Rabinovich
Rabinovich or Rabinovitch (Рабино́вич, רבינוביץ), is a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Slavic for "son of the rabbi" or "son of Rabin". The Polish/Lithuanian equivalents are Rabinowitz or Rabinowicz. People People bearing the surname include: *Abraham Rabinovich, American historian and journalist *Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Russian chess player *Adolphe Rabinovitch (1918–1944), American Special Operations Executive agent executed by the Germans in World War II * Birth name of Aharon Yariv ( 1920 – 1994), Israeli general and politician *Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945), Russian-born composer *Aviva Rabinovich (1927-2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, environmental activist. *Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich (1913–1999), Chassidic Rabbi *Daniel Rabinovich (1943–2015), Argentine musician and humorist, founding member of Les Luthiers *Dina Rabinovitch (1963–2007), British journalist a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vadim Rabinovich
Vadim Zinovyevich Rabinovichrussian: Вади́м Зино́вьевич Рабино́вич he, ודים רבינוביץ' (born 4 August 1953) is an Israeli and formerly Ukrainian oligarch and Jewish community leader. He is a former leader of the banned Opposition Platform — For Life party, as well as an unsuccessful candidate in the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election and a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the 8th and 9th Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) convocations, serving as a member of the Opposition Bloc from 2014 to 2019 and as a member of Opposition Platform — For Life from 2019 until he was removed from office by the party for his support of Russia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Born in Kharkiv, Rabinovich spent seven years in Soviet prisons for alleged embezzlement and involvement with the black market, and made aliyah to Israel in the early 1990s, becoming an Israeli citizen in 1999. Rabinovich was a supporter of efforts to restore the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moshe Leib Rabinovich
Moshe Leib Rabinovich (born December 25, 1940 in Munkacs, Hungary) is the current rebbe of Munkacs. Early life Rabinovich was born as the third child to his parents Rabbi Baruch and Frima Rabinovich in Munkacs, Carpathian Ruthenia, the country itself having at the time just been created with a sizable piece of Hungary, which in turn received Munkacs from Czechoslovakia with the help of Nazi Germany in 1938. His father, Rabbi Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowicz served as Chief Rabbi of Munkacs following the death of his father-in-law Chief Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira in 1937 until the Nazis occupied Munkacs in 1944. During World War Two, Rabinovich's father escaped the Nazis and fled with his entire family to the land of Israel (then Mandatory Palestine). Shortly after they arrived in Mandatory Palestine, Rabinovich and his siblings were orphaned with the death of their mother, Chaya Frima Rivka Rabinovich. Rabinovich studied in Israel, undertook secular studies in public ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Itamar Rabinovich
Itamar Rabinovich ( he, איתמר רבינוביץ; born 1942) is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996, and the former president of Tel Aviv University (1999–2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at New York University and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution. Biography Itamar Rabinovich received a B.A. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an M.A. from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Academic career Rabinovich has been a member of Tel Aviv University's faculty since 1971, and served as Ettinger Professor of the Contemporary History of the Middle East, chairman of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, director of thMoshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Stu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich
Grand Rabbi Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich (1914–1997), was a member of a chassidic dynasty, and succeeded to the title Munkacser Rebbe. Early years Boruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel was born in Russia in 1914 to his parents, Rabbi Nosson Dovid Rabinovich (1868–1930), the Partzever Rebbe, and Yitta Spira. His father was the eldest son of Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov of Biala (1847–1905). His mother was the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Leib Spira of Stryzow (1850–1916), of the Munkacs dynasty. He was engaged to his intended bride at the age of 11. When he was 13, his father-in-law-to-be, Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira of Munkacs, took him on a visit to the Holy Land. Marriage In 1933 Rabinowicz married Frima Chaya Rivka, the only daughter of his mother's first cousin, Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira (1872–1937), Munkacser Rebbe and Chief Rabbi of Munkacs, also known as the 'Minchas Elazar'. This union set him on course to succeed his father-in-law as rabbi and 'Admor' of Munkacs. His w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ilya Rabinovich
Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich (russian: Илья Леонтьевич Рабинович; 11 May 1891 – 23 April 1942) was a Russian and later Soviet chess player, among the best ones in his country for three decades, from 1910 to 1940. His best result was a shared first place in the 9th Soviet Championship of 1934-35. He was also a chess writer. Biography Rabinovich was born in Saint Petersburg. In 1911 he tied for first place with Platz in Saint Petersburg. In 1912 he tied for 4th-5th in Vilnius (''Hauptturnier''; Karel Hromádka won). Interned in Germany In July–August 1914 he played in Mannheim, Germany at the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament, 19th DSB Congress. When the chess congress had to be interrupted upon the outbreak of World War I, Rabinovich was tied for 2nd-3rd places in the ''Hauptturnier A''. After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven players from the Russian Empire (Alexander Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Fedor Bogatyrchuk, Alexander Flamberg, N. Koppelma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frida Schahar-Rabinovich
