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Izrael is the spelling of Israel in several European languages. Izrael may also refer to: People * Izrael Abraham Staffel (1814–1884), Polish inventor *Izrael Poznański (1833–1900), Polish industrialist *Izrael Hieger (1901–1986), Polish-born British biochemist *Izrael Chaim Wilner (1917–1943), Polish-Jewish resistance fighter during World War II *Eva Grlić (née Izrael; 1920–2008), Croatian journalist and writer * Yuri Izrael (1930–2014), Russian environmental scientist Music * Izrael (band), a Polish reggae band See also * Azrael, the angel of death in Islam and some traditions of Judaism * Israel (other) Israel is a country in Western Asia. Israel may also refer to: Places *Land of Israel, the traditional Jewish name for the geographical region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River ** The Holy Land, a common appellation for rough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel (other)
Israel is a country in Western Asia. Israel may also refer to: Places *Land of Israel, the traditional Jewish name for the geographical region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River ** The Holy Land, a common appellation for roughly the same region due to its theological importance to several Abrahamic religions ** The Promised Land, the land in the southern Levant that was promised by God to Abraham and his descendants (the Hebrews/Israelites) in Judaism and Christianity **Judea/Judaea, occasionally referred to as Israel, as it is known in the Bible in Maccabees, the Gospels, and Acts Polities *Kingdom of Israel (other), which, among the other historical polities of ancient Israel and Judah, may specifically refer to: **Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) (), the first Israelite kingdom which united the Twelve Tribes of Israel under a single monarch ***Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (), the northern Israelite kingdom established after the breakup of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izrael Abraham Staffel
Izrael Abraham Staffel (1814–1884) was a Polish-Jewish inventor, watchmaker, mechanic, designer of calculating machines. Staffel was born in 1814 in Warsaw to an impoverished Jewish family. He received an elementary education in a Jewish school and was then sent to a watchmaker to continue his education. He taught himself Polish in order that he could read technical educational books. Then in 1833 at the age of 19 he received a concession to open a watchmakers shop in Warsaw. He took great interest in mechanical calculating machines. In 1845, at an industrial exhibition in Warsaw, he exhibited for the first time a calculating machine he had designed and produced. The result of ten years work, this machine was able to add, subtract, divide, multiply and obtain a square root. The machine earned a silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izrael Poznański
Izrael Kalman Poznański (25 August 1833–28 April 1900) was a Polish-Jewish businessman, textile magnate and philanthropist in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), and the husband of Eleonora Hertz Poznańska. The mausoleum of Izrael and his wife, Eleonora Hertz, on the New Jewish Cemetery has been described as "probably the largest Jewish grave monument in the world". The mausoleum and mosaic covering the inside of the dome were restored in 1993. Together with Ludwik Geyer and Karol Scheibler, he was counted among the three "Kings of Cotton" in Łódź. His complex of mills in Łódź, Poland, have been turned into the Manufaktura mixed-use development, including a mall, 3 museums, a multiplex cinema, a hotel, and restaurants. Life Youth Poznański was the grandson of the merchant Izaak Poznański from the town of Kowal in Kuyavia and the youngest son of the merchant Kalman (who was given the surname Poznański) and Małka Lubińska. In 1825, the 40-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izrael Hieger
Izrael Hieger DSc (London) (13 June 1901 – 14 October 1986) was a biochemist whose work focused on carcinogenesis. He discovered the first known organic carcinogenic compound. In 1937 Hieger, with colleagues Ernest Kennaway and J. W. Cook, was nominated for a Nobel Prize for work on isolating chemical carcinogenic agents from tar and studies on the relation between chemical constitution and carcinogenic activity. Early life Hieger was born in Siedlce, Russian Empire (present Republic of Poland), and was the youngest of nine. Preempting the pogrom of 1906, Heiger's parents emigrated with the younger children, settling in London. There he attended Christ's College, Finchley, going on to study at Birkbeck, University of London and University College London. Heiger married Esther (née Bull), and although not a member, financially assisted a Trotskyist group in London run by C.L.R. James, of which Esther and her future husband Earle Birney were a part. Their marriage ended in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izrael Chaim Wilner
