Heifetz

Heifetz is a

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חפץ (chefets; "delight" "pleasure"). It is unrelated to the similar-sounding Arabic name حافظ (Hafez or Hafiz; guardian, protector). It is also spelled Chafets,

Chaffetz Chaffetz is a variation of the surname Heifetz. Notable people with the surname include: *Jason Chaffetz Jason E. Chaffetz (; born March 26, 1967) is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 until his ...

, Chaifetz, Cheifetz, Chejfec, Chofets. It may refer to: *

Ze'ev Chafets Zev Chafets (born 1947) is an American-Israeli author and columnist. Biography Zev Chafets was born in 1947 in Pontiac, Michigan, and raised there. He graduated from the University of Michigan. In 1966-67 Chafets was president of the National ...

, American-Israeli author and columnist *

Jason Chaffetz Jason E. Chaffetz (; born March 26, 1967) is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 until his resignation in 2017. He chaired the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2015 until 2017. Ch ...

(born 1967), a U.S. Representative from Utah *

Hammond Chaffetz Hammond E. Chaffetz (July 9, 1907 – January 12, 2001) was a federal prosecutor and partner at Kirkland & Ellis. He helped turn the law firm into one of America’s largest law firms. Early life Born in Massachusetts, Chaffetz graduated fr ...

(1907–2001), a U.S. federal prosecutor and partner at Kirkland & Ellis *

Jill Chaifetz Jill Chaifetz (July 24, 1964 – February 2, 2006) was an American lawyer and children's rights advocate. Chaifetz grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1986. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the ...

(1964–2006), an American lawyer and children's rights advocate *

Sergio Chejfec Sergio Chejfec (28 November 1956 – 2 April 2022) was an Argentine Jewish writer. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1956. Chejfec published eighteen books, including novels, essays, short stories, and a poetry collection. From 1990 to 2005 he lived ...

(1956–2022), an American-Argentine writer. *

Jonathon Hafetz Jonathan Hafetz is an American lawyer and writer. Career Hafetz is Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School. He formerly worked as a senior attorney for the National Security Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is notable for vol ...

, American lawyer and writer *

Daniel Heifetz Daniel Alan Heifetz (born November 20, 1948) is an American concert violinist and pedagogue best known as the Founder of the Heifetz International Music Institute. His career has been focused on education and the art of communication through perf ...

(born 1948), concert violinist and founder of the Heifetz International Music Institute (brother of Ronald L. Heifetz) *

Danny Heifetz Danny Heifetz (born 1964 in New York City) is an American musician who is perhaps best known for being the drummer for American experimental rock group, Mr. Bungle from 1989, until their disbandment in 2000. Heifetz also plays trumpet, guitar, ...

, American musician, percussionist, grandson of

Jascha Heifetz Jascha Heifetz (; December 10, 1987) was a Russian-born American violinist. Born in Vilnius, he moved while still a teenager to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He was a virtuoso since childhood. Fritz ...

(1901–1987), Lithuanian-born American violinist * Ronald L. Heifetz, American leadership teacher *

Yuri Heifetz Yuri Heifetz (pen-name Boris Berg; russian: Хейфец, Юрий Борисович; born 31 October 1953, in Sverdlovsk) is Russian poet, singer-songwriter, and medical doctor. Biography Yuri Heifetz wrote his first poem at age of 11, and hi ...

, Russian poet and singer-songwriter *

Grigory Kheifets Grigory Markovich Kheifets, also known as Grigori Kheifetz (1899–1981), was a Soviet intelligence officer, a lieutenant colonel of the NKVD-MGB. He was one of the principals in Soviet nuclear espionage. From December 1941 until July 1944, he was ...

, Soviet intelligence agent *

Iosif Kheifits Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits ( be, Іосіф Яўхімавіч Хейфіц; – 24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of t ...

, Soviet film director *

Chofetz Chaim The ''Sefer'' ''Chafetz Chaim'' (or ''Chofetz Chaim'' or ''Hafetz Hayim'') ( he, חָפֵץ חַיִּים, trans. "Desirer of Life") is a book by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, who is also called "the Chofetz Chaim" after it. The book deals with ...

, (1838–1933), popular name of Rabbi Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan, Lithuanian rabbi and posek {{surname Surnames Hebrew-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Yiddish-language surnames