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Zvi Tenney
Zvi ( he, צְבִי and , ''Tzvi'', Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a Jewish masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: * Zvi Aharoni (1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent * Zvi Arad (1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, president of Netanya Academic College * Zvi Ben-Avraham (born 1941), Israeli geophysicist * Zvi Bodie, American academic * Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi * Zvi Chalamish, Israeli financier * Zvi Elpeleg (1926–2015), Israeli academic * Zvi Galil (born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of Tel Aviv University * Zvika Greengold (born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor * Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), Jewish-American economist * Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (born 1857), American rabbi * Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952), Israeli rebbe * Zvi Hecker (born 1931), Israeli architect * Zvi Heifetz (born 1956), Israeli diplomat * Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Name
The Jewish name has historically varied, encompassing throughout the centuries several different traditions. This article looks at the onomastics practices of the Jewish people, that is, the history of the origin and forms of proper names. History Early Biblical Era The name conferred upon a person in early Biblical times was generally connected with some circumstance of that person's birth—several of Jacob's sons are recorded as having received their names in this manner (Genesis 30). Generally, it was the mother who chose the name, as in the case of Jacob's sons, but there were occasions on which the father chose the child's name, such as in Genesis 16:15, 17:19, and 21:2. Occasionally, persons other than the parents were the name-givers, as in the cases of Moses (Exodus 2:10) and Solomon (II Samuel 12:25). It appears to have been the custom in early Biblical times to confer a name immediately upon birth, but in later periods a name was given to a boy at circumcision (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Heifetz
Zvi Heifetz, born 9 December 1956, is an Israeli diplomat, a lawyer, businessman and media executive. Heifetz previously served as an Ambassador at large, Special Envoy to the Golf countries, UAE and Bahrain, Ambassador of the State of Israel to the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia, Ambassador to Russian Federation, Ambassador to Austria, UNIDO, UNDOC and OSCE and Ambassador to the United Kingdomand. Early life Heifetz was born in Tomsk, Siberia, where his Latvian Jewish family had been exiled to from Riga, Latvia, in 1940. His grandfather, Ya’akov Jedeikin, was executed by the Stalin regime due to his involvement in Zionist activities and donating money to Jewish organizations in Palestine. Jedeikin was later granted the title of a "Martyr" by the State of Israel for these activities. At the age of eleven months, Heifetz and his family returned to Riga, (then still a part of the USSR). In 1971, the family immigrated to Israel, first settled in Givat HaMoreh and lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Schreiber
Zvi Schreiber ( (born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli serial entrepreneur, executive, and author. He founded high-tech startups like G.ho.st, which at the time was considered the only high-tech startup with a joint Palestinian–Israeli team. In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech which he sold to GE Lighting. Biography Zvi Schreiber has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Theoretical Physics (Quantum Fields) from Imperial College London, and a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London. He is the brother of Daniel Schreiber, CEO and co-founder of Lemonade. Schreiber also studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion. Business career Schreiber is the CEO of startup logistics technology company Freightos, a digital booking platform for international air and ocean freight that he describes as the "equivalent of Expedia/Orbitz/Kayak for the shipment of goods rather than people". Under Schreiber's leadership Freightos also acquired WebCargo which is a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim
Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim ( he, צבי יעקב אופנהיים; 1854-1926) was Chief Rabbi of Kelm, Lithuania, and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva. Biography Rabbi Oppenheim was born in 1854 in the small village of Yakubowe (now Jokūbavas, Kretinga district, Lithuania). He showed extraordinary talents from his earliest youth and at age nine could already study a page of Talmud with commentaries on his own. He was an orphan, and his relatives sent him to Trishik, where he studied with the local rabbi and teacher, Rabbi Lev Szpiro, a son of Rabbi Leibele Kovner. From Trishik he traveled to the study group of Rabbi Yosef Rosin, who was then chief rabbi in Telz. He was already famous in Telz as a great scholar and while he was still a very young man, Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv chose him as the head of his modern mussar yeshiva. After several years there, he returned to Telz and taught Talmud to the students in the group in which he himself had once studied. In 1883, Rabbi Eliez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Nishri
Zvi Nishri ( he, צבי נשרי; January 4, 1878 – July 22, 1973) was a pioneer in modern physical education in British Mandate for Palestine and later, Israel. Biography Zvi Orloff (later Nishri) was born to a Jewish family in Russia, where he served as a soldier. His sister was the sculptor, Chana Orloff. Raful Eitan was a nephew. He immigrated to Palestine in 1903. He initially worked as a laborer, in Petah Tikva. Physical education career In 1906 he became involved in physical education. In 1908, he started to teach physical education, and by 1912, he was involved in training teachers on the subject. In 1911, he introduced Scandinavian gymnastics to Palestine. He taught at the Herzliya High School for 40 years. Nishri authored the first physical education publications in Hebrew, and established the first physical education and sports terminology in Hebrew. In 1913, he began a prolific career as an author, writing publications on gymnastics, football, and other ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Mowshowitz
