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alternate spelling, commonly in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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Aaron According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...

'', prominent biblical figure in the

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

, "Of the Mountains", or "Mountaineer". There are other variants including "Ahron" and "Aron". Aharon is also occasionally a patronymic

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, usually with the hyphenated prefix "Ben-". People with the name include:

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Aharon Abuhatzira Aharon Abuhatzira ( he, אהרן אבוחצירא, 28 October 1938 – 21 September 2021) was an Israeli politician. After serving as mayor of Ramla, he held several ministerial portfolios in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He resigned from the ...

(1938–2021), Israeli politician *

Aharon Amar Aharon Amar ( he, אהרון אמר), is a former Israeli association football, footballer for Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa. Sports career Amar was discovered by Haifa, when word of mouth got around that a local kibbutz had a new immigrant ...

(born 1937), Israeli footballer * Aharon Amir (1923–2008), Israeli poet, translator, and writer * Aharon Amram (born 1939), Israeli singer, composer, poet, and researcher *

Aharon Appelfeld Aharon Appelfeld ( he, אהרן אפלפלד; born Ervin Appelfeld; February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor. Biography Ervin Appelfeld was born in Jadova Commune, Storojineț County, in the Bukovina ...

(1932–2018), Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor *

Aharon April Aharon April (russian: Аарон Исаакович Априль; he, אהרון אפריל) was a Russian artist and contemporary Israeli artist born in Lithuania in 1932. His works are in major public and private collections in Europe, Russi ...

(1932–2020), Russian artist * Aharon Barak (born 1936), Israeli lawyer and jurist *

Aharon Becker Aharon Becker ( he, אהרן בקר, 21 December 1905 – 24 December 1995) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1955 and 1974. Biography Born in Kobryn in the Russian Empire (today in Belarus), Becker was educ ...

(1905–1995), Israeli politician *

Aharon Ben-Shemesh Aharon Ben-Shemesh (; 1889–1988) was an Israeli writer, translator, and lecturer in Islamic Law at Tel Aviv University. He published a modern Hebrew translation of the Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the rec ...

(1889–1988), Israeli writer, translator, and lecturer *

Aharon Chelouche Aharon Chelouche ( he, אהרן שלוש / Arabic: هارون ثلاثة) (born 19 May 1840 in Oran, Algeria – 7 April 1920, British-occupied Palestine) was an Algerian Sephardic Jew, landowner, jeweler and moneychanger. During the end of the ...

(1840–1920), Algerian landowner, jeweler, and moneychanger * Aharon Cohen (1910–1980), Israeli politician * Aharon D`Angelo-Lozenko (born 1990), Armenian wrestler * Aharon Danziger, Israeli Paralympic volleyball player *

Aharon Davidi Aharon Davidi (1927 – February 11, 2012) was an Israeli general and founder of the Sar-El volunteer program of the IDF. Biography He was born in Mandatory Palestine as the youngest son of an immigrant family from Bender (Bessarabia). At the a ...

(1927–2012), Israeli general *

Aharon Dolgopolsky Aharon Dolgopolsky, also spelled Aron ( he, אהרון דולגופולסקי, russian: Арон Борисович Долгопольский; 18 November 1930 – 20 July 2012) was a Russian-Israeli linguist who is known as one of the modern fo ...

(1930–2012), Russian-Israeli linguist * Aharon Doron (1922–2016), Israeli general and educator * Aharon Efrat (1911–1989), Israeli politician * Aharon Feldman (born 1932), American rabbi * Aharon Galstyan (born 1970), Armenian-Russian serial killer * Aharon Gershgoren (born 1948), Israeli footballer * Aharon Gluska (born 1951), Israeli-American painter * Aharon Goldstein (1902–1976), Israeli politician * Aharon Gurevich, Russian rabbi *

Aharon HaLevi Rabbi Aharon ben Joseph ha-Levi ( he, אהרון הלוי‎; 1235 – c. 1290), known by his Hebrew acronym ''Ra'aH'' (), was a medieval rabbi, Talmudic scholar and Halakhist. Rabbi Aaron ha-Levi was born in Girona, Catalonia (present-day S ...

(1235– c. 1290), Spanish rabbi, scholar, and Halakhist *

Aharon Haliva Aharon Haliva ( he, אהרון חליוה; born 1967) is an Israeli Major general (Aluf) who commands the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel). Military service Haliva was drafted into the IDF in 1985. He volunteered as a paratrooper ...

(born 1967), Israeli Major general * Aharon Harel (1932–2000), Israeli politician *

Aharon Hoter-Yishai Aharon Hoter-Yishai was the Israeli Military Advocate General in 1948-1950 and testified at the Eichmann trial in 1961. Military and legal career In 1945 Hoter-Yishai was an officer of the Jewish Brigade in the Second World War. He served in It ...

