This is a list of notable

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s. It includes both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship, and their American descendants. The list is ordered by category of human endeavor. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Israeli American, or must have independent references showing they are Israeli American and are notable.

Academics

Ichak Adizes Ichak Kalderon Adizes ( ) is a Yugoslav American business consultant and former tenured professor. Early life Ichak Adizes was born in North Macedonia. As a Jewish child during World War II, he hid in Albania as a Muslim for protection. The story ...

, management expert and best-selling author *

Reuven Amitai Reuven Amitai ( he, ראובן עמיתי; born August 23, 1955), also Reuven Amitai-Preiss, is an Israeli-American historian and writer, specializing in pre-modern Islamic civilization, especially Syria and Palestine during the time of the Mamlu ...

, historian, writer, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

Dan Ariely Dan Ariely ( he, דן אריאלי; born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American professor and author. He serves as a James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Ariely is the founder of the research instit ...

, economist and author *

Robert Aumann Robert John Aumann (Hebrew name: , Yisrael Aumann; born June 8, 1930) is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew ...

, Nobel laureate * Baruch Awerbuch, professor of computer science at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

* Arie S. Belldegrun, director of the

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

Institute of

Urologic Urology (from Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:οὖρον, οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''wiktionary:-logia, -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of t ...

Oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''� ...

and is professor and Chief of Urologic Oncology at the

David Geffen School of Medicine The University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine—known as the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (DGSOM)—is an accredited medical school located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The school was renamed in 2001 in h ...

Yochai Benkler Yochai Benkler (; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Univers ...

, Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, and author * Yossef Bodansky, Israeli-born American political scientist *

Yaron Brook Yaron Brook ( he, ירון ברוק; born May 23, 1961) is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, writer, and activist. He is an Objectivist and the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute, where he was executive director from 2000 to ...

, president and executive director of the

Ayn Rand Institute The Ayn Rand Institute: The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism, commonly known as the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit think tank in Santa Ana, California, that promotes Objectivism, the philosophy developed by Ayn Rand ...

* Idit Harel Caperton, educational psychologist and epistemologist *

Avner Cohen Avner Cohen (born 1951) is an Israeli writer, historian, and professor. He is well known for his works on Israel's nuclear history and strategic policy. He is currently a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and the D ...

, political scientist and historian well known his path-breaking history of the Israeli nuclear program and strategic policy *

Ezekiel Emanuel Ezekiel Jonathan "Zeke" Emanuel (born September 6, 1957) is an American oncologist, bioethicist and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He is the current Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and chai ...

, bioethicist *

Zvi Galil Zvi Galil ( he, צבי גליל; born June 26, 1947) is an Israeli-American computer scientist and mathematician. Galil served as the President of Tel Aviv University from 2007 through 2009. From 2010 to 2019, he was the dean of the Georgia Instit ...

(born 1947), computer scientist, mathematician, and President of

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

* Gerson Goldhaber, particle physicist and astrophysicist *

Sulamith Goldhaber Sulamith Goldhaber ( he, שולמית גולדהבר; November 4, 1923 – December 11, 1965) was a high-energy physics, high-energy physicist and molecular spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopist. Goldhaber was a world expert on the interactions ...

, high-energy physicist and molecular spectroscopist *

Michael Goldsmith Michael Goldsmith (March 6, 1951—November 1, 2009) was a law professor at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School. Early life and education Michael Goldsmith was born March 6, 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel and immigrated to the Uni ...

, law professor at

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...

's J. Reuben Clark Law School *

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, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...

, and professor of mathematical sciences at the

Weizmann Institute of Science The Weizmann Institute of Science ( he, מכון ויצמן למדע ''Machon Vaitzman LeMada'') is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli unive ...

Amos Grunebaum Amos Grunebaum (born January 27, 1950) is an American obstetrician and gynecologist. He serves as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Zucker School of Medicine, as Professor Emeritus at the medical school Weill Cornell Medicine, and as ...

, ObGyn physician, inventor, professor

Zucker School of Medicine The Zucker School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of Hofstra University in the town of Hempstead on Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. The academic institution was established in 2008 by Hofstra University and the North Shore ...

