Ben-Zion, also spelled Ben Zion, and Benzion ( he, בן ציון, "Son of

Zion Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole (see Names ...

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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 ...

given name. It may refer to the following people:

Given name

Ben Zion Abba Shaul Ben Zion Abba Shaul ( he, בן-ציון אבא-שאול; 31 July 1924 – 13 July 1998; on the Hebrew calendar: 29 Tammuz 5684 – 19 Tammuz 5758) (first name also spelled Ben Sion) was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars a ...

(1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva * Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, birth name of

Itamar Ben-Avi Itamar Ben-Avi (; []; 31 July 1882 – 8 April 1943) was the first native speaker of modern Hebrew, Hebrew in modern times. He was a journalist and Zionism, Zionist activist. Biography Itamar Ben-Avi was born as Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda in Jerusalem ...

(1882–1943), first native speaker of Modern Hebrew as the son of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; journalist and Zionist activist *

Ben-Zion Bokser Ben-Zion Bokser (July 4, 1907 – January 30, 1984) was a major Conservative Judaism, Conservative rabbi in the United States. Biography Bokser was born in Liuboml, then a part of Poland, and emigrated to the United States at the age of 13 in ...

(1907–1984), major Conservative rabbi of the United States *

Ben-Zion Dinur Ben-Zion Dinur ( he, בן ציון דינור) (January 1884 – 8 July 1973) was a Zionist activist, educator, historian and Israeli politician. Biography Ben-Zion Dinaburg (later Dinur) was born in Khorol in the Russian Empire (now Polta ...

(1884–1973), Israeli politician *

Benzion Freshwater Benzion Shalom Eliezer Freshwater (born 1948) is a British billionaire property investor of Haredi Jewish descent. Early life Benzion Shalom Eliezer Freshwater is the son of Osias Freshwater (1897–1976), born in the village of Sassov, Galicia ...

(born 1948), British billionaire property investor *

Ben-Zion Gold Ben-Zion Gold ( – April 18, 2016) was an American rabbi who was the Rabbi of the Hillel at Harvard University from 1958 until he became Rabbi Emeritus in 1990. Gold was born in 1923 in Radom, Poland, and is the only member of his family to have ...

(1923–2016), American rabbi *

Ben-Zion Gopstein Ben-Zion "Bentzi" Gophstein ( he, בן־ציון "בנצי" גופשטיין, born 10 September 1969) is a political activist affiliated with the far-right in Israel, a student of Meir Kahane, and founder and director of Lehava, an Israeli Jewish ...

(born 1969), Israeli radical right-wing activist *

Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam ( he, בן ציון אריה לייבוש הלברשטאם) is the current leader of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty. He was born in 1955 to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and his second wif ...

(born 1955), fifth

Bobover Bobov (or Bobover Hasidism) ( he, חסידות באבוב, yi, בּאָבּאָװ) is a Hasidic community within Haredi Judaism, originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland, and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in B ...

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 ...

Ben Zion Halberstam Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) was the second Bobover Rebbe. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1941. Biography Halberstam was born in Bikofsk in 1874. His father was Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905), the first Rebbe of Bobov, and a scion of t ...

(1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe *

Ben-Zion Halfon Ben-Zion Halfon (, 1930 – 21 September 1977) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1969 and 1977. Biography Born in Tripoli in Libya in 1930, Halfon was a member of a Zionist youth movement. ...

(1930–1977), Israeli politician *

Benzion Halper Benzion Halper (April 15, 1884 – March 21, 1924) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish-American Hebraist and Arabist. Life Halper was born on April 15, 1884, in Žasliai, the Vilna Governorate, Russia, the son of Abel Solomon Halper and Miriam Rosenblo ...

(1884–1924), Lithuanian-American Hebraist and Arabist * Ben-Zion Harel (1892–1972), Israeli doctor and politician *

Ben Zion Hyman Ben Zion Hyman (October 22, 1891 – July 17, 1984) was a Canadian Jewish bookseller. Originally from Mazyr in what is now Belarus, Hyman graduated from the Odessa Polytechnical Institute. After coming to Canada (settling first in Guelph, On ...

