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Levin (surname)
Levin (original Russian: Левин) is a surname with several word origins. It is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname (Levine/Levin/Levi). In the Jewish variant (a form of Levy) it is derivative of one of the 12 Jewish biblical tribes, the tribe of Levi, whose descendants the Levites had distinctive duties in the Temple period. In the Russian variant, Levin comes from lev (лев) which means lion in Russian. It can also be pronounced Lyovin (Лёвин) which is a patronymic form of ''Лёва''. Other variations include Lavin, Lavine, Le Neve, Levene, Levi, Levina, Levine, Levitt, Levy, Lewin, Lieven, Levins and Levinson. People with the name "Levin" (and Russian feminine variant Levina) include: People A–I * A. Leo Levin (1919–2015), American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Adam K. Levin, former director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and businessman in consumer credit-related businesses * Adam Levin, fiction author * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singular: , Modern Hebrew: are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. Their traditional diaspora language is Yiddish (a West Germanic language with Jewish linguistic elements, including the Hebrew alphabet), which developed during the Middle Ages after they had moved from Germany and France into Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. For centuries, Ashkenazim in Europe used Hebrew only as a sacred language until the revival of Hebrew as a common language in 20th-century Israel. Throughout their numerous centuries living in Europe, Ashkenazim have made many important contributions to its philosophy, scholarship, literature, art, music, and science. The rabbinical term ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Levin
Adam Levin (b. 1976/77) is an American fiction author. His short fiction has been published in places like ''Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'' and ''Tin House''. Currently, he resides in Chicago, where he teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the School of the Art Institute. His first novel, ''The Instructions,'' was published in 2010 by McSweeney's. Works ''The Instructions'' Levin's first novel, ''The Instructions'', was selected by Powell's Indispensable Book Club and ''The Rumpus'' Book Club. Some reviews drew comparisons with David Foster Wallace and Philip Roth. Some reviewers praised the dark humor, the depth of the setting, and the commentary on Jewish identity. Some reviewers criticized the book's length (more than 1000 pages), while others praised it. ''The Instructions'' was translated into French (Inculte) and published in France in 2011. ''Hot Pink'' Levin's ''Hot Pink'' is a collection of short stories released in 2012. ''Bubblegum'' Levin's second nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Levin
Robert J. (Bobby) Levin (born November 19, 1957) is an American professional bridge player, from Aventura, Florida. He was the youngest winner of the Bermuda Bowl world championship for national teams from 1981 until 2015, when 19-year old Michal Klukowski of Poland succeeded him. Levin is also a five-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs, the world's leading contest for cash prizes, with his regular partner Steve Weinstein. As of June 2013, Levin ranks number 20 among Open World Grand Masters and his wife Jill ranks number 21 among Women World Grand Masters. Retrieved 2013-06-13. Levin–Weinstein were one-third of USA1 in the 2011 Bermuda Bowl, where they finished fourth. Beginning mid-2012 they joined Nick Nickell's team. The professional teams hired by Nickell had won four of the preceding nine biennial Bermuda Bowls, from 1995. Career Levin was born in Southampton, Long Island, New York. As a 13-year-old, he won the first tournament event he ever entered – the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Levin (musician)
Beth Levin (born December 17, 1950) is an American classical pianist in the Romantic tradition of her teachers Marian Filar, Rudolf Serkin, Leonard Shure, and Dorothy Taubman at the Taubman Institute. Levin is devoted to the highly expressive and demanding repertoire of Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel, as well as to the work of leading modernists such as Anders Eliasson, David Del Tredici, Alexander Goretzky, Louis Karchin, and Scott Wheeler. Early influences Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Levin's fascination with music developed from the age of 3, when she first began piano lessons. Levin says: "Some of my earliest memories are of playing as my father sang. We were fortunate to have a brilliant pianist living just around the corner: Cecille Sharlip, who had emigrated from Europe to study at the Curtis Institute of Music. Sharlip guided me until I was 12, at which time she suggested I audition for the great Chopin interpreter Marian Filar, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Levin (linguist)
Beth Levin (; born 1955) is an American linguist who is currently the William H. Bonsall Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. Her research investigates the lexical semantics of verbs, particularly the representation of events and the kind of morphosyntactic devices that English and other languages use to express events and their participants. Career She received her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983 and then spent four years at the MIT Center for Cognitive Science, where she had major responsibility for the Lexicon Project. From 1987 to 1999 she was a professor in the Department of Linguistics at Northwestern University, serving as the Department chair from 1996-1999. She joined the Stanford Department of Linguistics in September 1999 and served as the department chair there from 2003-2007 and 2010-2011. In 1999-2000 she was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. In 2008 she was named a fellow of the John Simon G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Levin
