Nissim or Nisim may refer to:
People
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Nissim (rapper)
Nissim Baruch Black (born Damian Jamohl Black; December 9, 1986) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
Under the stage name D. Black, he released the albums ''The Cause & Effect'' (2006) and ''Ali'yah (album), Ali'yah'' (2009) ...
(born 1986), American Jewish rapper
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Nissim of Gerona
Nissim ben Reuven (1320 – 9th of Shevat, 1376, he, נִסִּים בֶּן רְאוּבֵן) of Girona, Catalonia was an influential talmudist and authority on Jewish law. He was one of the last of the great Spanish medieval Talmudic scholars. ...
(1320–1376), talmudist and authority on Jewish law
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Nisim Aloni
Nissim Aloni ( he, נסים אלוני, 24 August 1926 – 13 June 1998) was an Israeli playwright and translator.
Biography
Aloni was born Nissim Levi to poor Bulgarian Jewish immigrant parents in Mandate Palestine. His family lived in Florenti ...
(1926–1998), Israeli playwright and translator
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Nissim Behar Nissim Behar (February 15, 1848 – January 1, 1931) was a Sephardi Jewish educator, born in Jerusalem, and long associated with the Alliance Israélite Universelle, both there and in the Jewish Diaspora, Diaspora. After receiving his pension, he be ...
(1848–1931), Jewish Palestinian educator
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Nissim ben Jacob (990–1062), also known as Rav Nissim Gaon, a rabbi
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Nissim Dahan
Nissim Dahan ( he, נסים דהן, born 7 May 1954) is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health from 2001 until 2003.
Biography
Born in Morocco, Dahan's family made aliyah in 1955. He worked in the Ministry of Religious Aff ...
(born 1954), Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health
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Nissim de Camondo
Nissim de Camondo (23 August 1892 – 5 September 1917) was a French military officer and a member of the prominent Camondo family.
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt and named for his grandfather, he was the son of Moïse de Camondo, a wealthy Jewi ...
(1892–1917), French banker
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Nissim Eliad
Nissim Eliad ( he, נסים אליעד; 1 July 1919 – 15 November 2014) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Independent Liberals between 1968 and 1977.
Biography
Born Nissim Amsalem in Tiberias, Eliad was a ...
(1919–2014), Israeli politician
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Nissim Ezekiel
Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian Jewish poet, actor, playwright, editor and art critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian Poetry in English.
He ...
(1924–2004), Indian Jewish poet, playwright, editor, and art critic
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Nissim Karelitz
Shmaryahu Yosef Nissim Karelitz ( he, נסים קרליץ; July 19, 1926 – October 21, 2019) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and posek who served as the chairman of the '' beis din tzedek'' (rabbinical court) of Bnei Brak.
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Karelitz ...
(born 1926), rabbi
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Nissim Mossek
Nissim Mossek ( he, ניסים מוסק; born 1948) is an Israeli documentary film director, writer and producer for film and television. Since 1986, Mossek has been the director and editor for Biblical Productions. Regarded as a director with a so ...
(born 1948), Israeli documentary director, writer, and producer
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Nissim Ze'ev
Nissim Mordechai Ze'ev ( he, נסים מרדכי זאב; born 9 September 1951) is an Israeli politician. One of the founders of Shas, he served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem between 1983 and 1998, and as a member of Knesset from 1999 until 2015.
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(born 1951), Israeli politician
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Nissim Zvili
Nissim Zvili ( he, נסים זווילי, born 31 January 1942) is a former Israeli politician.
Biography
Born in Mahdia in Tunisia, Zvili made aliyah at a young age. He graduated from an agricultural high school and later served with the IDF. ...
(born 1942), Israeli politician
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Afik Nissim
Afik Nissim ( he, אפיק ניסים; born January 31, 1981) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Yavne of the Israeli National League. Standing at , he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Early life
Nissi ...
