, Alice Tully, Weill and Merkin halls, Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall, Orchestra Hall (Chicago), Barbican Center and Wigmore Hall, Salle Pleyel and the Louvre Museum, Suntory Hall, and Seoul Arts Center. During the 6 years Rechtman lived in Brazil (2001-2007), he performed as soloist with the State Orchestra of São Paulo, Campinas and Riberão Preto symphonies, and was director of the "Um Certo Olhar" chamber music series at Sala São Paulo. Rechtman is the winner of several prizes and awards, among them, the Norry Prize (NY) through the America Israel Cultural Foundation, the Clairmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon ( he, אילן רמון; , born Ilan Wolfferman ; June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. Ramon was a Space Shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of '' Columbia'', in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, he was the oldest member of the crew. Ramon is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously. Biography Born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to Tonya (1929–2003) and Eliezer Wolfferman (1923–2006), a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, he grew up in Beersheba. His father was from Germany, and his family fled Nazi persecution in 1935. His mother and grandmother were from Poland, and were Holocaust survivors, having been in Auschwitz. They emigrated to Israel in 1949. His first name, Ilan, means "tree" in Hebrew. Ilan Hebraizied his surname from W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
