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Judah (given Name)
Judah and Judas are masculine given names derived from the Hebrew name, Yehuda(h), of the biblical figure Judah (son of Jacob). Notable people with one or the other variant of the name include: Biblical and ancient historical figures In chronological order: * Judah (son of Jacob), fourth son of the Biblical patriarch Jacob * Judah Maccabee or Judas Maccabeus, Jewish priest who led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE) * Judas Iscariot, Hebrew Yehūḏā ʾĪš-Qǝrīyyōṯ, 'Judah, man of Kerioth' (died c. AD 30), one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus * Judah ha-Nasi, also Judah the Prince or Judah I, Jewish sage and leader (2nd century) * Judah II, Jewish sage (3rd century) * Judah III, Jewish sage (3rd and 4th century) * Judah IV, Talmudic sage (4th century) * Judah b. Meremar, Babylonian sage (5th century?) People with the given name Judah In alphabetical order: * Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884), politician and lawyer in the United States an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judah (son Of Jacob)
Judah () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah and the founder of the Tribe of Judah of the Israelites. By extension, he is indirectly the eponym of the Kingdom of Judah, the land of Judea, and the word ''Jew (word), Jew''. According to the narrative in Genesis, Judah alongside Tamar (Genesis), Tamar is the patrilineal ancestor of the Davidic line. The Tribe of Judah features prominently in Deuteronomist#Deuteronomistic history, Deuteronomistic history, which most scholars agree was reduced to written form, although subject to Babylonian captivity, exilic and Second Temple period, post-exilic alterations and emendations, during the reign of the Judahist reformer Josiah from 641 to 609 BCE. According to the Christianity, Christian narrative, he was the ancestor of Jesus. Etymology The Hebrew name for Judah, ''Yehuda'' (יהודה), literally "thanksgiving" or "praise," is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), "to thank" or "to prai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judah Nagler
Judah Nagler is the singer for The Velvet Teen, an indie/baroque pop band from Santa Rosa in Northern California. He was born on June 19, 1980. He is also a graphic designer and web developer, and has created artwork for The Velvet Teen and other bands. Career Tin Circus Previous to his work with The Velvet Teen, Judah sang and played bass in the California ska band "Tin Circus". The Secret Band and The Velvet Teen After a stint in a band called Little Tin Frog, Judah and bandmate Logan Whitehurst wrote several songs together in secret, writing under the moniker ''The Secret Band''. After releasing a demo as The Secret Band on Mp3.com they were joined by Josh Staples of The Wunder Years. The new line up took the name Judah had been using for his electronic side project, The Velvet Teen. The Velvet Teen are currently active. Atair Atair is the current working title of Judah's electronic side-project. The yet-to-be released debut album has been in the works since 2003. Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Krinsky
Chaim Yehuda ("Yudel") Krinsky (born December 3, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an ordained rabbi and a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He has served in various positions of the movement's administrative staff since 1954, and as a personal secretary to its chief rabbi, Menachem Mendel Schneerson (along with Yehuda Leib Groner and Binyomin Klein), And serves as chairman of the movement's main institutions. In 1988, after the passing of his wife, Chaya Mushka Schneerson, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe named Krinsky an executor of his will. As of 2004, Krinsky was among the most influential figures within the Chabad movement. (Chapter 20) Biography Krinsky grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts and was educated at the Boston Latin School. At the age of 12, he was sent by his parents to study at the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn, where he received his rabbinic ordination. He joined the Lubavitcher Rebbe's staff in 1952 as a driver.Frankfurter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehudah Jacobs
Rabbi Yehudah Jacobs (c. 1935 – April 27, 2020) was a mashgiach ruchani in Beth Medrash Govoha, the largest yeshiva located outside of Israel and the second to largest yeshiva in the world, second only to the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Biography Rabbi Jacobs was born about 1935 to R' Asher and Esther Jacobs in Cologne, Germany. He learned in Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood Township, New Jersey arriving in the late 1950s during its earlier years under the leadership of Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He married his first wife, Mrs. Ruthie, and settled in Lakewood together. He soon was appointed the mashgiach of Beth Medrash Govoha alongside Rabbi Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, a position he held for many years. After the passing of his first wife (c. 1985), Rabbi Jacobs married his second wife, Mrs. Esther. In 2010, he moved to Israel, where he stayed for a few years, all the while keeping up with the Lakewood Yeshiva. He later returned to Lakewood. Rabbi Jacobs was known in Beth Medrash Govoha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Hayuth
Yehuda Hayuth (04/10/1946 - יהודה חיות ;12/20/2022) was an Israeli professor of geography, and a former President of the University of Haifa. Early life Hayuth was born in Jerusalem in Mandatory Palestine, and fought for Israel as a paratrooper in the battle for the Old City of Jerusalem in the Six Day War. He and his family later moved to the Haifa area. Education He earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Haifa. He was a graduate student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Hayuth then earned a Ph.D. in ports and maritime transportation planning at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Academia He then taught at the University of Rhode Island. Hayuth has been a member of Haifa's Geography Department since the late 1970s. He became a full professor in 1994. He also was head of the university's Wydra Shipping and Aviation Research Institute. In 1992, he became Vice President for Administration; and in 1993 he became Acting President. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Green
