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Avi Resort
Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a diminutive of Avram, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes feminine and a diminutive of the Hebrew spelling of Abigail. People with the given name include: * Avi (born 1937), Newbery award-winning American author * Avi Arad (born 1948), Israeli-American businessman, founder, chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios * Avi Avital (born 1978), Israeli mandolin player and composer * Avi Beker (1952–2015), Israel-American political scientist * Avi Bell, professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law and Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law * Avi Ben-Chimol (born 1985), Israeli basketball player * Avi Cohen (1956–2010), Israeli footballer * Avi Cohen (footballer, born 1962) (born 1962), Israeli former footballer * Avi Dichter (born 1952), Israeli politician, former Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Home Front Defense and Shin Bet director * Avi Gabai (born 1967), Israeli politician, former Minister of Environmental Protec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle something or someone. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-formation device used to express such meanings. A is a diminutive form with two diminutive suffixes rather than one. Purpose Diminutives are often employed as nicknames and pet names when speaking to small children and when expressing extreme tenderness and intimacy to an adult. The opposite of the diminutive form is the augmentative. In some contexts, diminutives are also employed in a pejorative sense to denote that someone or something is weak or childish. For example, one of the last Western Roman emperors was Romulus Augustus, but his name was diminutivized to "Romulus Augustulus" to express his powerlessness. Formation In many languages, diminutives are word forms that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Lewis
Avram David "Avi" Lewis (born May 1967) is a Canadian activist, documentary filmmaker, former host of the Al Jazeera English show '' Fault Lines'' and former host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) current-affairs programs '' CounterSpin'' and ''On the Map''. He is currently an associate professor at the University of British Columbia. Lewis was the NDP candidate for Vancouver Centre in the 2025 Canadian federal election and in West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in the 2021 Canadian federal election, losing both times. Biography Family Avi Lewis is the great-grandson of Moshe Losz (Lewis), an outspoken member of the Jewish Bund who left Svislach, Poland (absorbed by the Soviet Union during World War II, and today in Belarus), after being interrogated by the Russians and threatened with death or the Gulag for his political activity, he left for Montreal in 1921, with his wife Rose ( ''née'' Lazarovitch) and three children. Avi Lewis is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Soffer
Avi Soffer (; born 29 March 1986) is a former Israeli football player. He currently plays for Hapoel Ramat Gan. References 1986 births Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Israeli people of Turkish-Jewish descent Footballers from Central District (Israel) Men's association football defenders 21st-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Shlaim
Avi Shlaim (, ; born 31 October 1945) is an Israeli and British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent. He is one of Israel's " New Historians", a group of Israeli scholars who put forward critical interpretations of the history of Zionism and Israel. Biography Shlaim was born to wealthy Jewish parents in Baghdad in the Kingdom of Iraq. In the 1930s, the situation of the Jews in Iraq deteriorated, with the rise of nationalisms in Arab countries, and the concomitant growth of Jewish nationalism in the form of Zionism. Persecution of Jews was exacerbated after the defeat of the Arab armies in 1948, and Israel's independence. In 1951, during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, Shlaim's family, along with most of Iraq's Jews, registered to emigrate to Israel and forfeit their Iraqi citizenship. The family lost all of their property and emigrated to Israel. Shlaim grew up in Ramat Gan. He left Israel for England at the age of 16 to study at a Jewish school. He returned to Israel in 1964 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Schafer
is a Japanese professional basketball player for SeaHorses Mikawa of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Schafer has been a member of the Japan national basketball team. Early life Schafer was born in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, to a Japanese mother, Sayuki, and an American father, Douglas. He initially played soccer before switching to basketball in tenth grade, at the age of 16. High school career Schafer attended Kobe University Secondary School in Higashinada and St. Mary's International School in Tokyo. He played club basketball with Tokyo Samurai, a recognized American Amateur Athletic Union based in Japan. Schafer, who initially played the sport for fun, cited that playing with the club opened the door to many basketball opportunities such as joining the national team, playing in NCAA Division I and pursuing a professional career. After moving to the United States, Schafer attended prep school Brewster Academy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Sagild
Avi Sagild (22 February 1933 – 19 September 1995) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 21 films between 1958 and 1993. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * '' The Greeneyed Elephant'' (1960) * '' Venus fra Vestø'' (1962) * ''Don Olsen kommer til byen ''Don Olsen kommer til byen'' (transl. Don Olsen comes to town) is a 1964 Danish comedy film directed by Anker Sørensen. The film stars Dirch Passer and Buster Larsen. Cast * Dirch Passer * Buster Larsen * Bodil Udsen * Birgitte Price * M ...'' (1964) References External links * 1933 births 1995 deaths Danish film actresses 20th-century Danish actresses {{Denmark-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Rubin