* Amos N. Guiora, professor of law at the S. J. Quinney College of Law,

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

, and an expert on drone attacks * Rabbi

David Weiss Halivni David Weiss Halivni ( he, דוד וייס הלבני; September 27, 1927 – June 28, 2022) was a European-born American-Israeli rabbi, scholar in the domain of Jewish sciences, and Professor of Talmud. He served as '' Reish Metivta'' of the U ...

, Israeli-American world-acclaimed scholar in the domain of Jewish Sciences and professor of

Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law ('' halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the ce ...

* Michael Harris, political scientist, author, and professor *

David Hazony David Yair Hazony (born 1969) is an American-born Israeli writer, translator, and editor. He was the founding editor of '' The Tower Magazine'' from 2013 to 2017, and from 2017-2020 served as executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund. He ...

, author and editor of The Tower Magazine * Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate *

Ehud Kalai Ehud Kalai is a prominent Israeli American game theorist and mathematical economist known for his contributions to the field of game theory and its interface with economics, social choice, computer science and operations research. He was the J ...

, Israeli-born American game theorist and mathematical economist, and James J. O’Connor Distinguished Professor of Decision and Game Sciences at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

Avi Loeb Abraham "Avi" Loeb ( he, אברהם (אבי) לייב; born February 26, 1962) is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He h ...

, astronomer *

Mario Livio Mario Livio (born June 19, 1945) is an Israeli-American astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. For 24 years (1991-2015) he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates th ...

, astrophysicist and author * Jessica Meir, post-doctoral researcher in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia *

Don Patinkin Don Patinkin (Hebrew: דן פטינקין) (January 8, 1922 – August 7, 1995) was an American-born Israeli monetary economist, and the President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Nissan Liviatan, 2008. "Patinkin, Don (1922–1995)," ''The N ...

, monetary economist and the president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem *

Ithiel de Sola Pool Ithiel de Sola Pool (October 26, 1917 – March 11, 1984) was an American academic who was a widely celebrated and often controversial figure in the field of social sciences and information technology. He did significant research on technology an ...

, researcher in the field of social sciences *

Avital Ronell Avital Ronell ( ; born 15 April 1952) is an American academic who writes about continental philosophy, literary studies, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and ethics. She is a professor in the humanities and in the departments of Germanic l ...

, philosopher, professor at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

Emmanuel David Tannenbaum Emmanuel David Tannenbaum (June 28, 1978 – May 28, 2012) was an Israeli/American biophysicist and applied mathematician. He worked as a professor and researcher in the Department of Chemistry at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Dep ...

, biophysicist and applied mathematician, professor and researcher at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Georgia Institute of Technology * Rina Tannenbaum, materials scientist and chemical engineer and presently Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham * Amnon Yariv, professor of applied physics and electrical engineering at

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

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, professor of computer science at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...

Actors

Shiri Appleby Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her leading roles as Liz Parker in the WB/UPN science fiction drama series '' Roswell'' (1999–2002) and Rachel Goldberg in the L ...

, film and television actress *

Mili Avital Mili Avital is an Israeli actress. She built an international career, starting in her native Israel, starring on stage, film and television. She won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1991, moved to New York in 1993 to stu ...

, Israeli-born actress ('' Stargate'')
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/sup> * Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American writer, comedian, actor, and television host * Steve Bond, Israeli-born television actor and model * Yaniv Rokah, actor *

Assaf Cohen Assaf Cohen (born October 31, 1972) is an American actor. Early life Cohen was born in Mountain View, California and raised in Palo Alto, California, where his family settled after living for a number of years in Israel. He is of Yemenite, Russi ...

, actor *

Oded Fehr Oded Fehr ( he, עודד פהר; born ) is an Israeli actor based in the United States. He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of ''The Mummy'' and its sequel '' The Mummy Returns'', as well as Carlos Olivera in '' Resi ...

Israeli/American film and television actor ('' The Mummy'', '' Resident Evil: Extinction'')
/sup> *

Alona Tal Alona Tal ( he, אלונה טל, ; born ) is an Israeli actress and singer. She is known for her roles in ''Veronica Mars'' as cheerleader Meg Manning, in '' Supernatural'' as budding monster hunter Jo Harvelle, and in '' SEAL Team'' as grad stu ...

