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 ...
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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 (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 (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 (1926–2021), Israeli historian
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Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (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 (1916–1977), Israeli sculptor
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Yitzhak Hatuel (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 (born 1966), Israeli professor of chemistry
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Yitzhak Y. Melamed
Yitzhak Y. Melamed is an Israeli philosopher and a leading scholar of Spinoza and modern philosophy. He is the Charlotte Bloomberg Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He holds a master's degree in history & philosophy of science ...
, Israeli-American philosophy professor
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Yitzhak Molcho (born 1945), Israeli lawyer
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Yitzhak Mordechai (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 (1915–2016), American pianist and composer
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Yitzhak Tshuva (born 1948), Israeli businessman
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Yitzhak Yosef (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
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Hebrew masculine given names