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	Joffe (other) Joffe (''Joffé'', Иоффе, ''Ioffe'', ''Yoffe'') is a Hebrew-language surname, a variant of Jaffe. Notable people with this surname include: * Abraham Z. Joffe, Soviet and then Israeli mycologist * Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, Russian physicist * Adolph Joffe (Adolf Joffe), Russian Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician * Avraham Yoffe, Israeli general and politician * Boris Yoffe (born 1968), Russian-born Israeli composer * Carole Joffe, American sociologist and reproductive rights advocate * Chantal Joffe, English painter * Charles H. Joffe, American film producer * Dina Joffe (born 1952), Latvian pianist, Israeli citizen * Emily Yoffe, American journalist * Inna Yoffe (born 1988), Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer * Jasper Joffe, British contemporary artist and novelist * Joel Joffe, Lord Joffe, British life peer, former head of Oxfam, former lawyer to Nelson Mandela * Josef Joffe, German and American journalist and international studies scholar * Julia Ioffe, Russian- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved throughout history as the main liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. Hebrew is the only Canaanite language still spoken today, and serves as the only truly successful example of a dead language that has been revived. It is also one of only two Northwest Semitic languages still in use, with the other being Aramaic. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' Lashon Hakodesh'' (, ) since an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Joel Joffe Joel Goodman Joffe, Baron Joffe, (12 May 1932 – 18 June 2017) was a South African-born British lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords. Life and career Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to the Joffe family. His mother was born in Mandatory Palestine and his father was born in Lithuania, Joffe grew up in a Jewish household before being sent to a Catholic boarding school. He was educated at the University of Witwatersrand (BCom, LLB 1955), and worked as a human rights lawyer 1958–65, including as defence attorney of the leadership of the ANC at the 1963-4 Rivonia Trial, helping to represent Nelson Mandela and his co-defendants. He married the artist Vanetta Pretorius in 1962 and moved with her to the United Kingdom in 1965 after being refused entry to Australia as he was considered "undesirable". Once in the UK he worked in the financial services industry, setting up Hambro Life Assurance with Sir Mark Weinberg as well as in the voluntary sector. Joffe chaired the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Joffa (other) Joffa may refer to: People * Joffa Corfe, Australian (born 1964), leader of the Collingwood Football Club cheer squad * Joff Ellen (1915–1999), "Joffa boy", Australian entertainer, actor and comedian * Joffa Smith, British games programmer * Anna Joffa Vardi, mother of American viola player Emanuel Vardi * Colleen Howe (born Colleen Joffa, 1933–2009), American sports agent who founded Power Play International and Power Play Publications * Bernard Joffa, nominated for Best Live Action Short Film, see 63rd Academy Awards Other * '' Joffa: The Movie'', a 2010 Australian buddy comedy film * Joffa, combination chin and mouthguard strapped onto the bottom of a BMX racer's helmet, see John Purse * Jofa, ''Jonssons Fabriker'' * Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance or JOFA See also * * * Jaffa (other) * Jaffe * Jaffee Jaffee is the surname of: Al Jaffee (born 1921), American cartoonist best known for his work for ''Mad'' magazine Elizabeth Jaffee, American medical resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jaffee Jaffee is the surname of: Al Jaffee (born 1921), American cartoonist best known for his work for ''Mad'' magazine Elizabeth Jaffee, American medical researcher Ellen Jaffee, member of the New York State Assembly Irving Jaffee (1906-1981), American speed skater and double gold medalist at the 1932 Winter Olympics Rami Jaffee (born 1969), American keyboardist of the rock band The Wallflowers Sara Jaffee, American psychologist Susan Nirah Jaffee, American screenwriter and television producer See also * * Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1 (1996) Jaffe family The Jaffe family (Hebrew language, Hebrew: יפה) is an Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic Judaism, Rabbinic family originally from Dampierre, Aube, Dampierre, France. The family descends from the 12th century Tosafot, Tosafist, Elhanan ... Jaffa (other) * Jaffe (other) * Joffa (other) * Joffe (other) Surnames {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jaffa (other) Jaffa is part of the city of Tel Aviv in Israel. Jaffa (or sometimes ''Jafa'' and other transliterations from Hebrew or Arabic) may also refer to: Arts * ''Jaffa'' (2009 film), an Israeli drama directed by Keren Yedaya * ''Jaffa'' (2013 film), a Telugu black comedy written and directed by Vennela Kishore * Jaffa (''Stargate''), a fictional race in the military sci-fi television series * Jaffa Phonix, a Palestinian band Food and drink Jaffa (soft drink), popular in Scandinavia Jaffa Cakes, a snack popular in the UK Jaffa Crvenka, a Serbian confectionery company Jaffa orange, a variety of orange originating in Palestine Jaffas, a confectionery popular in Australia and New Zealand People Harry V. Jaffa, American academic Max Jaffa, British violinist Places Australia Jaffa, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region Cape Jaffa, a headland in South Australia Cape Jaffa Lighthouse, in South Australia North America * Jaffa, Ontario, a town in Canada Jaffa Shri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jaffe Family The Jaffe family (Hebrew language, Hebrew: יפה) is an Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic Judaism, Rabbinic family originally from Dampierre, Aube, Dampierre, France. The family descends from the 12th century Tosafot, Tosafist, Elhanan ben Isaac of Dampierre, Elhanan Jaffe of Dampierre (died 1184). Members of the family have produced numerous famous Rabbis, Court Jews, Talmudic scholars, Scientists, businessmen, academics and politicians, with members in Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, Israel and the United States. History A descendant of the Kalonymos family, Elhanan Jaffe of Dampierre was the son of Isaac ben Samuel of Dampierre and the paternal great-grandson of Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry. Through his maternal grandmother, Elhanan Jaffe of Dampierre was the great-grandson of Meir ben Samuel and thus the great-great-grandson of the biblical commentator, Rashi who claimed to be a 33rd-generation descendant of Johan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yudl Yoffe Yudl Yoffe or Yudl Yofe ( yi, יודל יאָפע, russian: Юдл Иоффе; Юдель Иофе, 1882, Borzna, Chernigov Governorate – 1941 or 1942, Moscow) a was Yiddish writer, translator and sculptor. Left an orphan early, he was brought up by his sister in Nizhyn, Chernigov Governorate, worked as an apprentice for a tailor, joined the revolutionary movement and, as an agitator, traveled around the Jewish Miasteczko, miasteczkoes of Ukraine and Bessarabia, was arrested. Until 1926 — a tailor. He began his literary work in the magazine «Lebn un Wisnschaft» ( yi, לעבן און וויסנשאַפֿט — Life and Science) under the pseudonym «Folkskind» ( yi, פאָלקסקינד — Child of the Folk). In 1903 he published an essay in an illegal publishing house in Chisinau. After the 1905 Russian Revolution, 1905 revolution in Russia, he became close to the anarchists. He began his literary career in 1915 with the publication of the story «Dos Eidem» (Son-in-law) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]