, actress * Hani Furstenberg, actress *

Brian George Brian George (born 1 July 1952) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt in ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), the Indian gynecologist father of Raj Koothrappali in ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019 ...

, actor and voice actor *

Omri Katz Omri Haim Katz (born May 30, 1976) is a retired American actor. His television and film credits include '' Eerie Indiana'', '' Matinee'', '' Adventures in Dinosaur City'', '' Hocus Pocus'', and the soap opera ''Dallas''. Biography Katz was born ...

Israeli/American actor ('' Eerie, Indiana'') *

Amos Lavi Amos Lavi (Hebrew: ; 1 January 1953 – 9 November 2010) was an Israeli stage and film actor. He won three Ophir Awards for the roles he played in the films '' Sh'Chur'', '' Nashim'' and ''Zirkus Palestina''. Career Lavi was born in Libya in 195 ...

, stage and film actor, won three Ophir Awards (''Sh'Chur'', ''Nashim'' and ''Zirkus Palestina'') *

Grayson McCouch Grayson Jonathan McCouch (born October 29, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Morgan Winthrop on the daytime soap opera '' Another World'' and Dusty Donovan on the daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns''. He also starre ...

, actor * Jonah Lotan, actor *

Judith Light Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of ''A Doll's House''. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera ...

, actress *

Vince Offer Offer Shlomi ( he, שלומי עופר; born April 25, 1964), better known as Vince Offer or Vince Shlomi is an Israeli-American infomercial pitchman, director, writer, and comedian. Offer's first major work was the 1999 comedy film ''The Underg ...

, "the ShamWow! Guy", Israeli-American actor known for his appearance in the infomercials for the absorbent towels ShamWow! during the 2000s *

Natalie Portman Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, he, נטע-לי הרשלג, ) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving mu ...

Israeli-born American film star *

Daniella Rabbani Daniella Zeva Rabbani (born September 6, 1984) is an American actress, singer and voiceover artist. She has appeared in a number of films and television shows, including ''Ocean's 8'', ''God Friended Me'', ''The Americans'', ''Appropriate Behavio ...

, Israeli/American actress, singer, and voiceover artist *

Modi Rosenfeld Modi Rosenfeld (born April 29, 1970, in Tel Aviv, Israel as Mordechi Rosenfeld), known professionally as Modi Husband: Leo VeigComedy is Calling, Jewlarious.com/ref> (stylized as MODI) is a stand-up comedian and actor. Early years Modi was born ...

, stand-up comedian, actor, and cantor *

Odeya Rush Odeya Rushinek ( he, אודיה רושינק; born ), known professionally as Odeya Rush (), is an Israeli actress.The Odd Life of Timothy Green ''The Odd Life of Timothy Green'' is a 2012 American fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges from a story by Ahmet Zappa. Starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Dianne Wiest, CJ Adams, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, ...

The Giver ''The Giver'' is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pa ...

'') *

Scott L. Schwartz Scott Leslie Schwartz (born March 16, 1959), also known as The Ultimate Bad Guy, is an American film and television actor and stuntman, and former professional wrestler. His size and agility at 6'8" and have allowed him many roles as thug or v ...

, film and television actor and stuntman, and former professional wrestler *

Tami Stronach Tami Stronach (born summer 1972) is an actor, dancer, and professor. Personal life Tami Stronach was born in summer 1972 in Iran. Her parents were the archaeologists David Stronach from Scotland (1931–2020) and Ruth Stronach from Israel (; 19 ...

, Israeli-American actress (''

The Neverending Story ''The Neverending Story'' (german: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983. The novel was later adapted into several ...

'') *

Raviv Ullman Raviv Chanan "Ricky" Ullman ( he, רביב אולמן; born 24 January 1986) is an Israeli-American actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Phil Diffy, the main character in the Disney Channel series '' Phil of the Future''. ...

, Israeli-born American actor, teen idol (''

Phil of the Future ''Phil of the Future'' is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 18, 2004, to August 19, 2006, for two seasons. The series was created by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile and produced by 2121 Productions. ...

'') *

Inbar Lavi Inbar Lavi ( he, ענבר לביא, born October 27, 1986) is an actress. She is known for portraying Raviva on the 2012 MTV series '' Underemployed'', Vee on the 2014 Fox television series '' Gang Related'', and Sheba on the Fox series '' Pr ...