Yehuda Green ( he, יהודה גרין)(born 1959) is a Hasidic Jewish singer and composer, and hazzan at the Carlebach Shul on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Singing in the style of singer-rabbi Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994), he has been called "more Carlebach than Carlebach", and is acclaimed for his heartfelt renditions of Carlebach's songs. Biography Yehuda Green was born in the Mea Shearim area of Jerusalem to a family of Breslover Hasidim.Besser, Yisroel. "The Songs We Sang". ''Mishpacha'' supplement: "10 Years". Pesach 5774 (Spring 2004), p. 39. He heard his first Shlomo Carlebach album when he was five years old, and was encouraged by his father to sing Carlebach's composition, "''Mimkomcha''" ("From Your Place"), again and again. He enjoyed singing Carlebach's songs at the Lubavitcher yeshiva that he attended. In 1969 he attended his first Carlebach performance, and began frequenting Carlebach's Melaveh Malkah performances on Saturday nights on Mount Zion whenever the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehudah Glick
Yehudah Joshua Glick (; born 20 November 1965), alternatively spelled "Yehuda Glick", is an American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi, activist, and politician. As the President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation, he campaigns for expanding Jewish access to the Temple Mount. He was a member of the Knesset for Likud, having taken the place of former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon in May 2016 until April 2019. Glick is the leader of HaLiba, a coalition of groups dedicated to "reaching complete and comprehensive freedom and civil rights for Jews on the Temple Mount". Glick was awarded the 2015 Moskowitz Prize for Zionism for being "Active for human rights and religious freedom on Jerusalem's Temple Mount". He also has been referred as a "right-wing" Israeli activist. On 29 October 2014, Glick survived an assassination attempt by Mutaz Hijazi, a member of Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. Early life and education Yehudah Glick was born on 20 November 1965 in the United States to Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Gilad (politician)
Rabbi Yehuda Gilad ( he, יהודה גלעד, born 30 August 1955) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meimad between 2002 and 2003. Biography Born in Brazil, Gilad's family immigrated to Israel when he was eight. He was certified as a rabbi, and headed a yeshiva. In the early 1990s he worked as an emissary for the Jewish Agency and Bnei Akiva in London, and was a programme director for Gesher, an organisation dedicated to bridging the gap between secular and religious youths. For the 1999 elections he was placed 33rd on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Meimad and Gesher), The Jerusalem Post but missed out on a seat when the alliance won only 26 seats. In 2002 he became chairman of the Meimad secretariat, and on 5 June 2002, he entered the Kne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Gilad (musician)
Yehuda Gilad is a professor of clarinet at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music and the Colburn School of Music. Education Born and raised in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel. His former teachers include Mitchell Lurie, Herbert Zipper, and Giora Feidman. In addition, Mr. Gilad participated in numerous masterclasses with Sergiu Celibidache and Leonard Bernstein. Performing, Conducting and Teaching Yehuda Gilad aims to integrate performing, conducting and teaching into every aspect of his music artistry. As a conductor, performer and professor, he strives for "total musicianship". In addition to his positions as professor of clarinet at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music and at Colburn , Mr. Gilad is regularly invited to present masterclasses and performances at music conservatories and festivals worldwide. He has been invited to such institutions as the Winter Festival in Spain, the Curtis Institute, the Mannes College, Juilliard, Sibeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Danon
Yehuda Danon (יהודה דנון; born 1940) is an Israeli doctor who has been the Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces, the Director General of Beilinson Medical Center, and - since 2012 - the President of Ariel University. Biography Danon graduated from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School, and specialized in pediatrics and immunology."Prof. Yehuda danon, MD.; President," Ariel University. Danon served as the Surgeon General of the Israel Defense Forces from 1982 to 1991. He was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Atedji
Yehuda Atedji (יהודה אטדגי; born June 14, 1961) is an Israeli former Olympic windsurfer. He was born in Israel, and is Jewish. Windsurfing career He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (at Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporate ...) at the age of 23. In Men's Windsurfer/Windglider ( mistral) he came in 14th out of 38 competitors. His best result was his 5th place finish in Race 4. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8.5 (174 cm) tall and weighed 150 lbs (68 kg). References Living people Israeli windsurfers Olympic sailors for Israel 1961 births Israeli Jews Jewish sailors (sport) Israeli male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Windglider {{Israel-yach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Amital
Yehuda Amital ( he, יהודה עמיטל, born Yehuda Klein; 31 October 1924 – 9 July 2010) was an Orthodox rabbi, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and a member of the Israeli cabinet. The concept of a Hesder Yeshiva is attributed to Amital. After writing an essay about the religious and moral aspects of military service, he envisaged a program for combining army service and Torah study. In 1991, the Hesder Yeshiva program was awarded the Israel Prize for its special contribution to society and the State of Israel. Biography Yehuda Klein (later Amital) was born in Oradea, Romania, son of Yekutiel Ze'ev and Devora. After four years of secular primary education, he began religious studies with Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Levi. When Germany occupied the area in 1944, the Nazis sent his entire family to Auschwitz where they were killed. Amital was sent to a labor camp, thus surviving the Holocaust. He remained in the labor camp for eight months, and was liberated on October 4, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
