Yitzhak( ()) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for
Isaac
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
. Yitzhak may refer to:
People
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Yitzhak ha-Sangari
Yitzhak ha-Sangari was the rabbi who purportedly converted the Khazar royalty to Judaism, according to medieval Jewish sources. According to D. M. Dunlop, "the name Isaac Sangari is perhaps not attested before the 13th century, when he is mentione ...
, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism
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Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...
(1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister
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Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir ( he, יצחק שמיר, ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–1984 and 1986–1992. Before the establishment ...
(1915–2012), Israeli politician and Prime Minister
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Yitzhak Aharonovich
Yitzhak Aharonovich ( he, יצחק אהרונוביץ', born 22 August 1950) is an Israeli businessman and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2015, and also held the posts of Minister of ...
(born 1950), Israeli politician
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Yitzhak Apeloig
Yitzhak Apeloig (יצחק אפלויג; born 1 September 1944 in Uzbekistan) is a pioneer in the computational chemistry field of the Ab initio quantum chemistry methods for predicting and preparing the physical and chemical properties of materi ...
(born 1944), Israeli
computational chemistry
Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computer simulation to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses methods of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of m ...
professor and President of the
Technion
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Yitzhak Arad
Yitzhak Arad ( he, יצחק ארד; né Icchak Rudnicki; November 11, 1926 – May 6, 2021) was an Israeli historian, author, IDF brigadier general and Soviet partisan. He also served as Yad Vashem's director from 1972 to 1993, and specialised ...
(1926–2021), Israeli historian
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Yitzhak Ben-Aharon
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon ( he, יצחק בן אהרון;17 July 1906 – 19 May 2006) was an Israeli left-wing politician.
He was a Knesset member from the first to the fifth Knessets and in the seventh and eighth, and a former Minister of Transpo ...
(1906–2006), Israeli politician
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( he, יִצְחָק בֶּן־צְבִי ''Yitshak Ben-Tsvi''; 24 November 188423 April 1963) was a historian, Labor Zionism, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving President of Israel.
Biography
Born in Poltava in the ...
(1884–1963), Israeli politician and President
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Yitzhak Danziger
Yitzhak Danziger ( he, יצחק דנציגר; 26 June 1916 – 11 July 1977) was an Israeli sculptor. He was one of the pioneer sculptors of the Canaanite Movement, and later joined the "Ofakim Hadashim" (New Horizons) group.
Early life ...
(1916–1977), Israeli sculptor
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Yitzhak Hatuel
Yitzhak (also "Itzhak") Hatuel (born 15 September 1962) is an Israeli fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics at 21 years of age. In Round 1, he went 5-0, defeating Saul Mendoza of Bolivia, Jerome Ko of Hon ...
(born 1962), Israeli Olympic foil fencer
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Yitzhak Hofi
Yitzhak Hofi ( he, יצחק חופי; 25 January 1927 – 15 September 2014) was a member of the Palmach, IDF General, chief of the Northern Command (Israel), and director of the Mossad.
Life
Hofi was born in Tel Aviv. He joined the Haganah ...
(1927–2014), Israeli general
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Yitzhak Laor
Yitzhak Laor ( he, יצחק לאור, born in 1948) is an Israeli poet, author and journalist.
Biography
Yitzhak Laor was born in Pardes Hanna.
Literary and journalism career
He is the author of ten volumes of poetry, three novels, three collecti ...
(born 1948), Israeli poet
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Yitzhak Mastai
Yitzhak Mastai (Hebrew: יצחק מסתאי) is a Chemistry Professor at Bar Ilan University specializing in chirality at the nanoscale and in nanotechnology.
Biography
Mastai was born in 1966 in Tel Aviv-Yafo. He obtained his B.Sc. in physical ...
(born 1966), Israeli professor of chemistry
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Yitzhak Y. Melamed, Israeli-American philosophy professor
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Yitzhak Molcho
Yitzhak Molcho (Hebrew: יצחק מולכו, born c. 1945) is an Israeli lawyer and former chief negotiator in the Israeli negotiating team with the Palestinians on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Legal career
Molcho served ...
(born 1945), Israeli lawyer
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Yitzhak Mordechai
Yitzhak "Itzik" Mordechai ( he, יצחק מרדכי, born 22 November 1944) is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired ...
(born 1944), Israeli general and politician
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Yitzhak Navon
Yitzhak Rachamim Navon ( he, יצחק נבון; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left ...
(1921–2015), Israel politician and President
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Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz (1953–2021), Israeli Olympic footballer
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Yitzhak Sadeh
Yitzhak Sadeh ( he, יצחק שדה, born Izaak Landoberg, August 10, 1890 – August 20, 1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel.
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(1890–1952), Israeli general
*Yitzhak Schwartz, birth name of
Irving Fields
Irving Fields (born Yitzhak Schwartz; August 4, 1915 – August 20, 2016) was an American pianist and lounge music artist who was born in New York City. Some of his most noteworthy compositions include "Miami Beach Rhumba"; "Managua, Nicaragua"; ...
(1915–2016), American pianist and composer
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Yitzhak Tshuva
Yitzhak Tshuva ( he, יצחק תשובה; born July 7, 1948) is an Israeli billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of El-Ad Group, which owned the New York Plaza Hotel. He also owns the Israeli conglomerate Delek Group. In 2014, he was liste ...
(born 1948), Israeli businessman
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Yitzhak Yosef
Yitzhak Yosef ( he, יצחק יוסף, born January 16, 1952) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (known as the Rishon LeZion), the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia, and the author of a set of books on ''halakha'' (Jewish law) called Yal ...
(born 1952), Israeli chief rabbi
Fiction
* Yitzhak, fictional character in the musical and film ''
Hedwig and the Angry Inch''
See also
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Itzhak Itzhak ( he, יצחק) is a Hebrew given name and surname, meaning Isaac. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Itzhak Arnon (1909–2005), Israeli agronomist
* Itzhak Bars (born 1943), American theoretical physicist at the University ...
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