(1891–1984), Canadian Jewish bookseller *

Ben-Zion Keshet Ben-Zion Keshet (, born 1914, died 8 August 1984) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal and Likud between 1969 and 1977. Biography Born in Riga in the Russian Empire (today in Latvia), Keshet attended a Hebre ...

(1914–1984), Israeli politician * Benzion Klatzko (born 1968), American rabbi, university professor, founder of the largest Jewish social network * Ben-Zion Leitner (–2012), Israeli soldier, received highest military decoration during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War *

Benzion Miller Benzion Miller ( he, בֶּן צִיּוֹן מילר, yi, בֶּן־צִיּוֹן מי(ל)לעֶר, 8 December 1947) is a cantor, schochet and mohel, much like his father, Aaron Daniel Miller. He was born in a displaced persons camp in Fernwald, ...

(born 1947), Jewish cantor of world renown *

Benzion Netanyahu Benzion Netanyahu ( he, בֶּנְצִיּוֹן נְתַנְיָהוּ, ; born Benzion Mileikowsky; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012)''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michiga ...

(1910–2012), Israeli historian, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu *

Ben-Zion Rubin Ben-Zion Rubin ( he, בן-ציון רובין, born 6 January 1939) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party and Tami between 1977 and 1984. Biography Born in Tripoli in Libya in 193 ...

(born 1939), Israeli politician *

Ben Zion Solomon Ben Zion Solomon is an American-born Israeli musician, best known as a founding member of the seminal Jewish rock group Diaspora Yeshiva Band, for whom he played fiddle and banjo from 1975 to 1983. A disciple of Shlomo Carlebach, Solomon and his ...

, American-born Israeli musician *

Ben-Zion Sternberg Ben-Zion (Benno) Sternberg (1894 – May 31, 1962), was a Ukrainian Zionist and signatory of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. Sternberg was born in Czernowitz, Bukovina, a region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ...

(1894–1962), Zionist leader *

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (, born 23 May 1880, died 4 September 1953), sometimes rendered as Ouziel, was the Sephardi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine from 1939 to 1948, and of Israel from 1948 until his death in 1953. Biography Ben-Zion Meir Ha ...

(1880–1953), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and of Israel *

Ben-Zion Witler Ben-Zion Witler (1907–1961), also Ben-Tsion Vitler, BenZion Wittler, was a Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer. Early life At the age of six Witler moved with his family from Belz, Galisia, to Vienna, where he received a stri ...

(1907–1961), Jewish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian and composer

Surname

Aaron Ben-Zion ibn Alamani Aaron Ben-zion ibn Alamani was an Egyptian Dayyan, or judge, and prominent Jew of Alexandria in the twelfth century. His family name probably means al-Umani, or "the man of Oman" (Judah ha-Levi, "Diwan," ed. Harkavy, p. 180; Steinschneider, " ...

, 12th century Egyptian judge *

Yehoshua Ben-Zion Yehoshua Ben-Zion (1924 – 2004) ( he, יהושע בן ציון) was an Israeli banker. He served as the managing director of Israel-British Bank. Following the collapse of the bank in July 1974, owing British investors £46.6 million, Ben-Zion ...

(1924–2004), Israeli banker

Pseudonym

Ben-Zion (artist) Ben-Zion, also known as Ben-Zion Weinman (1897–1987) was a Russian-born American painter, printmaker, sculptor, educator, and poet. He was a member of "The Ten" group of expressionist artists. Early life Ben-Zion was born on July 8, 1897 in ...

(1897–1987), also known as ''Ben-Zion Weinman'', Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, poet and a dramatist. Member of "The Ten" group of expressionist artists. POBA file on Ben-Zion
/ref> * S. Ben Zion (1870–1932), pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Hebrew writer, educator, newspaper editor (Ha-Omer, Haaretz literary supplement), publisher, co-founder of Tel Aviv, father of artist Nachum Gutman; Bessarabia - Odessa - Jaffa & Tel Aviv, Palestine.

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