Zvi Mowshowitz is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player who also held a developer intern position at Wizards of the Coast Magic R&D. He is known for having created innovative and sometimes game-breaking decks TurboZvi and My Fires. His first-place finishes include a Pro Tour and a Grand Prix. He has placed in the top eight of four Pro Tours, and earned over $140,000 playing Magic competitively. In 2007, Mowshowitz was elected into the Magic Hall of Fame. Mowshowitz is also an avid internet writer, previously with ''The Dojo'', ''Mindripper'', ''Brainburst'', ''StarCityGames'', and then for the official Magic website MagicTheGathering.com. In April 2006, he stopped writing for MagicTheGathering.com. Mowshowitz was the CEO of MetaMed, a medical research analysis firm. Mowshowitz is the son of American biochemist Deborah Mowshowitz Deborah Mowshowitz (''née'' Bernhardt) is an American biochemist and a Professor of Biology and Director of Undergraduate Programs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Mazel
Zvi Mazel ( he, צבי מזאל; born 4 March 1939) is an Israeli diplomat. He has served as the Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Romania, and Sweden. Education and work experience Mazel was born in Bnei Brak, and served in the IDF from 1956 to 1958. After initial studies in Israel, Mazel studied political science in France, at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (The Parisian Institute for Political Studies). There he met his wife, Michelle, a political scientist and writer. He graduated in 1963, and joined the diplomatic corps of the Israeli Foreign Ministry in 1966, where he served as a researcher at the Foreign Ministry's Institute of Political Research. From 1969 to 1973, he served as First Secretary of the Israeli Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and then served as an attache at the Israeli Embassy in Paris until 1977, when he returned to Israel to again serve as a researcher in the Institute of Political Research. From 1980 to 1982, he served at the Israeli Embassy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Magen
Zvi Magen (born 1945) is the former deputy head of Nativ, Israeli ambassador to Ukraine in 1993, ambassador to Russia in 1998, and Head of Nativ from 1999 to 2005. Magen wished to retire from his post during the Sharon government, but was convinced to stay until a replacement was found. This search was delayed because of Sharon's coma and Ehud Olmert's ascension, but was finally completed in November 2006 when ambassador to Ukraine Naomi Ben-Ami Naomi Ben-Ami ( he, נעמי בן עמי; born 1960) is an Israeli government official and the head of the liaison bureau Lishkat Hakesher, also known as Nativ. Ben-Ami is the first woman to head the organization. Biography Naomi Ben-Ami was born i ... was chosen. References * Israeli military personnel Living people 1945 births Ambassadors of Israel to Russia Ambassadors of Israel to Ukraine {{Israel-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Luria
Zvi Lurie ( he, צבי לוריא, 1 June 1906 – 21 May 1968) was a Jewish political figure in Mandatory Palestine. A member of the Jewish National Council, he was amongst the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. Biography Zvi Lurie was born in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland). He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1924. Lurie was a founder of kibbutz Ein Shemer. Zionist and political activism Lurie was a member of Hashomer Hatzair, serving as its general secretary between 1935 and 1937. He was a member of the Jewish National Council on behalf of Hashomer Hatzair, and was co-opted into the Provisional State Council following Israel's declaration of independence in May 1948. He also helped establish Kol Yisrael, which broadcast the declaration. After signing the declaration, Lurie left Israel to work on strengthening ties between Israel and the Jewish people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Lieberman
Zvi Lieberman (also Zvi Liberman) ( he, צבי ליברמן) (March 1, 1891 - August 6, 1985) Ben-Ezer, Ehud (1998). Days of Artemisia. Am Oved. p. 543. was a Russian-born Israeli children’s book author. He immigrated to Palestine during the Second Aliyah period and helped to found Moshav Nahalal. His books became the basis for two landmark films in the history of Israeli cinema - "Oded the Wanderer" (1933) and "Over the Ruins" (1938). Biography Zvi Lieberman (Livneh) was born in the village of Mankivka near Uman in the Kiev District (now Ukraine). He grew up in a Hasidic Jewish home and attended a traditional heder. Later he went to yeshiva and studied general subjects with a private teacher. His father, Ben-Zion, was a businessman. While many Jewish families in the village earned their living from agriculture, Ben-Zion was a bookish type who stood out for his knowledge of Hebrew. From a young age, Zvi took an interest in Zionism and joined a Zionist youth movement. In 1912, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Laron
Zvi Laron ( he, צבי לרון, born February 6, 1927) is an Israeli paediatric endocrinologist. Born in Cernăuţi, Romania, Laron is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. In 1966, he described the type of dwarfism later called Laron syndrome. His research opened the way to the treatment of many cases of growth hormone disorders. He was the first to introduce the multidisciplinary treatment for juvenile diabetes. Biography Family background and childhood Laron was born on February 7, 1927, to a Jewish family in the Bukovinian city of Cernăuţi (Chernivtsi), then in Romania (now in Ukraine). At the age of 6, he moved with his family to another Bukovinian town, Rădăuți. Following the June 1941 invasion of the USSR by Nazi Germany, Romania allied itself with Nazi Germany and regained Northern Bukovina (which had been annexed by the USSR in 1940), the 14 years old child and his family were deported to the concentration camps of Transnistria. There he had the chance to su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvi Kolitz
Zvi Kolitz ( he, צבי קוליץ; December 14, 1912 – September 29, 2002) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish film and theatrical producer and a writer whose short story '' Yosl Rakover Talks to God'' became a classic of Holocaust literature. Life Zvi Kolitz, a son of a prominent rabbinical family, was born in Alytus, Lithuania. He studied at the nearby Yeshiva of Slobodka and then lived for several years in Italy, where he attended the University of Florence and the Naval Academy at Civitavecchia. He emigrated to Palestine in 1936 and led recruiting efforts for the Zionist Revisionist movement. He was arrested by the British and jailed for his political activities. After Israel's independence in 1948, Kolitz became active in the state's literary and cultural life. In 2002, Kolitz died of natural causes in New York, NY. ''Yosl Rakover Talks to God'' Kolitz is best known for ''Yosl Rakover Talks to God,'' a short story he wrote in 1946 for a Jewish newspaper in Buenos Aires. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
