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Itai Erinlib
Itai (''ee-tai'') is a Hebrew biblical name, and also a Shona name. The name can also be written: Itai, Itahy, Ittai, Ittay, Etay, Eitay, Itay, Ytai, Etai, Itaj, Ithai, or Eatai. Hebrew name Itai ( he, איתי) is a Biblical name that appears in the Books of Samuel (see below) and a very common name for men in Israel. In recent years Itai has become one of the most common names for boys in that country. Sometimes, in order to strengthen the connection to the Land of Israel of a baby who was converted to Judaism, or to bless a Jew who has become very ill, it is considered acceptable to change his name to Itai. This name is often explained as an acronym of "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning" (Psalms, 137:5)- "אם אשכחך ירושלים, תשכח ימיני" ("Im Eshkakhekh Yerushalaiym Tishkakh Yemini") or "Land of Israel, Torah of Israel"- "ארץ ישראל, תורת ישראל" ("Eretz YIsrael, Torat YIsrael"). Itai is the name of two Bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Samuel
The Book of Samuel (, ''Sefer Shmuel'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the narrative history of Ancient Israel called the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Book of Joshua, Joshua, Book of Judges, Judges, Samuel, and Books of Kings, Kings) that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain Torah, God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets. According to Jewish tradition, the book was written by Samuel, with additions by the prophets Gad (prophet), Gad and Nathan (prophet), Nathan, who together are three Biblical prophet, prophets who had appeared within 1 Chronicles during the account of David's reign. Modern scholarly thinking posits that the entire Deuteronomistic history was composed ''circa'' 630–540 BCE by combining a number of independent texts of various ages. The book begins with Samuel's birth and Yahweh's call to him as a boy. The story of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Yanai
Itai Yanai (born 6 February 1975) is an American-Israeli biomedical scientist and Founding Director of the Institute for Computational Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is also a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at NYU. Early life and education Yanai was born in Haifa, Israel, and moved with his family to Boston in his early teens, when his father Moshe Yanai was appointed Chief Engineer at EMC. He graduated from Boston University in 1998 with degrees in computer engineering and philosophy, both summa cum laude. In 2002 he became the first person in the nation to receive a Ph.D. in, what was at the time, the fledgling field of Bioinformatics. After several years at the Weizmann Institute and Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Veruv
Itai Veruv ( he, איתי וירוב; born April 14, 1966) is a Major General (aluf) who is currently serving as the Commander of the Israel Defense Forces Depth Corps and Commander of the IDF Military Colleges. He previously served as Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces, Commander of the Gaza Division, Chief of the Infantry and Paratroopers Corps, and Commander of the Kfir Brigade. Biography Veruv was born and raised on Kibbutz Ramat HaKovesh. He drafted into the IDF in 1985. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade, and in 1985 the IDF in 1985 and volunteered for a parachuting battalion in the Nahal Brigade. He underwent a combat training course, combat commanders’ course, and combat officer training school. Following the course, he returned to the parachuting unit battalion of the Nahal Brigade as a platoon commander. In August, 1989, he was promoted to company commander within the battalion. In 1991, he was promoted to company commander in a differe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Maggidi
Itai Maggidi ( he, איתי מגידי, born 9 January 1981) is an Israeli long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Biography Itai Maggidi is Jewish. He attended Clemson University. Sports career Itai Maggidi finished 6th at the 2000 World Junior Championships, 11th at the 2006 European Championships and 12th (in the 3000 metres) at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships and competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the 2008 Olympic Games 3000 metre steeplechase without reaching the final. His personal best time is 8:24.14 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in Longeville-lès-Metz. This is the Israeli record. He also has 3:41.73 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Heusden-Zolder; 7:55.42 minutes in the 3000 metres (indoor), achieved at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham; and 29:29.34 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Keisuke
was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Usuki, Oita, Japan. His highest rank was ''komusubi''. He held the record for most consecutive victories from entry into sumo for several years before it was broken by Jōkōryū in 2012. After his retirement, Itai caused controversy by claiming that the outcomes of many of his matches were set by match-fixing. Career He played baseball at elementary school but was converted to sumo at Oita Prefectural Ocean Science High School where his older brother was active in the school's sumo team. Despite being scouted by ex-Yoshibayama of the Miyagino stable and solicitations from the Nihon University and Komazawa University sumo teams, he did not think he could make the grade as a pro. Instead, after graduating from high school he worked in the ceramics industry until he was 22. He was active in his company's sumo division and won many national youth competitions as an amateur. He did not turn professional until September 1978 when he joined Onarut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Hagman