, Israeli Military Advocate General *

Aharon Ibn Hayyim Aharon Ibn Hayyim ( he, אהרן אבן חיים‎ 1545–1632) was a Biblical commentary, biblical and Talmudic commentator. Born in Fez, Morocco, he served on the bet din and studied at the yeshivot of his father, Vidal ha-Zarefati and Joseph A ...

(1545–1632), Moroccan scholar *

Aharon Ipalé Aharon Ipalé (December 27, 1941 – June 27, 2016) was an Israeli-American actor, known for his roles in American and British film and television productions. His credits included '' Fiddler on the Roof'' (1971), '' Innocent Bystanders'' (1 ...

(1941–2016), Israeli-American actor * Aharon Isser (1958–1995), Israeli aeronautical engineer *

Aharon Jacobashvili Aharon Jacobashvili (also Aaron and Jakobashvili; אהרון יעקבשווילי; born September 18, 1964) is an Israeli former Olympic boxer. He was born in Georgia, and is Jewish. Boxing career He competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympi ...

(born 1964), Israeli boxer *

Aharon of Karlin (I) Aaron ben Jacob Perlov of Karlin (1736 – 1772), known among the Ḥasidim as Rabbi Aaron the Great, or simply as the "Preacher" or "Censor", was one of the early rabbis of the sect who helped the rapid spread of Ḥasidism in Eastern Europe, a ...

(1736–1772), Polish-Lithuanian rabbi * Aharon of Karlin (II) (1802–1872), Russian rabbi *

Aharon Kapitulnik Aharon Kapitulnik (born 1953) is an Israeli-American experimental condensed matter physicist working at Stanford University. He is known primarily for his work on strongly correlated electron systems, low dimensional electronic systems, unconven ...

(born 1953), Israeli-American physicist *

Aharon Katzir Aharon Katzir (Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky) (September 15, 1914 – May 30, 1972) was an Israeli pioneer in the study of the electrochemistry of biopolymers. Biography Born 1914 in Łódź, Poland, he moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1925, where he ...

(1914–1972), Israeli chemist *

Aharon Keshales Aharon Keshales ( he, אהרון קשלס; born 16 April 1976) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, and film critic. Biography Keshales was born in Jaffa, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family. He grew up in Bat Yam, Israel. He served as a s ...

(born 1976), Israeli film director, screenwriter, and film critic *

Aharon Moshe Kiselev Aharon Moshe Kiselev (1866–1949) was a Russian-born Manchurian rabbi. Early life Kiselev was born in Surazh, Chernigov district. In his youth, he excelled in his studies, and was known as the “Vietker Illui”. He later studied in Minsk, and ...

(1866–1949), Russian-Manchurian rabbi *

Yitzhak Aharon Korff Yitzhak Aharon (Ira A.) Korff is the present Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh. Since 1975 he has been the Chaplain of the City of Boston (serving the Boston Police and Fire Departments, Mayor's Office, and other City departments and agencies) and ...

, American rabbi *

Aharon Kotler Aharon Kotler (1892–1962) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania and the United States; the latter being where he founded Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. Early life Kotler w ...

(1892–1962), Lithuanian-American rabbi * Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015), French rabbi * Aharon Megged (1920–2016), Israeli author and playwright *

Aharon Meskin Aharon Meskin ( he, אהרן מסקין, 1898–1974) was an Israeli stage actor. Biography Aharon Meskin was born in 1898 in Mogilev in the Russian Empire (now in Belarus). His parents were Moshe Meskin and Rashel Chasanov. Following the Russia ...

(1898–1974), Israeli stage actor * Aharon Mor (born 1947), Polish-Israeli civil servant * Aharon Mordechai Rokeach (born 1975), Israeli rabbi * Aharon Nahmias (1932–1998), Israeli politician *

Aharon Perlow of Koidanov Aharon Perlow ( he, אהרון פרלוב; 1839 – 1897) was the third Rebbe of the Koidanov Hasidic dynasty. He was a charismatic leader who attracted thousands of followers and effected a revival of the Koidanover dynasty founded by his gran ...

(1839–1897) – third

Rebbe A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...

Koidanov Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk, formerly Koidanova or Koydanava ( be, Дзяржы́нск, Dziaržynsk, formerly , ; russian: Дзержи́нск, Dzerzhinsk, formerly , ; pl, Kojdanów; yi, קוידאַנאָוו, Koydanov; lt, Kaidanava), in t ...

* Aharon Pfeuffer (1949–1993), Israeli rabbi *

Avraham Aharon Price Abraham Aharon Price (December 10, 1900 – March 30, 1994) was a renowned Torah scholar, writer, educator, and a community leader in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was one of the city's most influential rabbinic figures. Early life Abraham Aharon ...

(1900–1994), Canadian scholar, writer, educator, and community leader *

Aharon Razel Aharon Razel ( he, אהרן רזאל) is an Israeli musician. His music explores topics such as the Torah, Orthodox Judaism and living in Israel. Biography Born in New York City in 1974, Razel came to Israel with his family when he was one month ...

(born 1974), Israeli musician *

Aharon Razin Aharon Razin (Hebrew: אהרון רזין; April 6, 1935 – May 27, 2019) was an Israeli biochemist. Biography Aharon Razin was raised in Petah Tikva. He began his academic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, majoring in physics a ...

(1935–2019), Israeli biochemist * Aharon Remez (1919–1994), Israeli civil servant, politician, diplomat, and Air Force commander * Aharon Rokeach (1880–1957), Ukrainian rabbi * Aharon Roth (1894–1947), Hungarian rabbi and scholar *

Aharon Shabtai Aharon Shabtai ( he, אהרון שבתאי; born April 11, 1939) is an Israeli poet and translator. Biography Aharon Shabtai studied Greek and philosophy in Jerusalem, at the Sorbonne and at Cambridge, and he teaches literature in Tel Aviv Unive ...

(born 1939), Israeli poet and translator *

Aharon Leib Shteinman Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman ( he, אהרן יהודה לייב שטינמן), also Shtainman or Steinman (November 3, 1914 – December 12, 2017), was a Haredi rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. Following the death of Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 2012 ...

(1914–2017), Israeli rabbi *

Aharon Shulov Professor Aharon Shulov (Hebrew: אהרון שולוב, also spelled Schulow, 1907–1997) was an Israeli entomology, entomologist and the founder of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. Biography Aharon Shulov was born in Kropyvnytskyi, Yelisavetgrad, Rus ...

(1907–1997), Israeli entomologist *

Aharon Solomons Aharon Solomons ( Ernest Henry Child Simpson; born 27 September 1939) is an Anglo-Israeli former Army officer, and sportsman who at one point held the Israeli national record for freediving. Early life Solomons is the only child of Ernest Ald ...

(born 1939), Anglo-Israeli Army officer and freediver *

Aharon Sorasky Rabbi Aharon Sorasky ( he, אהרן סורסקי; surname also spelled ''Surasky'' or ''Sorsky'') is a Haredi author in Israel, his specialty being biographies about Orthodox rabbis. He has also written under the pseudonym A. Safran. Personal li ...

(born 1940), Israeli author *

Aharon Uzan Aharon Uzan ( he, אהרן אוזן, 1 November 1924 – 23 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s. Biography Uzan was born in Moknine in Tunisia, and was a member of ...

(1924–2007), Israeli politician *

Aharon Wasserman Aharon Wasserman (born December 11, 1986) is an entrepreneur and software designer. Currently he serves as the Vice President of Creative and Marketing for NGP VAN, the data company at the center of the Democratic Party's technology infrastructu ...

(born 1986), American entrepreneur and software designer *

Aharon Yadlin Aharon Yadlin (; 17 April 1926 – 12 August 2022) was an Israeli educator and politician. Biography Aharon Yadlin was born in Tel Aviv and grew up in moshav Ben Shemen and Rehovot during the Mandate era. He was active in the local scouting ...

(1926–2022), Israeli educator and politician *

Aharon Yariv Aharon Yariv ( he, אהרן רבינוביץ' יריב, 20 December 1920 – 7 May 1994) was an Israeli politician and general. Biography Aharon ("Aharale") Rabinovich (later Yariv) was born in Moscow in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialis ...

(1920–1994), Israeli politician and general * Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash (born 1948), Israeli general *

Aharon Zisling Aharon Zisling ( he, אהרון ציזלינג, 26 February 1901 – 16 January 1964) was an Israeli politician and minister and a signatory of Israel's declaration of independence. Biography Born in Minsk in the Russian Empire (now in Belarus ...

(1901–1964), Israeli politician and minister *

Aharon Zorea Aharon Wilson Zorea (born March 5, 1969) is a US historian specializing in modern social movements, especially related to crime control and contemporary Medical ethics, medical issues. Early life Aharon Zorea was born Aaron James Alexander W ...

(born 1969), American historian * Aharon of Zhitomir, Ukrainian rabbi

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* Dudu Aharon (born 1984), Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, and composer *

Michal Aharon Michal Aharon is an Israeli computer scientist known for her research on sparse dictionary learning, image denoising, and the K-SVD algorithm in machine learning. She is a researcher on advertisement ranking for Yahoo! in Haifa. Education and c ...

, Israeli computer scientist * Shay Aharon (born 1978), Israeli retired footballer *

Yossi Aharon Yossi Aharon ( he, יוסי אהרון) is a musician and Greek bouzouki player from Tiberias, Israel. Biography Yossi Aharon began his musical career at an early age. He started learning music theory at the age of 3 and learned to play the bo ...

, Israeli bouzouki player

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