Aviel David "Avi" Rubin (born November 8, 1967) is an expert in systems and networking security. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins, Director of ACCURATE, and President and co-founder of Independent Security Evaluators. In 2002, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the USENIX Association for a two-year term. Rubin is credited with bringing to light vulnerabilities in Premier Election Solutions' (formerly Diebold Election Systems) AccuVote electronic voting machines. In 2006, he published a book on his experiences since this event. In 2012, drawing on his experience as an expert witness in high-tech litigation, Rubin founded the consultancy Harbor Labs "to provide expertise in legal cases, including testimony, reports, source code review and analysis." As of 2015, Rubin is Director of the Health and Medical Security Lab at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Rikan
Avraham "Avi" Rikan (; born September 10, 1988) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder. His previous clubs include Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Jerusalem, FC Zürich, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva. At international level, Rikan was capped at levels from under-17 to senior team. Early life Rikan was born in the Israeli settlement Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank, to a Sephardic Jewish family. Honours Beitar Jerusalem * Toto Cup: 2009–10 FC Zürich * Swiss Cup: 2013–14 Maccabi Tel Aviv * Israeli Premier League (2): 2018–19, 2019-20 * Toto Cup (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020-21 * Israel Super Cup (2): 2019, 2020 See also * List of Jewish footballers * List of Jews in sports * List of Israelis Israelis ( ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Israeli Jews, Jews (75%), followed by Arab-Israelis, Palestinians and Arabs (20%) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Ran
Avi Ran (; August 25, 1963 – July 11, 1987) was a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper at the Israeli football club Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa. Widely considered one of the greatest football players in Israel, he had a promising future which was cut short by a fatal accident. Football career Ran made his debut in Haifa's senior team in the 1981–82 season at the age of 17 in a match against Maccabi Tel Aviv, keeping a clean sheet in the process. Ran went on to play for most of the season, competing for his place in the team with Zadok Avrahami. The competition was tough, but Ran was known for his perseverance and diligence in training, as well as his good manners and social character - which earned him a social status of loud and sympathetic off the pitch. During the 1983–84 season Shlomo Scharf came to Maccabi Haifa. Looking for a new coach and veteran instead of 20-year-old Ran, he attempted to release Ran and replace him with Arie Haviv from Hapoel Yehu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Peretz (singer)
Avi Peretz (in Hebrew אבי פרץ) sometimes transliterated Avi Perez (born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli singer of Jewish Mizrahi music (in Hebrew מוזיקה מזרחית i.e., Muziqa mizrahit, meaning Oriental music). Biography Perez grew up in Bat Yam, Israel. His grandfather was a famous poet in Morocco. From a young age Peretz learned to play the keyboard, and began his music career at age 13. In 1992, he had his great break with "קשה לי" which became an immediate hit. Based on that success, he released his debut album "גלגל הזמן" (Lit. "Wheel of time") and even a bigger hit with tens of thousands of albums sold and a big launch through Israeli radio. It also resulted in a new hit for Peretz, a cover interpretation of Natan Yonatan song "שיר אהבה ישן" (Lit. "Old love song"). In 1993, he released his follow-up album, "אליך" (Lit. "To you"). The most famous single from the album was yet another cover interpretation version of the song "ער ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Peretz (footballer)
Avi Peretz (; born September 2, 1971) is an Israeli former football player who last worked as a goalkeeping coach in Hapoel Haifa. In June 2020, he became the chairman of the Israel Tennis Association. Career Avi Peretz was born in Beersheba, a city in the middle part of Israel. Avi Peretz began playing at the youth team of Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the 80's. Later he moved on to Hapoel Arad and then to Maccabi Jaffa. In 1991, he played for Maccabi Yavne and two years later he moved to Hapoel Bat Yam, where he played for two years. At the end of the year he moved to Hapoel Ashkelon and one year later he moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva. In 1997, he moved to Hapoel Haifa and in 1999 he moved to Maccabi Haifa. In 2001, he moved back to Hapoel Haifa and in 2003 he moved to Beitar Jerusalem. In July 2004 he moved to Maccabi Netanya and helped them get promoted to the Israeli Premier League. After two successful seasons in Netanya he moved back to Hapoel Ashkelon and a year afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Pazner
Aviezer "Avi" Pazner (Hebrew: אבי פזנר, born 9 June 1937) is a retired Israeli diplomat and former World Chairman of Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal. Biography Avi Pazner was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk). His father was Chaim Pazner, the Jewish Agency representative in Geneva, Switzerland during World War II, who rescued Jews from Nazi-occupied Europe and Regina (Gini) née Erlanger from Lucerne, Switzerland. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of 16. Pazner attended Gymnasia Rehavia high school in Jerusalem. In the Israel Defense Forces, he served in the Armored Corps as a combat soldier. Pazner graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a degree in political science and economics. Pazner is married to Marta née Kemper from Buenos Aires, has three children and eight grandchildren. Diplomatic career Pazner joined the Israeli foreign service in 1965. He is fluent in six languages: Hebrew, French, English, Spanish, Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |