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Michael Sapir , CEO to Sapir Real Estate Development is an American Real Estate Developer and Attorney in New York. ...
Sapir, meaning sapphire in Hebrew, may refer to: *Sapir (surname), including a list of people with the surname *Sapir, Israel, a moshav in Israel *''Sapir'', an online journal edited by Bret Stephens See also * * *Sapir Academic College *Sapir Prize The Sapir Prize for Literature of Israel is a prestigious annual literary award presented for a work of literature in the Hebrew language. The prize is awarded by Mifal HaPayis (Israel's state lottery), and is a part of the organization's cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapphire
Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium oxide () with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium, or magnesium. The name sapphire is derived via the Latin "sapphirus" from the Greek "sappheiros", which referred to Lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli. It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors. Red corundum stones also occur, but are called ruby, rubies rather than sapphires. Pink-colored corundum may be classified either as ruby or sapphire depending on locale. Commonly, natural sapphires are cut and polished into gemstones and worn in jewellery, jewelry. They also may be created synthetically in laboratories for industrial or decorative purposes in large boule (crystal), crystal boules. Because of the remarkable hardness of sapphires 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, Mohs scale (the third hardest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved throughout history as the main liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. Hebrew is the only Canaanite language still spoken today, and serves as the only truly successful example of a dead language that has been revived. It is also one of only two Northwest Semitic languages still in use, with the other being Aramaic. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' Lashon Hakodesh'' (, ) since an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapir (surname)
Sapir is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * André Sapir, Belgian economist *Edward Sapir, American anthropologist and linguist **J. David Sapir, his son, also an anthropologist and linguist *Esteban Sapir, Argentine cinematographer and director * Estelle Sapir, Polish Holocaust survivor *Gal Sapir, Israeli footballer *Jacques Sapir, French economist *Mark Sapir, Russian-American mathematician *Michael Sapir, American businessperson, founder of ProShares *Pinchas Sapir, Israeli politician *Richard Sapir, American novelist *Tamir Sapir, American businessman *Yosef Sapir Yosef Sapir ( he, יוסף ספיר; January 27, 1902 – February 26, 1972) was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the General Zionists and was a founding member of the Gahal party. Sapir ..., Israeli politician See also * Sapir (other) References {{surname Hebrew-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Surnames from o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapir, Israel
Sapir ( he, סַפִּיר) is a community settlement in southern Israel. Located near Route 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Central Arava Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1979 and is named after Pinchas Sapir Pinchas Sapir ( he, פנחס ספיר, born Pinchas Kozlowski 15 October 1906 – 12 August 1975) was an Israeli politician during the first three decades following the country's founding. He held two important ministerial posts, Minister of Fin .... It was planned by the architect Gershon Tzippor and was founded primarily to provide housing for municipal workers of the regional council. As time passed, its nature changed. As of 2006 it houses mostly people of various professions, as opposed to other settlements of the Aravah, which mostly do agriculture. Near the community there is a nature park and an airstrip. References {{Central Arava Regional Council Central Arava Regional Council Community settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bret Stephens
Bret Louis Stephens (born November 21, 1973) is an American conservative journalist, editor, and columnist. He began working as an opinion columnist for ''The New York Times'' in April 2017 and as a senior contributor to NBC News in June 2017. Stephens previously worked for ''The Wall Street Journal'' as a foreign-affairs columnist and later as the deputy editorial page editor, and was responsible for the editorial pages of its European and Asian editions. From 2002 to 2004, he was editor-in-chief of ''The Jerusalem Post''. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2013. Stephens is known for his neoconservative foreign policy opinions and for being part of the right-of-center opposition to Donald Trump. Biography Stephens was born in New York City, the son of Xenia and Charles J. Stephens, a former vice president of General Products, a chemical company in Mexico. Both his parents were secular Jews. His mother was born in Italy at the start of World War II to Jewish paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapir Academic College
Sapir College ( he, המכללה האקדמית ספיר, ''HaMikhlela HaAkademit Sapir'') is a college in Israel, located in the northwestern Negev desert near Sderot. It is the largest public college in Israel, with an enrollment of 8,000 students. Sapir College The college is named after Israeli politician . History The communities of established the college in 1963 as an evening school for adult higher education. It later became an Academic College affiliated with |
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