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Melamed (surname)
Melamed is a Hebrew surname. "Melamed" translates to "teacher" in the Hebrew language and came into different languages in different spellings, e.g. Malamud, Malamed, Melamid, etc. Some variants of the spelling should not be confused with "Malamute" or "Malemute". Those with the surname include: * Abraham Melamed, former member of Knesset from National Religious Party * Douglas Melamed, American legal scholar * Fred Melamed, American actor and writer * Guy Melamed, Israeli soccer defender * Leo Melamed, former chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and executive in the field of global derivatives * Rabbi Meir Melamed, financier to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain in the house of Arbarbanel during the Jewish Inquisition in 1492 * Tatiana Melamed, Ukrainian and German chess grandmaster * Vince Melamed, American keyboardist and songwriter * Yitzhak Y. Melamed, Israeli-American philosopher * Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed Zalman Baruch Melamed ( he, זלמן ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melamed
Melamed, ''Melammed'' ( he, מלמד, Teacher) in Biblical times denoted a religious teacher or instructor in general (e.g., in Psalm 119:99 and Proverbs 5:13), but which in the Talmudic period was applied especially to a teacher of children, and was almost invariably followed by the word "''tinokot''" (children).Bava Batra 21a The Aramaic language, Aramean equivalent was "''makre dardeke''". The melamed was appointed by the community, and there were special regulations determining how many children he might teach, as well as rules governing the choice of applicants for the office and the dismissal of a melamed. These regulations were extended and augmented in the post-Talmudic period. Regulations Besides the teachers appointed by the community, there were others who were privately engaged by the parents of children; hence it became necessary to define accurately the mutual rights and duties of the melamed and of the parents. While giving instruction, the melamed was not allowed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Melamed
Leo Melamed (born March 20, 1932) is an American attorney, finance executive, and a pioneer of financial futures. He is the chairman emeritus of CME Group (formerly the Chicago Mercantile Exchange). Personal life Melamed was born Leibel Melamdovich in 1932 in Bialystok, Poland into a Jewish family, to two school teachers, Fayga (Barakin) Melamdovich and Isaac Melamdovich (a mathematics teacher). In 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland and with the outbreak of World War II, his family fled to Lithuania to avoid capture by the Nazis. In 1940, the Japanese consul general to Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara, issued his family a life-saving transit visa, and they made the long trek across Siberia to safe haven in Tsuruga, Japan. They crossed the Pacific to the United States in the spring of 1941, and the family settled in Chicago. Melamed married Betty Sattler on December 26, 1953. The couple has three children: Idelle Sharon, Jordan Norman and David Jeffrey. Melamed is an avi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