Izrael Chaim Wilner, ''nom de guerre'' "Arie" and "Jurek" (November 14, 1917 – May 8, 1943) was a Jewish resistance fighter during World War II, member of the Jewish Fighting Organization's (ŻOB) leadership, a liaison between ŻOB and the Polish Home Army, a poet, and a participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Early life Wilner came from a well off family. Before the war he was an active member of the socialist-Zionist movement Hashomer Hatzair. During the war After the German invasion of Poland, Wilner, along with several other Jews, hid among the Dominican nuns in Wilno (now Vilnius). There, he met Henryk Grabowski (nom de guerre "Słonina", or " Salo" due to the fact that he ran a meat store), a courier for the Polish Home Army (AK). According to Marek Edelman, Jurek Wilner was the mother superior's favorite because he reminded her of her brother who had been taken by Germans for slave labor. While in hiding, they discussed various issues, including religion and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Grlić
Eva Grlić (; 1920 – 31 July 2008) was Croatian journalist and writer, mother of famous Croatian film director and producer Rajko Grlić. Early life and education Grlić was born in Budapest to a Jewish family. Her father Oskar (Osias) Ješua Izrael, was Sephardi Jew and her mother Katica Klingenberg, was Ashkenazi Jew. Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hravtskoj); Eva Grlić, priča o jednom nevjerovatnom životu; stranica 58, 59, 60; broj 106, srpanj / kolovoz / rujan 2008. She was taught Ladino language and to Jewish customs. Grlić learned Hungarian from her mother, and Bosnian from her father. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Sarajevo. Already in her adolescence years, Grlić belonged to a left-oriented youth in Sarajevo, and with them she went on an organized tours, or winter skiing. Soon she felt effectiveness of pre-war Yugoslav dictatorship, when police got hold of letters that were sent to her from Spain by her boyfriend Miljenko Cvitković, a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Izrael
Yuri Antonievich Izrael (russian: Юрий Антониевич Израэль; 15 May 1930, Tashkent – 23 January 2014, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian meteorologist. He served as the vice-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) until September 2008, when the new bureau was elected. He was the "most influential scientific adviser" for Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, according to CNN. Izrael was former chairman of the Committee for Hydrometeorology. He also served as director of the Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, which is a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was a first vice-president of the World Meteorological Organization and helped develop the World Weather Watch. In 1992, Izrael won the International Meteorological Organization Prize and the UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize for, among other accomplishments, contributing to the "success of Working Group I I" of the IPCC. Views on the Kyoto Protocol Since 2001, the Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izrael (band)
''Izrael'' was one of the most popular and influential Polish reggae bands. It was formed in March 1983 in Warsaw by two well-known Polish underground musicians: Robert Brylewski (formerly of Brygada Kryzys) and Paweł Kelner (formerly of Deuter). Information According to Brylewski, "Izrael's creation was a consequence of the death of Brygada Kryzys. During last rehearsals of Brygada Kryzys only three musicians were present: Kelner, me and Tomasz Lipinski. There was nobody else. It was the end of 1982, hard times for Polish independent rockers. At some point Tomasz put his guitar on the side and said "I quit." Izrael's debut took place on April 25, 1983, in the Hybrydy student club in Warsaw, where the band rehearsed. The first recording, "Idą ludzie Babilonu," was made later that year and quickly gained popularity. The band started to play in numerous concerts (such as at the Festival in Jarocin, and a series of concerts called ''God's Music in Babylon''). It also supported th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azrael
Azrael (; , 'God has helped'; ) is the angel of death in some Abrahamic religions, namely Islam, Christian popular culture and some traditions of Judaism. He is also referenced in Sikhism. Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael holds a rather benevolent role as God's angel of death; he acts as a psychopomp, responsible for transporting the souls of the deceased after their death. Both in Islam and in Judaism, he is said to hold a scroll concerning the fate of mortals, recording and erasing their names at their birth and death, respectively.Hamilton, Michelle M. 2014. ''Beyond Faith: Belief, Morality and Memory in a Fifteenth-Century Judeo-Iberian Manuscript''. Leiden: Brill. . Depending on the perspective and precepts of the various religions in which he is a figure, he may also be portrayed as a resident of the Third Heaven, a division of heaven in Judaism and Islam. Davidson, Gustav. 9671971"A § Azrael" Pp. 64–65 in ''A Dictionary of Angels, Including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
