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Margalit (other)
Margalit ( he, מרגלית, ''lit''. pearl) is used in Israel as a surname and a female first name. Before the start of the First Aliyah the surname and first name was mainly used by the Sephardic Jews. It is related to Margulis, an East European Jewish name. It may refer to: Surname * Avishai Margalit (born 1939), Israeli philosopher * Dan Margalit (journalist) (born 1938), Israeli journalist, author and television host * Itay Margalit (born 1970), retired Israeli high jumper * Meir Margalit (born 1952), Argentine-born Israeli researcher of the history of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine and a founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions * Meir Margalit (actor) (1906–1974), Israeli stage actor * Erel Margalit (born 1961), Israeli politician and a high-tech and social entrepreneur * Yanki Margalit (born 1962), Israeli entrepreneur and speaker best known for starting Aladdin Knowledge Systems. He is currently Chairman of SCREEMO and SpaceIL * Gilad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) in minute crystalline form, which has deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes, known as baroque pearls, can occur. The finest quality of natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, ''pearl'' has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable. The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as ''natural'' pearls. ''Cultured'' or ''farmed'' pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those currently sold. Imitation pearls are also widely s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margalit Fox
Margalit Fox (born 1961) is an American writer. She began her career in publishing in the 1980s, before switching to journalism in the 1990s. She joined the obituary department of ''The New York Times'' in 2004, and authored over 1,400 obituaries before her retirement from the staff of the paper in 2018. Fox has written several non-fiction books. Biography Fox was born in Glen Cove, New York, the daughter of David (a physicist) and Laura Fox. She attended Barnard College in New York City and then Stony Brook University, where she completed her bachelor's degree (1982) and then a master's degree in linguistics in 1983. She received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1991."About the Author" TalkingHandsBook.com, accessed June 16, 2013 Fox also studied the cello. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhemchuzhina (other)
Zhemchuzhina means ''pearl'' in Russian and may refer to * Polina Zhemchuzhina (1897–1970), Soviet politician, wife of Vyacheslav Molotov * FC Zhemchuzhina Budyonnovsk, a Russian football club *FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (russian: ФК Жемчужина-Сочи) was a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991 and dissolved in 2012. History Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hote ..., a Russian football club * FC Zhemchuzhina Yalta, a former Ukrainian football club {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perl (other)
Perl is an open-source computer programming language. Perl may also refer to: * Perl 6, the previous name of Raku, an open-source programming language related to Perl * Perl, Saarland, a municipality in Saarland, Germany People * Perl D. Decker (1875–1934), a United States House Representative from Missouri *Perl Karpovskaya (1897–1970), birth name of Polina Zhemchuzhina, Soviet politician, best known as the wife of the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov Surname * Alfredo Perl (born 1965), Chilean-German pianist and conductor * Gisella Perl (1907–1988), Jewish Holocaust survivor and author * Hille Perl (born 1965), German musician (viola da gamba, lirone) * Martin Lewis Perl (1927–2014), an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate * Rafał Perl (born 1981), Polish diplomat See also * Pearl (other) * Perle (other) * Perles (other) * Perls Perls is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander Perls (born 1976), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearlman
Pearlman ( he, פרלמן) is a surname. It is typically an Anglicized version of the Ashkenazi Jewish surname Perelman. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan R. Pearlman, American engineer and entrepreneur, founder of ARP Instruments, Inc. * Adam Pearlman (born 2005), Canadian soccer player *Adam Pearlman, the birth name of Adam Yahiye Gadahn, American member of Al Qaeda. *Edith Pearlman (1936-2022), American writer *Ed Pearlman, an American cofounder of the National Off-Road Racing Association. *Jeff Pearlman, American writer, best known for his work on sports. *Jordan Walker-Pearlman, American film director, screenwriter and producer. * Lindsey Pearlman (1978-2022), American actress *Lou Pearlman, American record producer and fraudster. *Martin Pearlman (1945-2022), American music director. *Michael Pearlman, American actor and writer. *Richard Pearlman, American theater and opera director. *Sandy Pearlman, American music producer, songwriter, and record company executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl (surname) , derived from a Hebrew term meaning pearl