(born 1981), Israeli point guard in basketball
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Chaïm Nissim
Chaïm Nissim (21 November 1949 in Jerusalem[Chaim Nissim]
, biography on Chaim Nissim's blog – 11 April 2017 ...
(1949–2017), Green politician who launched the 1982 rocket attack against the Superphénix nuclear plant
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Eliahu Nissim
Eliahu Nissim (אליהו נסים; born 1933) is an Israeli former Sidney Goldstein Professor in Aeronautical Engineering at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a former President of the Open University of Israel.
Biography
Nissim ...
(born 1933), Israeli Professor in Aeronautical Engineering; President of the
Open University of Israel
The Open University of Israel ( he, האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, ''Ha-Universita ha-Ptuha'') is a distance-education university in Israel. It is one of ten public universities in Israel recognized by the Council of Higher Education (CH ...
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Gabriele Nissim
Gabriele Nissim (born 1950) is an Italian journalist, historian and essayist whose works discuss Eastern Europe.
Biography
In 1982, Nissim founded ''L'Ottavo Giorno'' (The Eighth Day), an Italian magazine about the dissent in the Eastern Europea ...
(born 1950), Italian journalist, historian, and essayist
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Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin was a Jewish philosopher and mathematician who lived at Kairouan, Tunisia in the 10th century; he was a younger contemporary of Saadia. At Jacob's request Sherira Gaon wrote a treatise entitled ''Iggeret,'' on the redac ...
, Jewish philosopher who lived in Tunisia in the 10th century
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Jared Nissim
Jared Nissim is the founder of social networking websites The Lunch Club, Meet The Neighbors and Speed Friending.
The Lunch Club
In December 2001, while working from home as a corporate/technical writer, Nissim began posting to Craigslist wi ...
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Judah ben Nissim al-Malkah
Judah ben Nissim al-Malkah was a Moroccan, Jewish writer and philosopher living in the 13th century. His main work is ''Uns al-Gharīb''new ed. by Editions de l'éclat, 2008 (The Consolation of the Exiled). He also wrote a commentary on the'' Pir ...
, Moroccan, Jewish writer and philosopher
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Moshe Nissim
Moshe Nissim ( he, משה נסים, born 10 April 1935) is a former Israeli politician, minister and Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister.
Biography
Moshe Nissim was born in Mandatory Palestine. He studied law at ...
(born 1935), Israeli politician and Deputy Prime Minister
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Offer Nissim
Offer Nissim ( he, עופר ניסים) is an Israeli DJ, remixer, and record producer. He produced the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, "Diva", by Dana International. Besides his work with Dana International, Nissim has often ...
, Israeli musician
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Oren Nissim
Oren Nisim ( he, אורן ניסים, born 4 November 1976) is a retired Israeli footballer. (in Hebrew) Nissim is mostly known for being a part of Hapoel Haifa when they won their first and only Israeli league championship in 1999. Nissim was ...
(born 1976), Israeli footballer
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Yitzhak Nissim
Yitzhak Nissim ( he, ; 1896 - August 9, 1981) was a Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Nissim was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Israel in 1925.
He studied under Rabbi Sadqa Hussein.
In 1955, he became Chief Sephardic Rabbi. As a gesture of go ...
(1896–1981), Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel
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Solomon Nissim Algazi
Solomon Nissim Algazi (1610c. 1683) was rabbi in Smyrna and in Jerusalem in the 17th century. He was a prolific writer on all topics of rabbinical literature, and won distinction by his treatment of Talmudic hermeneutics and methodology.
His att ...
(1610–1683), rabbi in the 17th century
Museums
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Musée Nissim de Camondo
The Musée Nissim de Camondo is a historic house museum of French decorative arts located in the Hôtel Camondo at 63, rue de Monceau, on the edge of Parc Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The nearest Paris Métro stops are Vi ...
, museum
Synagogues
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Bet Nissim Synagogue, synagogue built in the 1840s in Istanbul, Turkey
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