Frida Schahar-Rabinovich (née Rabinovich, born 17 March 1950), is an Israeli chess player. She is a winner the Israeli Women's Chess Championship (1969). Biography Frida Schahar-Rabinovich was born and raised in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her father, who ran a furniture chain, taught her and her older sister, Sima, to play chess. In 1966, she immigrated to Israel with her family and lived in the southern Tzahala in Tel Aviv. She studied Hebrew in a studio at Kibbutz Merhavia. At the 1967 Israeli Women's Chess Championship, Frida Schahar-Rabinovich finished second with outgoing champion Clara Friedman after her older sister, Sima Rabinovich. In the Israeli Women's Chess Championship that ended in January 1970, Frida Schahar-Rabinovich won the title, a host who won with all her might and scored 12 points. Frida Schahar-Rabinovich played for Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1972, at first board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+2, =4, -3). Frida Schahar-Rabinovi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mikhail Rabinovich
Mikhail Izrailevich Rabinovich (MIR) (Russian: Михаи́л Изра́илевич Рабино́вич (MИР); born April 20, 1941) is a Russian influential physicist and neuroscientist working in the field of nonlinear dynamics and its applications. His work helped shape the understanding of dynamical systems. Biography Rabinovich was born in 1941 in former Gorky, USSR, into a family of Soviet Jews: Dora Rapoport and Israel Rabinovich. His father was a professor of physical chemistry at Gorky State University and Mikhail developed an interest in sciences at an early age. At the age of 16 he was accepted to thRadio Physicsdepartment of the Gorky State University. In 1963 Rabinovich began working under the supervision of A. Gaponov-Grekhov and in 1967 he received a Ph.D. in physics and mathematics. In 1974, Mikhail receives a D.Sc. from the Institute for Physical Problems of the Soviet Academy of Science chaired by Pyotr Kapitsa. In 1986, he co-authored chapters on the ev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abram Rabinovich
Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich (5 January 1878 – 7 November 1943) was a Lithuanian–Russian chess player. He was champion of Moscow in 1926. Biography Rabinovich was born in Vilna, Lithuania (then the Russian Empire) into a Litvak family. His parents were Itzik (Isaac) Haimovich and Leia Leibovna Rabinovich, natives of Shnipishek. In 1903, Rabinovich tied for 11-12th places in Kiev (3rd All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1908, he took 19th in Prague (Oldřich Duras and Carl Schlechter won). In 1909, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Vilna (6th All-Russian Masters' Tournament; Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1911, he tied for 19th-21st in Carlsbad (Richard Teichmann won). In 1912, he took 18th in Vilna (''Hauptturnier'', Karel Hromádka won). During World War I, he moved to Moscow. In 1916, he tied for 4th-5th, and was 3rd in 1918. He tied for 5th-7th at the All-Russian Chess Olympiad (retroactively recognised as the first Soviet chess championship) at Moscow 1920. T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aviva Rabinovich
Aviva Rabinovich-Vin ( he, אביבה רבינוביץ'-וין) (March 23, 1927 – July 7, 2007),לוחמת וין-רבינוביץ אביבה ז"ל Palmach website better known as simply Aviva Rabinovich, was a professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (1970-1988), and an environmental activist. Biography Aviva Rabinowitz, daughter of Hannah and Naftali, was born in Ein Harod, lived in Jerusalem and in Kfar Warburg, where her parents established a farm, and studied in Beer Tuvia. In 1944 she enlisted for Palmach (retired in 1949), fought in the Israel War of Independence and was wounded in combat. (In her 1998 interview she said that the veterans, such as Ariel Sharon, Rafael Eitan, and Yitzhak Rabin "liste ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel Rabinovich
Daniel Abraham Rabinovich Aratuz (November 18, 1943 – August 21, 2015) was an Argentine musician, writer, humorist, lawyer and singer. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he cofounded the group Les Luthiers Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish-speaking countries including Paraguay, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica and Venezuela. They ... in 1967. Within Les Luthiers, Rabinovich sang and played guitar, drums, violin, and some of the group's invented instruments (most notably the "basspipe a vara"). He died on August 21, 2015, at the age of 71. References 1943 births 2015 deaths Argentine guitarists Musicians from Buenos Aires Les Luthiers {{comedian-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roman Rabinovich
Roman Rabinovich is an Israeli pianist. He was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1985 and emigrated with this family to Israel in 1994, where he studied at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv. He was the winner of the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. He has performed in the United States, Europe, and Israel at places such as Gewandhaus, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Seymour Lipkin Seymour Lipkin ( May 14, 1927 – November 16, 2015) was an American concert pianist, conductor, and educator. Early life and piano career Lipkin was born in Detroit. At age 11, he entered the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Dav .... References External linksOfficial website Israeli pianists Living people 21st-century pianists Year of birth missing (living people) {{entert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sholem Aleichem
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