, actress * Yael Grobglas, actress

Arts and entertainment

Carmit Bachar Carmit Maile Bachar ( he, כרמית בכר; born September 4, 1974), known professionally as Carmit, is an American singer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. She is a member of the Pussycat Dolls. She is married to longtime partner Kevin Whita ...

, singer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl; member of

The Pussycat Dolls The Pussycat Dolls were an American girl group and dance ensemble, founded in Los Angeles, California, by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a burlesque troupe. At the suggestion of Jimmy Iovine, Antin decided to take the burlesque troupe ...

(Israeli father) *

Ralph Bakshi Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatric ...

, Israeli-born animation film director *

Amir Bar-Lev Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972) is an American film director, producer and writer from Berkeley, California. Bar-Lev is noted for his work in directing documentary films. He has directed such films as ''Fighter'', a documentary film released August 24 ...

, film director, producer, and writer * Rhea Carmi, abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist * Elinor Carucci, photographer * Lior Ron, composer *

Lyor Cohen Lyor Cohen born October 3, 1959) is an American record executive and entrepreneur. Cohen has been actively involved in hip hop at various record labels for more than 30 years. He started by managing rappers for Rush Productions, then led Def Ja ...

, North American chairman and CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group (WMG) * Neil Druckmann, Israeli-born American writer, creative director and programmer for the video game developer Naughty Dog * Ari Emanuel, talent agent and co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor (WME), and basis for the character Ari Gold (Entourage), Ari Gold on the TV show ''Entourage (U.S. TV series), Entourage'' * Amos Gitai, auteur filmmaker * Usher Morgan, filmmaker, businessman and studio executive * Maira Kalman, Israeli-born American illustrator, author, artist and designer * Yael Kanarek, artist * Shuki Levy, Israeli-born American music composer whose best known work is soundtrack compositions for children's television programs of the 1980s. * Ephrat Livni, artist, writer, and lawyer * Rod Lurie, director, screenwriter, and film critic * Arnon Milchan, Israeli-American film producer and businessman who produced many films such as ''The War of the Roses (film), The War of the Roses'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', ''Pretty Woman'', ''Natural Born Killers'', ''The Devil's Advocate (1997 film), The Devil's Advocate'', and ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'' * Oren Moverman, Israeli-American film director/screenwriter * Avi Nesher, Israeli-born film producer, film director, screenwriter and actor * Sassona Norton, Israeli-born sculptor and painter * Eran Preis, director, screenwriter, playwright, and producer * Ari Sandel, film director (''West Bank Story'') * Ophrah Shemesh, artist * Boaz Yakin, screenwriter and film director * Hila Klein, Israeli-born podcast host and designer.

Business

* Shai Agassi, entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of Better Place (company), Better Place * Ori Allon, founder of Compass Inc., online real estate business in New York City * Avi Arad, Israeli-American businessman, founder of Marvel Studios * Shari Arison, American-born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, one of Israel's wealthiest women * Arison family, founders of Carnival Corporation & plc, Carnival Cruise Lines, the largest cruise line in the world * Naftali Bennett, politician, former software entrepreneur, and former Prime Minister of Israel *

, entrepreneur, author, and economist, who currently serves as the president and executive director of the

* Safra Catz, CEO of the Oracle Corporation * Jacob Frenkel, economist and businessman; served as Governor of the Bank of Israel; currently the Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International * Hillel Fuld, tech marketer and advisor, blogger and global tech speaker. CMO of Zula and Zcast among many other tech startup companies. * Orit Gadiesh, corporate strategist and chairwoman of management consulting firm Bain & Company * Gideon Gartner, entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Gartner, an information technology (IT) research and advisory company * Yoram Globus, film producer, former co-owner of the Cannon Group, Inc. * Noam Gottesman, former hedge fund manager; co-founded GLG Partners * Andi Gutmans, co-founder of Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) * Abraham Karem, inventor of the drone, founder of Karem Aircraft * Ynon Kreiz, entrepreneur and businessman, former CEO of Jetix, Fox Kids Europe, Endemol and Maker Studios * Avi Lerner, film producer, co-founder of Nu Image, owner of Bulgaria-based Nu Boyana Film Studios * Arnon Milchan, founder and owner of Regency Enterprises, New Regency Films, second wealthiest mogul in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood * Adam Milstein, real estate investor, entrepreneur, and active philanthropist * Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram * Shaul Olmert, co-founder of online publishing platform Playbuzz, former VP of digital products for MTV Networks; son of Ehud Olmert * Guy Oseary, Israeli-American businessman; Madonna's manager * Isaac Perlmutter, chairman of Marvel Entertainment, former co-owner of Toy Biz * Shai Reshef, educational entrepreneur and founder and president of University of the People * Meshulam Riklis, businessman * Lior Ron (business executive), Lior Ron, entrepreneur, co-founder of autonomous trucking company Otto (company), Otto, former lead of Google Maps * Haim Saban, television and media proprietor notable for his adaptations of ''Power Rangers''; ranked by ''Forbes'' as the Forbes 400, 98th richest person in America * Tamir Sapir, Israeli-Georgian-American businessman; earned billions in the 1980s bartering fertilizers for oil; in 2006 was ranked at position 160 in list of the 400 richest Americans, with an estimated fortune of $2 billion * Eli Tene, businessman, co-founder, co-managing director, and principal of the Peak Corporate Network * Boaz Weinstein, derivatives trader and hedge fund manager, and founder of Saba Capital Management * Jerry Zucker (businessman), Jerry Zucker, former CEO of the InterTech Group and the Polymer Group

Fashion

* Yigal Azrouël, fashion designer * Donna Feldman, American model, daughter of Israeli parents * Sharon Genish, Israeli/American model * Yael Markovich, Israeli/American model * Nili Lotan, fashion designer * Max Rhyser, Danish-American-Israeli model, stage, television and film actor * Yotam Solomon, fashion designer * Elie Tahari, founder of fashion label Elie Tahari

Government and politics

Rahm Emanuel, official photo portrait color

* Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff and former mayor of Chicago, mayor of Chicago * Ari Ne'eman, disability rights activist * Stanley Fischer, served as Governor of the Bank of Israel and later as Vice Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve * Mazi Melesa Pilip, Ethiopian-born politician * Josh Reinstein, director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus

Journalism

* Irin Carmon, feminist author, blogger, and television personality * Michael Dorfman, Russian-Israeli essayist and human rights activist * Hadas Gold, politics, media and global business reporter for CNN * Daniel Pearl, journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the ''Wall Street Journal'', who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan. * Nicole Lapin, anchor on CNBC and CNN Live * Liel Leibovitz, journalist, author, media critic and video game scholar * Haviv Rettig Gur, journalist at ''The Times of Israel'', Former Director of Communications for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish Agency * Hanna Rosin, journalist

Literature

* Nick Simmons, comic book writer, musician, and voice over actor * Leora Skolkin-Smith, novelist (''Edges: O Israel, O Palestine'') * Ayelet Waldman, novelist and essayist

Musicians

* The Alchemist (musician), The Alchemist, hip hop producer and rapper * Leigh Daniel Avidan, member of Ninja Sex Party and co-host of Internet webseries ''Game Grumps''. *

, member of the pop group,

* Didi Benami, American singer who is best known for being a finalist on the American Idol (season 9), ninth season of ''American Idol''. Daughter of an Israeli Jews, Israeli Jewish father. * Ofer Ben-Amots, Israeli-American composer and professor of composition at Colorado College. * Miri Ben-Ari, hip-hop violinist plays songs with emcee Twista and R&B singer Alicia Keys * Ill Bill, rapper * Yefim Bronfman, Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist * Kosha Dillz, hip hop MC * David Draiman, lead vocalist for heavy metal band Disturbed (band), Disturbed * Eli Eban, clarinetist * Meir Finkelstein, cantor and composer of contemporary Jewish liturgical music * Yuval Gabay, hip hop drummer * Goapele, African-American Soul music, soul and R&B singer-songwriter, daughter of a New York-born Israeli Jews, Israeli Jewish mother * Haim (band), Este, Danielle and Alana Haim, Grammy-nominated musicians of the rock band Haim (band), HAIM. * Yehuda Hanani, international soloist, recording artist, cellist, and Professor of Violoncello at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music * Eyran Katsenelenbogen, jazz pianist * Joseph Malovany, tenor soloist, cantor of New York's Fifth Avenue Synagogue, and Distinguished Professor of Liturgical Music at Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University * Necro (rapper), Necro, rapper, producer, director, and record label owner; younger brother of Ill Bill * Itzhak Perlman, violin virtuoso * Shulamit Ran, composer, won the Pulitzer Prize * J.R. Rotem, record producer and songwriter * Gil Shaham,

