Migdal ( he, מִגְדָּל) is a Hebrew word for tower. It may refer to:

People

Alexander Migdal Alexander Arkadyevich Migdal (russian: Александр Арка́дьевич Мигдал; born 22 July 1945) is a Russian-American physicist and entrepreneur, formerly at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Space Research Institute, P ...

(born 1945), Soviet, Russian and American physicist, son of Arkady Migdal *

Arkady Migdal Arkady Beynusovich (Benediktovich) Migdal (russian: Арка́дий Бе́йнусович (Бенеди́ктович) Мигда́л; Lida, Russian Empire, 11 March 1911 – Princeton, United States, 9 February 1991) was a Soviet physicist and m ...

(1911–1991), Soviet physicist * Ted Migdal (1918–1999), American professional basketball player

Places

Kfar Etzion Kfar Etzion ( he, כְּפַר עֶצְיוֹן, ''lit.'' Etzion Village) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a religious kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank, established ...

, formerly called ''Migdal Eder'', an Israeli settlement in the West Bank *

Migdal Afek Migdal ( he, מִגְדָּל) is a Hebrew word for tower. It may refer to: People * Alexander Migdal (born 1945), Soviet, Russian and American physicist, son of Arkady Migdal * Arkady Migdal (1911–1991), Soviet physicist * Ted Migdal (1918–19 ...

, national park near Rosh HaAyin, Israel *

Migdal HaEmek Migdal HaEmek ( he, מִגְדַּל הָעֶמֶק, lit. ''Tower of the Valley'', also officially spelt Migdal HaEmeq, ar, مجدال هعيمق) is a city in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . There is a tower to ...

, city in Israel * Migdal Oz, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank * Migdal (the ancient ''Magdala'', near Tiberias) *

Migdal, Israel Migdal ( he, מִגְדָּל, ''lit.'' Tower) is a town in the Northern District of Israel. It was founded in 1910, and granted local council status in 1949. In it had a population of . Migdal is located near Ginosar, and about 8 km nort ...

, local council in Israel

Buildings

Migdal Synagogue The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is the name used for the first of two ancient synagogues discovered at the ancient city of Magdala in Israel, close to the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Both synagogues were in use in the Second Temple peri ...

, an ancient synagogue on the shore of the Sea of Galilee *

Shalom Meir Tower Shalom Meir Tower ( he, מגדל שלום מאיר, ''Migdal Shalom Meir''; commonly known as Migdal Shalom, he, מגדל שלום) is an office tower in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was Israel's first skyscraper. Overview Shalom Meir Tower was designe ...

or Migdal Shalom Meir, an office tower in Tel Aviv, Israel *

Tower of Babel The Tower of Babel ( he, , ''Mīgdal Bāḇel'') narrative in Genesis 11:1–9 is an origin myth meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages. According to the story, a united human race speaking a single language and mi ...

or ''Migdal Bavel'' *

Tower of David The Tower of David ( he, מגדל דוד, Migdál Davíd), also known as the Citadel ( ar, القلعة, al-Qala'a), is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The citadel that stands today dates ...

or ''Migdal David''

Companies and organizations

Migdal (company) Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings Ltd. ( he, מגדל) () is an Israeli insurance company. History Migdal was founded in Jerusalem in 1934. The original group of investors included local Palestinian Jews, families from Egypt and Italy and ...

, an Israeli insurance company *

Migdal Or Migdal Ohr ( he, מגדל אור, ''lit.'' Tower of Light) is one of Israel's largest NGO's. The main and additional two residential campuses along with 160 youth clubs provide educational frameworks and social guidance for over 10,000 children and ...

, an NGO *

Migdal Oz (seminary) Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women, commonly known as Migdal Oz ( he, בית מדרש לנשים מגדל עז), is an Orthodox Jewish institution of higher Torah study for women located in the Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion in Israel. O ...

, an Israeli institution of Torah study for women, West Bank *

Zwi Migdal Zwi Migdal ( yi, צבי מגדל, Polish: Cwi Migdał) was an organized-crime group by Polish Jewish individuals, founded in Poland and based mainly in Argentina, that trafficked in Jewish women from Central Europe for sexual slavery and forced ...

, a Polish Jewish organized crime group, based mainly in Argentina

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