Henry Bernard Levin (19 August 1928 – 7 August 2004) was an English journalist, author and broadcaster, described by ''The Times'' as "the most famous journalist of his day". The son of a poor Jewish family in London, he won a scholarship to the independent school Christ's Hospital and went on to the London School of Economics, graduating in 1952. After a short spell in a lowly job at the BBC selecting press cuttings for use in programmes, he secured a post as a junior member of the editorial staff of a weekly periodical, ''Truth'', in 1953. Levin reviewed television for the ''Manchester Guardian'' and wrote a weekly political column in ''The Spectator'' noted for its irreverence and influence on modern parliamentary sketches. During the 1960s he wrote five columns a week for the ''Daily Mail'' on any subject that he chose. After a disagreement with the proprietor of the paper over attempted censorship of his column in 1970, Levin moved to ''The Times'' where, with one brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Blanco
Benjamin Joseph Levin (born March 8, 1988), known professionally as Benny Blanco (stylized in all lowercase), is an American record producer. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also a five-time BMI Songwriter of the Year award winner and 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year award winner. Blanco was initially mentored by songwriter and producer Dr. Luke, who signed Blanco to his production company Kasz Money Productions. While under his tutelage, Blanco co-produced and co-wrote a multitude of hit singles in the late 2000s and thereafter. Blanco has contributed to the sale of over 500 million albums worldwide through his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Halsey, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Kesha, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Sia, The Weeknd, Avicii, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Tory Lanez, Wiz Khalifa, J Balvin, and Juice Wrld. In July 2018, Blanco released his debut single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengt Levin
Bengt Levin (30 September 1958 – 1 January 2020) was a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships in Thun, along with Lars-Henrik Undeland, Jörgen Mårtensson and Lars Lönnkvist. At the 1983 World Championships in Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and ... he placed 14th in the classic distance, and won a bronze medal with the Swedish relay team. References 1958 births 2020 deaths Swedish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Levin
Arnold Levin is an American cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and elsewhere. Awards He received the National Cartoonist Society The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ... Gag Cartoon Award for 1991 and 1992. External linksNCS Awards Living people Year of birth missing (living people) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Levin
Andrew Saul Levin (born August 10, 1960) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin was elected to the House in 2018, succeeding his retiring father, Sander Levin. He is the nephew of Carl Levin, a former U.S. senator. Early life and education Levin was born on August 10, 1960, to Jewish parents Sander Levin and Vicki Schlafer. Sander was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1982. Andy grew up with two sisters, Jennifer and Madeleine, and a brother, Matthew. Levin graduated from Williams College with a bachelor's degree. He earned a master's degree in Asian languages and culture from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Early career Levin was a staff attorney for the U.S. Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations in 1994 and worked as a trade union organizer and director. He ran as a Democrat for the 13th district seat in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alter Levin
Alter Isaac Levin (; 4 January 1883 – 4 October 1933), also known by the pen name Asaph ha-Levi (), was a Hebrew-language writer and poet. Born in Minsk, he immigrated to Ottoman Jerusalem (later Mandatory Palestine) in 1891, studying there at the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. During World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ... he conducted espionage for the British. He committed suicide in 1933. Publications * * References 1883 births 1933 deaths 19th-century Jews from the Russian Empire Ashkenazi Jews in Ottoman Palestine Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire Hebrew-language poets Jewish poets Ashkenazi Jews in Mandatory Palestine Suicides by hanging in Mandatory Palestine {{Poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Levin
Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Levin Александр Митрофанович Левин (15 May 1871 – May 1929) was a chess master from the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. He twice shared 1st with Mikhail Chigorin in St. Petersburg in 1900 and 1902. He tied for 11-12th at Hannover 1902 (the 13th DSB Congress, Dawid Janowski won). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Levin, Aleksandr Mitrofanovich 1871 births 1929 deaths Russian Jews Chess players from the Russian Empire Soviet chess players Jewish chess players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
