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Uri (name)
Uri ( he, אורי; {{IPA-he, ˈʔuʁi, pron) is a given name for males. Notable people named Uri include: * Uri Adelman (1958–2004), Israeli writer * Uri Alon (born 1969), Israeli biologist and professor * Uri Amit (1934–2011), 3rd mayor of Ramat Gan * Uri Ariel (born 1952), Israeli politician * Uri Aviram (born 1936), Israeli professor * Uri Avnery (1923–2018), Israeli writer and peace activist * Uri Barbash (born 1946), Israeli film director * Uri Benjamin (born 1954), Israeli footballer * Uri Bergman (born 1953), Israeli Paralympic swimming champion * Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917–2005), American psychologist * Uri Caine (born 1956), American jazz pianist * Uri Cohen-Mintz (born 1973), Israeli basketball player * Uri Coronel (1946–2016), Dutch sports director (AFC Ajax) * Uri Dadush, French economist, World Bank director * Uri Davis (born 1943), Israeli/Palestinian academic and activist * Uri Gallin (1928–2021), Israeli Olympic discus thrower * Uri Geller (born 1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Adelman
Uri Adelman ( he, אורי אדלמן; September 3, 1958 – August 5, 2004) was an Israeli writer, musician, composer, computer expert, and professor at Tel Aviv University. Biography Adelman was born and raised in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, the 8th generation of a German-Jewish family hailing from Jerusalem. Adelman used the TAU's musicology department where he worked as a setting for his first thriller novel, ''Concerto for Spy and Orchestra''. His second novel, ''Lost and Found'', was a fantasy novel about Ashkenazi moshavnik Mossad agents, who alternated frequenting the Jerusalem Cinematheque with flying secretly to Cyprus. Written using short chapters and clear, direct Hebrew, the novels were bestsellers in Israel, culminating in translations to German, Greek and Japanese. Critics in Israel praised ''Lost and Found'' as "the perfect Israeli thriller", and his writing has received favourable comparisons with John Grisham. In addition to 4 novels, Adelman wrote computer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Nissan Gnessin
Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879–1913) was a Russian-Jewish writer and a pioneer in modern Hebrew literature. Early life He was born in Starodub, and grew up in the small town of Pochep, Orel province. His father was a rabbi and the head of a yeshiva in Pochep. His brother was Menahem Gnessin, a co-founder of the Habima Theatre. After attending cheder, Gnessin studied at his father's yeshiva, and there became friends with Yosef Haim Brenner, a fellow student. As a boy he wrote poetry and was interested secular subjects; when he was 15 years old, he and Brenner together produced a literary journal that they distributed to a small circle of friends. Literary career and later years Around 1899, when Gnessin was 18 years old, he was invited by Nahum Sokolow to join the editorial board of the Hebrew-language newspaper ''Ha-Tsefirah'', in Warsaw, where he began to publish his poems and stories, as well as literary criticism and translations. His first book, ''Zilelei ha-Hayyim'' (The Shadow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Savir
Uri Savir ( he, אורי סביר; 7 January 1953 – 14 May 2022) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. He was Israel's chief negotiator for the Oslo Accords and served as a Member of Knesset (MK) from 1999 to 2001. Early life Savir was born in Jerusalem on 7 January 1953. His father, Leo, co-founded the Israeli Foreign Service. Savir studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations. Career Savir first worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an information officer at the Israeli embassy in Canada, before acting as a press officer at the consulate in New York City. He became the communications advisor of Shimon Peres in 1984, as well as one of his senior advisers. In that capacity, Savir participated in Peres' ground-breaking visit to Morocco in July 1986. Savir was subsequently appointed consul-general in New York in 1988, serving in that role for four years. Savir was named director-general of the Forei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Sagi
Uri Sagi ( he, אורי שגיא; born 5 August 1943) is an Israeli retired general who held several prominent posts including commander of the Golani Brigade and chief of the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate. In 2000–2003 Uri Sagi was the CEO of Mekorot, Israel's national water company. Biography Uri Sagi was born in Kiryat Bialik during the Mandate era, a seventh generation native of Palestine. He is married to Gila and has three children. He had a fourth daughter born outside of marriage who died of leukemia at age 19. In 2012, years after his active military service, Sagi ran for the Awoda in the Knesset election. After allegations against him of sexual misconduct were brought before the party leadership in the mid-1970s, he withdrew his candidacy for the list. Military service Sagi was drafted into the IDF in 1961 and did his military service in the Golani Brigade, of which he became commander in 1976-1977. He served in the Brigade as a soldier, a squad leader. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Rosenthal
Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal (born 19 July 1945) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and political scientist. Rosenthal a political scientist by occupation, was elected as a Member of the Senate on 8 June 1999 after the Senate election of 1999. On 5 May 2005 he was selected as the parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate. Following the election of 2010 Rosenthal was asked to become Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Rutte–Verhagen Rosenthal accepted and resigned as parliamentary leader in the Senate and a Member of the Senate the same day he took office as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs on 14 October 2010 serving until 5 November 2012. A professor of political science and public administration by occupation, he taught from 1980 until 2010 at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University. Early life Uriël Rosenthal was born on 19 July 1945 in Montreux, Switzerland to J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Orlev
Uri Orlev (; 24 February 1931 – 26 July 2022) born Jerzy Henryk Orłowski, was a Polish-born Israeli children's author and translator. He received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1996 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature", the Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew Literary Works in 1972 and the Bialik Prize for literature in 2006. Biography Uri Orlev was born in 1931 in Warsaw, Poland, the son of a physician. During World War II, his father was taken captive by the Russians and he lived with his mother in the Warsaw Ghetto until she was killed by the Nazis. A relative hid him and his brother in the ghetto until he was caught by the Germans and deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1943. As a prisoner in Bergen-Belsen, he wrote and recited poetry which would later be published by Yad Vashem in 2005. He survived the Holocaust and was liberated by the British Army in 1945. He and his brother emigrated to Israel and were placed in kibbutz Gine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Orbach
Uri Shraga Orbach ( he, אורי שרגא אורבך; 28 March 1960 – 16 February 2015) was an Israelis, Israeli Religious Zionism, Religious Zionist writer, journalist, and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home party, and as Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel, Minister of Pensioner Affairs. Biography Orbach was born in Petah Tikva, Israel. He attended a Hesder yeshiva, and did his national service in Israel Defense Forces in the Armored Corps (Israel), IDF Armored Corps, where he served as a Staff Sergeant. He later worked as a journalist, producing columns for ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' and serving as a co-host for the Army Radio mid-morning show "The Last Word". He also wrote several children's books, including ''Donkeys on the Roof and Other Stories'', and a dictionary of Religious Zionist slang, ''My Grandfather Was a Rabbi'', as well as founding and editing the popular Israeli children's magazines ''Otiot'' and ''Sukariot''. Prior to the 2009 Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Malmilian
Uri Malmilian ( he, אורי מלמיליאן; born April 24, 1957) is an Israeli former football player and current manager. Early life and playing career Born in the neighbourhood of Mamilla in West Jerusalem, Malmilian had a memorable playing career in the Liga Leumit at Beitar Jerusalem. He is regarded as one of the best Israeli players ever. Malmilian joined the youth system of Beitar at an early age. At the age of sixteen(16), Malmilian had his first appearance in the senior team of Beitar. In this first match he scored a stunning goal from a corner kick. Malmilian had his big breakthrough in the 1976 season. He led the squad to the second place of the league and won Beitar's first important trophy, the Israeli Cup, after his goal in the 90th minute in the Final sealed the title. He was chosen as Player of the Season and was convoked to the National Team even before at the age of 18. This made Uri the youngest player ever to be convoked to Israel national football team. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Maklev
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Uri Maklev (, born 10 January 1957) is an Israeli politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Transportation and Road Safety and was previously a member of the Knesset for the Haredi party Degel HaTorah, which together with Agudat Yisrael forms the United Torah Judaism list. Biography Maklev, a graduate of both Kol HaTorah Yeshiva and Ponivezh Yeshiva, served as a member of Jerusalem City Council and as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2008. In this position, he was a member of the municipality's executive, holding the education portfolio and sitting on the finance and education committees. He was also a member of the local planning and construction committee, and the municipality's representative to Jerusalem's Sewage and Water Corporation. On 31 July 2008, Maklev entered the Knesset on the basis of an internal party rotation agreement. Upon his entry, Degel HaTorah had three seats for the first time in its history. He retained his seat in the 2009 elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Magbo
Uri Magbo ( he, אורי מגבו; born 12 September 1987) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Sektzia Ness Ziona. Early life Magbo was born in Tel Aviv District, Israel. His father is African-American of Nigerian descent, whereas his mother is Jewish-Israeli and of Persian-Jewish descent. Career Magbo was brought up through the ranks of Maccabi Jaffa and joined the club's senior squad, which played under the name A.S. Ramat Eliyahu in 2006. In 2008, the club merged again, with Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa, to form F.C. Bnei Jaffa, where Magbo played until he was loaned in mid-season to Liga Artzit club Hapoel Rishon LeZion, which was made a permanent transfer at the end of the season. In 2010, Magbo transferred to Premier League side F.C. Ashdod, where he made his Premier League debut on 28 August 2010, against Ironi Kiryat Shmona, coming on as a substitute. The following season, Magbo was loaned to Liga Leumit club Hapoel Ashkelon, and at the end of the season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Lupolianski
Uri Lupolianski ( he, אורי לופוליאנסקי; born 1951) was mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008 and founder of Yad Sarah. Biography Born August 29, 1951 in Haifa, Israel, Lupolianski studied at the Yavne School in Haifa and then attended Yeshivat Hanegev and Yeshivat Torah Ore. He served in the Israel Defense Forces as a paramedic and worked as a teacher at a religious school in Jerusalem. Lupolianski is married to Michal Lupolianski (Schneller), granddaughter of Rabbi Isaac Breuer. They have 12 children. Yad Sarah In 1976, Lupolianski founded the Yad Sarah organization to help the elderly and disabled. The organization is named for his Polish grandmother, who was murdered in the Holocaust. It lends out medical equipment and supplies a variety of services to the sick, elderly and lonely. Yad Sarah has a network of 6,000 volunteers working out of 96 branches, and serves all sectors of the population. Political career Lupolianski was Deputy Mayor, chairperson of the Plann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Kokia
Uri Kokia ( he, אורי קוקיה; born May 14, 1981) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for Ironi Ramat Gan of the Liga Artzit. Kokia played as a center/power forward position and was a member of the Israel national basketball team. He was named the Israeli Basketball Super League Most Improved Player in 2009. In November 2017, Kokia publicly came out as gay. Basketball career Uri Kokia began playing basketball with sport clubs Elitzur Yavneh and Maccabi Rehovot. At 21 years of age, Kokia entered the Premier League, playing for Hapoel Galil Elyon. He played five seasons for Ironi Nahariya, and has also played for Bnei Hasharon, Maccabi Haifa (after the 2007-08 season), Hapoel Holon, and Hapoel Jerusalem (for whom he was team captain). He was named the Israeli Basketball Super League Most Improved Player in 2009. In 2010, at the age of 29, Kokia was slated to make his Israel national team debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
