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Apfel
Apfel (German for "apple") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Apfel (1922–2017), British figure skater * Holger Apfel (born 1970), leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in Saxony * Howard Apfel, (born 1962) American Rabbi and Cardiologist * Iris Apfel (born 1921), American businesswoman, former interior designer, and fashion icon * Kenneth S. Apfel (born 1948), 13th Commissioner of Social Security in the United States * Oscar Apfel (1878–1938), American film actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer See also * Front Deutscher Äpfel The Front Deutscher Äpfel (short F.D.Ä.; German for ''Front of German Apples''), also called Apfelfront (Apple Front) is a satirical organisation, founded in Leipzig in 2004. It satirizes right extremist parties, especially the Nationaldemokr ..., organisation founded in Leipzig in 2004 that satirizes right extremist parties, especially the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Apfel
Iris Apfel ( Barrel; born August 29, 1921) is an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992, Apfel led a career in textiles, including a contract with the White House that spanned nine presidencies. In retirement, she drew acclaim for a 2005 show at the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring her collection of costume jewelry and styled with clothes on mannequins as she would wear it. She has become a fashion icon, she signed to IMG in 2019 as a model at age 97, and she was featured in a 2014 documentary called ''Iris'' by Albert Maysles. Early life Born Iris Barrel in Astoria, Queens, New York on August 29, 1921, Apfel is the only child of Samuel Barrel (1897–1967), whose family owned a glass and mirror business, and his Russian-born wife, Sadye Barrel (née Asofsky) (1898–1998), who owned a fashion boutique. Both were Jewish. Although raised on a farm by her parents and grandparen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Apfel
Holger Apfel (born 29 December 1970) is a German politician who was the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) from 2011 to 2013. He was a member of the Saxon Parliament between 2004 and 2014, serving as the chairman of the NPD parliamentary group and a member of the presidium of the parliament. Apfel became the NPD's national leader in 2011. On 19 December 2013, he resigned with immediate effect from his leadership positions at both the national and the state level, before leaving the party entirely five days later. He resigned from the Saxon Parliament on 17 January 2014. He was parodied as the leader of the NDP in the 2015 film ''Look Who's Back'' as the character "Ulf Birne". Political activities Apfel has a long history of activism with the NPD, starting in the 1980s when he was active in the NPD's youth organisation. He was the deputy chairman of the NPD at the national level between 2000 and 2009 and deputy chairman at the state level betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Apfel
Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927. Biography Apfel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After a number of years in commerce, he decided to adopt the stage as a profession.Carolyn Lowrey (1920) ''The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen'', Moffat, Yard and Company, New York He secured his first professional engagement in 1900, in his hometown. He rose rapidly and soon held a position as director and producer and was at the time noted as being the youngest stage director in America. He spent eleven years on the stage on Broadway then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company. Apfel first directed for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911–12, where he made the innovative short film ''The Passer-By'' (1912). He also did some experimental work at Edison's laboratory in Orange, on the Edison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Apfel
Howard Apfel is an American-Israeli Rabbi and Cardiologist practicing medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Background Rabbi Dr. Apfel is a board certified pediatric cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Center and Senior RA"M at Yeshivat Mevaseret Tzion. Previously, Rabbi Dr. Apfel was maggid shiur in Yeshivat Shaalvim in Nof Ayalon, Israel, Yeshivat Torat Shraga and at the University of Pennsylvania. Rabbi Dr. Apfel has taught bioethics courses at the Yeshiva University Gruss Kollel in Jerusalem, at Touro College Landers College for Men and has given a shiur on Hilchot Shabbat as it relates to physicians at the Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Apfel has published extensively on contemporary halacha related articles, focusing on modern issues in Jewish medical ethics. Education Rabbi Dr. Apfel received his BA degree from Columbia University in 1985, and his medical degree summa cum laude from the State University of New York, Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Deutscher Äpfel
The Front Deutscher Äpfel (short F.D.Ä.; German for ''Front of German Apples''), also called Apfelfront (Apple Front) is a satirical organisation, founded in Leipzig in 2004. It satirizes right extremist parties, especially the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD). In the style of former and existing right extremist organisational structures it is subdivided into numerous sub-groups like the youth organisation ''Nationales Frischobst Deutschland'' (NFD; ''National Fresh Fruit of Germany''), the women's organisation ''Bund weicher Birnen'' (B.W.B.; ''League of Soft Pears'', compare League of German Girls; Birne, ''pear'', is a German colloquial term for head, "eine weiche Birne haben" ("to have a soft pear"), is synonymous to "being very stupid") and many further local '' Gaue''. Platform The Apple Front argues in favour of political requirements for purification of the German fruit crop. The organisation describes itself as ''"Nationale Initiative gegen die � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Apfel
Arthur Apfel (29 October 1922 in Johannesburg – 15 September 2017) was a British figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m .... He was the 1947 World bronze medalist. He was also known for his spinning ability. Results References 1922 births 2017 deaths British male single skaters World Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Johannesburg {{UK-figure-skater-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth S
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". A short form of ''Kenneth'' is '' Ken''. Etymology The second part of the name ''Cinaed'' is derived either from the Celtic ''*aidhu'', meaning "fire", or else Brittonic ''jʉ:ð'' meaning "lord". People :''(see also Ken (name) and Kenny)'' Places In the United States: * Kenneth, Indiana * Kenneth, Minnesota * Kenneth City, Florida In Scotland: * Inch Kenneth, an island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull Other * "What's the Frequency, Kenneth? "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their ninth studio album, ''Monster'' (1994). The song's title refers to an incident in New York City in 1986, when two then-unknown assailants att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Enterprises V
Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 * Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 * Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 * Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline * Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 * Eastern Railway (other), various railroads *Eastern Avenue (other), various roads * Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways * Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education * Eastern University (other) *Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |