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Hirsh
Hirsh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carolyn Hirsh, Australian politician * David Hirsh, British academic * David Julian Hirsh, Canadian actor *Ed Hirsh, special effects artist * Elijah Hirsh (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player * Jason Hirsh (born 1982), American baseball player * Michael Hirsh (other) *Nurit Hirsh (born 1942), Israeli composer, arranger, and conductor *Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov, Hasidic rabbi *Wally Hirsh (1936–2024), German-born New Zealand educator See also *Hirsch (other) *Herz (other) *Hersh *Hersch Hersch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Chris Hersch *Fred Hersch, jazz pianist *Jeanne Hersch, Swiss philosopher *Joseph J. Hersch, American politician *Liebmann Hersch, Bund leader and professor *Michael Hersch *Rain ... * Hirche {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Hirsh
Jason Michael Hirsh (born February 20, 1982) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies. He stands at 6' 8" and weighs . He batted and threw right-handed. He threw a two-seam fastball, a four-seam fastball, a slider, and a changeup. Hirsh was not highly recruited out of high school, but after attending California Lutheran University, he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the second round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft. From 2005–06, Hirsh won the Double-A Texas League Pitcher of the Year Award and the Triple-A Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award in successive seasons, as he went a combined 26–10 with 283 strikeouts. In 2006, he was called up to the major leagues for the first time, and he appeared in nine games with the Astros. During the offseason, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies. He was named to the Rockies' starting rotation in 2007 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hirsh
David Hirsh (born 29 September 1967) is a professor of sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and co-founder of Engage, a campaign against the academic boycott of Israel. Early life and education Hirsh was raised in a Jewish family in Highgate, London and attended Highgate School until he was 15, when he persuaded his parents to allow him to transfer to Woodhouse Grammar School. For several years, he was a member of the Trotskyist Alliance for Workers' Liberty and, during the 1980s, a leading activist in the National Organisation of Labour Students. He briefly studied physics at Sheffield University, then worked as a driver for several years. He is a graduate of City University, London and holds an M.A. in Philosophy and Social Theory and a PhD from the University of Warwick, writing his dissertation on Crimes Against Humanity and International Law. Career Hirsh won the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for the best first book in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Hirsh
Walter Hirsh (24 March 1936 – 31 December 2024) was a New Zealand educator. He served as Race Relations Conciliator between 1986 and 1989. Early life, education and family Hirsh was born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, on 24 March 1936, the son of Margot (née Jammer) and Ernst Hirsh. In 1938, his family fled Nazi persecution to find a new life in Milton, New Zealand, and he became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1946. He was educated at Tokomairiro District High School, Macandrew Intermediate School and Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. Hirsh began studying for a commerce degree at the University of Otago, and in late 1954 he was awarded a scholarship by the Zionist Council for a year's study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He subsequently studied at Wellington Teachers' College and obtained a Trained Teacher's Certificate in 1958. He then studied at Victoria University, completing two degrees before embarking on a career in education and race relations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Hirsh
Carolyn Dorothy Hirsh (born 1 August 1937) is a former Australian politician representing Silvan Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Elected as a member of the Labor Party, she was forced to resign from the party in September 2004 after being booked for driving a car without a licence. This followed an incident earlier in the year when she had lost her licence after being booked by police with an alcohol reading of 0.07, while driving home from an ALP function. She sat as an independent member of the Legislative Council from then until November 2005, when she was re-admitted to the ALP, but was forced to resign a second time on 23 June 2006, after a second drink-driving incident. Early history Hirsh was born in Melbourne, though she attended high school in the rural town of Colac. She trained as a teacher at Geelong Teachers College and then Monash University, where she also studied psychology. After graduating from university, she was employed as a teacher of childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Hirsh
Elijah Hirsh (; born August 25, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player. He plays the forward position. Biography Hirsh was born in Woodstock, Georgia, to Michael and Jo Lynn Hirsh. He is tall, and weighs . He attended Woodstock High School and The King's Academy in Woodstock. Hirsh then attended Berry College (Business Administration; '19). In 2018 he was named Southern Athletic Association All-Second Team and All-Tournament Team, First Team All-Conference, and broke the single-game record for blocks in Berry's NCAA DIII era with 10 blocks. In 2019, he averaged 17.5 points (second in the SAA), 9.2 rebounds (leading the SAA), and 1.9 blocks per game, and was named SAA Player of the Year, SAA All-First Team, and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District South First Team, and Google Cloud Academic All-District. He plays for Ironi Kiryat Ata in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurit Hirsh
