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Raanan Hershberg
Raanan or Raanan (Hebrew: רענן), meaning "fresh", is a Jewish name that may refer to the following notable people: ;Given name *Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (born 1969), Israeli film director, screenwriter and editor *Ra'anan Cohen (born 1941), Israeli politician * Raanan Gillon (born 1941), British professor of medical ethics *Raanan Gissin (1949–2023), Israeli political scientist * Ra'anan Levy (1954–2022), French-Israeli artist * Ra'anan Naim (1935–2009), Israeli politician *Raanan Rein (born 1960), Israeli historian * Raanan Zilberman (born 1960), Israeli businessman ;Surname *Gili Raanan (born 1969), Israeli venture capitalist * Justin Raanan, American periodontist *Uri Ra'anan Uri Ra'anan, originally named Heinz Felix Frischwasser-Ra’anan (born June 10, 1926, in Vienna; died August 10, 2020), was an American expert in the politics of communist countries, particularly the Soviet Union and China, and in the resurgence of ... (1926–2020), American political scientist * Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz ( he, רענן אלכסנדרוביץ', born August 29, 1969, Jerusalem, Israel) is a director, screenwriter and editor. He is known for the documentary ''The Law in These Parts'' (2011), for which received the Grand Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival, a Peabody award, and numerous other prizes. His earlier documentaries, ''The Inner Tour'' (2001) and ''Martin'' (1999), were shown in the Berlin Film Festival's Forum section and MoMA's New Directors / New Films series. Alexandrowicz's single fiction feature, '' James' Journey to Jerusalem'' (2003), premiered in Cannes Directors' Fortnight and at the Toronto International Film Festival and received several international awards. He also directed the 2019 documentary film ''The Viewing Booth''. Alexandrowicz's films have been released theatrically in the United States and Europe, and broadcast by PBS, Arte, the BBC, as well as other television channels. He served several times as an editing adviser for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ra'anan Cohen
Ra'anan Cohen ( he, רענן כהן, born 28 February 1941) is a former Israeli politician who served as a government minister during the early 2000s. Biography Born in Baghdad in Iraq, Cohen made aliyah in 1951. During his youth he was a counsellor in the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement, and was secretary of the Labor Party youth guard in Bnei Brak until 1970. He took Middle Eastern studies at Tel Aviv University, gaining a BA, MA and PhD in the subject. He served as chairman of Labor Party's Arab and Druze branch between 1975 and 1986. Between 1986 and 1992, he chaired the party's elections branch. In 1988, he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment's list. He was re-elected in 1992 (by which time the Alignment had merged into the Labor Party), and 1996. In December 1997, he was elected secretary-general of the party, winning 76% of the vote. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raanan Gillon
Raanan Evelyn Zvi Gillon FRCP (born April 1941) is emeritus professor of medical ethics at Imperial College London, and past president of the BMA. A general practitioner until his retirement in 2002, Gillon edited the ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' from 1980 to 2002, and from 1995 to 1999 was professor at Imperial. He is an author on several works on medical ethics including ''Philosophical Medical Ethics''. Gillon is credited with making "a major philosophical contribution to critical thinking about moral issues raised by the practice of medicine"Boyd, K. The Discourses of Bioethics in the United Kingdom. In Baker, R.B. & McCullough (Eds) The Cambridge World History of Medical Ethics. Cambridge University Press. p.488. and with being "the leading British advocate and interpreter of Beauchamp and Childress's four principles approach" to moral reasoning in healthcare. Early life and education Raanan Gillon was born in April 1941 in Jerusalem, to a Jewish father, Meir Selig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raanan Gissin
Raanan Gissin (born 1949) is an Israeli political scientist, analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab–Israeli conflict. He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. Life Gissin has Israeli Jewish roots with his family going back five generations. Raanan Gissim was born in Ra'anana, Israel, in 1949; thus, the selection of his name. In July, 1949 his parents moved in to found kibbutz HaSolelim. He was born there February 28, 1949. When my great-grandparents came from Russia a hundred and fifty years ago, my grandfather came with a Bible in one hand and a rifle in another, and his hand was extended to the Arabs who lived here, some did make business with him and others who fought him had to meet the wrath of his rifle, and that’s how you live in the Middle East. Education *1973 B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem. *1975 M.Sc. in Broadcasting Journalism, Hebrew University of Jerus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ra'anan Levy
Ra'anan Levy ( he, רענן לוי; 1 March 1954 – 2 June 2022) was a French-Israeli artist. Biography Born into a Syrian Jewish family, Levy's grandfather worked as a newspaper manager in Damascus. Following the Yom Kippur War, Levy was released from his military service. From 1975 to 1979, he was enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and subsequently the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. At the same time, he was also enrolled in the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence. From 1980 to 1982, he studied history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and from 1982 to 1984 was a resident of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. In 1987, he obtained a scholarship from the Fondation de France and moved to Paris. In 2006, the Musée Maillol organized the first retrospective dedicated to Levy's works, which was exhibited at numerous museums around the world, including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ra'anan Naim
Ra'anan Naim ( he, רענן נעים, 31 December 1935 – 7 September 2009) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1981 to 1984. Biography Born in Benghazi in Libya in 1935, Naim made aliyah to Israel in 1949. He attended the Hebrew school established by the Jewish Brigade, as well as the Ben Shemen Agricultural School and Beit Berl. He worked as an agricultural trainer in Kfar Hoshen, and in 1963 was amongst the people who re-established moshav Ramot Naftali. He served as secretary of the purchasing organisation of the Galilee moshavim, and also as director of the Moshavim Movement in the Galilee region. Knesset website In |
Raanan Rein
Raanan Rein ( he, רענן ריין; 17 June 1960) is the Elías Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and former Vice President of Tel Aviv University. Since 2005 Rein is the Head of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies.Diaz, Diego. Los inmigrantes judíos también fueron pioneros en la actividad deportiva', Clarin, October 20, 2012. He is a member of Argentina's National Academy of History, and former President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA). The Argentine government awarded him the title of Commander in the Order of the Liberator San Martín for his contribution to Argentine culture. The Spanish government awarded him the title of Commander in the Order of Civil Merit. His current research deals with Jewish Argentines and Peronism, sports and politics in Argentina, Jewish Self-Defense organizations, and Jewish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. Early life Rein was born in Givataim (Israel) where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raanan Zilberman
Raanan Zilberman (born November 23, 1960, in Israel) has served as CEO & president of several multinational corporations, most recently as CEO of Caesarstone, a Nasdaq listed multinational manufacturer of engineered quartz surfaces. Zilberman was appointed as CEO in September 2016 and his tenure at Caesarstone was from February 2017 to March 2018. In February 2017 Zilberman was appointed as the member of the Board at Vishay intertechnology, a NYSE and Fortune 1000 company that is one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components. In late 2016 Zilberman ended a 12 year tenure at the head of the Swiss-based Eden SpringsGroup, which comprises several water and coffee companies in Europe. Under Zilberman's lead, Eden Springs had made three exits during the years 2007, 2014, and 2016 from its partners: Danone Corporation, Och-ziff hedge fund and the private equity firm Rhône Group. Education Zilberman has a Bachelor of Science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gili Raanan
Gili Raanan (born 1969) is an Israeli venture capitalist and one of the inventors of CAPTCHA (US patent application with 1997 priority date ), the WAF (web application firewall) and many other inventions in the fields of application security and discovery. Raanan started Sanctum in 1997, and invented the first Web application firewall AppShield and the first Web application penetration testing software AppScan. He later started NLayers which was acquired by EMC Corporation pioneering the science of Application discovery and understanding. He is an investor and a General Partner at Sequoia Capital, the Founder of Cyberstarts, and was a board member at Adallom, Armis Security, Onavo, Moovit, Innovid (NYSE:CTV) and Snaptu. Biography Gili Raanan was born in Kfar Saba, Israel. He earned a Bachelor of Computer Science In 2002 from the Tel Aviv University, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Recanati School of the Tel Aviv University. Business career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Raanan
Justin Raanan is a periodontist, former instructor of Harvard School of Dental Medicine and former teaching assistant at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. Education Justin Raanan was born and raised in Beverly Hills. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles for his undergraduate degree. He studied anthropology and biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ..., and graduated ''Latin honors, magna cum laude'' with a Bachelor of Science. He also holds a DMD from the University of Southern California and a MMSc from Harvard. Awards * Harvard Research Award (2016) * Nominated Balint Orban Memorial Competition (2015) * UCLA: ''magna cum laude'' (2009) * UCLA Golden Key International Honor Society (2007) * Phi Theta Kappa medal (2004) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Ra'anan
Uri Ra'anan, originally named Heinz Felix Frischwasser-Ra’anan (born June 10, 1926, in Vienna; died August 10, 2020), was an American expert in the politics of communist countries, particularly the Soviet Union and China, and in the resurgence of post-Soviet Russia. He taught at Boston University where he was involved in the University Professors Program, and also at the International Security Studies Program (Fletcher School). He spoke at the Ford Hall Forum twice, in 1978 and again in 2007. Early life and education He received an M.A. and M.Litt. from Oxford University. References External links Official page {{DEFAULTSORT:Ra'anan, Uri 1926 births 2020 deaths American political scientists Austrian emigrants to the United States Boston University faculty Tufts University faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Ra'anan
Yoav Ra'anan (; born 15 January 1928) is an Israeli former Olympic diver. He was born in Cairo, Egypt. Diving career Ra'anan competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics, at the age of 24, in Helsinki, coming in 9th in Men's Springboard and 24th in Men's Platform. It was Israel's first appearance in the Olympic Games. He won a gold medal in high diving at the 1953 Maccabiah Games. Ra'anan participated for Israel at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines, in diving, winning the gold medal in 3 m springboard and the silver medal in 10 m platform. He competed again for Israel at the 1956 Summer Olympics, at the age of 28, in Melbourne, coming in 22nd in Men's Springboard. Ra'anan was one of only three competitors representing Israel in those Games, as they took place weeks after the Sinai War The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