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Pearl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bruce Pearl (born 1960), American college basketball coach *Daniel Pearl (1963–2002), American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan *Judea Pearl (born 1936), computer scientist and philosopher *Matthew Pearl (born 1975), American novelist *Minnie Pearl (1912–1996), American country comedian *Nancy Pearl (born 1945), American librarian * Perry Diamond Pearl (born 1824), American politician *Raymond Pearl (1879–1940), American biologist See also * Pearl (given name) *Perle (other) *Margolis Margolis is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word (Israeli Hebrew aɹgalit, meaning 'pearl,' and may refer to: *Alisa Margolis, Ukrainian artist based in Berlin *Barba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl (given Name)
Pearl is a primarily feminine given name derived from the English word ''pearl,'' a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living, shelled mollusk. Pearls are commonly used in jewelry-making. The pearl is the birthstone for the month of June.Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). ''Baby Name Bible''. St. Martin's Griffin. Pearls have been associated with innocence and modesty. Because it comes from the sea, it also has associations with the moon and with water. Pearls are also traditionally considered appropriate jewelry for debutantes and brides. Pearl came into popular use along with other gemstone names during the late Victorian Era. It may also have been inspired by the name Margaret, which means "pearl". In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel ''The Scarlet Letter'', heroine Hester Prynne names her illegitimate daughter Pearl because the child is "of great price, purchased with all she had, her mother's only treasure." The passage refers to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margalit Matitiahu
Margalit Matitiahu (Hebrew: מרגלית מתתיהו, born 1935, in Tel Aviv) is a poet in Ladino language, Ladino and Hebrew language, Hebrew from Israel. After the Holocaust, her parents moved to Israel from Thessaloniki, Greece where they were Sephardi Jews who were descendants of Jews from León, Spain, León. She studied Hebrew literature, Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Bar Ilan University. She started writing in Hebrew language, Hebrew and in 1988 she published ''Curtijo Quemado'' (later in ''Vela de luz'') in Ladino language, Ladino, which is a testimony of Nazi destruction. She has worked as a presenter in radio and investigated her mother tongue. She is a member of the World Academy of Art and Culture (having received a doctorate ''Honoris Causa''), of the Israel PEN club and of the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel. She has been awarded several prizes: * the 1994 "Fernando Jeno Award" the international prize for Jewish literature giving by the Jewish community of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon (; ; ; also known by his diminutive Arik, , born Ariel Scheinermann, ; 26 February 1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Sharon was a commander in the Israeli Army from its creation in 1948. As a soldier and then an officer, he participated prominently in the 1948 Palestine war, becoming a platoon commander in the Alexandroni Brigade and taking part in many battles, including Operation Bin Nun Alef. He was an instrumental figure in the creation of Unit 101 and the reprisal operations, as well as in the 1956 Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War of 1967, the War of Attrition, and the Yom-Kippur War of 1973. Yitzhak Rabin called Sharon "the greatest field commander in our history"."Israel's Man of War", Michael Kramer, ''New York'', pages 19–24, 9 August 1982: "the "greatest field commander in our history," says Yitzak Rabin" Upon retirement from the military, Shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margalit Tzan'ani
Margalit "Margol" Tzan'ani ( he, מרגלית "מרגול" צנעני; born December 19, 1948) is an Israeli singer and television personality. Tzan'ani is famous for her repertoire of Israeli oriental music style with soul influences, as well as jazz, blues, rock, and pop. Biography Tzan'ani was born in Aden, to a religious Jewish family originally from Sana'a, Yemen. When she was one year old, the family immigrated to Israel with her, and resided in Netanya city. She was the eldest of seven children. Her father, Shalom, was a diamond industry worker, and her mother, Lola, was a housewife.Don't mess around with me She married Mordi Lavi in 1977 and has one son, Asaf. She divorced in 1985. For ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkenazi Jewish
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 '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films, and appeared with her brother in the cult film, cult favorite ''Donnie Darko'' (2001). She then appeared in ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation,'' ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (both 2002), and ''Mona Lisa Smile'' (2003). Gyllenhaal received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic comedy drama ''Secretary (2002 film), Secretary'' (2002) and the drama ''Sherrybaby'' (2006), each of which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. After several commercially successful films in 2006, including ''World Trade Center (film), World Trade Center'', she received wider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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