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Yaacov Heller
Yaacov Heller is an Israeli Americans, Israeli-American sculptor and jewelry designer based in Boca Raton, Florida, who is known for his sculptures of Biblical themes. In 2020, he was the recipient of 22nd Annual Opal Awards by The Rotary Club of Boca Raton. Early life and artistic career Heller was born in 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio, as Jack E. Heller into a traditional Jewish family. He studied at the Cleveland Museum of Art and has served in the US Navy. In 1965, he moved to California, and began to develop a wide range of custom-made gold jewelry. Heller quickly became friends with some of Hollywood's royalty, creating custom art for them – including earrings for Shelley Winters, paintings and sculptures for Sammy Davis Jr., and a special pendant for the hit show, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." This pendant was commissioned to Heller by the show's producer, James Komack. Heller created 150 fourteen-karat gold pendants, which represented the "clasped hands logo" of the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Americans
Israeli Americans ( he, אָמֵרִיקָאִים יִשׂרָאֵליִם, translit=Ameriqaim Yiśraʾelim, or ) are United States, Americans who are of full or partial Israelis, Israeli descent. In this category are those who are Israelis through Israeli citizenship law, nationality and/or citizenship. Reflecting Israel's demographics, while the vast majority of the Israeli American populace is Israeli Jews, Jewish, it is also made up of various ethnic and religious minorities; most notably the Arab citizens of Israel, ethnic Arab minority, which includes Islam in Israel, Muslims, Christianity in Israel, Christians, and the Druze in Israel, Druze, as well as the smaller non-Arab minority ethnic groups. History Israelis began migrating to the United States shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence, establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948. Thus, during the 1950s, 21,376 Israeli immigrants came to the US and the 1960s saw 30,911 Israeli immigrants, often seen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