award-winning violinist * Mordecai Shehori, pianist * Itaal Shur, composer, producer, and musician * Gene Simmons, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kiss (band), KISS, Israeli-born * Hillel Slovak, original guitarist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, Israeli-born * Emanuel Vardi, violist * Elliott Yamin, American singer, third place finalist on the American Idol (season 5), fifth season of ''American Idol'' * Inon Zur, Israeli American award-winning music composer * Sean Hurwitz, musician and singer * Israela Margalit, pianist and playwright

Religion

* Eliyahu Ben Haim (born 1940), Orthodox rabbi and Beth din#Officers of a beth din, Av Beth Din (religious judge) * Yitzhak Israeli, Orthodox rabbi * Yosef Mizrachi, Orthodox Judaism outreach rabbiSarafraz, Beth (May 26, 2017
"The Saga Of Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi"
''The Jewish Press''. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

Sports

Jordan Farmar Maccabi Tel-Aviv (cropped)

* Ike Berger (born 1936), Olympic and world champion weightlifter *Sue Bird (born 1980), point guard for the Seattle Storm; first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft; two-time Olympic champion; four-time All-Star * Adam Bisnowaty (born 1993), football player for the New York Giants of the NFL * David Blatt (born 1959), Head Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA franchise * David Blu (born 1980), professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv * Ryan Braun (born 1983), major league baseball player * Tal Brody (born 1943), professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv * Jake Cohen (born 1990), professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israeli national basketball team * John DiBartolomeo (born 1991), professional basketball player for State of Israel, Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv BC, Maccabi Tel Aviv * Eva Fabian (born 1993), world champion swimmer * Jordan Farmar (born 1986), basketball player for the Sacramento Kings * Roy Fink (born 1977), retired soccer player and coach * D'or Fischer, professional basketball player * Mordechai Haim, soccer player * Ian Kinsler (born 1982), major league baseball player * Dean Kremer (born 1996), baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles * Sylven Landesberg (born 1990), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv * Brad Leaf (born 1960), professional basketball player * T. J. Leaf (born 1997), NBA player for the Indiana Pacers * Ben Lederman (born 2000), American-Israeli-Polish soccer player * Boyd Melson, Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson (born 1981), light middleweight boxer * Jeron Roberts (born 1976), basketball player for the Israeli national team * Kenny Hasan Sayef (born 1993), soccer player for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent * Jon Scheyer (born 1987), professional basketball player * Derrick Sharp (born 1971), basketball player * Alana Shipp (born 1982), IFBB professional bodybuilder * Eliot Teltscher (born 1959), professional top-10 tennis player * Alex Tyus (born 1988), professional basketball player * Alex Zahavi (born 1991), soccer player * Daria Zuravicki (born 1985), figure skater * Ben Lederman (born 2000), football player

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* Nava Applebaum, 20-year-old woman killed together with her father Dr. David Applebaum on the evening before her wedding by a Palestinian suicide bomber * Michael Arad, architect who won the design competition for the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City in 2004 * Juval Aviv, security consultant and writer * Ron Ben-Israel, pastry chef * Ronnie Bardah, poker player and ''Survivor: Island of the Idols'' contestant * Carol Shaya Castro, former New York City police officer and actress whose employment was terminated after she appeared in ''Playboy'' magazine * Eli Elezra, world-class poker player * Tamar Geller, dog trainer who developed "the Loved Dog" method of dog training * Chaim Gingold, noted for design work with the computer game Spore (2008 video game), Spore * Gavriel Holtzberg, Orthodox rabbi and Chabad emissary to Mumbai, India, killed by Pakistani Islamist militants in the 2008 Mumbai attacks * Ami James, tattoo artist, businessman, and media personality (Miami Ink) * Cheryl Saban, philanthropist, woman's advocate, and wife of billionaire entertainment mogul Haim Saban * Michael Solomonov, chef and restaurateur

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