Itai Hagman (born 13 February 1983) is an Argentine economist and politician who has been a National Deputy elected in the City of Buenos Aires since 2019. A member of the Patria Grande Front, Hagman was elected in the Frente de Todos list in 2019. Early life and education Hagman was born on 13 February 1983 in Jerusalem. In his youth, he played football in the lower divisions of All Boys. He studied Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, graduating in 2013. In addition, he counts with a post-graduate degree on Popular Education from Universidad Popular de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Political career In March 2010, Hagman was elected co-president of the Federación Universitaria de Buenos Aires (FUBA), Argentina's largest student federation. In 2013, Hagman became part of Marea Popular, a political group formed with the aim of competing in the 2013 legislative election in Buenos Aires. Alongside Popular Unity, Marea Popular formed part of the Camino Popular f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Chammah
Itai Chammah ( he, איתי צ'מה; born 11 November 1985 in Yavne) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Biography Chammah is Jewish. Chammah competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ..., China. References External links * 1985 births Living people Israeli male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Israel Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Israel Jewish swimmers Israeli Jews People from Yavne {{Israel-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Benjamini
Itai Benjamini is an Israeli mathematician who holds the Renee and Jay Weiss Chair in the Department of Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Benjamini completed his Ph.D. in 1992 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the supervision of Benjamin Weiss. His dissertation was entitled "Random Walks on Graphs and Manifolds". In 2004 he won the Rollo Davidson Prize for young probability theorists "for his work across probability, including the analytic and geometric, particularly in the study of random processes associated with graphs". In the same year he also won the Morris L. Levinson Prize of the Weizmann Institute. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2010, speaking about "random planar metrics". Benjamini was a long time collaborator of Oded Schramm. Their joint works included papers on limits of planar graphs, noise sensitivity of Boolean functions and first passage percolation. With Olle Häggström, Benjamini edited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itai Anghel
Itai Anghel ( he, איתי אנגל) is an Israeli correspondent and documentary filmmaker. He is a staff reporter for , a television news program on Channel 12 (Keshet Media Group, Keshet). He mainly covers conflict zones all over the world. In 2017 Anghel was awarded the 'Sokolov Award' which is Israel's highest award for journalism. Anghel is also a lecturer of history and international relations. He teaches a course about world conflicts in universities in Tel Aviv. Journalism career Anghel begun his work as a journalist in 1989, as the foreign affairs editor of Galey Tzahal - ''Galatz'', Israel Army Radio. While editing the world news, he edited and hosted the news magazine and consequently was awarded the "Galey Tzahal Chief Commander award". In 1993, he started working with Israeli TV's Channel 2 news, as the world news editor. Later, he started working for the main week's magazine for Channel 2, creating documentaries. Moving up the ladder of Israeli journalism, Anghel lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwa Akpa
Duke Town, originally known as Atakpa is an Efik city-state that flourished in the 19th century in what is now southern Nigeria. The City State extended from now Calabar to Bakassi in the east and Oron to the west. Although it is now absorbed into Nigeria, traditional rulers of the state are still recognized. The state occupied what is now the modern city of Calabar. Origins and society The Efik speak a language in the Obolo subgroup of the Niger–Congo language group. They had become a power on the coast of the Bight of Biafra by the early 18th century, by which time the Duke and Eyamba families were their leaders. They were settled in large, fortified villages along the waterways, in a loose federation with no paramount ruler, living by fishing and farming. The largest settlements were Ikot Itunko, Obutong and Iboku Atapka. In the 19th century, the British renamed these as Creek Town, Old Town and Duke Town. Religion The traditional Efik religion considers that Abasi cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annang
The Anaang (also spelled Annang) are a sub-ethnic group of the larger Ibibio people, whose land is primarily within 8 of the present 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State: Abak, Essien Udim, Etim Ekpo, Ika, Ikot Ekpene, Obot Akara, Oruk Anam, Ukanafun in Akwa Ibom State, and 3 of the 17 Local government areas in Abia State: Ugwunagbo, Obi Ngwa,and Ukwa East of Abia State. The Anaang were formerly located in the former Abak and Ikot Ekpene Divisions of the Anaang Province, as well as part of the former Opobo Division of Uyo Province, in the former Eastern Region of Nigeria. The proper name for the Ika of Akwa Ibom is Ika-Annang. Based on 2018 estimates, there are about 4 million Annang speakers in Akwa Ibom, Abia state and over a million speakers living outside these states. History Oral history According to oral tradition, the Abiakpo came to the northern range of Anaang from Eka Abiakpo. They were quickly followed by the Ukana clan, the Utu, Ekpu, Ebom and Nyama (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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