Nurit Hirsh (; born August 13, 1942) is an Israeli composer, arranger and conductor who has written over a thousand Hebrew songs. Three of her most famous and widely known songs are '' Ba-Shanah ha-Ba'ah'' (''Next Year'', lyrics by Ehud Manor), ''Oseh Shalom bi-Meromav'' (text from the Kaddish prayer). and A-Ba-Ni-Bi, the winning entry in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Nurit Hirsh (Rosenfeld) studied at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, majoring in piano. She also studied composition with Mordecai Seter, orchestration with Noam Sheriff and conducting with László Roth. She studied clarinet with Yaacov Barnea of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Hirsh did her IDF military service with the entertainment troupe of the armored corps. She began composing upon completion of her service, debuting with ''Perach Halilach'', composed in 1965 to lyrics by Uri Asaf and which was made famous by singer Chava Alberstein. Music career In 1971 her song "Bashana Haba'a" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzvi Hirsh Of Zidichov
Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein also known as Hirsh Zydaczower (1763, Sambor – June 22, 1831, Żydaczów), was a famous Hasidic Rebbe, a noted Talmudist, Kabbalist and author of novellae on Torah and responsa. He founded the Zidichov Hasidic dynasty. He was a disciple of rabbis Moshe Leib of Sassov, Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, the Maggid of Koznitz and the Seer of Lublin. His younger brother was Rabbi of Sambor. Among Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh's students were his nephew Rabbi , Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov (the ''Bnei Yisaschar''), his nephew Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Zidichov, Rabbi Shimon of Yaruslav, and Rabbi Shalom of Kaminka. Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh was very passionate about studying Kabbalah, Zohar, and the ''Kitvei Ari'' ("writings of Rabbi Isaac Luria") in particular. He made a tremendous effort in encouraging Jews to study these works. With the assistance of his students, some yeshivot in Galicia added the study of Kabbalah to their curriculum. Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh blended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Julian Hirsh
David Julian Hirsh (born October 26, 1973) is a Canadian actor. Early life Born and raised in a Jewish family in Montreal, and is descended from Holocaust survivors from Poland. Hirsh majored in criminology at the University of Toronto. He originally planned to become a lawyer until a summer acting workshop in New York convinced him to pursue an acting career. He studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. Career Hirsh starred in the first two seasons of the TNT medical drama series '' Hawthorne'', and in shows such as the Showcase comedy series ''Naked Josh'', ''Lovebites'' on TBS, the CBC Television drama miniseries '' St. Urbain's Horseman'' and he portrayed Rabbi David Bloom on ''Weeds''. Hirsh starred in the 2013 television film ''Twist of Faith'', which garnered him a Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Hirsh
Ed Hirsh is a special effects artist who was nominated at the 74th Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual Effects for his work on ''Pearl Harbor''. He shared his nomination with Eric Brevig, John Frazier and Ben Snow. He is a member of Industrial Light & Magic as well and has worked on many of the movies by them. Selected filmography *'' Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) *''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) *''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982) *'' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (1982) *''Return of the Jedi'' (1983) *''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) *'' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' (1986) *''Innerspace'' (1987) *''Willow'' (1988) *''Ghostbusters II'' (1989) *''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989) *''Die Hard 2'' (1990) *''Backdraft'' (1991) *''Hook'' (1991) *'' The Rocketeer'' (1991) *''Star Trek Generations'' (1994) *'' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997) *''Men in Black'' (1997) *''Galaxy Quest'' (1999) *''Wild Wild West'' (1999) *''Pearl Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hirsh (other)
Michael Hirsh may refer to: *Michael Hirsh (producer) (born 1948), founder of the animation studio Nelvana *Michael Hirsh (journalist), political reporter for ''Newsweek'' magazine * Michael Hirsh (Australian producer), Australian film and TV producer at Working Dog Productions Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, a ... {{hndis, Hirsh, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirsch (other)
Hirsch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), Norwegian-born British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister * Alex Hirsch (born 1985), American animator, screenwriter and voice actor * August Hirsch (1817–1894), German physician and medical historian * Burkhard Hirsch (1930–2020), German politician and civil liberties advocate * Cal Hirsch, 19th century American retailer * Corey Hirsch (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player * Daniëlle Hirsch (born 1968), Dutch politician * David Hirsch (other), several people * Ed Hirsh (fl. from 1980), special effects artist * Edward Hirsch (born 1950), American poet and critic * E. D. Hirsch (born 1928), American educator and literary critic * Eike Christian Hirsch (1937–2022), German journalist, author and television presenter * Elroy Hirsch (1923–2004), American football player * Emanuel Hirsch (1888–1972), German Protestant theologian * Emil G. Hirsch (1851–1923), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hersh
Hersh () is a given name and surname. People with the name include: Given name * Hersh Leib Sigheter (1829-1930), Hungarian Yiddish writer * Hersh Wolch (1940-2017), Canadian lawyer * Hersh Goldberg-Polin (2000-2024), American-Israeli hostage and terrorism victim Surname * Arek Hersh, concentration camp survivor and writer (born 1928) * Kristin Hersh, American singer-songwriter (born 1966) * Mayer Hersh, Polish concentration camp survivor (1926–2016) * Patricia Hersh, American mathematician (born 1973) * Peter Hersh, American ophthalmologist * Reuben Hersh, American mathematician (1927–2020) * Seymour Hersh, American journalist (born 1937) See also * Herschel (other) * Hersch * Hirsh * Hirsch (other) * Hertz (name) * Herzl {{given name, type=both Surnames of Jewish origin Jewish given names Yiddish-language surnames Yiddish-language given names Given names derived from animals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |